2007-08 AM "A visual, tactile, olfactory blot. An indelible vulgarity": The Vietnam War in Film and Fiction

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This course will provide a survey of Vietnam War literature. Likely authors include: Bao Ninh, Tim O'Brien, Bobbie Ann Mason, Robert Olen Butler, Stephen Wright, William Ehrhart. Extensive class discussions of primary texts will be the norm (supported by secondary readings). We will also be dealing with constructions of filmic narratives, with particular emphasis on Jacob's Ladder and Apocalypse Now.

The course is organized around, but not limited to, a number of key books and figures, and secondary studies on Vietnam War literature. We will adopt an interpretive method that combines literary, cultural, and psychological approaches. In addition to literary readings, the syllabus will thus include a variety of historical materials and a range of theoretical viewpoints.

Starting on: 23.10. 2007

Prerequisites for certificate: regular attendance, active participation, in-class oral presentation, periodic short written homework, term paper.

Please purchase Tim O'Brien, In the Lake of the Woods, and Bao Ninh's The Sorrow of War (Riverhead). Additional material will be made available in a reader and/or in the library (reserve shelf).

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