Humanities 329 - Episodes of Unreality in Literature

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Colgate University

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Janet Godwin Each of the literary works chosen for this course depicts a world of everyday reality in which situations and developments correspond to the experiences and surroundings most of us unhesitatingly regard as "real" or "actual." But these works also contain episodes in which the ordinary everyday world of the book is changed into a world of unreality, fantasy, or dramatically heightened imagination; however, extraordinary incidents such as the Virgin Mary appearing in a suburban back garden, people flying, animals talking, etc., presumably do not belong in our everyday lives. So why did the author include them as though they were no different from the rest of the work What does the author expect to achieve by doing so, and what does he or she actually succeed in achieving Are we enriched by the fantasy, the "untrue," the make believe of this appro

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3.00

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www.colgate.edu

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(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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