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FYSP 109 - Odysseys and Identities


Semester Offered: Fall Semester 2019
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4HU, WINT

Students will read Homer’s Odyssey and several narratives that evoke and reinterpret that work, including the Cohen brothers’ O Brother Where Art Thou, Atwood’s The Penelopiad, and Martel’s The Life of Pi. We will consider the idea of the journey home as a typical structure for narratives of identity, and we will analyze the problem of unreliable narrators in these stories. Students will work extensively on their composition skills.

Enrollment Limit: 15
Instructor: K. Ormand

Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes


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