2024 Summer Session A
6 weeks, May 20 - June 28
RHETOR 121 001 - LEC 001
Rhetoric of Fiction
Fantasy and the Language of Dreams: Psychoanalysis, Cultural Studies, and the Fantasy Genre
Robert Theodore Barrett
May 20, 2024 - Jun 28, 2024
Tu, We, Th
09:30 am - 11:59 am
Internet/Online
Class #:14750
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Online
Offered through
Rhetoric
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
7
Enrolled: 28
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 35
Waitlist Max: 10
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 22.5 hours of outside work hours per week., 7.5 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 22.5 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
Study of the form and content of fictional narratives. Definition and techniques including voice, point of view, and time orders. Attention to cultural and historical contexts of selected narratives to consider interplay of works, authors, and readerships.
Class Description
This course reads works from the Fantasy genre alongside Psychoanalytic Theory and Cultural Studies to dive deep into the connections between the Fantasy genre and the cultural unconscious. We will read work by Ursula K. Le Guin, Jewelle Gomez, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Stuart Hall and Paul Gilroy, just to name a few.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
Associated Sections
None