| 01 | -T-R--- | 11:30A-1:00P | Eads / 102 | Stone | May 6 2019 1:00PM - 3:00PM | 20 | 10 | 0 |
Desc: | THE DETAIL: We will examine characters against a background of things discovered and inherited, bought and exchanged, adored and mourned. In their depictions of characters' struggles, authors present an array of objects whose details capture our imagination through suggestions of magical powers, prosperity, love, and loss: jewelry, clothing, portraits, furnishings. The detail suggests a world of abundance: the accumulation of goods within an expanding economy; the excesses of an ornamental and decadent lifestyle; the proliferation of memories and nostalgic longings. Whatever the material conditions it relates, however, the detail remains fundamentally an aesthetic form, often coded as feminine. We will study how the authors' descriptions allow them to color the world much like a painter: one stroke, one detail at a time. Works to include Chrétien de Troyes, YVAIN; Marguerite de Navarre, L'HEPTAMERON, Lafayette, LA PRINCESSE DE CLEVES; Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, PAUL ET VIRGINIE; Flaubert, MADAME BOVARY; Proust, COMBRAY; and Toussaint, LA SALLE DE BAIN, and selected paintings from each period. |
|
|
|