A consideration of the primary topoi and defining oppositions of Enlightenment thought. Texts and specific focus vary from year to year. The study of formative literary and philosophical works from the 18th through the late 19th centur-ies. 555 Realism and Symbolism Staff Readings in all genres and theoretical pronouncements of two principal movements of the later 19th century to explore their origins and dynamics and to analyze their relationship to romanticism and to the rise of scientific thinking. Topics may focus on selected authors or on broader perspectives, but the interrelationship among the arts is emphasized.
Emphasis is placed on the links between literature and major contemporary cultural developments.
565 Studies in Forms of Poetry Claudia Brodsky Lacour Modern poetry and poetic theory in French, German, English, and Spanish. The ethical, historical, and political dimensions of Jacques Derrida's thought and writings. By examining one or more literatures of the Near East or East Asia, and by referring to Western examples as well, the course raises literary issues that cannot be aired through the study of Western literature alone. Emphasis in any given year falls on Arabic, Persian, Chinese, or Japanese literature viewed in a comparative context. Russian authors may include Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov, and Mandelstam.