Courses

Introduction to the posssibilities of creating new meaning in another language. Students are asked to read and discuss theoretical essays on translation, and to produce their own translations of fiction or poetry into English, through stages from literal to finish. The course focuses on what is lost and gained in translation, and on how to recognize and work with cultural and linguistic differences.

The purpose of this ensemble is to achieve the highest standards of choral artistry among music written for soprano and alto voices. Rehearsals are supplemented by individual preparation. Satisfies the large-ensemble requirement for music majors. May be repeated for credit. Fall, Spring.

Special emphasis on preparation of fiduciary reports and principles of audits of fiduciaries.

Students undertake and complete an individual research problem in their field of special interest under the direction of an instructor in the History Department.

Further specialization and advanced work involving directed readings and research on a topic chosen by the student and his or her faculty sponsor.

The student will agree to work on a specific project under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member approved by the Latin American and Latino Studies program.

A multi-genre study of texts, theories, and cultures from 1945 to the present. Topics may include postmodernism and late/global capitalism; Civil Rights and decolonial movements; states of emergency and exception; technological change and post-humanism; parody and pastiche; the Cold War and paranoia; climate change and climate justice; popular culture.

A study of drama and performance from World War II to the present. Topics mayinclude theater of the absurd; musical theater; political theater; expandingexplorations of gender, sexual, racial, and ethnic identities; installations,“happenings,” and performance art. Writers may include Edward Albee,Samuel Beckett, Lillian Hellman, Suzan-Lori Parks, Harold Pinter, Wole Soyinka,Tennessee Williams, August Wilson, and recent experimental dramatists andperformance artists.

A study of fiction written from 1945 to the present. Topics may include decolonizationand movements for racial equality; nationalisms; ethnic identities; feminism andLGBTQ activism; the Cold War; narrative experimentation; the Vietnam War. Writersmay include Chinua Achebe, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow, Angela Carter, J.M. Coetzee, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Junot Diaz, Philip K.