New courses in Literaturehttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/index.htm2009-07-02MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmWorld Literatures will focus on the concept of the contact zone. What happens when cultures with different ideologies and norms come into contact with each other through exploration and colonization? We will examine how the complex issues surrounding race, gender, language and power are represented in both poetry and prose from African, Caribbean and South Asian perspectives. Our discussions will focus on not only the historical situations that these texts represent, but also the literary conventions these writers use to express these unique stories. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-007Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmFuller, Mary2009-06-30T04:01:45-04:0021L.007en-USLiteratureComparative LiteratureEnglish/Language Arts Teacher Educationreportfilmdramapoetrynovelnarrativeessaycoetzeede lerymontaignewalcottrowlandsondefoeshakespearecultureethnicityreligionmodernbrazilcaribbeaneuropehistoryfrenchnorth americaliteraturecolumbuswritingtravelworldMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmReadings are organized around topics (Renaissance Self-Fashioning, Courtship and Courtiership, Gender and the Emerging Individual) or literary genres (lyric, epic, drama, prose). Works drawn primarily from the Italian and English Renaissance, and may include such figures as Petrarch, Shakespeare, More, Jonson, Machiavelli, Castiglione, Milton, Spenser, Bacon, Donne, and Sidney.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-463Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmFuller, Mary 2009-06-30T10:18:38-04:0021L.463en-USLiteratureCommonwealth StudiesMedieval and Renaissance StudiesWhom Calidore.Which CambellSir TriamondSaint GeorgeSir ParidellSquire of DamesSir CalepineFaerie QueeneBriton PrinceSir SatyranePrince ArthurSir CalidoreSir Guyonheauens highteuery vaineforrest wydefaire damzellbraue knightsyron maneuery ioyntnigh approchtdeare besoughthaue rentstraunge aduentureseuill plighteuerlasting famesaluage manvtmost datevncouth sightstraunger knightmore increastlining wightfirst aduentureliuing wightwyld manknight aliueneuer wightheauy plightSir OrfeoRound TableQueen ElizabethPrince ArthurPiers PlowmanEniautos DaimonColin Clouts Come Home AgaineUnmoved MoverNatalis ComesSawles WardeHouse of BusiranePrimum MobileMiddle EnglishProfessor VinaverMiddle AgesliteratureRenaissanceMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmIntroduces prose narrative, both short stories and the novel. Examines the construction of narrative and the analysis of literary response.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-003Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmVaeth, Kimberly2009-06-23T03:03:00-04:0021L.003en-USLiteratureWritingcultureverbal textnarrativenovelliteratureChartersWoolfeConradDickensAustenWritingFictionMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmDrama might be described as a game played with something sacred. It tells stories that go right to the heart of what people believe about themselves. And it is enacted in the moment, which means it has an added layer of interpretive mystery and playfulness, or "theatricality." This course will explore theater and theatricality across periods and cultures, through intensive engagement with texts and with our own readings.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-005Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmFleche, Anne2009-06-17T03:24:13-04:0021L.005en-USLiteratureDrama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Generalperformance texttheatrical textperlocutionary effectdramatic textdramatic worldtheatrical frametheatrical discoursetheatrical signdramatic discoursedramatic informationtheatrical communicationtheatre semioticsproxemic relationsdeictic orientationtheatrical competencetheatrical semiosisdramatic rulessymbolist dramacrisis dramafemale playwrightsstaging practicesscene designrealistic theatretiring houseformal theatreautos sacramentalesneoclassical idealsselective realismtheatre architecturetheatre historyfirst permanent theatresignificant playwrightsdepartures from realismenvironmental theatremedieval theatreneoclassical rulesneoclassical theatreviolence onstagemany theatre artistsscaena fronsoutdoor public theatrestheatercommunicateself-awarenesscreativityquestionsartisticpoliticalhistoricalethicalfictiontoolsculturesspeakerwriterdiscussionwritingperforming artsdramatic structureplaysaudiencessocial normscommunitiesentertainmentrituallive performancepoetrystorytellingliterary artsDramaMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmUnlike film, theater in America does not have a ratings board that censors content. So plays have had more freedom to explore and to transgress normative culture. 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 whether a play is too dangerous to see or to teach? are plays dangerous? Sinful? Even demonic? In our seminar, we will study plays that have been censored, either legally or extra-legally (i.e. refused production, closed down during production, denied funding, or taken off school reading lists). We'll look at laws, both national and local, relating to the "obscene", as well as unofficial practices, and think about the way censorship operates in American life now. And of course we will study the offending texts, themselves, to find what is really dangerous about them, for ourselves.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-703Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmFleche, Anne2009-06-16T04:25:09-04:0021L.703en-USLiteratureDrama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, Generalselective realismarchitectureobscenitybannedblacklistcensorshiptheatretheatre historyfirst permanent theatresignificant playwrightsdepartures from realismenvironmental theatremedieval theatreneoclassical rulesneoclassical theatreviolence onstagemany theatre artistsscaena fronsoutdoor public theatrestheatercommunicateself-awarenesscreativityquestionsartisticpoliticalhistoricalethicalfictiontoolsculturesspeakerwriterdiscussionwritingperforming artsdramatic structureplaysaudiencessocial normscommunitiesentertainmentrituallive performancepoetrystorytellingliterary artsaction conventionsdramatic activitytwo long linesassessment focusfoundation stagewriting opportunitiesliteracy activitieslearning mediumlast wolfwriting opportunitydrama activitiesdrama activitypurchasing institutiondrama skillsdrama strategiesdecision alleyModern Americaforbidden playsdramaMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmStudies a broad range of texts essential to understanding the two great sources of Western conceptions of the world and humanity's place within it: the ancient world of Greece and Rome and the Judeo-Christian world that challenged and absorbed it. Readings vary but usually include works by Homer, Sophocles, Aristotle, Plato, Virgil, St. Augustine, and Dante.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-001Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htmBahr, Arthur2009-05-05T11:02:14-04:0021L.001en-USLiteraturePhilosophy, OtherwesternizationworldbibleDanteSaint AugustineAristotlePlatoThucydidesEuripidesSophoclesAeschylusHomercivilizationhistoryclassicgreecereligionphilosophyjudeo-christianliteratureculturewesternMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course looks at comedy in drama, novels, and films from Classical Greece to the twentieth century. Focusing on examples from Aristophanes, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Molière, Wilde, Chaplin, and Billy Wilder, along with theoretical contexts, the class examines comedy as a transgressive mode with revolutionary social and political implications. This is a Communications Intensive (CI) class with emphasis on discussion, and frequent, short essays. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-421Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmKelley, Wyn2009-01-12T09:37:34-05:0021L.421en-USLiteratureDrama and Dance Teacher EducationAlison BechdelItalo CalvinoOscar WildeMark TwainJane AustenAphra BehnMoliereAristophanesWilliam Shakespearepolitical commentarysocial commentarytransgressionallegorytricksterwitsatireslapstickcomicironyliterary historygenrenarrativedramahumorMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm"The Art of the Probable" addresses the history of scientific ideas, in particular the emergence and development of mathematical probability. But it is neither meant to be a history of the exact sciences per se nor an annex to, say, the Course 6 curriculum in probability and statistics. Rather, our objective is to focus on the formal, thematic, and rhetorical features that imaginative literature shares with texts in the history of probability. These shared issues include (but are not limited to): the attempt to quantify or otherwise explain the presence of chance, risk, and contingency in everyday life; the deduction of causes for phenomena that are knowable only in their effects; and, above all, the question of what it means to think and act rationally in an uncertain world. Our course therefore aims to broaden students’ appreciation for and understanding of how literature interacts with – both reflecting upon and contributing to – the scientific understanding of the world. We are just as centrally committed to encouraging students to regard imaginative literature as a unique contribution to knowledge in its own right, and to see literary works of art as objects that demand and richly repay close critical analysis. It is our hope that the course will serve students well if they elect to pursue further work in Literature or other discipline in SHASS, and also enrich or complement their understanding of probability and statistics in other scientific and engineering subjects they elect to take.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-017Spring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmJackson, NoelRaman, ShankarKibel, AlvinRaman, ShankarKibel, Alvin2009-01-12T02:08:06-05:0021L.017en-USLiteratureCeltic Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsDarwinismmetaphorintelligencesensesmindhuman naturefactknowledgerandomnessreligiondecision makingrationalitypredictionfategames of chancechancecause and effectgamblingluckinferencedeductioninductionuncertaintychaosquantitative measurementhistory of sciencestatisticsriskchancemathematicsscientific methodscientific thoughtphilosophyMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm