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RUSS222
Doubles in Literature
RUSS222 SP
Not Currently Offered
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. 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
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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