English 100
The Seminar on Criticism: In the Wake of Moby-Dick
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
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| 7 | Spring 2022 | Otter, Samuel
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TTh 5-6:30 | Dwinelle 211 |
Book List
James, C.L.R.: Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways: Herman Melville and the World We Live In; Melville, Herman: Moby-Dick: or, The Whale; Niemeyer, Mark: The Divine Magnet: Herman Melville's Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne; Olson, Charles: Call Me Ishmael
Other Readings and Media
Photocopied course reader
Description
We will read Moby-Dick slowly and scrupulously, immersing ourselves in Melville’s extraordinary prose and assessing the book’s literary, historical, and biographical contexts; the 20th- and 21st-century critical traditions it has generated; narrative theory relevant to understanding Melville’s literary experiments; and the presence of the book in global culture. Course requirements include oral presentations and two essays (5-7 pages and 8-10 pages).
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