- Instructor: Margaret Bruzelius
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Journeys in World Literature
From the earliest Chinese poetry to the latest Arabic Internet novels, comparative literature makes available new worlds, and "newly visible" old worlds. To become "world-forming," one must realize one’s belonging to a given world or worlds, as well as one’s finitude. To rethink the relationship between literature and world, each section of this course focuses on a given genre, movement, or theme. Through topics such as “Epic Worlds,” “The Short Story” and “Literature and Medicine,” we consider the creation of worlds through words. (83 words)Dwelling Poetically
To introduce the pleasures of poetry, this course travels through poems on themes of journeying and dwelling, voyage and return, travel and home, wandering, war and immigration. Reading ancient Chinese songs and Greek epic to contemporary docupoetry and rap, we explore key elements of poetic art (voice, metre, tropes, image and suggestion). Students encounter less concrete effects too as they confront ambiguity, develop interpretive imagination, and surmise poetry’s powers and stakes. What is a poem? How and when does poetry affect our worlds? We also consider the art, ethics and politics of translation, and students compose and translate short poems. Credits: 4 {L}- Instructor: Sabina Knight
- Instructor: Sabina Knight
- Instructor: Nefeli Forni Zervoudaki
- Instructor: Patrick Mensah
- Instructor: Katwiwa Mule
FALL 2021: WLT 205 - Contemporary African Literature and Film
This course will study the emergence of contemporary African literature and film in their historical, political, and social contexts. On the one hand, we will explore the history and development of African film as a visual art, and study, as well, a selection of the political and social themes that have preoccupied its practitioners since its inception. On the other hand, we will pay similar attention to emergent literary works, particularly the novel form, paying particular attention to some of the major debates in African Literature, regarding the role of African writers and their relationship to selective important sociopolitical concerns.
The course requires no prior knowledge of the field. All films are streamed to your computer from the library on demand. Required readings are provided online, and the student is responsible for a few selective book purchases are necessary- Instructor: Patrick Mensah
- Instructor: Katwiwa Mule
- Instructor: Katwiwa Mule