Literature Degrees in the USA

...will inconvenience your classmates and give them less time to prepare a thoughtful and useful workshop response. If there is an unavoidable reason...

...Allen, Donald, ed. The New American Poetry, 1945-1960. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. ISBN: 9780520209534. Since this class is effectively a writing workshop...

...short stories and anthologies do exist. If you have a strong preference to write short form you are certainly permitted to do so and will not be penalized in any...

...that is at the heart of genre writing. We shall also think about the ways in which crossing genres has led to the establishment of new genres (steampunk...

...as well as analyze how various great authors have handled central issues in the genre. While this class will focus on "hard" science fiction...

...Seminars: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session In 2006, Henry Jenkins defined 'transmedia' as narrative that has been conceived across multiple storytelling...

...Class attendance and participation are required. Assigned reading must be done in time for the class for which it is assigned. All written assignments are to be typed...

...All project proposals must be approved by the instructors. Students have to complete three main projects, evenly scheduled through the semester...

...Sharing technical expertise is encouraged. In addition, certain key essays by a range of authors in the history of new media development will be discussed... Learn about: New Media...

...Most of our shared readings can best be described as literary non-fiction, but all of them raise questions that lead beyond literature to history...

...detailed in a separate document. Here's a brief overview: This class is structured more as a workshop than a lecture class. Your responsibility in...

...Filmed Shakespeare began in 1899, with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree performing the death scene from King John for the camera. Sarah Bernhardt, who had played...

...NY: Picador, 2001, part 2. ISBN: 9780312282998. Simon, J., and J. Kirby. "Captain America" (1941) Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and...

...a deep look at a big subject. We ask where Fairy Tales come from, surveying the work of the famous Brothers Grimm, before moving on to historic fairy belief...

...Alfred. In Memoriam. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003. ISBN: 9780393979268. [DS] = The Wire: The Complete First Season. Created by David Simon. Home Box Office...

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...2002. ISBN: 9780262661317, with the due dates indicated in the calendar below. The topic reviews consist of the following: selecting three articles... Learn about: Political Institutions...

...An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. Edited and translated by Stephen Owen. W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. ISBN: 9780393038231...

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...This course investigates the uses and boundaries of fiction in a range of novels and narrative styles - traditional and innovative, western and nonwestern...