CEEL 0925 - Literature of the Fantastic

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Brown University

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In this course, students will hone their analytical skills with close readings of some of the most thrillingly strange narratives of the last two centuries. By foregrounding the irrational side of human nature and probing the limits of perceived reality, authors like Edgar Allan Poe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Franz Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, and Gabriel García Márquez have greatly expanded the possibilities of literature. Their writings, poised on the blurry boundaries separating reality from fiction, provide an ideal starting point for exploring broader questions regarding human nature and the role of the imagination in human experience. We will work our way through some of the classics of fantastic literature at an intense, stimulating pace of one short story per day. Students will finish the course with a repertoire of analytical and argumentative strategies that will contribute substantially to their development as critical thinkers and writers.

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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