SEMINAR PROFILE

H24 -
Becoming Self-Aware, Becoming Free: A Cross-Cultural Literary Inquiry

Cross-cultural literary studies typically focus on works from several countries that explore a common theme or issue. In this seminar, that issue will be the situation of a woman who comes to realize that she has been confined and attempts to gain release. We will also consider the dual nature of escape, which can mean "to gain one's liberty by flight" or "to avoid or retreat from the realities of life" (OED). The readings will include a play (A Doll's House), two novels (The Vagabond and Jasmine), poetry, and possibly song. They will span not only countries but eras: we begin in the later 19th century and end in the 21st. As we discuss these works, we will also consider their social and historical contexts.

Scholar:

Sue Lonoff

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

3/23/2011, 3/30/2011

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H24 -	Becoming Self-Aware, Becoming Free: A Cross-Cultural Literary Inquiry

	Cross-cultural literary studies typically focus on works from several countries that explore a common theme or issue. In this seminar, that issue will be the situation of a woman who comes to realize that she has been confined and attempts to gain release. We will also consider the dual nature of escape, which can mean "to gain one's liberty by flight" or "to avoid or retreat from the realities of life" (OED). The readings will include a play (A Doll's House), two novels (The Vagabond and Jasmine), poetry, and possibly song. They will span not only countries but eras: we begin in the later 19th century and end in the 21st. As we discuss these works, we will also consider their social and historical contexts.

		Scholar:	Sue Lonoff
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	3/23/2011, 3/30/2011