Is it possible that people across generations and geographies see differently? What if what we see is related to who…
What will our world look like in ten years? Fifty? One hundred? Will the future be a utopian paradise or…
How have ideas about courtship changed between the twelfth century and today? Just what was “courtly love”? And how has…
Today we tend to see curiosity and imagination as two peas in a very positive pod. Yet, although they have…
William Blake, the visionary poet, artist and printmaker of the British Romantic period, has had enormous influence on modern art…
In this course, students will study epic and anti-epic strains in Western literature, reading key texts in the epic tradition…
In this class we will investigate the history of human rights from the perspective of literature. We will explore how…
Fulfills a major core requirement. Studies in African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, Native American, Anglo-Indian, Caribbean, gay-lesbian, and other…
This course focuses on the creative processes involved in writing poetry. We will look at poets’ revisions of their work,…
There is the assumption that science fiction propagandizes for the gleaming gadgetry that it depicts. It’s true that science fiction…