The current team which has been together since 1991, consists of Marcia Green in music and Ellen Peel in English and world and comparative literature. As a team we have used the themes of translation and time to integrate our materials. Another focus has been the concept of time. Narrative and musical time are considered separately and also in conjunction with each other as well as with the overall effect of time on creativity. The literary text is read within one historical time while evoking a different narrative time.
Music is governed by musical time, which functions within chronological time.
Course assignments reflect the material being discussed in class. The first assignment generally deals with how art relates to life or morality. The students' arguments must be supported by references to at least one musical work and one literary work. The mid-term paper calls for a more specific discussion of the relation between music and literature. The assignment is twofold.