ENGL 334 - Narrative Regret

4 HU, WR New Course added 04/06/2006
Second Semester. We will investigate three kinds of literary regret: Martial (regret over killing), Marital (regret over marrying), and Mortal (regret over dying). In each case, a close reading of an exemplary nineteenth-century British novel (Lord Jim, Middlemarch, Wuthering Heights) is read alongside theoretical and philosophical elaborations on regret. We also examine classic and contemporary versions of regret, including Greek and Renaissance tragedy and current poetry and film. Our aim is to generate a poetics of regret. British, 1700-1900.

Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: See headnote above.

Enrollment Limit: 30.

Ms. Geerken

Credits: 4 Hours