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This course introduces students to the fundamental techniques of close reading. The course will show students how to apply this critical vocabulary to a wide range of literary genres from different historical periods, and to develop the writing and research skills necessary for composing clear and compelling arguments in the interpretation of a text. Note: This course is required of all English majors. This course can be counted toward fulfillment of requirements for the literature and psychology minor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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Writers often reconstruct personal and private moments in the lives of historical figures. Playwrights in particular tend to indulge in dramatic flights of historical fancy, and audiences in turn get to play the voyeur. In this course, we will read plays that try to bring history to life. What are the limits (if any) on dramatic license We will look at works by a range of playwrights, including Shakespeare, Sondheim, Stoppard, Brook, and Oyamo. This course is designed for students who love history, drama, and the challenge of re-imagining the past in intelligent and creative ways. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course provides a general introduction to the study of film and focuses on the key terms and concepts used to describe and analyze the film experience. As we put this set of tools and methods in place, we will also explore different modes of film production (fictional narrative, documentary, experimental) and some of the critical issues and debates that have shaped the discipline of film studies (genre, auteurism, film aesthetics, ideology). For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a literary theory course, or a course emphasizing cultural contexts. This course can be counted toward fulfillment of requirements for the film studies minor. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course focuses on close, specific analysis of only four films during a semester, in terms of filmmaking practice. Learn practical cinematography issues such as lens choice, camera position, motivated movement, and lighting; learn the theory and practice of film sound; learn the practical elements of the continuity system and other systems of organizing time and space on screen. The limited filmography for this course will consist of one classical Hollywood sound film, two international features which push the boundaries of the continuity system, and one contemporary movie. Class will consist of lectures with film clips, demonstrations, and discussion. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a literary theory course. 1.00 units, Seminar
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An introduction to imaginative writing, concentrating on the mastery of language and creative expression in more than one genre. Discussion of work by students and established writers. 1.00 units, Tutorial
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An examination of tradition, trends, and trailblazing in American fiction since 1990. Along the way, we will ask and answer such questions as: What does American fiction suggest about our national identity as "the American century" closes and a new millennium unfolds What distinguishes the contemporary novel as a unique vehicle of cultural transmission And what is the status-and likely future-of serious fiction in the U.S. Our reading will include novels and story collections by authors such as Tim O'Brien, Toni Morrison, Philip Roth, Alice McDermott, Francisco Goldman, Denis Johnson, Ha Jin, Russell Banks, Jhumpa Lahiri, Colson Whitehead, Lorrie Moore, and Gish Jen. This course satisfies the requirement of course emphasizing cultural conte 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course will consider the wide variety of ways in which the city of London has been represented in British literature. We will read works ranging from early modern comedies and satires to modern murder mysteries and post-colonial novels. Our examination of these different literary genres will be supplemented by historical readings that illuminate the cultural contexts out of which London's vivid literary character has emerged. This course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural context. 1.00 units, Lecture
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The representation of food in literature often serves as a highly effective way in which to represent, in concrete and compelling terms, specific ideals and social problems, such as the role of the sacred in everyday life; developing definitions of "civilized" behavior and the idea of "good taste"; and issues of national, class, and ethnic identity. We will survey a range of poems, plays, novels, memoirs, cookbooks, and films that provide insight into the relationship of food, literature, community, and cultural identity. This course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural contex 1.00 units, Lecture
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On the most basic level this course explores just about the full range of narrative forms-novels and short stories, oral tales and jokes, epics and ballads, narrative within plays and within lyric poems, and non-fictional narratives from news articles to works of history. On a more analytical level the course examines techniques of narrative such as plot, fabula, narrative voice, point of view, beginnings, endings, and pace. On the deepest level the course explores the extent to which story-telling is the most fundamental and important way in which we organize whatever we experience and whatever we think we know. This course satisfies the requirement of a literary theory course. 1.00 units, Lecture
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How important is your "stuff" to you What does it mean When is a thing just a thing, and when does it represent something else In this course, students will examine the literary representations of material culture, including clothes, tools, collections of things, paintings, jewelry and books, in a range of works from the Renaissance to the present. We will analyze what different kinds of things mean at different periods of history, and how writers invest them with magical, religious, satirical and sentimental significance. Readings will include drama, novels, poetry, poltergeist tales, and journalism, as well as some history, and anthropological and literary theory. For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing cultural context. 1.00 units, Lecture
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