LAIS 410 - Critical Perspectives on 20th Century Literature

Institution:

Colorado School of Mines

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Description:

This course introduces students to texts and cultural productions of the 20th Century literature. We will examine a diverse collection of materials, including novels and short stories, poems, plays, films, painting, and sculpture. Science, technology, violence, history, identity, language all come under the careful scrutiny of the authors we will discuss in this course, which may include Conrad, Fanon, Achebe, Eliot, Kafka, Barnes, Camus, Borges, and Marquez, among others. We will also screen films that com- 102 Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Bulletin 2008-2009 Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Bulletin 2008-2009 103 ment upon the fragility of individual identity in the face of modern technology. Prerequisite: LAIS100. Prerequisite or co-requisite: SYGN200. 3 hours seminar; 3 semester hours.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.mines.edu

Phone Number:

(303) 273-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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