ENGL1080.36 Spring 2017 Literature Core [Weiskott]
Doppelgangers
From Beowulf to Blade Runner, Western culture is obsessed with representing humanoid monsters and alter egos. The nightmare of a doppelganger impersonating or even replacing an individual has haunted writers as diverse as Mary Shelley and Vladimir Nabokov. Computer technology seems to have made the fantasy of being in two places at once a reality, and each year teams of programmers vie for the Loebner Prize for “Most Human Computer.” In this course we will meet famous doppelgangers of literature and film, with such questions in mind as, Can doppelgangers become fully human? and What if the doppelganger is you?
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