CMLT-C 301 SPECIAL TOPICS IN COMPARATIVE LITERATURE (3 CR.)
Special topics concerning two or more literary traditions or literature and other areas in the humanities.
1 classes found
Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 33812 | Open | 7:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m. | MW | HU 217 | Marks H |
Eight Week - First / In Person
LEC 33812: Total Seats: 25 / Available: 19 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class meets first eight weeks only
- This Class meets with CMLT-C 200, HON-H303 and ENG-L 360
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
Topic: Life writing
"Life Writing" Is it ever possible to describe oneself objectively? Can one shape or transform one's personal identity through autobiographical writing? Does it make sense even to speak of a real or deep self, or are we all inevitably a collection of masks? This course will focus on the evolving concepts of identity and the "self" as they are reflected in essays, memoirs, journals, confessions, and autobiographies from Saint Augustine in late antiquity to Patti Smith today. Discussions will revolve around the tension between competing ideas of the self as either autonomous or determined by social pressures--tribal, national, or familial. Students will have an opportunity to experiment with different voices in their own self-writing, and to participate in short collaborative projects, based on the Japanese renga, which evolves as it circulates from hand to hand among a small circle of acquaintances.
The College of Arts