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Schemel Forum Course- Kurt Vonnegut & the Narrative of Trauma

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Tuesday, 19 February, 2019

Kurt Vonnegut & the Narrative of Trauma

DATES: Tuesdays, February 5, 12, 19, 26, and March 5, 19
TIME:  6:00 to 7:15 p.m. (beverages and light snacks offered)
LOCATION: Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305 

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

It sounds like an oxymoron but Kurt Vonnegut established himself as one of the leading novelists of the second half of the 20th Century by finding a way to write humorously about pessimism, despair and trauma.  In this class we’ll examine some of the methods he employs to those ends. In particular we will consider how he departs from the model of trauma narrative that Ernest Hemingway established a generation earlier. Texts include Mother Night; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Cat’s Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five and Hemingway’s In Our Time.

Joe Kraus, Chair and Professor, Department of English & Theatre, The University of Scranton, and President, MELUS (Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States)

Course Fees for Non-Members are $60 per individual / $100 per couple

Contact:

Alicen Morrison

Phone: 5709416206
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Weinberg Memorial Library, Room 305

300 Monroe Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510