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This class will introduce you to the fundamentals of literary studies. You will acquire knowledge about basic theories, concepts, methodologies and terminologies that will help you to engage with literary texts. Besides theory texts and texts of literary criticism, we will read contemporary American poetry, the novel Parable of Talents (1998) by Octavia Butler, and the play Desdemona, A Play about a Handkerchief (1979) by Paula Vogel. Please purchase and read:
- Octavia Butler (1998), Parable of Talents
- Emily Skaja (2019), Brute (Graywolf Press)
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