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Examines the reincarnations of the Homeric figure of Odysseus in contemporary literatures. It approaches the texts historically, culturally and literary. How is the Odysseus myth altered from culture to culture (Greece, Rome, Ireland, the Caribean), how is it re-adapted in different historical periods, how does Odysseus change as the genre changes (epic, poetry, the novel, film, drama)?
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This survey course on Japanese literature will introduce works ranging from the 7th century AD to the present. This course will provide a historical survey of classic and modern texts, while paying attention to the close relationship Japanese literature has had with visual culture from the calligraphic poems of the Heian period to the postwar influence of manga upon literature.
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Interested students must register for CLAS 0830 S01.
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While Zen, sushi and animé have become commonplaces in contemporary American parlance, Japanese literature and culture remain static enigmas, conjuring up visions of tearful Madame Butterflys, stolid-faced samurai, and post-modern dystopias. In this survey of Japanese literature from the 8th century to the present, we will examine the development of literature, both poetry and prose, and aesthetics in specific social contexts in Japanese cultural history. In addition to our readings of literary texts, we will on occasion view films/animé and examine manga.
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In his seminal work Orientalism, Edward Said paraphrases Marx, and suggests that Orientalist attitudes towards the Middle East have produced a discourse in which the East must always be spoken for, and not allowed to represent itself. Said's argument has become even more relevant in the past decade, given the growing interest in the Middle East as a region in the US, coupled with a dearth of spaces where voices from the region can offer their own narratives. Designed as an introductory course to contemporary Arabic Literature, this course includes a variety of readings in translation and films from across the Arab world; it foregoes an intense exploration of one national literature for a more varied survey of the textual output of several countries. We will attempt to situate each literature within its national context and within the larger pan-Arab, regional and international context while being sensitive to the political, geographical, and historical foces that have influenced these texts, including the rise of Arab nationalism and the independence struggles of the mid-twentieth century, and immigration. We will also examine--and hopefully question--some of the discursive themes and conceptual frames that have been traditionally used to think about contemporary Arabic literature. Enrollment limited to 20. LILE
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Various responses to ancient Greek myths by poets in the Western tradition, especially modern Greek. Considers how poets since 1800 have approached, rewritten, or subverted the classical version of myths, such as those of Eurydice, Helen, Orpheus, Persephone, Penelope, and Ulysses. Emphasizes the challenges posed by the past, issues of cultural and political context, and questions of gender. Readings in English.
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Why did stories of King Arthur, his knights, and their ladies fascinate writers and audiences throughout Europe? What can Arthurian quests, marvels, and love adventures tell us about successive pre-modern societies that shaped them? What are our responses to their cultural beliefs and forms of playful make-believe? Readings (in modern translation) of medieval Latin, French, English, Welsh, and German texts. LL
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Interdisciplinary explorations of the modern urban experience featuring social sciences, literature and film. Convergences and differences in the presentation of urban life in literature, film, the visual arts, urban planning, and social sciences, including sociology, political economy, urban ecology. City populations, bureaucracy, power groups, alienation, urban crowds, the city as site of the surreal, are central themes. Against the background of classic European urban images, American cities and literary works will be brought to the foreground.
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Does writing a life give it coherence and veracity, or create a fiction? What is the relationship between first-person narrative and truth, and between authorship and authority? How does the form of a first-person text -- a religious confession, a personal journal, a political denunciation, a collective memoir -- affect the telling? Must the reader of such an account be "you" to the teller's "I", and how does the intimacy of this relationship shape the experience of reading? In this course, we test the limits of self-narration against ethical and physical limits, reading first-person narratives that purport to be non-fictional. We will read accounts of different experiences -- social and sexual transgression, suffering and perpetrating violence, slavery -- and explore both the possibilities and duplicities of writing as "I".
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