Literature 2482 - Narratives of Suffering

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Bard College

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American Studies, Human Rights The experience of suffering is at the heart of many of the world's great stories and yet absent, in a fundamental way, from every story. Because intense suffering takes language away, retrospective narration can seem futile, even falsifying. Moreover, it often raises more questions than it answers. (Who or what is responsible for suffering? Is it merited? How can it be made commensurable with the rest of one's life?) Readings include the book of Job, King Lear, Moby-Dick, the poetry of Emily Dickinson, The Sound and the Fury, Beloved, Maus, and The Road.

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4.00

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www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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