Reading Fiction: Dysfunctional Families

Open book on the lap of a person wearing ripped jeans. Sunlight streaks across pages of the book.

Reading a book in the sun. (Image courtesy of Jonatan Lindström.)

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MIT Course Number

21L.003-1

As Taught In

Spring 2007

Level

Undergraduate

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Course Description

Course Description

This course explores the form, content, and historical context of various works of fiction specifically through the thematic lens of "dysfunctional families." We will focus primarily on questions pertaining to the structure, language, story, and characters of these fictional works.

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Sandy Alexandre. 21L.003-1 Reading Fiction: Dysfunctional Families. Spring 2007. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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