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RUSS222
Doubles in Literature
RUSS222 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times |
|---|
| 1 | 25 | 3 | Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM; |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998
)
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. For the final
paper students will be asked to write their own tale of a
Doppelganger.
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. JEKYL AND MR. HYDE, Stevenson
WILLIAM WILSON, E.A. Poe
THE GOLEM, G. Meyrink
DESPAIR, V. Nabokov
THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT, V. Nabokov
LOLITA, V. Nabokov
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.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA RUSS
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Meyer, P
- Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 0, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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