Literature 427 - Contemporary Masters

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

An opportunity to meet, debate, and converse with some of the world's greatest living authors. The course usually brings together two writers who work in the same genre or who write about complementary subjects. In recent years this course has been taught by such authors as Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and the celebrated Latin American writerMario Vargas Llosa, among others. The authors debate, together and with the class, such topics as the relationship between art and history, literature's capacity to affect moral value, and the literature of extreme situations.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

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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