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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Study of international myths, folktales, and children's literature. Several approaches such as literary, graphic, structuralist, folklorist, psychological, and gendered will be applied to the study of African, American, Asian, and European tales and books for children from the adult's viewpoint. Two papers and a final examination will be required.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Reading and discussion of a group of religious peace activists of the 20th century (Dorothy Day, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas Merton, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Bernie Glassman) and of the religious texts that inspired their nonviolent theories. Some films and videos will be incorporated into the class. Several papers; oral presentations in class; no exams. Open to all students.
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4.00 Credits
Courses under this category explore selected topics in world literature at the intermediate level.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of modern Arabic literature in English translation from throughout the Middle East and North Africa but with a concentration on Egyptian literature. Students will read novels, short stories, theater, and poetry. Readings may include "The Thief and the Dogs" by Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, the stories of Mohamed El-Bisatie, the plays of No'man Ashur, and off-beat Arabic poetry of the 1990s. Class discussion and papers required
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Introduces students to literary works that reflect Chinese folk beliefs to help develop an understanding of Chinese popular culture. Readings include ballads, narrative poems, short stories, novels, and plays. Through analysis of these literary works in the long span of Chinese history, students study crucial aspects of an old Asian culture. Modern theories of cultural studies, when appropriate, are applied to the examination of specific literary works. Open to all students.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 In this course, we will study one of the most appealing and enigmatic literary forms in human history: the fairy tale. Although focused on the German tradition and the tales of the Brothers Grimm, we will strive for a sense of the international and intercultural context of the tales. We will approach the tales from a variety of perspectives - structuralist, historical, sociological, and feminist, among others. In addition to the more traditional folk tales, we will also study some of the art tales written by authors such as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Hans Christian Andersen, and Oscar Wilde. All discussion in English. May be elected for credit in German or world literature. Students taking the course for German credit will be expected to read the tales of the Brothers Grimm in German and write written assignments in German; students taking the course for credit in world literature will read and write in English.
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2.00 Credits
In this course, we will review the masterpieces of German-language cinema, beginning with such expressionist works of art as Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Murnau' s Nosferatu , Lang ? Metropoli s, and Sagan 's M dchen in Unifo rm. We will also study Nazi film, particularly Leni Riefenstahl's work. Among the postwar directors that we study will be Fassbinder, Herzog, and Wenders. Queer German filmmakers such as Praunheim and Treut will receive special attention. The course will conclude with recent critical and popular successes suc h as Run Lola Run and The Lives of Oth ers. As a critical lens, we wrely heavily on psychoanalytic and Frankfurt School criticism, focusing on writings by Sigmund Freud, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, and Theodor Adorno. In addition to class meetings, a weekly video screening of approximately two hours is required. All discussion in English. Students taking the course for German credit will be expected to watch the films without subtitles and complete written assignments in German; students taking the course for credit in world literature or rhetoric and film studies will generally watch films with subtitles and write in English. May be elected as German or Rhetoric and Film Studies 303.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Physical and mental illness are frequent themes of literature and a surprising number of writers had medical training. In this course we will study the interrelations of medicine and literature. Some of the questions we will ask include: How does literature help in the healing process In what ways do literary texts expose the structures of meaning in medicine And how do literary conventions affect medical practice We will trace the development of the concepts of health and sickness in literary and cultural documents from the Enlightenment to the present, reading authors such as Goethe, Lenz, Büchner, Rilke, and Mann. As we study the literary representation of diseases such as anorexia, schizophrenia, hysteria, tuberculosis, and AIDS, we will also read medical and scientific writings in order to understand the relationship between the fictional works and the medical world. All readings, discussions, and assignments in English.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an overview of gay and lesbian studies and queer theory within the realm of world literature, asking such questions as: Does an author's sexuality affect his or her writing and, if so, how Does a reader's sexuality affect his or her reception of work Can literary characters have a sexuality Do cultural representations come to alter our understanding of "sexuality" The course proceeds historically, beginning with an analysis of ancient Greek texts with an eye to the controversy between essentialism and constructivism. It moves on to the emergence of modern categories of sexuality in 19th century literary writings and concludes with contemporary authors from a variety of cultural perspectives. Literary authors may include Plato, Sappho, Shakespeare, Mann, Gide, Genet, Mishima, Puig, Lorde, Bechdel, and Feinberg. Among the theorists read will be Sedgwick, Butler, Halperin, and Foucaul
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Classical Chinese drama from the 13th century Yuan drama to the present Peking Opera. Plays selected from the Yuan, Ming, and Ching dynasties for reading and analysis. Chinese theatrical conventions such as masks, facial makeup, costumes, acting, and staging are introduced and discussed before and after viewing several Peking Opera video tapes.
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