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21L.709 Studies in Literary History: Modernism: From Nietzsche to Fellini (MIT)

How do literature, philosophy, film and other arts respond to the profound changes in world view and lifestyle that mark the twentieth century? This course considers a broad range of works from different countries, different media, and different genres, in exploring the transition to a decentered "Einsteinian" universe.

Keywords:: James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Intellectual History, Franz Kafka, modernism, Criticism, ocwc, oec, Comparative Literature, Media Studies, Fritz Lang, Arnold Schoenberg, literary history, Federico Fellini, transition to a decentered "Einsteinian" universe, Paul Cézanne

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 8, 2021
Author:: Dr. Howard Eiland
Submitter:: The Open Education Consortium
Primary Audience:: College General Ed
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Language:: English
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