Literature 3354 - Faulkner and Morrison

Institution:

Bard College

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Description:

In the first half of the course, students read four Faulkner novels? ?he Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, and Absalom, Absalom!- together with some of his short fiction and a range of essays, interviews, and critical studies. In the second half, they read Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Sula, The Song of Solomon, and Beloved. Secondary materials include Playing in the Dark, Morrison's monograph on American literature. Topics include race, violence, prophecy, motherhood, ancestry, ecstasy, privacy, the effort to speak the unspeakable, and the pleasures of words.

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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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