Students explore how we, as individuals within interpretive communities, read texts.
Students then look at the ways artists read and respond to each other's work.
As the class considers relationships between the arts, students might question how effectively the plot of Emma translates to an American high school in the movie Clueless or how differences between the book and movie demonstrate society's influence on the arts . Acknowledging the critic's role in the way people interpret art, students regularly discuss and respond in writing to a range of criticism about a variety of texts. As students explore how society and artists read texts, they write several analytical essays. In these essays, students consider critics' opinions and construct their own interpretations. They produce four to six major writing assignments, developing each piece through a process of drafting, critiquing in workshops, and revising.