Comparative Literature and Culture 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Totalitarianism, Comparative Literature, Universal Library
11 Oct 2017
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Introduction to apps and ideas that changed the world: university, academia. Logic and paradoxes canon: simulation, representation, platonic love. Literature and knowledge: myth/ metamorphosis, tragedy/ catharsis, unconscious, dreams, avant- Impact literature can have on the world: compare literature from different times and cultures, canon: literary canon, works that are institutionalized and past down etc books read through high school. Feminism: social, political and economic equality of sexes. Greek first came up with standardized rules of thinking. Platonic love: exclusion of carnival love, exclusion of sexual love, presence of mind, can include friendship. Platonic love: liking an actor ex brad pitt. When someone is in love with someone else but does not let the person know/ hides it. Myths: deal with gods, natural phenomenon, events we cannot deal with, variations according to regional understanding. Reception theory: ties back to authorship, how people interpret and analyze information received from different type of media and people.
