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Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL World Literature: Modern European Literature CREDIT 3 INSTRUCTOR Zoë Roth OFFICE OFFICE HOURS TIME TBA CLASSROOM LOCATION TBA E-MAIL [email protected] * Please leave the fields blank which haven’t been decided yet. [COURSE INFORMATION] COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS London and Paris provide the backdrop for some of the most important events—a most exciting books—of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Through texts that wander through their well-trod streets, this survey course will introduce different forms of the European novel. This period covers realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism. Dickens, Zola, James, Woolf, and Sebald will allow us to address major historical events of European modernity, including the French Revolution, industrialization, women’s suffrage, the two World Wars, the Holocaust, and decolonization. We will pay particular attention to the way historical and social forces shape the novel’s changing form. In doing so, we will understand the vital role narrative space plays in shaping our world. PREREQUISITE None COURSE REQUIREMENTS Journal, blog, midterm, final essay GRADING POLICY Students will be assessed on their attendance, their participation in journal writing and blog entries, and their performance on the midterm and the final essay. TEXTS & REFERENCES Students may buy any edition or translation. I will provide a PDF booklet including Baudelaire’s poetry, James’s novella, and a number of secondary readings. Be aware that the syllabus may change. Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities Emile Zola, The Ladies’ Delight Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil Henry James, A London Life Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way (First Part: Combray) Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz

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Page 1: World Literature: Modern European Literaturesummer.yonsei.ac.kr/files/course/World Literature- Modern European... · World Literature: Modern European Literature CREDIT 3 INSTRUCTOR

Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

World Literature: Modern European Literature

CREDIT 3 INSTRUCTOR Zoë Roth

OFFICE OFFICE HOURS

TIME TBA CLASSROOM LOCATION TBA

E-MAIL [email protected]

* Please leave the fields blank which haven’t been decided yet.

[COURSE INFORMATION]

COURSE DESCRIPTION & GOALS

London and Paris provide the backdrop for some of the most important events—a most exciting

books—of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries. Through texts that wander through

their well-trod streets, this survey course will introduce different forms of the European novel. This

period covers realism, naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism. Dickens, Zola, James, Woolf,

and Sebald will allow us to address major historical events of European modernity, including the

French Revolution, industrialization, women’s suffrage, the two World Wars, the Holocaust, and

decolonization. We will pay particular attention to the way historical and social forces shape the

novel’s changing form. In doing so, we will understand the vital role narrative space plays in shaping

our world.

PREREQUISITE None

COURSE REQUIREMENTS Journal, blog, midterm, final essay

GRADING POLICY

Students will be assessed on their attendance, their participation in journal writing and blog entries, and their performance on the midterm and the final essay.

TEXTS & REFERENCES

Students may buy any edition or translation. I will provide a PDF booklet including Baudelaire’s

poetry, James’s novella, and a number of secondary readings. Be aware that the syllabus may

change.

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

Emile Zola, The Ladies’ Delight

Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil

Henry James, A London Life

Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way (First Part: Combray)

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland

James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz

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Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

INSTRUCTOR’S PROFILE Zoë Roth is Visiting Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature at King’s College London.

[WEEKLY SCHEDULE] * Your detailed explanation would be very helpful for prospective students to get a pre-approval for credit-transfer from

their home university in advance.

WEEK (PERIOD) WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS COURSE MATERIAL & ASSIGNMENTS

REFERENCE

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Tuesday, 1 July • Introduction • Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the First Wednesday, 2 July • Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Second Thursday, 3 July • Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book the Third

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Monday, 7 July • Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil Tuesday, 8 July • Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil Wednesday, 9 July • Henry James, A London Life Thursday, 10 July • Henry James, A London Life

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Monday, 14 July • Emile Zola, The Ladies’ Paradise Tuesday, 15 July • Emile Zola, The Ladies’ Paradise Wednesday, 16 July • Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way Thursday, 17 July MID-TERM EXAM

MID-TERM EXAM

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Monday, 21 July • Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way Tuesday, 22 July • Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way Wednesday, 23 July • Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Thursday, 24 July • Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

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Course Syllabus 2014 YONSEI INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

WEEK (PERIOD) WEEKLY TOPIC & CONTENTS COURSE MATERIAL & ASSIGNMENTS

REFERENCE

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Monday, 28 July • T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland Tuesday, 29 July • T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland Wednesday, 30 July • James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

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Monday, 4 August • James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room Tuesday, 5 August • W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz Wednesday, 6 August • W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz Thursday, 7 August Conclusion and revision

FINAL ESSAY DUE