EUROPEAN LITERATURE

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This course examines competing loyalties in European literature. We read through various genres and European literatures translated to English from Greek, Russian, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, and other languages. To understand and analyze these original works we will adopt both historical and textual approaches. How have the historical circumstances shaped the ideological, philosophical, and intellectual concerns of European writers? How did conflicting ideas on the self, on belonging and identity, and on political affiliations emerge in the texts of these writers? What ideological influences stand behind these themes? PREREQ: (UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN (ENGLISH OR ENGLISH EDUCATION)) OR INSTRUCTOR CONSENT