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Comparative Literature and Culture 115F/G The Irrational in 20th-Century Literature and Art

An interdisciplinary study of surrealism in European literature and art, and of magic realism in Latin American fiction. Special emphasis will be placed on their relationship with contemporary psychological and anthropological thought. Readings will include Freud, Jung, Breton and García Márquez. Examples of surrealism in art will be shown.

3 lecture hours, half course.

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