ENGL 578

Spring 2014

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Credit: 4 hours.

May be repeated if topics vary. Prerequisite: One year of graduate study of literature or consent of instructor.

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60407
Lecture-Discussion
A
1:00PM -2:50PM
W
125 English Building
Camargo, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Title:
The Medieval Lyric
Section Info:
Topic Section E: The Medieval Lyric: Form/Function/Context The number and variety of the poems that could fit under the rubric ?medieval lyric? challenge efforts at definition or comprehensive taxonomy. This seminar will encourage students to explore that diversity through research projects that view the lyric from the perspective of their various disciplines. Before we turn to those individual projects we will model some of the issues and approaches that define recent study of medieval lyrics by looking closely at a famous manuscript that contains some of the finest lyrics that survive in Middle English, along with a great deal more: British Library MS Harley 2253 (s. xiv1; Ludlow/Hereford area). With its mixture of texts in English, French, and Latin, on topics both sacred and secular, in a wide range of forms and subgenres, the Harley MS is an ideal laboratory for studying the diverse forms and functions of medieval lyrics in a specific social and historical context. Disciplines on which we are likely to draw include literary studies, history, musicology, palaeography, and codicology. The latter part of the semester will be devoted to presentations by the individual seminar members on the research projects that will culminate in original seminar papers (20-25 pages). Some of these projects may concern the lyrics of the Harley MS, but I will encourage as many seminar members as possible to explore other lyric traditions. My hope is that collectively the research presentations will expose the seminar as a whole to a wider range of the medieval poetry that can be classified as lyric, as well as to the various methodologies that can be applied productively to the study of medieval lyrics. The interdisciplinary aims of the seminar also will be enhanced by the participation of several guest speakers. These will include members of the Illinois faculty, as well as visiting scholars from other universities.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
60860
Lecture-Discussion
G
3:00PM -4:50PM
T
G46 Foreign Languages Building
Yildiz, Y
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Title:
20thC German Studies
Section Info:
Critical Multilingualism Studies. How do we read, teach, and write about multilingualism in an environment largely governed by monolingual norms? When do multilingual cultural forms challenge monolingualism and when do they merely reproduce its logic? This course invites students from different fields to join in exploring these questions in an interdisciplinary, collaborative, and at times experimental way. We will primarily focus on multilingualism in 20th and 21st century literature and film with tools derived from a broad range of critical methodologies. Some of the focal issues include: the relationship between multilingualism and translation; genres and media of multilingualism; specificity of multilingualism in cultural productions vis-�-vis everyday linguistic practices; the (potential) impact of the ?translingual turn? in scholarship. This course will be taught in English and make use of translations in order to be open to students with varied linguistic backgrounds. Yet we will reflect on the ironies of discussing multilingualism monolingually and actively experiment with languages and multilingual challenges in the classroom. Students will be invited to develop and explore what a multilingual pedagogy might look like. Authors may include Franz Kafka, Elias Canetti, Christine Brook-Rose, Gloria Anzaldua, Jacques Derrida, Yoko Tawada, Emine Sevgi �zdamar, Olumide Popoola, and others. Enrolled students will have a chance to determine further readings based on their own multilingual interests. Please contact Yasemin Yildiz at yy47@illinois.edu if you have any questions.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
39658
Lecture-Discussion
S
12:00PM -2:50PM
T
ARR 912 W Illinois
Somerville, S
Shao, D
Mohamed, F
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Section Title:
Cultures of Law/Global Context
Section Info:
Topic Section S: Cultures of Law in Global Contexts Meets with CAS 587, EALC 550 and GWS 590 This team-taught course takes a broadly comparatist approach to the interdisciplinary field of law and the humanities. The course will be organized into three sections, each investigating legal issues of contemporary relevance through approaches based in history, literary studies, political theory, and critical theories of race, gender, sexuality, and indigeneity. Drawing on several national contexts?Egypt, China, Japan, England, and the U.S.? for case studies, we will consider questions such as revolution, constitution-building, the transnational circulation of legal norms, national borders, formal citizenship, and deportation. Throughout the course, we will pay particular attention to the slippages, continuities, and distinctions between legal subjects and embodied, historical subjects. Our discussions will include visiting speakers sponsored by the Center for Advanced Study in conjunction with the INTERSECT initiative on Cultures of Law in Global Contexts. Requirements include active participation in discussion, a class presentation, weekly response papers, and a final essay.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
54471
Lecture-Discussion
T
3:00PM -4:50PM
R
125 English Building
Ruiz, S
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/21/14-05/07/14
Credit:
4 hours
Section Title:
Issues in Performance Studies
Section Info:
Topic Section T: Issues and Practices in Performance Studies This seminar will address the various issues and methodological questions elicited by various performance genres by turning to certain historical moments, schools of thought, and disciplinary models. We will discuss fundamental texts in the field of performance studies and analyze both live and documented social, cultural, theatrical, choreographic, ritual, and musical events. In doing so, we will pay close attention to the ways in which theory and practice work in tandem. Lastly, we will also consider how categorical divisions of artistic practices, within the field, inevitably and importantly blend.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign.
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