English 491A - Writers Writing Writers Elliott

Institution:

Whitman College

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What do works of literature whose protagonists (or absent authorial figures) happen to be writers tell us about what it means to be a writer What are a writer's responsibilities to a society, a society's obligations (if any) to its talented literary artists What is the nature of the gift(s) authors bestow through their work How do writers negotiate the relationship between their art and familial and other obligations In what ways and to what degree do works in which writers play a prominent role address, reinforce, play to, romanticize, dance around, subvert, or explode conventional notions of authorship Authors considered may include George Gissing, Henry James, Vladimir Nabokov, A.S. Byatt, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Tobias Wolff, Paul Auster, Scott Spencer, and Michael Cunningham.

Credits:

3.00 - 4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.whitman.edu

Phone Number:

(509) 527-5111

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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