Interpretation in Fiction: The Reader in the Text
ENGL 249
Fall 2008
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01
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Detective novels, classic existential narratives, and postmodern fictions share a fascination with the process of interpretation. Their protagonists read clues, solve puzzles, and confront mysteries. In this course we read examples of all three as versions of the human search for understanding. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation
Course discusses interpretive processes as they are carried out by literary characters.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Doyle, A CASE OF IDENTITY; Borges, DEATH AND THE COMPASS; Chandler, FAREWELL MY LOVELY; Conrad, HEART OF DARKNESS; Kafka, THE TRIAL; Nabokov, PALE FIRE; Whitehead, THE ILLUSIONIST; Pynchon, THE CRYING OF LOT 49.
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Examinations and Assignments:
Regular brief responses and three or four longer essays spaced throughout the semester. |
| Instructor(s): Stowe,William W. Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK116; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 0 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 10 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 8 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 2 | 3rd Ranked: 0 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 4 |
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