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Kirkham. Freshman Seminar. The masterpiece of Italian literature read in the context of Dante's cultural milieu (the Aristotelian cosmos, contemporary politics, medieval intellectual ideals, the esthetic of order, symbolism, allegory, numerology and his literary heritage from Virgil to the early Italian vernacular poets. Illustrated manuscripts and the visual tradition of the poem will be shown in slide presentations. Lecture/discussion format.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This course explores an aspect of 18th-century literature intensively; specific course topics will vary from year to year.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. The term "fairy tale" or "Maerchen" is associated with both oral and literary traditions. This introductory course will explore the genre "Maerchen" from ancient times to the present, touching on issues of definition, context, orality and literacy, authenticity, and interpretation.
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Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Richter. All readings and discussions in English. For centuries the pact with the devil has signified humankind's to surpass the limits of human knowledge and power. From the reformation puppet play to the rock lyrics of Randy Newan's Faust, from Marlowe and Goethe to key Hollywood films, the legend of the devil's pact continues to be useful for exploring our fascination with forbidden powers.
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Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Matter. A consideration of how great works of literature from different cultural traditions have reclaimed and reinterpreted compelling religious themes. One religious tradition will be emphasized each time the course is taught.
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Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Staff. This is a topics course. This is an introduction to literary study through the works of a compelling literary theme. (For offerings in a given semester, please see the on-line course descriptions on the English Department website). The theme's function within specific historical contexts, within literary history generally, and within contemporary culture, are likely to be emphasized. This course is designed for the General Requirement; it is also intended to serve as a first or second course for prospective English majors.
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Distribution Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. This is a topics course. An exploration of literary modernism which may include novel, poetry, criticism, drama and film. Topics may include "Culture of the 60's," "Race in American Literature and Film," "Madness and Modernism," or "Modernist Heroes."
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May be counted as a General Requirement Course in Arts & Letters. Class of 2009 & prior only. Staff. What makes detective fiction perhaps the most popular fictional genre at the close of the twentieth century How can we explain the adaptability of detective fiction for exploring social issues, such as race, class, and gender The course will begin with an interrogation of genre, exploring the fluid criteria which make a text a "detective story." This basis will permit an analysis of the transformations which have occurred in the genre throughout the centuries. Explicitly literary issues such as narrativity, textuality, and signification will be explored, as well as the "existential" detective novel (the detective story as a search for identity) and congruences with psychonalysis. Among the authors will be Sophocles, Poe, Conan Doyle, Chandler, Christie, P.D. James, Paretsky, Thomas Harris, Borges, and Auster. Films may include Clouzot's Diabolique and The Crow, The Big Sleep, The Maltese Falcon, and Seven.
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Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Staff. This is a topics course. The topic may be "Latin American Travel Narratives or "Caribbean Writers in the U.S.".
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Humanities & Social Science Sector. Class of 2010 & beyond. Weissberg. No other person of the twentieth century has probably influenced scientific thought, humanitistic scholarship, medical therapy, and popular culture as much as Sigmund Freud. This seminar will study his work, its cultural background, and its impact on us today. (GRMN244, URBS244) Metropolis: Culture of the City. (C) Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. MacLeod. An exploration of modern discourses on and of the city. Topics include: the city as site of avant-garde experimentation; technology and culture; the city as embodiment of social order and disorder; traffic and speed; ways of seeing the city; the crowd; city figures such as the detective, the criminal, the flaneur, the dandy; film as the new medium of the city. Special emphasis on Berlin. Readings by, among others, Dickens, Poe, Baudelaire, Rilke, Doeblin, Marx, Engels, Benjamin, Kracauer. Films include Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Tom Tykwer's Run Lola Run. (GRMN255) Mann, Hesse, Kafka. (C) Arts & Letters Sector. All Classes. Jarosinski. Based on considerations of the cultural tradition and the intellectual currents of the twentieth century, the course presents a survey of the achievements of Mann, Hesse, and Kafka. The extensive study of representative works focuses on the problems of the artist in the modern age.
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