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This course examines the unique status of Native-American women in tribal and Euro-American societies. We will examine the following themes in Native women's lives: tribal, gender roles, nation, community, family, class, work, race, sexuality, disability, culture-bearing, environment, land, health, and representation. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; the women and gender studies minor (0522-492); and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This interdisciplinary course emphasizes visual literacy and spatial thinking through conventional and digital maps, and in diverse novels, poetry and films. We rethink space as a dynamic context for making history, raising questions about authority and organizing social/communal life. Requirements include an oral presentation, brief online responses, and a final project, such as "Reading Rochester/RIT as Text," orienteering, digital or picture mapresearch, or a GIS project. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent). Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course examines Native American literature from the end of the Indian Wars, as demarcated by the massacre at Wounded Knee, through the relocation and termination eras to just before the native American renaissance. During these years, we witness the emergence of a pan-Indian identity that results in part from colonial policies, such as boarding schools, and results in intertribal political coalitions, such as the Society for American Indians. This course focuses upon the literatures generated from this shift in native consciousness and asks students to consider issues of identity formation. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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This course focuses on the mythology folk tale and early native American literature (recorded oral traditions). It also examines the history and context in which these early narratives developed. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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The focus of this special topics course will be determined by the instructor's interest and strength. The course might focus on a particular author, work, genre or time period in Italian literature; or rather, it might be thematically organized. Readings may include novels, short stories, poems, plays and essays representative of the time period author, or thematic focus with attention to literary trends and cultural and historical influences. All readings will be in English translation. Part of the Italian language/culture concentration and minor; the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered every other year)
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From Charles Baudelaire and Marcel Proust to Assia Djebar and Dai Sijie, modern and contemporary French writers view France and the impact of its global presence from the dominant cultural platform that metropolitan Paris affords. Part of the French language/culture concentration; the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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The course provides a survey of Iranian literature and film focusing on the period after the development of modern poetry and prose since the second half of the 19th, and the importation of film technologies at the beginning of the 20th century. The course explores the culture, intellectual, and political trends of a nation whose role in the Middle East and beyond has become pivotal in recent years. Iran's revolution is seen as a key event in modern Middle Eastern history, and has challenged historians to redefine concepts of "revolution."Much of the complexity of Iran's revolutionary history in the twentieth century can be understood through an exploration of its literary, intellectual, and cultural artifacts. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective for international studies majors. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)
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A study of contemporary world films, to be drawn from those presently showing in the Rochester area theaters. Emphasis is on both technical and aesthetic aspects of the films. Part of the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor and may also be taken as a liberal arts elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
The major focus of this course is "the image of the deaf" and "the deaf experienceas depicted in literature. The course attempts to define "deafness" andthe cultural roles it plays in both texts by deaf authors and texts about deaf persons, as well as to examine particular literary forms related to the deaf experience. Thus, attention is also given to studying poetry that is created in American Sign Language (ASL), a language primarily used by the deaf American community. Part of the ASL language/culture concentration; the literary and cultural studies concentration and minor; and may also be taken as an elective. (0502-227 or equivalent) Class 4, Credit 4 (offered annually)
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4.00 Credits
Students develop ability in perceiving worth in objects of art through consideration of fundamental concepts in painting, sculpture and architecture, involving analysis, interpretation and principles of aesthetics. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered quarterly)
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