Signature of the instructor required. Examines the construction of narrative and meaning in literature and film. Class discussions of texts and film clips will focus on the interplay between visual and verbal images and imaginings in both media. Criticism and appreciation of modern Chinese women writers in English translation. Close reading of texts to reveal the attitudes and lives of Chinese women.
Class consists of lectures, discussions, in-class presentations of scenes, and frequent papers.
Because Dostoevsky was an avid reader of Dickens, we shall address questions of influence, particularly with regard to their shared thematic interests. Usually offered in even years. This course focuses on texts that show the New World emerging from the collision and collusion of Native, African, and European imagining. Usually offered every third year. Usually offered every third year.