CWL 119

Spring 2014

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 7
Literature of Fantasy
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Credit: 3 hours.

Same as ENGL 119. See ENGL 119.

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
47153
Lecture-Discussion
E
1:00PM -1:50PM
MWF
Henry Administration Bldg
Barrett, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Info:
While fantastic narratives are as old as human culture, fantasy as an explicit literary and commercial genre is less than a century old. In this class, we?ll track that genre?s history on a decade-by-decade basis, beginning with Lord Dunsany?s 1924 The King of Elfland?s Daughter and ending with N. K. Jemisin?s 2010 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms. Along the way we?ll look at J. R. R. Tolkien?s 1937 The Hobbit, Mervyn Peake?s 1946 Titus Groan, Poul Anderson?s 1954 The Broken Sword, Ursula K. Le Guin?s 1968 A Wizard of Earthsea, Patricia A. McKillip?s 1974 The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Robin McKinley?s 1984 The Hero and the Crown, Diana Wynne Jones?s 1998 Dark Lord of Derkholm, and China Mi�ville?s 2002 The Scar. We?ll certainly discover how a literary tradition comes into focus and learns to critique itself, but we?ll also learn what the literature of the impossible has to say about the cultural possibilities of the so-called ?real world.? Assignments will include a small number of short essays and a pair of exams.
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