- Instructor: Maria Banerjee
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- Instructor: Maria Banerjee
- Instructor: George Katsaros
- Instructor: Maria Banerjee
- Instructor: Robert Hosmer
- Instructor: Torleif Persson
- Instructor: Nancy Bradbury
Critically acclaimed London-based designer Grace Wales Bonner “sees research as a spiritual and artistic endeavor,” writes Museum of Modern Art curator Michelle Kuo. In this course of interdisciplinary reading and writing, we’ll explore “how Black people have thought through, imagined, and articulated freedom through artistic and cultural production,” an idea central to Wales Bonner’s Artist’s Choice exhibition, Dream in the Rhythm—Visions of Sound and Spirit in the MoMA Collection. How is spirituality defined and activated through contemporary art and poetry—in public exhibitions, archives, and performance spaces? How do black artists innovate and improvise beyond the realm of organized religions? We are working toward understanding a practice-based poetics, where creating is a way of tackling these questions to arrive at new ideas.
- Instructor: Yona Harvey
- Instructor: Michael Gorra
“It is time to effect a revolution in female manners - time to restore to them their lost dignity - and make them, as a part of the human species, labour by reforming themselves to reform the world.” (Mary Wollstonecraft)
Inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution, a young William Wordsworth and his like-minded British contemporaries envisioned an egalitarian society emerging from the ruins of the old order. Yet as Mary Wollstonecraft pointedly observed in her Vindication of the Rights of Woman, the values of “liberty, fraternity, and equality” were flawed insofar as they did not extend to women. Amid political and social turmoil, rapid industrialization, and eventual Napoleonic world war, a range of British intellectuals politicized the subjection of women. Redefining the construct of femininity was, for these writers, central to the precarious project of “reforming… the world.”
We begin by examining the literary contexts that motivated Wollstonecraft to write her Vindication of the Rights of Woman, a work that represents a landmark in the history of feminist thought. The close collaboration between William and Dorothy Wordsworth will also serve as a touchstone for considering the gender politics of Romantic literary production. From there, we will read Lord Byron and Felicia Hemans, the two most popular authors from the “second generation” of Romantics, who espoused even as they undermined traditional gender roles. We conclude with Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, a novel that puts pressure on Wollstonecraft’s provocative characterization of women as slaves to patriarchy.
I envision the class as a discussion-based seminar that relies on student input to fuel the conversation. The assignments will include four papers, regular discussion questions, and active class participation.
- Instructor: Daniel Block
This introductory class will focus primarily on writing scripts: pitching, outlining, drafting, and editing. The course will examine the ways in which politics, current events, race, gender, and equality have shaped iconic comics and many of the best works published today. We will study Marvel and industry standard scripts, but please be aware that there are many ways of creating a script and subsequent comics. There is no set form for writing a comic script; an internet search will result in several templates. Those who write and draw (as opposed to only write or only draw), for example, may have completely different artistic processes. We’ll scrutinize Scott McCloud’s “five choices” for making communications through comics clear to readers: Choice of Moment, Choice of Frame, Choice of Image, Choice of Word, and Choice of Flow. At the introductory level, students will focus more specifically on Choice of Word and Choice of Flow. Students need not have skills as illustrators. However, students will gain a basic understanding of drawing comics, collaborating with visual artists, and comic book layout and design. Be prepared to draw and write at every class meeting.
- Instructor: Yona Harvey
Literary research starts with choosing the lens to investigate a passion –
telescope or microscope?
Do you want to explore constellations (an array of texts), or atoms (words/themes in a single text)?
English 299 offers advanced literature majors hands-on experience supporting the development of a research project of your choice, including question definition, choice of methodology and critical framework, and evidence evaluation. Potential projects might include developing a special studies or thesis proposal. This is the chance to identify and explore a chosen topic in depth, while mastering widely useful research skills. Prerequisites: ENG 199, ENG 200 and two 200-level literature courses.
- Instructor: Naomi Miller
- Instructor: Andrea Stone
- Instructor: Andrea Stone
Welcome to Teaching Literature! This course is designed to provide meaningful opportunities for diving into how and why we teach literature by experimenting with connecting theory and practice and crafting inclusive, culturally and linguistically sustaining, and evidence-based lesson plans. We will workshop lessons in class during which we will practice teaching, receive and give feedback, and reflect on our teaching practices and lessons. Our work supports and grounds our major assignments: a statement of teaching philosophy, lesson plans, and a unit plan. Outside of class, you will explore a variety of pedagogical content that will inform your teaching philosophy and lesson design.
Please see here for the course syllabus. Culturally Responsive Approaches to the Teaching of Literature in Secondary English Classrooms
- Instructor: Anne-Marie Fant
- Instructor: Camille Washington-Ottombre
- Instructor: Camille Washington-Ottombre
- Instructor: Greg White