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COMPLIT 291

Literature and Rage: The Poetics of Collective Emotions (JEWISHST 290)

UNITS:3-4
GRADING:Letter or Credit/No Credit
LEVEL:Graduate
GER:WAY-A-II, WAY-ER

This course explores the relationship between anger, rage, and poetic narratives, examining how literature provides a unique space in which rage - both personal and collective - can be preserved, processed, transformed, and at times manipulated. Through close readings of texts, we will investigate how authors confront the challenge of articulating intense emotions across different literary forms as well as in online environments. The course also examines the dynamics linking narratives of rage, resilience, and change.

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1 Term
Seminar 1Open
ID: 26672
0 / 24 enrolled
DAYS:Tuesday, Thursday
TIME:1:30 PM – 2:50 PM
LOCATION:TBD
INSTRUCTOR:
Shemtov, Vered
units

COMPLIT 291: Literature and Rage: The Poetics of Collective Emotions (JEWISHST 290)

3-4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit · GER: WAY-A-II, WAY-ER

This course explores the relationship between anger, rage, and poetic narratives, examining how literature provides a unique space in which rage - both personal and collective - can be preserved, processed, transformed, and at times manipulated. Through close readings of texts, we will investigate how authors confront the challenge of articulating intense emotions across different literary forms as well as in online environments. The course also examines the dynamics linking narratives of rage, resilience, and change.

Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.

Spring 2027 sections

  • Seminar — Tuesday Thursday 1:30 PM – 2:50 PM — Shemtov, Vered (Graduate)

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