Dangerous Realisms
CHUM 372
Spring 2024
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 366 |
| Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate, African Studies, African Studies Minor |
The aim of this course is to explore realism's ideological possibilities, past and present. We will begin with an introduction to realism as the preeminent formal technique for narrating novels and proceed by looking at other genres that either adapt, or respond to, realist writing. Readings will be drawn from 19th-century Europe and 20th-century Africa and will include works of realism, naturalism, and modernism. These will be considered alongside theories of realism and the novel. Theorists may include Aristotle, Armstrong, Barthes, Hartman, Jameson, Lukács, and Watt. We will read novels by Chinua Achebe, Ayi Kwei Armah, Miguel de Cervantes, J.M. Coetzee, Daniel Defoe, and Gustave Flaubert. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA CHUM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (AFST-MN) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 75% - 89% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Chinua Achebe, THINGS FALL APART (1958)
Ayi Kwei Armah, THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE NOT YET BORN (1968)
J.M. Coetzee, FOE (1986)
J.M. Coetzee, THE POLE (2023)
Daniel Defoe, ROBINSON CRUSOE (1719)
Gustave Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY (Lydia Davis translation) (1856)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short weekly responses, a presentation, a mid-term essay, and a final oral assessment |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Contributes to fulfillment of ENGL major requirements: LH3, WL, TH, elective |
| Instructor(s): Saint,Lily Leopold Times: .M..... 09:50AM-12:40PM; Location: BOGH110; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 12 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 0 | FR: X |
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