Courses
Winter 2003-04
ENG 765: Theory of Literature (Fiction)
Day: W; Time: 6:10pm - 10:00pm; Room: Ellis 203
Instructor: Darrell Spencer
Course Description
Our critical lens will most likely be Gary Saul Morson?s Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time. What we will do is to bring Morson?s theory to bear on four or five?as I see them?significant contemporary novels, not so much as acts of interpretation (Susan Sontag: ?Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect on the world?), but as acts of exploration and discovery that might aid and abet our own writing.
Course Readings
- Gary Saul Morson?s Narrative and Freedom: The Shadows of Time
- Four or Five novels yet to be determined
Course Exams and Assignments
- Lead one class discussion
- Substantial scholarly paper
- Perhaps (we?ll decide as a class) write a short novel together
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