Remembering the Self: Forces and Forms of Autobiography
COL 206
Fall 2013
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01
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"Know thyself" commands the Delphic Oracle, and perhaps in response, authors have felt compelled to confess, condemn, forget, and remember past selves in an effort to narrate, and so envision who they are in the present. This course will look at a range of autobiographical works from the Confessions of Saint Augustine to contemporary, graphic memoirs. We will ask asking how memory works to conserve, construct, or distance past selves, how bodies delimit selves, and how selves are conceived in and through through our relations with others and with our worlds (material, social, and historical). |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA COL |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (COL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Saint Augustine, Rousseau, Sand, Proust, Woolf, Duras, Coetzee, Spiegelman, Satrapi
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Examinations and Assignments:
3 short papers and a final paper |
| Instructor(s): Weil,Kari Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: WYL115; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 18 | | SR major: 2 | JR major: 2 | | |
| Seats Available: 7 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 4 | FR: 4 |
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