Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0142 - 19th Century European Fiction

This course will serve as an introduction to major works in European fiction from the 19th to the early 20th century. We will be reading novels and short fiction from France, Germany, England, and Russia. As this is a comparative literature course, we will be reading works in translation, though students are encouraged to read the texts in the original wherever possible. As we read, we will examine the changing notions of representation and reality that inform the modes of fiction in different traditions at different times. Our aesthetic focus will pay particular attention to style, language, form, and character. We will also look at the way these works of fiction figure the individual in relation to society, asking what kind of world these novels and stories create and how they create and maintain a sense of European literature. Authors may include Goethe, Balzac, Bront, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Zola, James, Mansfield, and Ford.

Culture, Humanities, and Languages Independent Work Multiple Cultural Perspectives Writing and Research In this course students are expected to spend 8 hours weekly on preparation and work outside of class time.