ENLT 306 - Classic Texts and Contemporary

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Carroll College

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A study of the contemporary trend of revisionary metafiction. The course will explore a number of paired texts - one in the pair has been traditionally identified as a classic text in English literature and the other is a 20th century revision. The course will emphasize the ways in which texts are always shaped by other texts and how texts shape, communicate, and critique cultural beliefs and values. Examples of texts include the Brother Grimm's fairy tales and Carter' s The BloodyChamber, Shakespeare's The Tempest and Naylor' s Mama Day , Defoe' Robinson Crusoe and Coetzee's Foe, Bronte' s Jane Eyr e and Rhy? ? WidSargasso Sea, Woolf 's Mrs. Dalloway and Cunningham' s The Hours. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Fall even-numbered years. Spring semester odd-numbered years.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.carroll.edu

Phone Number:

(406) 447-4300

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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