Literature 2020 - Literature,Language,and Lies:Reading Word by Word

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Bard College

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Description:

Throughout history, written language has been used to create masterpieces, pump out propaganda, delight and delude, and reveal and obscure the truth. But unless we read closely-word by word, line by line, sentence by sentence-it can be hard to distinguish among these uses. In this class, students read the short stories of great writers (James, Cheever, Chekhov, Joyce, Mansfield, O'Connor, Beckett, Bowles, etc.) as well as current issues of the New Yorker and New York Times, looking at the ways in which words are used to convey information and insight, transmit truth and beauty, and form and transform our vision of the world.

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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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