CMLT0285A-F19
Magical Realism(s)
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Magical Realism(s)
Novels that juxtapose the marvelous with the everyday have shadowed (and mocked) mainstream realism for the better part of two centuries, and have proliferated in recent years to the point where they may constitute the predominant genre of our globalized culture. Why should such strange mélanges of the quotidian and the supernatural strike so many authors as the perfect vehicle to express 20th and 21st century anxieties and possibilities? We will explore examples of these boundary-defying fictions across several decades and various national literatures. Authors to be studied will include Woolf, Kafka, Calvino, Morrison, Pynchon, Rushdie, and Garcia-Marquez.
Novels that juxtapose the marvelous with the everyday have shadowed (and mocked) mainstream realism for the better part of two centuries, and have proliferated in recent years to the point where they may constitute the predominant genre of our globalized culture. Why should such strange mélanges of the quotidian and the supernatural strike so many authors as the perfect vehicle to express 20th and 21st century anxieties and possibilities? We will explore examples of these boundary-defying fictions across several decades and various national literatures. Authors to be studied will include Woolf, Kafka, Calvino, Morrison, Pynchon, Rushdie, and Garcia-Marquez.
- Term:
- Fall 2019
- Location:
- McCardell Bicentennial Hall 538(MBH 538)
- Schedule:
- 1:30pm-2:45pm on Tuesday, Thursday (Sep 9, 2019 to Dec 6, 2019)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Cates Baldridge
- Subject:
- Comparative Literature
- Department:
- Comparative Literature
- Division:
- Literature
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- ENAM0285A-F19 *
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 92615
- Subject Code:
- CMLT
- Course Number:
- 0285
- Section Identifier:
- A