The Uses of Fantasy: A 20th Century Sampler of Unreailty
ENGL 218
Fall 2006
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"Fantasy is scrutiny," says the American poet Molly Peacock, implying that to fantasize is not only to turn away from the world, but also to pay attention to it. In this course we will scrutinize fantasy itself, recognizing it and its counterpart, reality, as mutable categories that shape-shift from author to author, place to place, time to time. We'll investigate the work of a variety of fantasists of the last 100 years. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Speaking, Writing |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
None |
| Course Format: Lecture/Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Virginia Woolf, ORLANDO
Franz Kafka, THE TRIAL
William Faulkner, AS I LAY DYING
Julio Cortázar, BLOW-UP
Leonora Carrington, THE HEARING TRUMPET
Italo Calvino, INVISIBLE CITIES
Angela Carter, THE BLOODY CHAMBER
Haruki Murakami, THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE
and two other works of fiction to be determined. There will be a modest amount of supplemental reading, from folk tales to Freud
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three 5-page papers and active participation in class discussions. |
| Instructor(s): Sharpe,Matthew Times: .M.W... 08:30AM-09:50AM; Location: FISK302; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 50 | | SR major: X | JR major: 10 | | |
| Seats Available: 1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 10 | SO: 15 | FR: 10 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 12 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 9 |
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