AS 212.438 - Dream and Imagination in XXth century literature: French Surrealism and the Hispano-American "Boom"

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Johns Hopkins University

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Prerequisites: AS.212.333 or AS.212.334 or with instructors permission. Taught in French. This course explores different uses of dreams and the imagination in contemporary narrative, working on both fictional and critical texts from the French surrealist corpus (“Manifeste du Surréalisme”, extracts from Breton, Crevel, Aragon’s narratives) and the Latin American “boom” (preface to Carpentier’s “The Kingdom of this World”, Cortázar, Borges, García Márquez or Piñera’s short stories). A comparative approach will allow us to discuss how fantasy in literature can enlighten and widen our perception of reality. The Latin American texts will be studied in the context of their reception in the French literary scene.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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