LITS0259A-S10
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.
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.
- Term:
- Spring 2010
- Location:
- Robert A. Jones '59 House CON(RAJ CON)
- Schedule:
- 2:50pm-4:05pm on Monday, Wednesday (Feb 8, 2010 to May 10, 2010)
- Type:
- Lecture
- Instructors:
- Stephen Donadio
- Subject:
- Literary Studies
- Department:
- Program in Literary Studies
- Division:
- Interdisciplinary
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- CMP CW EUR LIT
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- ENAM0259A-S10
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 22789
- Subject Code:
- LITS
- Course Number:
- 0259
- Section Identifier:
- A