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English
210 – Intro to European Lit Fall
Quarter 2006 |
Instructor: Office: R230 H Office Phone: 2104 |
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSE |
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An informally presented
reading-discussion on modern European writers showing the philosophies behind
the works and impact on the modern world EVALUATION TECHNIQUES |
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Series of announced
quizzes (plot level and identification of characters) on works read. |
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Equally weighed mid-term
(identification and discussion of ideas and style in selected reading excerpts)
and optional final. |
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Outside papers (5-7 pages)
on modern European writer of your choice. Sample list of BOOKS USED: |
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Selected Short Stories covering a
variety of major European writers from |
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Kafka, METAORPHOSIS AND OTHER STORIES |
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Turgenev,
FATHERS AND SONS |
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Dostoyevsky, CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, W.W. Norton |
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Dinesen, SEVEN GOTHIC TALES, (author of Out
of Africa) |
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Jean-Paul Sarte, NO EXIT AND THREE OTHER PLAYS,
Vintage (Random House) |
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Ionesco,
FOUR PLAYS, THE BALD SOPRANO, THE
LESSON, JACK OF THE SUBMISSION, THE CHAIRS, Grove Press (Random House) |
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