AS 060.216 - Wilde to Eminem: A Literary History of the Obscene

Institution:

Johns Hopkins University

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Description:

What is obscene? What is indecency? Where is the line between public and private? How have the answers to these questions changed over the past century? This course will examine artworks and performances from a variety of media which have been publicly accused of indecency or obscenity. Wilde, Joyce, Nabokov, Ginsberg, Bruce, Carlin, Kubrick, Serrano, Lyne, Prince, and Eminem among others will provide the materials for our inquiry.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.jhu.edu

Phone Number:

(410) 516-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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