Fall 2026

Memory and Literature From Proust to Knausgard

Explores memory theories and their representation in modern literature from Proust to Knausgard.

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Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Dean Krouk3.9/5

Summary

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.71 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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LITTRANS/SCANDST 428

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Fall 2026

Dean Krouk

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.71 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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DEAN KROUK is recorded teaching in Spring 2017, Spring 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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Section	Mode	Enrolled / capacity	Waitlist
SEM 001	Classroom Instruction	4 / 30	0
SEM 001	Classroom Instruction	8 / 30	0

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2017: 3.71 GPA, 78.6% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Spring 2019: 3.82 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Topics

Nostalgia, trauma, identity, war, Holocaust, and sites of memory
Works by Marcel Proust, W. G. Sebald, and Karl Ove Knausgard

Skills

Analyze literary representations of memory through theoretical frameworks
Evaluate narrative forms and ethical/political dimensions of remembering

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LITTRANS/SCANDST 428 · Fall 2026

Memory and Literature from Proust to Knausgard

Recorded 2026-09-07

LITTRANS/SCANDST 428 · Fall 2026

Memory and Literature from Proust to Knausgard

Recorded 2026-09-07

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