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3.00 Credits
PQ: Third- or fourth-year standing. What is civic knowledge Although civic rights and duties are supposedly universal to all citizens in a "democratic" nation, their implementation often depends on the strength of community connections and the circulation of knowledge across racial, class, and social boundaries. Focusing on the city of Chicago, we ask how citizens (in their roles as citizens) forge communities, make urban plans, and participate in civic affairs. How does the city construct the public spheres of its residents Are the social practices of Chicagoans truly "democratic" Could they be What does "Chicago" stand for, as a political and cultural symbol For both Chicagoans and their representatives, the circulation of knowledge depends not only on conventional media but also on how the city is constructed and managed through digital med ia. R. Schultz, M. Browning. Autum
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Online and offline, digital media generate societal networks that transform our spatial and temporal environments for living and working. In this postindustrial relation of technology and society, digital networks reconfigure our basic cultural capacity: how we communicate with each other and ourselves, in public and private, as well as our cultural production and civic participation. Assuming that we not only shape our media but we're also shaped by it, this course investigates instantaneous mass self-communication and global information exchange in practices of social media, online games, and citizen media. Our critiques will examine 'digita l literacies ' developed and used in hypermediated environments with regard to media convergence, participatory culture, and collective intelligenc e. M. Browning. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores theories of the verbal-visual axis. While we focus on major contemporary approaches to inter- and multidisciplinary studies, special attention is given to the historical development of interart discourse. We read texts by Horace, Lessing, Panofsky, Praz, W. J. T. Mitchell, and others. B. Shallcross. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
This course begins by defining the nation both historically and conceptually, with attention to Romantic nationalism and its flourishing in Southeastern Europe. We then look at the narrative of original wholeness, loss, and redemption through which Balkan countries retell their Ottoman past. With the help of Freud's analysis of masochistic desire and i ek' s theory of the subject as constituted by trauma, we contemplate the national fixation on the trauma of loss and the dynamic between victimhood and sublimity. The figure of the Janissary highlights the significance of the other in the definition of the self. Some possible texts are Peta r Njego ? Mountain Wreat h; Isma il Kadare 's The Cast le; and An ton Donche v's Time of Parting. A. Ilieva. Spri
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In this course, we ask whether there is such a thing as a "Balkan" type of magic realism and think about the differences between the genres of magic realism and the fantastic, while reading some of the most interesting writing to have come out of the Balkans. We also look at the similarities of the works from different countries (e.g., lyricism of expression, eroticism, nostalgia) and argue for and against considering such similarities constitutive of an overall Balkan sensibility . A. Ilieva. Spring.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the complex relationship between South East European self-representations and the imagined Western "gaze" for whose benefit the nations stage their quest for identity and their aspirations for recognition. We also think about differing models of masculinity, the figure of the gypsy as a metaphor for the national self in relation to the West, and the myths Balkans tell about themselves. We conclude by considering the role that the imperative to belong to Western Europe played in the Yugoslav wars of succession. Some possible texts/films are Ivo Andric , Bosnian Chronicle ; Aleko Konstantinov , Baj Ganyo ; Emir Kusturica , Underground ; and Milcho Manchevski , Before the Rain. A. Ilieva. Autumn.
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2.00 Credits
This two-course sequence examines discursive practices in a number of literary and cinematic works from the South East corner of Europe through which identities in the region become defined by two distinct others: the "barbaric, demonic" Ottoman and the "civilized" Western European
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed as an overview of major cinematic works from Bulgaria, Albania, Greece, Rumania, former Yugsolavia and Turkey. While the main criterion for selection is the artistic quality of the work, the main issues under consideration are those of identity, gender, the poignant relation with the "Western World," memories of conflict and violence, and socialism and its disintegration and subsequent emigration. We compare the conceptual categories through which these films make sense of the world, especially the sense of humor with which they come to terms with that world. Directors whose work we examine include Vulchanov and Andonova (Bulgaria); Kusturica, Makavejev, and Grlic (Former Yugoslavia); Guney (Turkey); Boulmetis (Greece); and Manchevski (Macedonia) . A. Ilieva. Autumn.
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3.00 Credits
This introductory course examines the poetics of femininity and masculinity in some of the best works of the Balkan region. We contemplate how the experiences of masculinity and femininity are constituted and the issues of socialization related to these modes of being. Topics include the traditional family model, the challenges of modernization and urbanization, the socialist paradigm, and the post-socialist changes. Finally, we consider the relation between gender and nation, especially in the context of the dissolution of Yugoslavia. All work in English. A. Ilieva. Winter.
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3.00 Credits
PQ: Advanced knowledge of French. Enrollment in Paris study abroad program. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. Cette série de cours est un hybride: à la fois une introduction à l'hist oire de la civilisation européenne depuis le Moyen Age et un e vue d'en sem ble de l'h istoire de France durant cette période. Notre objectif sera doubl e: d'une part, intégrer étude de textes et découverte de Paris et de s a région ; de l'autre, prati quer le méti er d'historiens de la culture. Pour ce faire, nous analyserons de nombreux documents historiques et oeuvres littéraires, philosophiques, artistiques, et musicales. Nous en discuterons lors de nos trois réunions hebdomadaires. De plus, nous étudier ons la civil isation fran aise à travers les vill ages, mon astères, et chateaux de la région parisienne et ailleurs. Classes conducted in French. This class me
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