Spring 2024 First-Year Seminar BC1752 section 001

Dreamstories

DREAMSTORIES

Call Number 00182
Day & Time
Location
TR 2:40pm-3:55pm
405 Barnard Hall
Points 3
Grading Mode Pass/Fail
Approvals Required None
Instructor Eugene A Petracca
Type SEMINAR
Course Description

The complex relationship between dreaming and narrative storytelling is as contemporary as it is ancient. In this first-year seminar, we will examine Greco-Roman, medieval, modern, and postmodern representations of dreaming in literature, philosophy and film - texts that range from classical epic (Homer, Virgil) through medieval allegory (Dante, Machaut) to psychoanalysis (Freud and his contemporaries), queer metafiction (Winterson, Sarduy, Lynch), and beyond. We will consider among other topics how dreams raise fundamental questions about being, memory, desire, interpretation, and Utopian politics. Students will practice critical writing and discussion, and also have the opportunity to engage their own dreams and fantasies both analytically and creatively.

Web Site Vergil
Department First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard
Enrollment 16 students (16 max) as of 10:05AM Thursday, December 5, 2024
Status Full
Subject First-Year Seminar
Number BC1752
Section 001
Division Barnard College
Note Barnard 1st Year Students Only
Section key 20241FYSB1752X001