Rewriting Culture from Shakespeare to Magna
CHUM 312
Fall 2007
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENGL 312, RUSS 312 |
What are we doing when we rewrite texts? When we revise, edit, adapt, or translate a work, is our goal to produce a new work of art? An alternative version of the old work? A better, more user-friendly version of the original? This course is structured around questions of textual ontology and authority that arises whenever we begin to revise and rewrite texts. Focusing chiefly on case studies from 20th-century English and Russian literature (with some Japanese pop culture), we discuss the artistic, philosophical, and legal problems of fidelity, authenticity, and ownership that result from acts of rewriting. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Interpretation
We will be interpreting literary texts, as well as examining what constitutes a "text."
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
None |
| Course Format: Seminar | 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
Shakespeare, KING LEAR
Gladkov, CEMENT
Pushkin, EUGENE ONEGIN
L. and C. Zukofsky, CATULLUS
Lukyanenko, THE NIGHT WATCH
Suzuki, THE RING
and several film adaptations
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Examinations and Assignments:
Three papers (2-3 pages), final project. |
| Instructor(s): Fitzpatrick,Joseph J. Times: .M.W... 11:00AM-12:20PM; Location: CFH106; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 15 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: 4 | GRAD: 0 | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 2 | FR: 1 |
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