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L16 CompLitTht 527ASeminar in the 20th Century: The Aesthetics of Resistance3.0 Units
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01-T-----2:30P-5:20PTBAFischerPaper/Project/Take Home2080
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L16 CompLitTht 5478Topics in Transmedia Franchises3.0 Units
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01-T-R---11:30A-12:50PTBAFleuryNo Final19130
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A-T-----7:00P-10:00PBrown / 100 FleuryNo Final19130
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L16 CompLitTht 549Topics in Comparative Literature: Humanism3.0 Units
Description:The major part of this course is devoted to Renaissance humanism: an educational, historiographic, and philosophical encounter with the texts and perceived values of ancient culture, which in the cases of some humanists could include eastern as well as western texts. We will emphasize the subversive ideas of the humanists, as they revived materialist, atheistic writers such as Lucretius, sought to reconcile different religious faiths (Pico della Mirandola), promoted liberal inquiry on two sides of a question (Erasmus), considered whether the universe might be infinite (Giordano Bruno), celebrated the critical and humane power of laughter (Rabelais), and considered the body and human experience as the central philosophical index (Montaigne). As we read other well known European humanists, such as Petrarch, Ficino, Machiavelli, More, and Castiglione, we will also explore several women writers both enabled by and reacting to humanism: Gaspara Stampa, Vittoria Colonna, Louise Labé, Isabella d'Este, and more. As we explore humanism, we will compare the historical phenomenon with contemporary reactions to it, especially "post-humanism." To some extent, we will consider the recent claims of "humanism" and the "human" in political and legal arenas as well, considering such concepts as "crimes against humanity."
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Course Type:IdentSame As:L16 449  L14 449A  L14 549AFrequency:Unpredictable / History
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01-T-R---2:30P-3:50PTBAHenkePaper/Project/Take Home2040
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L16 CompLitTht 552Methods of Literary Study: The Theory and Practice of Literary Translation II3.0 Units
Description:A review of translation theories and the study of cultural translation across different time periods and areas of the world. A more general approach to translation and cultural exchange in a globalizing world than Part I (Comp Lit 551), with specific examples to be drawn from Europe, Asia, Latin America and various cultural and literary exchanges between these regions. Topics will include the ideological and ethical underpinnings of translation, the political uses of language in intercultural communication, translation and comparative poetics, the impact of digital technology, and the role of translation in a postcolonial and multicultural world. We will consider not only written texts, but also film and new media as the objects of our critical inquiry. Students will choose a work that has already been translated for critique, in addition to producing their own translation and a critical response to their translation. Requirements: presentations, response papers, final translation project. Prerequisite: native or near-native competence in English and another language. This class is required for students completing the Graduate Certificate in Translation Studies. Open to graduate students in Comparative Literature, English, foreign languages and literatures, as well as any other program across the Humanities with an interest in Translation Studies.
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Course Type:HomeSame As:L38 552Frequency:Every 2 Years / History
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01---R---2:30P-4:50PTBAInfantePaper/Project/Take Home15120
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