COLT 2820Z S01 [CRN: 24270]
Considers the history of encyclopedic activity in various classical, medieval, and modern contexts. We will explore issues of encyclopedic epistemology, book history, the classification of knowledge, and the obsession to collect, compile, and document everything knowable and unknowable in both real and fictional encyclopedias. Readings will include selections from Pliny, Isidore de Seville, Vincent de Beauvais, the Ikhwan al-Safa', al-Jahiz, Avicenna, Rabelais, Diderot, Flaubert, Calvino, Borges, Foucault, and others. Undergraduates interested in enrolling should email the instructor prior to registration. Enrollment limited to 40.
- Course Website
- https://canvas.brown.edu/courses/773512
- Term
- Spring 2013
- Credit Hours
- 1.0
- Maximum Enrollment
- 40
- Primary Instructor
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- Meetings
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3:00 pm - 5:20 pm Wed - from Jan 23, 2013 to May 17, 2013
- Exam Group Code
- 14 (May 14, 2013 9:00am)
