flt 251 continental european literature i

FLT 251Continental European Literature I

Prof. Kenneth ReedsFall 2011

What do you read?

Do you have a favorite book?

Favorite type of writing?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?• Romance?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?• Romance?• Science fiction?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?• Romance?• Science fiction?• Detective?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?• Romance?• Science fiction?• Detective? • Poetry?

Favorite type of writing?

• Fiction?• Non-fiction?• Romance?• Science fiction?• Detective? • Poetry?• Essay?

What is literature?

What is literature?

What is literature?

What is literature?

What is literature?

What is literature?

What is good literature?

What is good literature?

Who decides?

What is good literature?

Who decides?

What does it mean to

“abdicate”?

What does it mean to

“abdicate”?

Never abdicate your critical capacity

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O'Gorman, Edmundo. The invention of America: an inquiry into the historical nature of the New World and the meaning of its history. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1961.