104 Introduction to Narrative
| Course Description | |
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| "I'll tell thee everything I can..."(Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass). An exploration of various acts of narration, with emphasis on the pose and practice of veracity in fiction. Examines strategies of narrative sincerity and authority; considers the elements of a "reliable" narrator; charts ways in which narrative framing can complicate and even contravene plot. Texts may include Swift, Sterne, Austen, Emily Brontë, Twain, Carroll, Woolf, Faulkner, Wideman, and Mukherjee. | |
| Distribution | |
| C | |
| Prerequisites | |
| Day/Time: | T,TH — 10:00 - 11:25 |
| Location: | Sills-Smith Auditorium |
| Instructor: | (mphillip@bowdoin.edu) |
| Class Email: | eng104@bowdoin.edu |
| Final Exam: | 12/18/2003, 2:00 pm |
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