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Readings of major European novels of the 19th century as literary reflections on philosophical questions such as aesthetic and ethical judgment, subjectivity, mimesis, memory and the novel itself as a genre. Authors include Goethe, Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert and Proust. Selections from Kant, Hegel, Marx, Lukács and Benjamin.
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What is the relation between literary gigantism and mimesis? How do 'gigantic fictions' threaten to break their literary bounds? What holds these mammoth narratives together? We will address these questions and others through a close reading of three works: Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji, Tolstoy's War and Peace and James Joyce's Ulysses.
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What does it mean to speak of the postcolonial? Does the word refer to a new historical periodization in the study of world literatures, a recent trend in critical theory, or a type of minority discourse? What is the relation of "postcolonial" to descriptions such as "poststructuralist" and "postmodern" on the one hand, and "global," "world," and "cosmopolitan" on the other? Most important, how is the postcolonial narrativized in different forms of writings? This course may be of interest to students in Comp Lit, English, Modern Culture and Media, and other literature and culture specializations. Written permission required.
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Medieval narratives of high heroism, fantastic adventure, forbidden love, humor and comedy. Introduction to the literary conventions and cultural outlooks of these fictions. What was their appeal in their own times? How may modern readers decipher their cultural oddities and enigmas? Readings from Marie de France, Chrétien de Troyes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and several anonymous authors.
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Considers the modern literature and culture of Mediterranean islands with particular emphasis on Sicily, Sardinia, the Aegean islands, Cyprus, and Malta. It explores the significance of the island both as a contained space and as part of the diverse Mediterranean region. Assignments will include novels, short stories, poems, travelogues, films as well as ethnographic and theoretical texts.
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Interested students must register for POBS 1500H S01.
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Interested students must register for ENGL 1511G S01.
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The impact of colonialism on European fiction from the rise of empire to its decline and fall, focusing on authors who wrote from direct contact with the peoples of Africa and Asia, such as Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, T. E. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, and Isak Dinesen. Topics will include romantic images of conquest, imperial ideology in literature, differing attitudes towards acculturation, and the changing symbolism of exotic settings.
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Explores the historical trajectory of realism from its origins in relation to urbanization and emerging consumer cultures in the nineteenth century to its contemporary flourishing across different media (literature, film, television) distinguishing itself by an extensive preoccupation with poverty, migration, crime and urban violence. We will explore 1) the political, economic, social and cultural conditions that make realism a still relevant and thriving representation mode; 2) the historical and geographical coordinates that shape our vision of "reality" as a shifting category whose construction depends on class, race, gender, and ethnicity. First year students require instructor permission.
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Interested students must register for ENGL 1710G S01 (CRN 15419).
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