ENGL 083. On Violence

A dark lexicon emerged out of the 20th century: total war, genocide, and collateral damage were new terms invented to describe “new” versions of atrocity. But does our ability to name violence mean that we understand it any better? This course explores the aesthetic and narrative structures of violence in modern fiction, film, critical theory, and law. Even as we recognize texts as pertaining to distinct modes (modernism, postmodernism, contemporary literature) we will explore how histories of colonialism and racism condition formal innovation.
20th/21st c.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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