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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2023 |
Registration ID | ITALB335001 |
Course Title | The Italian Margins |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Ricci,Roberta Zipoli,Luca |
Times and Days | Th 02:25pm-04:45pm
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Room Location | DAL212E |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2566 Thompson Fulliloves scholarship will be the theoretical foundation of this survey of 20th century topicsfrom literary representations of mental health to the displacement of marginalized communities, from historical persecution in Europe to contemporary domestic violence in Italy. The main goal of the seminar will be to challenge the rhetoric of otherness, encounters, marginalization, anti-canon, and exoticism that is typical of broader readings of Italys modern traditions, adopting Thompson Fulliloves inter-sectional and trans-historical paradigms to re-imagine Italian Studies, to center the gender gap, and overcome the stigma of mental illness and madness. Rooted in the perspectives of trans-codification, trans-historical tradition, and cultural translation, this course attempts to address such questions both in theory and practice using Freudian literary criticism (The interpretation of Dreams, 1899; The Uncanny, 1919; Beyond the Pleasure Principle, 1920; The Ego and the Id, 1923; Civilization and its Discontents, 1930). We will start with a seminar, devoted to the analysis and discussion of primary sources and then follow with a scholarly (and creative) workshop. Tailored activities related to social activism (Praxis) will also fulfill the course requirements. Prerequisite: 200 level course or permission of instructor. Approach: Power, Inequity, and Justice (PIJ), Writing Intensive; Enrollment Cap: 15. Flexner Seminar Fall 2023/ This course may be counted towards the Theory requirements for majors in Comparative Literature. |
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