Comparative Literature 214F - Literature and the Built Environment: Imag(in)ing Place and Space

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Hamilton College

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Description:

Be it an invisible city or simple apartment building, built environments disclose a vital interplay of material, spatial, cultural, and aesthetic forces. This course explores such environments through the literature that (re)produces a representation thereof. The texts we study challenge conventional discussions about "environment" as being necessarily synonymous with "nature," and consider how our own natures both shape and are shaped by our inventions-real or imaginary. Works selected from the following authors: Calvino, Lem, Borges, Neufeld, Verne, Ballard, Coleridge, and Stephenson. J Schwartz.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.hamilton.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 859-4011

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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