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Fall 2013 Comparative Literature and Society W4080 section 001
MAGIC AND MODERNITY

Call Number 07595
Day & Time
Location
TR 10:10am-11:25am
To be announced
Points 3
Approvals Required None
Instructor Rebecca J Stanton
Type LECTURE
Course Description Examines literary treatments of magic produced at five pivotal moments in (mostly) European intellectual history, and inquires: How does the depiction of magic relate to the idea of "modernity" and its attendant anxieties? How do texts produce magical effects? How does magic function as a way of understanding the world? Readings include works by Ovid, Apuleius, Marie de France, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Goethe, Pushkin, Bulgakov and others, as well as folklore and theoretical texts.
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Department Comparative Literature and Society @Barnard
Enrollment 17 students as of 11:27PM Friday, May 24, 2013
Subject Comparative Literature and Society
Number W4080
Section 001
Division Interfaculty
Open To Barnard, Columbia College, General Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Science
Campus Barnard College
Section key 20133CPLS4080W001

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