CWL 151

Spring 2011 All Classes

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Cross-Cultural Thematics

Credit: 3 hours.

Explores a combination of western and non-western literature through the focus on a shared theme, exploring differences in treatment both within and among different cultures. Two such thematic focuses are offered in rotation; one on concepts of love and one on ways of writing about death. Both themes introduce students to a wide array of famous texts from different cultures and also offer some varied perspectives for their own inevitable thoughts on these major topics.

May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary. Students may register in more than one section per term.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

Humanities – Lit & Arts

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CWL 151 class schedule data for spring 2011
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	50282	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	RM RM	1:00PM -1:50PM 7:00PM -9:50PM	TR T	160 English Building 160 English Building	Mehta, R Mehta, R	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/18/11-05/04/11 Degree Notes: Literature and the Arts course. Credit: 3 hours Section Info: 3 hours TOPIC: LOVE AND DEATH IN INDIAN CINEMA, Tuesdays 7-10pm for film screening. This course will explore the themes of 'love' and 'death' in Indian mainstream (mainly Bollywood) Cinema. How does the world's most prolific film industry handle these themes? What is the relation between the literary and cinematic representations of love and death? Is Bollywood cinema a form of social history? Has this cinema ever resisted dominant nationalist and patriarchal ideologies? In what ways have the forces of globalization changed this industry? These are some of the issues we will explore. Films will include Shree 420, Sholay, Madhumati, DDLJ, Devdas, Guru etc. All films will be screened with subtitles. No knowledge of Hindi or any other Indian language is required. This course is open to non-majors. Meets with ENGL 199.