Ethics and Literature
ENGL 365
Fall 2018
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P. B. Shelley's claim that "the great instrument of moral good is the imagination" lacks the 20th-century pessimism of his inheritor, W. H. Auden, who wrote that "poetry makes nothing happen." Beginning from this disagreement about the influence of creative work on social and material relations, this course will explore the ethical effects of aesthetic production. Drawing on a historically broad set of readings--from the Enlightenment and Romantic period through the 21st century--we will look at how writers and philosophers have addressed the relationship between literary and cultural works and moral transformation. These works help us examine how "words are also deeds," as Wittgenstein puts it. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA ENGL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (CSCT)(ENGL) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Chris Abani, KALAKUTA REPUBLIC
Henri Alleg, THE QUESTION
J.M. Coetzee, ELIZABETH COSTELLO
Joseph Conrad, HEART OF DARKNESS
Harriet Jacobs, INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL
Agota Kristof, THE NOTEBOOK
Primo Levi, THE DROWNED AND THE SAVED
Sindiwe Magona, MOTHER TO MOTHER
Janet Malcolm, IPHEGENIA IN FOREST HILLS
Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN
Walt Whitman, LEAVES OF GRASS
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Examinations and Assignments:
Presentations (25%), Participation (25%), Seminar Paper (50%) |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
This course fulfills the Theory requirement and and contributes to the Theory and Literary Forms concentration of the English major. |
| Instructor(s): Saint,Lily Leopold Times: ..T.... 01:20PM-04:10PM; Location: CRT285; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 19 | | SR major: 6 | JR major: 6 | | |
| Seats Available: 6 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 4 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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