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4.00 Credits
This course examines the vexed relationship between writing and thought through the literary memories (personal or cultural) of writers such as Shakespeare, Virgil, Keats, Isabel Allende, and Art Spiegelman. Focus will be on student writing and identifying what needs to be explained in a literary text. L. Wilder
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Nationhood is one of the most resilient of political constructs, albeit riddled with contradictions and fraught with anxieties. What happens to the idea of nationhood once it enters the realm of the literary and imaginative Close analysis of drama, poetry (including anthems, street ballads, and rock music), and contemporary film. Students may not receive credit for both English 120N and Freshman Seminar 178. N. Tessone
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the practice of criticism as rooted in the art of close reading. Emphasis on lyric poetry (problems of voice, genre, conception, and execution) and novels by Hardy and Pynchon. Assignments include regular writing, critical essays, and exercises in memorizing and composing imitative poems in a given genre. J. Isenhart
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A study of nine or ten representative tragedies, comedies and history plays from Shakespeare's early and middle periods. Among the plays included are Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the tetralogy Richard II-Henry V. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. A. Bradford
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4.00 Credits
A study of the major tragedies ( Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth), the Roman plays, and the romances. Emphasis on how the plays work in performance. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. A. Bradford
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4.00 Credits
How is identity categorized, performed, concealed, and exposed in literature and film A study of various instances of passing-black as white, gay as straight, Jew as gentile, woman as man-in a range of texts and contexts. Readings may include The Scarlet Letter, House Behind the Cedars, and Passing; films may include Philadelphia, Boys Don't Cry, and The Crying Game. This course is taught in the SATA Rome program only. Prerequisite: Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. J. Rivkin
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4.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Literature
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4.00 Credits
An investigation of the relations of poetry with music. Special attention to analogies between postwar American poetry and jazz, the integration of words with music in songs, poetic and musical ideas of rhythm and the problem of establishing an interdisciplinary critical discourse. Materials may include works by Antin, Berryman, Cage, Coleman, Creeley, Dylan, Harper, Mac Low, Parker, Waits and Zukofsky. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. C. Hartman
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4.00 Credits
Special Genre Topics
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4.00 Credits
A study of the development of fantasy in Britain and America from Robert Louis Stevenson to J. K. Rowling. Emphasis on the sub-genres of fantasy such as Christian fantasy (Lewis, Tolkien) and dark fantasy (Bradbury). Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. Enrollment limited to 80 students. P. Ray
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