The City as Metaphor. Why Writers love Venice: syllabus
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Kevin Newmark, Boston College
Week 1
Thomas Mann
"Death in Venice"
Week 2
Beauty and Truth: From Plato to Nietzsche
"Phaedrus" and The Birth of Tragedy (Selections)
Week 3
John Ruskin
"The Stones of Venice"
Week 4
A Ghost upon the Sea: Some Film Versions
"Summertime," "Don't Look Now," "The Comfort of Strangers," "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Week 5
Honoré de Balzac
"Facino Cane"
Week 6
What kind of "Gold" are we talking about?
General Discussion of Earlier Themes
Week 7
Henry James
"The Aspern Papers"
Week 8
Saving for the Future: Art, Money, or Understanding?
"The Aspern Papers"
Week 9
Marcel Proust
"In Search of Lost Time"
The Way We Dream: The City as Image
Week 10
Marcel Proust
"Sojourn in Venice"
The Way We Dress: Fortuny and the City as Mask
Week 11
Marcel Proust
"Time Regained"
The Way We Write: The Metaphor as City, Canals, and Bridges
Week 12
Venice: Finding time to spend, to waste, to lose or to rediscover?
General Conclusions
Thomas Mann
"Death in Venice"
Week 2
Beauty and Truth: From Plato to Nietzsche
"Phaedrus" and The Birth of Tragedy (Selections)
Week 3
John Ruskin
"The Stones of Venice"
Week 4
A Ghost upon the Sea: Some Film Versions
"Summertime," "Don't Look Now," "The Comfort of Strangers," "The Talented Mr. Ripley"
Week 5
Honoré de Balzac
"Facino Cane"
Week 6
What kind of "Gold" are we talking about?
General Discussion of Earlier Themes
Week 7
Henry James
"The Aspern Papers"
Week 8
Saving for the Future: Art, Money, or Understanding?
"The Aspern Papers"
Week 9
Marcel Proust
"In Search of Lost Time"
The Way We Dream: The City as Image
Week 10
Marcel Proust
"Sojourn in Venice"
The Way We Dress: Fortuny and the City as Mask
Week 11
Marcel Proust
"Time Regained"
The Way We Write: The Metaphor as City, Canals, and Bridges
Week 12
Venice: Finding time to spend, to waste, to lose or to rediscover?
General Conclusions
