Humanities Degrees in the USA

...Modify, remix, and reuse (just remember to cite OCW as the source.) Learn more at Get Started with MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: Contemporary Literature...

...and Toni Morrison. Previously taught topics include The American Revolution and Makeovers (i.e. adaptations and reinterpretation of novels traditionally...

...How do we analyze and write about these novels? How do fictional characters wrestle with their own historical demons, with ghosts from their cultural pasts...

...Learn more at Get Started with MIT OpenCourseWare... Learn about: American Literature...

...(only with an extension from the instructor) will receive credit, as long as they come in by the following class. After that they will drop a full grade for each day...

...It aims to introduce a number of literary genres and styles- the captivity narrative, slave novel, sensational, sentimental, realistic, and postmodern fiction...

...heterogeneous, and shifting to be captured by writers? In this seminar we will seek answers to these questions in key city literature, and in theoretical...

...(this step is optional with the second paper), will read the paper (which should serve as introduction or provocation for the beginning of the day's discussion)...

...Other components include theory and use of figurative language and reading poetry. A list of topics covered in the course is presented in the calendar below... Learn about: Communication Training...

...The papers will each deal with some aspect of the readings and discussion; topics may be invented by the students but an extensive list of suggested topics...

...weighting somewhat in exceptional circumstances; usually this works to your advantage. If written work is incomplete or attendance is infrequent...

...and frankly about the erotic dimensions of work, the impact of physical labor on the body, and the relationship between physical and aesthetic labor...

...with important African-American authors, with each other, and with other works by themselves. Hence we will look at the way Stowe responded to and...

...and to think about the medium of drama as well as one writer's work in depth. Some seminar participants will report on earlier plays that influenced these writers...

...Yet censorship of the theater has been part of American culture from the beginning, and continues today. How and why does this happen, and who decides... Learn about: IT Law...

...but usually the process requires re-reading (at least once). Through the MIT libraries, you can find several useful tools to help you pursue your research... Learn about: Communication Training...

...developing an aesthetic that actively engages its world. The topics addressed over the course of the semester will be wide-ranging but will include...

...We will explore some of that poetry, and consider how later poets, especially female poets, tried to come to grips with, or escape from, that dominance...

...about proper citation of sources; if you have any lingering doubts about the use of material beyond the text itself or about the definition of plagiarism...

...All ideas, arguments, and direct phrasings taken from someone else's work must be identified and properly footnoted. Quotations from other sources...