Madness in Literature and Cinema

Catalog description

(R-6) This course investigates that place where literature and madness overlap in a variety of poetry, novels, short stories, and historical texts in three distinct European traditions: Spanish, French and Russian. The class follows different lines of thought such as the differences between madness and eccentricity, the connection between madness and ingenuity, and the allegorization of the creative process through depictions of madness. Only repeatable if the topic changes.