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Academic Year 2003/2004
The Fantastic in Narrative Imagination
COL 105 FA
Literature of the fantastic plays an important role in the history of modern European and Russian fiction from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. This course will focus on the narrative implications of the
fantastic
and its development as a popular genre in relation to national histories and the history of the novel. In distinction from the realist trajectory of representing the world as rational, the fantastic tests the limits of
the
irrational and the uncanny. The class will explore the evolution of the transgressive themes of self, consciousness, anxiety, and sexual desire.
MAJOR READINGS
Our readings will include the following works:
Ann Radcliffe, THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
E.T.A. Hoffman, "The Sandman"
Aleksandr Pushkin, "The Queen of Spades"
Nikolai Gogol,
"Diary of a Madman", "Nose", and "The
Overcoat"
Fedor Dostoevsky, "The Double"
Edgar Allan Poe, "The Purloined Letter" and other stories
Guy de Maupassant, "The Horla"
Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Minister's Black Veil"
Henry James, "The Turn of
the Screw"
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Two papers, oral presentation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
This course counts toward the major in Russian Language and Literature or Russian and East European Studies.
COURSE FORMAT:
Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Slobin,Greta
- Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: BTFDC210
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)
- SR. major: X Jr. major: X
- SR. non-major: X Jr. non-major: X SO: X FR: 19
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing, Focused Inquiry Course
- FYI: First Year Initiative:Seminar
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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