Comp Lit 385 - Topics in Comparative Literature

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Washington University in St Louis

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This course explore narratives that expose the play between the adult's perspective and the child's. Topics considered include orphanhood, social change, creative forces, and institutions of power. We pay particular attention to the child's voice as a narrative strategy used to confront unfathomable horrors, to reconstruct history, and to offer order to personal upheavals. We discuss what these narratives reveal about the societies they purport to reflect as well as about the nature of narrative itself to convey history, values, and emotion. Readings include Robert Drewes, Sharknet; Nurrudin Farah, Maps; Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm; David Grossman, Momik; Philippe Grimbert, Memory; Dorothy Allison, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure; Amos Oz, Tale of Love and Darkness; and Hanan al-Shaykh, Story of Zahra. Prerequisite: E Comp 100 (Writing I), sophomore standing, or permission of the instructor.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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