Comparative Literature 30C:

Major Works of European Literature: Romantic and Modern

Requirements: Two five-page essays, a midterm, and a final. Students must attend all classes. Grades will be determined as follows: first essay, 20%; midterm, 20%; second essay, 25%, final, 30%, participation, 5%. Course policies will be discussed during the first class meeting and posted on the course web site, http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/CL30c.html .

Syllabus

Week 1:
8/4 Introduction Notes
8/5 Rousseau, The Social Contract Notes
8/6 The Social Contract Notes
Handout: Kant's "What is Enlightenment?" (1784)
8/7 Büchner, Woyzeck Notes

Week 2:
8/11 Woyzeck Notes
8/12 Austen, Emma Notes An interesting essay on literature
8/13 Emma Notes
8/14 Emma  Notes Suggested Paper Topics

Week 3:
8/18 Dostoyevsky, ...Underground Paper 1 due.
8/19 ... Underground Notes
8/20 ... Underground Notes
8/21 Midterm

Week 4:
8/25 Baudelaire, Paris Spleen Notes
8/26 Paris Spleen Notes
8/27 Rilke, Notebooks of ... Brigge Notes
8/28 Notebooks Notes

Week 5:
9/1 No class today!
9/2 Hammett, The Glass Key Notes
9/3 The Glass Key (film)
9/4 Borges, Ficciones “Tlön, Uqbar” 17; “Pierre Menard” 45; “Library of Babel” 79 “Circular Ruins” 57; “Forking Paths” 89. Notes

Week 6:
9/8 Ficciones, “Funes, the Memorious” 107; “Death and the Compass” 129; “The Secret Miracle” 143; “The South” 167. Paper 2 due. Suggested Topics Notes
9/9 Bishop, Complete Poems, especially "The Map" 3, "Wading at Wellfleet" 7, "The Man-Moth" 14," "Love Lies Sleeping" 16, "The Monument" 23, and "The Prodigal" 71. Notes
9/10 Bishop, especially "Arrival at Santos" 89, "Brazil, January 1, 1502" 91, "Questions of Travel" 93, "The Burglar of Babylon" 112, "Some Dreams They Forgot" 146, and "One Art" 178. Notes 
9/11 Final

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