ENGL 428 - Seminar: Virginia Woolf & Zadie Smith

FC ARHU WADV

4 credits
This seminar puts into a sustained conversation two immensely innovative and hugely influential female authors: Virginia Woolf and Zadie Smith. Situating them in their literary, historical, and theoretical contexts, we will examine the ways in which both authors - one writing at the beginning of the 20th century, the other at the beginning of the 21st - explore in their writings the relationship between literature, history, and politics. Texts might include Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and The Waves; Smith’s NW and On Beauty, as well as both authors’ diaries and essays. Written work will lead toward an extensive final research project.
Prerequisites & Notes: Admission based on a completed application form (available at the Department office, Rice130)
This course is cross-listed with GSFS 428