Using Butler's introduction to Modernism, we will read works by Joyce, Eliot, Toomer, Freud, Kafka, Borges, Rich, Ginsberg, Pynchon, Carver and Acker, see a few films and listen to the music of Arnold Sch nberg. The purpose of this course is to present a variety of narrative genres and to discuss and illustrate the modes whereby they can be analyzed. The course will thus offer ample opportunity for the exploration of the translation of cultural values in a comparative perspective. An introduction to classical mythology through close analysis of selected texts. No prior background is required.
Students come to the study of mythology from a variety of disciplines.
This course should be particularly useful to those interested in literature, the fine arts, anthropology, folklore, and religion. This course aims to serve as an introduction to the literary creativity of one of the world's most complex and interesting regions. It is team-taught, involving four specialists in Middle Eastern literature. The course deals with the modern literary tradition within each cultures, focusing on poetry, the short story, and the novel. Students are expected to participate in classroom discussions of the materials assigned for each session, and evaluation is partially based on the quality of that participation.