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LITS0259A-S11

Cultural Crossings
Studies in Literary Influence

Cultural Crossings: Studies in Literary Influence
Centered on a range of provocative works conceived at different historical moments, this course will explore some of the persistent imaginative preoccupations and far-reaching literary ambitions that serve to link authors working in a wide variety of genres and traditions. Authors to be considered this semester will include Jonathan Swift, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Petronius, Voltaire, Nathanael West, Flaubert, Willa Cather, Turgenev, Nabokov, Kafka, and Thomas Pynchon. Designed to meet the College Writing requirement, this course will offer regular opportunities for close analysis, sustained reflection, and independent research. 3 hr./lect.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
21915
Subject Code:
LITS
Course Number:
0259
Section Identifier:
A

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LITS 0259

All Sections in Spring 2011

Spring 2011

LITS0259A-S11 Lecture (Donadio)