Why Care About Literary Characters?

Three credits · Undergraduate

Why do we develop such strong attachments to literary characters? They aren’t real. Their stories don’t continue. They don’t interact with us. And yet often keep them closer to us than people we know. In this course, we will try to sort out why characters – from Emma to Harry Potter – matter so much in both our imaginary, real and virtual lives. Credit will be granted for only one of ENGL 232 or ENGL offered in 2017-2018. Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or 111 or equivalent. Three credits.