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ENGL 294 - Topics in World Literature in English


FDR: HL
Credits: (3 credits in fall and winter, 3-4 credits in spring)


Prerequisite: Completion of the FW requirement. World literature, taught in English, supported by attention to historical and cultural contexts. Versions of this course may survey several periods or concentrate on a group of works from a short span of time or focus on a cultural phenomenon. Students develop their analytical writing skills through both short papers and a final multisource research paper. May be repeated for degree credit and for the major if the topics are different.

Winter 2020, ENGL 294A-01: Topics in World Literature in English: Visual Art and Poetry in World Literature (3). For centuries, visual art has inspired poets, and poetry has inspired artists. How would some artworks sound if they were poems? What would some poems look like if they were art works? Moving through different historical periods and cultural contexts, this course explores the interrelation of both forms of expression to discover the aesthetic norms and values that inform and connect them. How do writers and visual artists use and portray rhythm, emotion, pattern, contrast, balance? Moving between the disciplines of semiotics, visual studies, history, rhetoric, and literary criticism, we analyze the creative powers that meet at the crossroads of poetry and visual art. (HL) Ruiz.

Fall 2019, ENGL 294A-01:Topics in World Literature in English: The Confluence of Visual Art and Poetry in World Literature (3). Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. For centuries, visual art has inspired poets and poetry has inspired artists. How would some artworks sound if they were poems? What would some poems look like if they were art works? Taught in English and moving through different historical periods and cultural traditions, this course explores both forms of expression to discover the complexity of aesthetic norms and values that inform and connect them. How do writers and visual artists use and portray rhythm, emotion, pattern, contrast, balance? Moving between the disciplines of semiotics, visual studies, psychology, rhetoric, and literary criticism, we analyze the creative powers that meet at the crossroads of poetry and visual art. (HL) Ruiz.




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