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“I've dreamt in my life dreams that have
stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and
through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind." Wuthering
Heights, Emily Bronte.
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Here are
some of the themes we will be discussing:
- tragedy and the tragic vision
- sight and insight
- reason and madness
- silence and speech
- deception and loyalty
- trust and mistrust
- nature and civilization
- suffering and loss
- pride and loyalty
- jealousy and greed
- evil and goodness
- love and betrayal
- race and identity
- mortality
We will also
consider different approaches to the literary form in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, in particular, gothic, magical, lyrical and postcolonial
approaches to the literary text.
We will examine poetic language and literary devices that enhance our
understanding of narrative, dramatic and poetic texts.
I hope when you leave
this class you will have a deeper understanding of why people write and why we
read literature. I hope you will be
eager to read more and enjoy thinking about literature and other arts where
close reading, viewing, and listening offer exciting, mind-expanding results.
Required Texts:
Sophocles, Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, Literary Touchstone Classic
Shakespeare, King Lear, No Fear Shakespeare
Smith, Philip, 100 Best Loved Poems, Dover Thrift Edition (suggested)
Collection of Short Stories and Poems—van
Slyck Coursepak
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