CWL 571

Fall 2021 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 23-Dec 8

Seminar in Literary Relations

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Credit: 4 hours.

Investigation of the impact of one literature upon another, or of some specific works upon others (the role of English literature in continental Europe, the influence of Russian novelists on French and German writers, etc.).

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours if topics vary.

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CWL 571 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	76048	Lecture-Discussion	GG	3:00PM -4:50PM	W	Location Pending	Gasyna, G	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Section Info: CWL 571 Fall 2021 Global Conrad and the Discontents of Autobiography Prof. George Gasyna ggasyna@illinois.edu The main objective of this course is to examine the ways in which the fictions in Joseph Conrad’s autobiographical texts work to complicate the reading experience, offering glimpses into the dynamics of the autobiographic genre as a constant struggle between strategies of self-concealment and self-revelation. Conrad, who famously wrote that the job of an author is to “make you see… the truth” was a spectacular confabulator of his own life story, frequently interpolating glamorous or tragic elements into his biography. Once we have examined critical writings that elaborate a theory of autobiography, our second engagement will be with the logics and forces of global empire. As a Polish country-less émigré whose homeland had been ripped apart by imperial powers, and who then spent two decades serving British globe-wide imperial interests as a merchant mariner and eventually as shipmaster, perhaps Conrad needed to tell a few tall tales to himself to get through the day. Requirements: two essays; one class presentation; a readings diary.