GER 199

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10279
Independent Study
ARRANGED
n.a.
Location Pending
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/19/16-05/04/16
Special Approval:
Instructor Approval Required
58838
Lecture-Discussion
CHP
11:00AM -12:20PM
MW
212 1205 W Oregon
Wade, M
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/19/16-05/04/16
Degree Notes:
Camp Honors/Chanc Schol course.
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Books Matter, Book Matters
Section Info:
Book Matters, Books Matter. This section is reserved for Chancellor's Scholars only - other students may only enroll with consent of instructor and the Campus Honors Program.This course focuses on a wide range of approaches to books and reading, from the physical exploration of books and their tangible reality to their digital expression. By interrogating the rich cultural and technological past of the Book, this course aims to explore how we arrived at where we are at today. Because we are preparing students for meaningful lives, some aspects of which we cannot predict, the goal of this course is to show the interconnectedness of discourse and knowledge. What better place to explore this than the book? Why do we care, why should we care about books? The course is well suited to an engaged audience of students with curious minds. Our goal is to produce ideas, lots of them. We will accomplish this by engaging with stories from many times and many places that emphasize the human need to tell its story and by doing so to make sure that human existence matters. From the sublime and existential to the nitty gritty of getting ink under your fingernails this course combines a broad range of texts and activities that interrogate the book. The course differs from other campus offerings in that it includes texts from a number of historical and literary traditions read not only as literary texts, but also as expressions of the meaning of the Book. Concurrently, we explore the technologies of the book, the economic practices of books, and their dissemination, translation, digitization, and curation. Through broad reading, diverse excursions, lively debate, and written articulation, collectively we will explore the book—one of the hotly contested artifacts of our time. For more information contact Professor Mara Wade, mwade@illinois.edu.
Restriction(s):
Restricted to Chancellor's Scholar-CHPHonors students.
58920
Lecture-Discussion
Lecture-Discussion
EU
EU
1:00PM -1:50PM
5:00PM -7:50PM
MWF
R
166 Bevier Hall
1134 Foreign Languages Building
Niekerk, C
Niekerk, C
Part of Term:
B
Date Range:
03/14/16-05/04/16
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Europe in Trouble
Section Info:
"Europe in Trouble: European Politics, Society, and Culture since 1945". The course will focus on important societal, political, and cultural issues that shape discussions and debates in Europe today. It will seek to understand these debates in their historical contexts. The central thesis of this course is that the history of postwar Europe can be read as a series of crises, starting with the aftermath of World War II, but also including the revolutionary year 1968, the fall of the Wall, the war in Yugoslavia, etc. While the course focuses on important societal and political developments, it also argues that culture not only played an important role in the series of crises that constitute Europe’s postwar history, but also that cultural artifacts can function as an important resource for understanding the conflicts and debates that shaped the public debate in Europe since 1945. Format: 3 lectures per week; one film screening each week. Meets with GLBL 199 and EURO 199 .
46603
Lecture-Discussion
LJ2
11:00AM -11:50AM
MWF
1066 Lincoln Hall
Johnson, L
Part of Term:
1
Date Range:
01/19/16-05/04/16
Credit:
3 hours
Section Title:
Harry Potter & Western Culture
Section Info:
GER 199: Harry Potter and Western Culture. How does one of the most significant literary and cultural phenomena of all time – the Harry Potter series – reflect and transform central aspects of Western culture? How do myth, fantasy, and the novel relate and differ as forms? Consideration of issues of character, genre, structure, and the philosophical and ethical issues raised within and by the Harry Potter series. We will read all volumes in the series and also consider the relation between the books and the corresponding films, and explore how different media represent and transform content. Students will learn and use the tools of close reading, explore different methods of literary and cultural analysis, acquire familiarity with significant movements in Western thought, and become acquainted with contemporary discussions about connections between traditional and popular culture as well as between literature and film. Meets with CWL 199.
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