0504-444 Film as Literature Examines the nature of narrative in both film and literature, the various aspects of adaptation of literature into film and the relationship between social reality and storytelling in documentary film. A nontechnical, nonchronological study of film with a balance of roughly 50 percent literature and 50 percent film. Specific topics vary according to faculty assigned and are published when the course is offered. Part of the literature concentration and minor and may also be taken as an elective. The course distinguishes between biographical and autobiographical literature and asks students to examine and critique the strengths and weaknesses of various forms.
Selections attempt to explore lives lived within a variety of cultures.
Part of the literature concentration and also may be taken as an elective. Ibsen argues that the possibility of individual freedom and creativity can only be won by seeing beyond and acting in spite of formidable forces. The texts and films are analyzed for visual, as well as verbal, information. Chaucer A close reading of the major poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer and The Pearl poet in modern English translation and a brief introduction to the history of the English language. Part of the literature concentration and also may be taken as an elective.