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JWST 375 - Violence in Twentieth-Century World Literature


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
English
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD, WR
Covers violence in 20th century literature alongside key theoretical formulations of the subject. Starting with early 20th century Modernism, we will compare creative developments in East Europe, Middle East and South America. Violence’s relations to body, trauma, sovereignty and the other will be examined both in literature and theory. Among others we will read: Kafka, Doblin, Aeurbach, Freud, Arendt, Bataille, Primo Levi, Fanon, Agamben, Habibi and Castel-Bloom.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: A. Ofengenden
Cross List Information This course is cross-listed with CMPL 375


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