Finally, faculty and students will gain from being exposed to the economic concerns and viewpoint of the literary figures and directors whose writings and films we study. This course will operate as a seminar. Class meetings will be devoted to discussing assigned readings and films. Emphasis will be placed on identifying and analyzing issues that are economic in orientation. It is imperative that members of the seminar read and view the material to be discussed.
Seminars only work when students are prepared.
This exercise will facilitate lively and insightful discussion during the associated seminar meeting. On occasion the instructor may collect each students Literature Journal to appraise students perspectives of the readings. Seminar participants are also expected to prepare a 3-5 page essay on two of the four novels discussed during the Spring Term. Each student is responsible for establishing the question that they wish to explore in their 3- 5 page essay. A film series accompanies the course.