HNPG 032P

Comparative Literature: The Nature of  Narrative

Important Note: This syllabus is from a past course, it is intended for informational purposes ONLY.  Actual class requirements, texts, and grading may vary.

Instructor: Professor Danow

Week:

1. Course intro. /"Two Hermits," " Three Hermits," Tolstoy; "Meditations," " A Fratricide," Kafka 
2. "The Nun's Priest's Tale," "The Friar's Tale," "The Scholar's Tale," Chaucer ) (The Canterbury Tales); "The Tenth Tale of the Tenth Day," Boccaccio (Decameron) C 
3. Exemplary Tales (Selections), Cervantes
4. A Sentimental Journey, Steme
5. Jacques the Fatalist, Diderot 
6. "White Nights," "A Gentle Creature," Dostoevsky
7. The Stranger, Camus 
8. The Storyteller, Vargas Llosa 
9. Selected stories: Garcia Marquez, Allende, Borges
10. Odyssey, Homer 
    

Course requirements: 
Two term papers 10-12 pages in length, take-home final exam