Henry James: Time, Consciousness, and Narrative
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<br>Course Description
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<br>          Henry James has often been esteemed as the progenitor of the great modernists writers. The purpose of this course is to explore, by means of narratology and American pragmatism, the achievement of Henry James. The aim of the course is to read James intertexuality with the psychological philosophy of his day and by thus determine the role of James in the transfiguration of Romanticism into Modernism (or even Postmodernism). 
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<br>Textbook 
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<br>         Tales of Henry James
<br>         The American
<br>         The Ambassadors         
<br>         The Wings of the Dove
<br>         The Golden Bowl
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<br>Reference: 
<br>       Genette, G&eacute;rard. Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method. 
<br>           trans. Jane E. Lewin. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1980. 
<br>       Chatman, Seymour. Story and Discourse: Narrative Structure in 
<br>           Fiction and Film. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1978.
<br>       James, William. The Principle of Psychology. 
<br>       Ricoeur, Paul. Time and Narrative. 
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<br>Requirement:
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<br>Teaching Method: Seminar discussion, presentation, Midterm and final paper 
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<br>Schedule
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<br>Session one     Introduction 
<br>               Short Stories
<br>Session Two     Daisy Miller
<br>Session Three    Daisy Miler        Presentation
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<br>Session Four     The American 
<br>Session Five     The American       Presentation
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<br>Session six      The Ambassadors 
<br>Session seven    The Ambassadors     Presentation
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<br>Session eight     Shorter Stories
<br>Session nine      Midterm 
<br>Session ten       The Portrait of a Lady
<br>Session eleven    The Portrait of a Lady       Presentation
<br>Session twelve    The Wings of the Dove
<br>Session thirteen   The Wings of the Dove        Presentation
<br>Session fourteen   The Wings of the Dove
<br>Session fifteen    The Golden Bowl              
<br>Session Sixteen    The Golden Bowl             Final paper deadline
<br>Session seventeen  Short Stories              Presentation
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<br>Grading
<br>Discussion and contribution 20%
<br>Presentation 20%
<br>Midterm paper 30%
<br>Final paper 30%
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