Saskia Ziolkowski
ROMANCE STUDIES 590S
Wednesday 3:30 – 6:00pm (Online)
SVEVO and WORLD LITERATURE
Italo Svevo (1861-1928) wrote some of the most important modern Italian novels, like La coscienza di Zeno (Zeno’s Conscience), but has never achieved the world status one might expect, especially for someone who was taught English by no less a figure than James Joyce. Described as “hovering” near international fame, Svevo has been categorized as Italian, Jewish, Triestine, Austrian, German, European, and Modernist. This class examines Svevo in these various contexts to understand the strengths and weaknesses of classifications according to language, religious or cultural background, nation, education, and literary movement. By reading Svevo in the company of authors, such as Pirandello, Proust, Kafka, and Shakespeare, as well as thinkers like Freud, Schopenhauer, and Darwin, students will explore Svevo’s work in detail, while also investigating ideas of influence, concepts of literary influence, and the meanings of world literature.
ENGLISH 890S
Wed. 10:15-11:30am (Online)
Fri. 10:15-11:30am Allen 318
HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM
This course will offerZoomlecturesand discussion during theWednesday meeting time (these will be recorded for those who cannot meet at that time), and two modes of discussion section: an in-person discussion section at the Friday meeting time, and an online discussion section at the Friday meeting time. (There will also be the possibility of asynchronous discussion for participants.)
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