ENGL 199

Fall 2008

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CRN Type Section Time Day Location Instructor Section Details
10065
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
40419
Lecture-Discussion
CH1
10:00AM -11:50AM
MW
212 1205 W Oregon
Frayne, J
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Degree Notes:
Camp Honors/Chanc Schol course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Topic Section CH1: Literatre and Opera. Section CH1 is for Chancellor's Scholars; others may only enroll with consent of instructor and director of the Campus Honors Program.
51337
Lecture-Discussion
CH2
12:30PM -1:45PM
TR
59A English Building
Prendergast, C
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Degree Notes:
Camp Honors/Chanc Schol course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Topic Section CH2: Introduction to Disability Studies in the Humanaties. Section CH2 is for Chancellor's Scholars; others may only enroll with consent of instructor and director of the Campus Honors Program.
51336
Lecture-Discussion
Lecture-Discussion
Q
Q
11:00AM -11:50AM
2:00PM -4:20PM
TR
M
59A English Building
59A English Building
Camargo, S
Camargo, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Degree Notes:
Discovery course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Topic Section Q: Lynch and Cronenberg: Two Davids Versus the Hollywood Goliath. A fish in a coffeepot, a naked woman on a suburban lawn, an old man riding a lawn tractor: welcome to the world of David Lynch, where the line between dreams and reality is not always easy to find. Mutant children, a killer videotape, a human fly, twin gynecologists, virtual realities, madness, hidden identities, and Russian gangsters are likewise found in the films of David Cronenberg. These two Davids do their unconventional work on the margins of the mainstream American film industry we call simply "Hollywood." The films these men make, and how they make them will be the focus of our work in this course. Since these directors are so skilled at training us to see, previous experience in film analysis is not required as a prerequisite for enrollment. Section Q is a First year Discovery Program course. Rergistration restricted to freshman. Students should only enroll in one Discovery course.
41959
Lecture-Discussion
X
12:00PM -12:50PM
MWF
150 English Building
Trilling, R
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
08/25/08-12/10/08
Degree Notes:
Discovery course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Info:
Topic Section X: Modern Medievalisms: Approaching and Appropriating the Middle Ages. The purpose of this course is twofold: to introduce students to a range of medieval literature and to examine its legacy in the modern era. Since the 19th century, literature tends to use a fetishized notion of "the medieval" as a foil for "the modern", invoking it either as a Golden Age which critiques the problems of the present, or a pre-Enlightenment epoch of superstition and ignorance. The discourse of medievalism is a booming subfield within medieval studies, and it offers students the opportunity to look critically not only at a range of literature from distant historical periods, but also at the ways in which the present represents, misrepresents, and appropriates those images, empties them of their contextual meanings, and redeploys them within distinctly modern agendas. Students will study both medieval literature itself and modern representations of the Middle Ages in an attempt to understand the complex means by which the present approaches the past. They will engage critically with theories of subjectivity, nationhood, translation, gender, historicism, temporality, and aesthetics. In the process, they will discover how modern notions of empire, progress, belief, revolution, pacifism, and novelty inform modern attempts to represent - or appropriate - the medieval. Section X is a First year Discovery Program course. Registration restricted to freshman. Students should only enroll in one Discovery course.
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