EN210 Lecture 1: Syllabus
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Office hours / location: rcw 311 (tuesday and wednesday, 4:00 5:30 pm, by appointment only) Lectures: tuesday and thursday 2:30 3:50 pm (od 110) [writing] is the art of asking questions, not of answering or resolving themwhen the questions asked are genuine, they are disturbing. " (roland barthes, do things mean something?") Literature exists in an uneasy tension with society, and the connections between the two are multifaceted and problematic. Literary works can be analytical and critical functioning as a space where subversive subjectivity clashes with dominant ideologies. Henry david thoreau: on the duty of civil disobedience (wilder) Margaret atwood: the handmaid"s tale (mcclelland & stewart) Alan moore and david lloyd: v for vendetta (vertigo) Thurs 17 mar / thurs 24 mar / thurs 31 mar. ***if a student misses the quizzes or the midterm, relevant and documented medical and legal reasons must be provided before a deferral will be granted.
