Literature 3363 - Biography and Autobiography

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Bard College

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Students read pertinent excerpts from critical studies such as James Lowry Clifford's Biography as an Art, Georges Gusdorf's "Conditions andLimits of Autobiography," and Margaretta Jolly's Encyclopedia of Life Writing. Students also read excerpts from, for example, Ernest Renan's The Life of Jesus, Sigmund Freud's Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood, Ana?s Nin's diaries, Gertrude Stein's The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas, Jean Cocteau's Opium, and Diane Wood Middlebrook's Anne Sexton: A Biography. Each week, students write a chapter of an autobiography and discuss problems of memory, choice, spontaneity, and the postmodern skepticism about self and identity.

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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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