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Fall 2008 - Undergraduate Course
Description
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR:
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Ozsvath Z |
DISCIPLINE AND NUMBER:
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LIT 3312 |
SECTION: 501 |
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TIME: 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM |
COURSE TITLE:
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Studies in Prose Narrative |
DESCRIPTION OF COURSE:
This course will undertake an in-depth study of nineteenth-century fiction. It will examine some of this period’s landmark, representative texts and consider their aesthetic features as well as their revolutionary critique of the world in the realm of history, religion, morality, sensibility, and politics. In addition, it will study the immense intellectual and emotional changes these works have invented and foretold about modernity.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS/EVALUATION
CRITERIA:
Grades will be based on class attendance (15%); participation in class discussions (15%); two tests (each 10%), two introductory paragraphs (each 10%), and one paper (30%).
REQUIRED TEXTS:
Required Texts May Include:
Jane Austen, Emma
H. Balzac, Father Goriot
M. Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
T. Hardy, Jude the Obscure
H, von Kleist, The Marquise of O.
R. Sobel, The French Revolution
Emil Zola, L’Assomoir
In addition, you will read texts by Crankshow, Kleist, Pomper, and Avrich.
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