Introduction to ways of reading and writing about, literature; historical development of English, literature. Middle Ages to the end of the 18th, century.
Foundations course for the English major/minor., Introduction to ways of reading and writing about, literature; historical development of literature, in English. Romantic period to the present.
Foundations course for the English major/minor.
Introduction to ways of reading and writing about
literature; historical development of literature
in English. Romantic period to the present.
Foundations course for the English major/minor.
Introduction to ways of reading and writing about
literature; historical development of literature
in English. Romantic period to the present.
Foundations course for the English major/minor.
Introduction to ways of reading and writing about
literature; historical development of literature
in English. Romantic period to the present.
Focused study of a particular theme, genre, or
movement. Topic will be announced each time the
course is offered. May be taken twice for credit
with different content; registration for
subsequent sections must be done via the
registrar's office.
Exploration of the mythology that has attached, itself to Charlotte, Emily, and Anne BrontÎ,, including how they simultaneously contributed to, and distanced themselves from mid-Victorian, literary culture, as well as negotiated cultural, expectations and anxieties about the growing, feminization of the novel. Includes reading of, their novels, letters, journal entries, poems, and, juvenilia.
Varies according to instructor. May focus on the
common themes and patterns of influence in
British, American, or international literature by
women, or on close scrutiny of two or more
authors.
Examination of innovative techniques in cinema and the implications they hold for determining the
meanings of particular films. Viewings of short
films, full-length independent films, and films
made within Hollywood studios that break from
narrative, generic, and stylistic conventions.
Readings in film criticism and film theory will
inform discussions, giving a basis for approaching
films from historical and cultural perspectives.
Review of some of the major influences on the
experimental American cinema, including
surrealism, expressionism, Soviet montage, and
global new wave movements.
Investigation of the literary history of animal
being and rights, chiefly in English/Anglophone
poetry and fiction circa 1770-2000 but extending
back to Homer, Genesis, Aesop, Aristotle,
Descartes, and other authors' works prior to the
outset of the animal-rights era and its key texts
by Anna Barbauld, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor
Coleridge (esp. "The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner"), William Wordsworth, Anna Sewell (in Black Beauty), and others. We'll explore
what such narratives reveal about the complexity
and ethical perplexity of our relationships to
nonhuman creatures, and the uncanny vistas they
help us to glimpse. We'll also read some relevant,
fairly recent animal-rights theory and philosophy,
and students will conduct some basic research.