CHDV 24160 - Love and Tragedy in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

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University of Chicago

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PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. Tolstoy' s great nove l Anna Karenin a may be the finest and most compelling depiction in literature of the diverse aspects and outcomes of romantic love. Combining humanistic and social scientific perspectives, this course undertakes an intensive study of the novel to examine the joys and sorrows of romantic love, and the successes and tragedies that follow from it, as well as the aesthetic achievement of the novel as a major work of art. Resources for understanding the development of th e novel ? characters and the fate of their relationships are drawn fr om Freud 's Introductory Lectures on Psychoanaly sis and other works. Bases for a critical appreciation of the novel are drawn f rom Aristotl e's Poe tics and Nietzsc he's The Birth of Tragedy. D. Orlinsky, H. Sinaiko. Spr

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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