Department of Comparative Literature
 | COL 717: Rousseau's Autobiographies | |
| Thursdays 3:30 - 6:10 | Clemens 640 | Reg.# 266500; 262631 | ||
| Course Description | ||
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Class 1 (Aug. 30): Introduction: Starobinski, "The Style of Autobiography" Rousseau, "Ebauches des Confessions" (.pdf) Class 2 (Sep 6): St. Augustine, Confessions, Bks I-X; Visit St. Augustine's Homepage Spengemann, "The Formal Paradigm" in Forms of Autobiography (Yale, 1980) Class 3 (Sep 13): Montaigne, Essais, Bk I. 1, 20, 21, 23, 28, 39, 41; Bk.II, 6, 10, 16, Bk. III, 2, 9, 13 Class 4 (Sep 20): Rousseau, Confessions, Books I & II, Starobinski, Transparence, chap. VII Class 5 (Oct 4): Confessions, Bks. III-VI, Starobinski, La relation critique, 98-169 Class 6 (Oct 11): Confessions, VII-IX Class 7 (Oct 18): Confessions, X-XII Class 8 (Oct 25): Dialogues, "Premier dialogue" Class 9 (Nov 1): Dialogues, Deuxième dialogue" Allan Ramsay's portrait of Rousseau (1766) Class 10 (Nov 8): Dialogues, "Troisième dialogue" Class 11 (Nov 15): Rêveries, Promenades I-III Class 12 (Nov 29): Rêveries, Promenades IV-VII Class 13 (Dec 6): Rêveries, Promenades VIII-X |  |
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