RUSS222 - Doubles in Literature

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Academic Year 2003/2004

Doubles in Literature
RUSS 222 FA

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

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.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Meyer,Priscilla

Times: ..T.R.. 01:10PM-02:30PM; Location: FISK413

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: 0 Jr. major: 0

SR. non-major: 0 Jr. non-major: 0 SO: 0 FR: 19

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

FYI: First Year Initiative:Seminar

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004