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Comparative Literature and Culture 120F/G The Grotesque

The reading will concentrate on absurd and irrational views of human existence. The role of black humour and supernatural elements in Poe, Gogol, Kafka and others will be studied. Examples of the grotesque in art will also be shown.

3 lecture hours, half course.


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