BA
English
Vladimir Nabokov and the Western Canon
6 credits
3rd year of study
Fall semester
This multidisciplinary course offers a close reading study of "Lolita" and "Pale Fire" the most challenging and provocative novels by Vladimir Nabokov. The novels will be explored through "The Western Canon" by Harold Bloom. The students are expected to be able to read the novel in its original English. Foreign exchange students interested history of culture and literature are welcome.