This class engages in the comparative analysis of two great classic novels of American literature and two of their contemporary rewritings of them. After exploring the social, racial and historical context in which Mark Twain's and William Faulkner's novels are set, we will engage as a class in the analysis of the definition of the characters, paying particular attention to the unsaid, the oversaid, and the common knowledge (prejudices, rules of behavior, ideologies, power structure, etc.) presupposed in the definition of believable and interesting characters from a literary point of view. This first part of the course will provide the preliminary knowledge from which to tackle two contemporary rewritings of the novels analyzed.
- المعلم: Cristina Iuli