The Bildungsroman and Other Biographical Fictions
Subject Code:
GERLIT
Course Number:
234 Description:
Life hermeneutics practiced in the psychological novel, Bildungsroman, and autobiography. Intersections and contrasts among these genres. The origins of the notion of progress and its fictional translations; possibilities of historical and fictional closure; and the emergence of the novel's protagonist as a disciplinary subject. Authors include Augustine, Rousseau, Goethe, Moritz, and Keller.
Instructor:
Charitini Douvaldzi
Term:
Spr
Academic Year:
2011-12
Day/Time:
M 3:15-6:05p 