Courses in Comparative Literature
(Division 354)
240. Introduction to Comparative Literature. (3). (HU).
Section 001 - Crises as Crossroads. In this course, we'll read, think,
talk, and write about stories concerning personal crises that generate change,
new beginnings, and new action. What is the relationship between crisis
and creativity? We'll examine novels, short stories and films from the 18th
c. to the present and from around the world, to see how writers and filmmakers
have dealt with crises in different times, places, and ways. We will consider
a wide range of texts, including some of the following: Goethe, Sorrows
of Young Werther, Garciá Márquez, No One Writes to
The Colonel, Marx, Communist Manifesto, Flaubert, Madame Bovary,
Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground, Kafka, Metamorphosis,
Shelley, Frankenstein, and films such as Just Another Girl on
the IRT, and Three Women on The Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Lecture with discussion section. Participation, regular very short written
reflections, midterm paper, and final paper. Costs:3 WL:2 (Colás)