Literature 2011 - Aesthetics of Narrative

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Bard College

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Students examine the varieties of modern narrative and the aesthetic questions that shape the reader's attention and involvement. How does a narrative reflect its own telling and give signs as to where to find-or lose-the author? Howdoes it create sympathy with a self-absorbed teller? Does confusion or hostility sometimes foster narrative involvement? How does literary narrative differ from film narrative? Works read include Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, Samuel Beckett' s Molloy, Marguerite Duras's The Lover, Toni Morrison's Beloved, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, and Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Film adaptations of Great Expectations and The Big Sleep are screened.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.bard.edu

Phone Number:

(845) 758-6822

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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