New courses in Literaturehttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/index.htm2009-11-19MIT 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.htmIntroduces practice and theory of literary criticism. Seminar focuses on topics such as the history of critical methods and techniques, and the continuity of certain subjects in literary history. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Topic: Theory and Use of Figurative Language.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-701Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmBrouillette, Sarah2009-09-10T01:48:17-04:0021L.701WGS.510JSP.510Jen-USLiteratureEnglish Literature (British and Commonwealth)the gunny sackpostmodernismmetropolismodernismmodernmodernityThe Lonely LondonersRipley BogleBelfast ConfettiMrs. DallowayThe Waste Landcityurban experienceliteratureurbanWomen's and Gender StudiesSpecial ProgramsMIT 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.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, Kim2009-06-23T03:03:00-04:0021L.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.htmIn this class, you will read, think about, and (I hope) enjoy important examples of what has become one of the most popular literary genres today, if not the most popular: the novel. Some of the questions we will consider are: Why did so many novels appear in the eighteenth century? Why were they—and are they—called novels? Who wrote them? Who read them? Who narrates them? What are they likely to be about? Do they have distinctive characteristics? What is their relationship to the time and place in which they appeared? How have they changed over the years? And, most of all, why do we like to read them so much? http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Literature/21L-471Spring-2009/CourseHome/index.htmLipkowitz, Ina2009-10-20T04:17:31-04:0021L.471en-USLiteratureEnglish Literature (British and Commonwealth)essaymrs. dallowayvirginia woolftess of the d'urbervillesthomas hardylady audley's secretmary elizabeth braddonadam bedegeorge eliotmary bartonelizabeth gaskellpride and prejudicejane austenevelinafrances burneymoll flandersdaniel defoenarratorliterary genrenovelMIT 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
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