COML 262 - Advanced Topics in Narrative

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Krishnan. We will explore how novels work, asking what they do to us and for us. Why are some narrators unreliable, withholding or confused while others "know" everything Critical works may include THE POLICTICAL UNCONSCIOUS; Mary Poovey, UNEVEN DEVELOPMENTS; E.Said, CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM; E Sedgwick, THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF THE CLOSET. Novels may include Austen, PERSUASION; Woolf, MRS DALLOWAY; Joyce, PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN; Kincaid, AUTIOBIOGRAPHY OF MY MOTHER.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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