COLT 0811J - The Undead: Greece and Western Modernity

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Brown University

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Description:

Examines the reliance of Western systems of knowledge and representation on constructions of ancient and modern Greeks/Greece as violators of the laws of nature and history. The central hypothesis of the course is that such constructs have the deep structure of the vampire and zombie narratives. Students will explore the historical relationship between various modalities of Western (phil)Hellenism and the notion of the undead, as popularized by contemporary vampire and zombie narratives set in the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, and track its presence in key cultural paradigms of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Gothicism, Fascism, and Aryanism. Open to concentrators in Archaeology and the Ancient World, Classics, Comparative Literature, Ethnic Studies, French, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Political Science.

Credits:

1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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