#c lit

3-credits (C/NC), VLPA

(W and C credits)

Nobel Prize winners, World Literature--a great VLPA

Questions?  Contact Gary Handwerk at [email protected] or Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen at [email protected].

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‘How I admire Proust,” said Georges Bataille, “for his strategy of discovering the secret of time, not in the Infinite, but in a cup of tea.” A difficult book? Hardly! Modesty as method. It is the naïve, unassuming approach to In Search of Lost Time that alone brings forward the master theme of the masterpiece—a materialism of the insignificant, redemption of the simplest features of everyday experience, necessity of unmediated attention to the most mundane of phenomena, nobility of a democratized access to it. Monument that it is, the theme is the contempt for the monument—the array of its toxic metonymies, sociological, psychological, philosophical. Reading Proust requires the comparative eye. The enemy was the composer Richard Wagner, virtuoso of mass emotions, the homophobic, anti-Semitic nationalist, to whom Proust opposed models less French than Anglophone--George Eliot, Dickens, Carlyle, William Morris, Emerson, and above all, John Ruskin, whose works he translated into French. The author will be situated in the historical and sociological context of his day (1871-1922). Issues to be managed—relevance of biography, sexual orientation, the relation of literature to other arts (painting and music), problems posed by translation, etc.. We will read the first two volumes of the novel: Swann’s Way and In the Shadow of young Girls as well as The Hare With Amber Eyes. Taught in English, no prerequisites required. FRENCH 212 awards 5 VLPA credits and counts as an elective towards the French major. Instructor: Doug Collins Questions? email [email protected] Winter 2019 - SLN 14909 - MW 3:30-5:20pm in ART 317 Jointly Offered with C LIT 250 B - SLN 11864

The Environmental Cultures and Values minor explores historical and contemporary understandings of the environment through literature, cinema, the arts, philosophy, history, anthropology, political science and cultural geography. Taking a broad view of the meaning of "environment" (humans, the non-human world, built and natural environments, and all interactions among them), this interdisciplinary program prepares students for further study of environmental cultures and related professional paths ( environmental NGO's, arts organizations, government, natural history writing). Requirements: 25 credit hours total at the 200-level or above, of which 15 must be 300-level or above. For a full list of approved courses, visit: http:/clcm.washington.edu/ecv-minor • 5 credits in each of three _areas: environmental values and history; cultures, coinmunities & the environment, and ecocriticism and eco-aesthetics • 5 credits in core integrative experience course To declare this minor, complete a "Change of Program or minor form with an .academic advisor in your major. If you have questions regarding the ECV minor, please contact English/CLCM advising at(206) 543-2634 or via [email protected]