LITERATURE 155 - Pastoral and the Literary Green.Lobis

Institution:

Claremont McKenna College

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Description:

This course will explore the green spaces of pastoral, a diverse literary mode traditionally devoted to shepherds and country life. We will examine its classical origins in Theocritus and Virgil and from there traverse a range of periods and forms. Our readings will include poems, plays, and novels by Shakespeare, Milton, Andrew Marvell, William Wordsworth, George Eliot, Robert Frost, Jamaica Kincaid, and others. We will consider how the tradition has been innovated, challenged, and expanded over time and how pastoral has been defined and approached by critics and theorists, including more recent "ecocritics." Offered occasionally.

Credits:

1.50

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.claremontmckenna.edu/

Phone Number:

(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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