406. Conducting II: Band ( 1/2) 9-381 - Advanced Topic:Distinguished Visiting Poet Seminar:Representing Bodies

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Cornell College

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In this course, we will examine the political and ethical rami_cations of representing bodies (our own included), particularly bodies in pain (though also bodies in love and bodies at rest), in poetry. As such, the course will be framed with a few theoretical texts{excerpts from Elaine Scarry's \The Body in Pain," Susan Sontag's \Regarding the Pain of Others," and Sadiya Hartman's \Scenes of Subjection"{in addition to the work of several poets. We will be writing and workshopping poems composed in the midst of, and in conversation with, the ideas generated by these texts and our discussions of them. The class will be about half discussion of these texts and half workshop. Prerequisites: writing-designated course (W). (Fine Arts) GAY

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.cornellcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(319) 895-4000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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