Political Fiction
HIST 294
Fall 2015 not offered
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Attitudes toward politics, economics, society, and history will be examined from works of fiction that directly criticize an existing society or that present an alternative, sometimes fantastic, reality. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (HIST-MN)(HIST) |
Major Readings:
Get these editions. The year of publication might be later than noted below, but make sure that the translator and/or editor is the same--
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE, J. M. Cohen, tr. (London: Penguin, 1950).
Johann Grimmelshausen, SIMPLICISSIMUS, Mike Mitchell, tr., ed. (Sawtry, U.K.: Dedalus, 1999).
Jonathan Swift, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, Claude Rawson and Ian Higgins, eds. (Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 2005).
Voltaire, CANDIDE, John Butt, tr. (London: Penguin, 1947).
Alessandro Manzoni, THE BETROTHED, Bruce Penman, tr. (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972).
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Examinations and Assignments:
Weekly 2-page papers, and three 5-page papers. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
All students NOT in COL must take this class for a letter grade.
Section 1 of this class is designed for Service Learning. Students in Section 1 will meet with an older person throughout the semester to discuss our works of fiction, and the students will write reports on these meetings. |
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