In this course we will similarly concentrate on the conjuncture of childhood and laws, discussing how children are taught laws, how children circumvent laws, how children stand outside the law, and how children are nevertheless often imagined as model citizens.
Childhood is the always already past.
The stories and films that we'll discuss in this course are about children and are often written for children but are with few exceptions by children. Two special points in this course deserve notice. You'll find that not only does this syllabus reside on the web, the readings for at least the first half of the course follow a logic of web links. After reading the autobiography describing the strange visions she had in her youth, we'll compose poems or arias that try to capture her spiritual journey.