Courses

The topic of the course, announced in advance, varies each semester. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

The topic of the course, announced in advance, varies each semester. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

A close study in non-fiction prose, including but not limited to essays, autobiography and biography, and travel narratives. Topics may include the literary form of life narratives and the development of life- writing as a genre, the identity of “nonfiction” and its relation to ideas of fiction and truth, and the personal, social, and political roles of nonfiction prose. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

A close study of the reading of poetry. Topics may focus on a period, form, genre, single author, national or transnational movement, or theoretical problem. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

A study of popular genres such as science fiction, mystery, detective, romance, dystopian literature, thrillers, fantasy, and fanfiction, with attention to the defining features of major popular genres as they have changed over time. The course might be devoted to one major popular genre, or cover multiple genres in a comparative way.

A close study of literary theory. Topics may focus on critical race theory, feminist theory, queer theory, psychoanalysis, deconstruction, new historicism, Marxism, and postcolonial theory, among others. This is a variable topics course, which can be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

Specific topics will be announced in advance. The course will be given in Yiddish. May be taken more than once if the topic is different.

Analysis in depth of a public or private institution or system of institutions providing services to urban residents. Different institutions will be analyzed each semester. (May be repeated for credit provided the institution studied is different).

Analysis in depth of a public or private institution or system of institutions providing services to urban residents. Different institutions will be analyzed each semester. (May be repeated for credit provided the institution studied is different.)

May only be taken in the student's major instrument or voice. May be repeated for credit. See Department for Description.