ENG 3390 - Literature of the Grotesque

Institution:

Northern Vermont University (7.1.2023 merged into Vermont State University)

Subject:

Description:

This course includes historical, literary, philosophic and aesthetic approaches to the grotesque, especially examining the mix of humor and horror so essential to the genre. Rabelais, Swift, Poe, Dostoevski, Baudelaire, Beckett, Nathanael West and Flannery O'Connor, among others, will be studied, as well as slides of grotesque art works, from Hieronymous Bosch to Salvadore Dali. (Spring semesters, even years)

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.northernvermont.edu

Phone Number:

(802) 635-2356

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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