Doubles in Literature
RUSS 222
Fall 2013 not offered
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| Crosslisting:
REES 222, RULE 222 |
We will trace the evolution of the idea of the literary double from its origins in German romanticism, observing the degradation of the opposition between ideal and real into the struggle of good versus evil. The entire process is parodied in Nabokov's LOLITA. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA REES |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (REES-MN) |
Major Readings:
H. C. Andersen, THE LITTLE MERMAID
E. T. A. Hoffmann, TALES
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
Nikolai Gogol, NEVSKY PROSPECT
Nikolai Gogol, THE NOSE
Fyodor Dostoevsky, THE DOUBLE
Stevenson, DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
E. A. Poe, WILLIAM WILSON
G. Meyrink, THE GOLEM
V. Nabokov, DESPAIR
V. Nabokov, THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT
V. Nabokov, LOLITA
J. Borges, THE DOUBLE
Schelling, TRANSCENDENTAL IDEALISM
G. Hartmann, ROMANTICISM AND ANTI-SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS
FILMS: The Student of Prague; The Golem; A Stolen Life
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three short papers. One term paper. Oral presentation. For the final paper, students will be asked to write their own tale of a Doppleganger. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
THIS SECTION IS A FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR (FYS) CLASS. |
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