(Subject meets with SP.510)
Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Introduces practice and theory of literary criticism. Seminar focuses on topics such as the history of critical methods and techniques, and the continuity of certain subjects in literary history. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: Virginia Woolf's Shakespeare; Theory and Use of Figurative Language; Reading Poetry. Enrollment limited to 12.

S. Brouillette

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS ; Can be repeated for credit

Intensive study of a range of texts by a single author or by a limited group of authors whose achievements are mutually illuminating. Some attention to narrative theory, and biographical and cultural backgrounds. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: Stowe, Twain, and the Transformation of 19th-century America; Joyce and the Legacy of Modernism. Enrollment limited to 12.

D. Thorburn

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Intensive study of an important topic or period in drama. Close analysis of major plays, enriched by critical readings and attention to historical and theatrical contexts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication through student presentations and research essays. Previously taught topics include: Renaissance Drama; Shakespeare with his Contemporaries; Tom Stoppard, Caryl Churchill. Enrollment limited to 12.

Staff

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
U (Fall)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Extensive reading of works by a few major poets. Emphasis on the evolution of each poet's work and the questions of poetic influence and literary tradition. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: Does Poetry Matter?; Poetry and the Science of Mind; Virgil, Spenser, Milton; The Image -- Poetry, Photography, and Technologies of Vision. Enrollment limited to 12.

D. Henderson

(Subject meets with SP.512)
Prereq: Two subjects in Literature
U (Fall, Spring)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Close study of a limited group of writers. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: John Milton and his Age; Chaucer; Herman Melville; Toni Morrison; Oscar Wilde and the '90s. Enrollment limited to 12.

Fall: P. Donaldson
Spring: M. Fuller

(Subject meets with CMS.830)
Prereq: 21L.011 and one subject in Literature or Comparative Media Studies; or permission of instructor
U (Fall, Spring)
3-3-6 HASS ; Can be repeated for credit

Intensive study of films of a particular period or genre, or films by a single director. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Meets with CMS.830, but assignments differ. Previously taught topics include: Technologies of Seeing: Pre-Cinema to Early Cinema; Hollywood/ Bollywood; Film Analysis.

Fall: M. Marks
Spring: P. Donaldson

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature or permission of instructor
U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Studies the relation between imaginative texts and the culture surrounding them. Emphasizes ways in which imaginative works absorb, reflect, and conflict with reigning attitudes and world views. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include: Women Reading/Women Writing; Poetry, Passion, and the Self; Arthurian Literature and the Colonization of the Celts; and Race, Religion and Identity in Early Modern America. Enrollment limited to 12.

S. Raman

(Subject meets with CMS.910)
Prereq: Two subjects in Literature and/or Comparative Media Studies or permission of instructor
U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Examines the relationship between literary or artistic artifacts and the particular technologies through which they were produced and disseminated. In what ways do the actual technical practices of composition affect the nature of what is produced? How are artistic works influenced by the emergence of new technical possibilities and processes? Topics studied vary from semester to semester. Previously taught topics include: Emergence of Hypertexts and Hyper-realities; Shakespeare across Media; Effect of the Printing Press on the Development of Renaissance humanism.

K. Fendt

Prereq: Two subjects in Literature or History
U (Spring)
3-0-9 HASS; Can be repeated for credit Close examination of the literature of a particular historical period. Syllabi vary. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Enrollment limited to 12.

N. Jackson

(Subject meets with SP.493, CMS.871)
Prereq: Two subjects in Literature and/or Comparative Media Studies, or permission of instructor
U (Fall, Spring)
3-3-6 HASS; Can be repeated for credit

Seminar designed to provide close case study examinations of specific media or media configurations and the larger social, cultural, economic, political, or technological contexts within which they operate. Subject organized around recurring themes in media history, specific genres or movements, specific media, or specific historical moments. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided. Previously taught topics include: Gendered Genres--Horror and Maternal Melodrama; Comics, Cartoons, and Graphic Storytelling; Exploring Children's Culture. Meets with CMS.871, but assignments differ. Enrollment Limited to 12.

Fall: H. Jenkins
Spring: Staff