406. Conducting II: Band ( 1/2) 5-411 - Senior Seminar:Literary Appropriation,Politics,and Cultural Knowledge

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Cornell College

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Advanced, theoretically informed engagement with literary studies, broadly de_ned, including reection on what the English major brings to intellectual and creative life beyond the undergraduate years. The scholarly focus will be on writers' and performers' appropriation of inuential literary texts to make sense of the past, shape cultural knowledge about the present, and impact the future. We will start with the changes in genre, content, and politics introduced by Renaissance playwrights Marlowe and Shakespeare to classical epic narratives, then read feminist \re-visions," postcolonial \writing back" and postmodern \counter-discourses" that have adapted the work of these Renaissance authors. We will discuss theories of adaptation, intertextuality, and performance as well as literary texts, theater performances, and _lms. Collaborating in teams, students will develop publication proposals for book anthologies or hyper-text archives on the precursors and afterlife of a literary text of their choice{a text they believe resonates strongly with current and/or emerging ethical, political, epistemological, or cultural concerns. In addition, each member will contribute a research essay that could feature in a substantive editorial introduction to the anthology. Prerequisites: English major and senior standing. (Humanities) STAVREVA

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3.00

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Lecture

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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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