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Academic Year 2001/2002

Doubles in Literature
RUSS 222 SP
Crosslistings:
REES 222

We will trace the evolution of the idea of the literary double from its origins in German Romanticism, observing the degradation of the opposition between Ideal and Real into the struggle of Good versus Evil. The entire process is parodied in Nabokov's LOLITA.

MAJOR READINGS

THE LITTLE MERMAID, H.C. Andersen
TALES, E.T.A. Hoffmann
FRANKENSTEIN, Mary Shelley
THE NOSE, Nikolai Gogol
THE DOUBLE, Fyodor Dostoevsky
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE, Stevenson
WILLIAM WILSON, E.A. Poe
THE GOLEM, G. Meyrink
THE SECRET SHARER, J. Conrad
DESPAIR, V. Nabokov
THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT, V. Nabokov
LOLITA, V. Nabokov
THE DOUBLE, J. Borges
TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM, Schelling
ROMANTICISM AND ANTI-SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS, G. Hartmann
FILMS: The Student of Prague; The Golem; A Stolen Life

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three short papers. One term paper.

For the final paper, students will be asked to write their own tale of a Doppleganger.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Oral presentation

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA RUSS    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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