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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Love has always been a central theme in Japanese literature. Focuses on how Japanese writers of the modern period (particularly late 19th century to the present) depict the struggle with new concepts and forms of "love" and relationships. As well as basic readings about modern Japanese history and culture, assigned texts range from canonical work, various forms of early twentieth-century modernist mystery, technical and avant-garde writings, to contemporary "coming of age" novels. We will also examine such media as cartoons and films. Readings and discussion in English. (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 235.)
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3.00 Credits
This course explores issues of imperialism, military conflict, pacifism, nuclear victimhood, foreign occupation, national identity, and social responsibility in 20th-century Japan. Readings include nonfiction, science fiction, poetry, war propaganda, novels and censorship documents, animé, and film. Taught in English. No knowledge of Japanese language or history required. (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 239.)
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3.00 Credits
A study of modern drama as literary and social text, with special attention to issues of class and gender. How does dramatic form express political and philosophical ideas? What is "modern"? Once experimental, these modern classics shaped theatre today. Texts to include works by Büchner, Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Pirandello, Shaw, Beckett, Brecht, Ionesco, Genet, O'Neill, Treadwell, Lorca, Williams, Hansberry, as well as recent interpretations and productions of some of these works. Prerequisite, one course in theatre or literature. Not open to students who have taken 345. (Same as Theatre 245.)
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3.00 Credits
Examines stories and other forms of cultural expression related to the emergence of "modern" youth in Japan. We pay particular attention to the cultural, historical and political backgrounds that facilitated the establishment of such a category. Primarily focusing on literature, readings also include other modern expressive media such as film, cartoons, animation and online bulletin boards. We will also examine the production and dissemination of certain images of "youth" by mass media. Readings and discussion in English. (Same as East Asian Languages and Literatures 251.)
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3.00 Credits
Study of literary and musical dimensions of operas by major composers from Monteverdi and Mozart to the present. Emphasis on the transformation of independent texts into librettos and the effects of music as it reflects language and dramatic action. Includes such works as Orfeo, The Marriage of Figaro, Otello, The Turn of the Screw and Candide. Prerequisite, two courses in literature or two in music or one in each field, or consent of instructors. (Same as Music 258.) Maximum enrollment, 24.
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3.00 Credits
How do stories depict cultural, linguistic and religious exchanges between Christians, Muslims and peoples of other faiths? Through a consideration of the tale within a tale, we explore these multifaceted interactions across Premodern Middle Eastern and European divides. Topics include: framed narration, oral and written textual cultures, the woman who tells a story to save her life, beasts and jinn, as well as storytelling as ritual. Texts: "One Thousand and One Arabian Nights," "MuwashshaHaat," "The Book of Good Love," "Count Lucanor," "Celestina and the Decameron," among others. Prerequisite, one course in literature.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the ways in which various forms of sexual desire (overt or closeted) drive the plot of literary works. How is desire constructed? How have authors used, manipulated and resisted the marriage plot for aesthetic and political ends? Special attention to works by gay and lesbian authors. Readings, which include works of theory as well as imaginative texts, to include such authors as Austen, Diderot, Balzac, Zola, Wilde, Baldwin. (Same as Women's Studies 278.)
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3.00 Credits
Examines the connections between theatre and political life: Is theatre political? Is political action theatrical? Focusing on performances in 20th-century Europe and the United States, we will read plays, theatre history, and political and historical documents to understand 1) how playwrights have used theatre for political ends and 2) how both "left" and "right" have mobilized people in demonstrations that might be considered performances. Topics include AIDS, reproductive rights and sexuality (drag and performance art). Prerequisite, one course in theatre or comparative literature. (Same as Women's Studies 281.)
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3.00 Credits
Survey of a broad range of works, both "popular" and "serious," showing the continual renewal of the genre through the manipulation of conventional elements to produce new effects and to argue a variety of positions. Includes readings from Sophocles, Dostoevsky, Christie, Faulkner, Hammett, Chandler, Nabokov, Robbe-Grillet, Borges, Butor, Stoppard, Cortázar and others. Prerequisite, one course in literature. (Same as English and Creative Writing 285.)
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3.00 Credits
An emergent genre during the 18th/19th centuries, the gothic served up romance with mystery and horror, included a side of satire, and came wrapped to go in a pleasurable read. Today, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to represent one of the most pervasive and accessible representations of the gothic (only recently contested, perhaps, by the Twilight series). Considers issues of gender, religion, class, the monstrous, and the fantastic. Examines the works of Austen, Hoffman, James, LeFanu, Shelley, Stevenson, Stoker, and Walpole against Whedon's contemporary incarnation.
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