Topics in Modern Literature
Overview
Subject area
CMLIT
Catalog Number
215
Course Title
Topics in Modern Literature
Department(s)
Description
This course will examine selected topics in modern literature and their relationship to nineteenth- and twentieth-century models of thought, society, and culture. We will consider, for instance, the influence of the naturalist Buffon on Balzac, of experimental medicine on Zola, of the philosopher Bergson on Proust, of technology on H. G. Wells, of physics on Pynchon, and of Freud on Kafka.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FCE - Flexible Core - Creative Expression
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Requisites
010223