Course Description

37-396 Seminar: Literature in History F,W(3-0) [0.50]

This course explores the processes by which specific texts or genres emerge from particular historical moments and by which we attempt to reconstruct those historically specific connections. Seminars will focus on such topics as the archive surrounding one text, problems of period and canon, or genres and historical change. (Choice of period and texts will be determined by individual instructors.)Writing- and presentation-intensive course.

Prerequisites: 37-206.

Course Profile

1998-99 Undergraduate Calendar