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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2020 |
Registration ID | COMLB293001 |
Course Title | The Play of Interpretation |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Seyhan,Azade |
Times and Days | MW 01:10pm-02:30pm
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Room Location | TAYE |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1248 Designated theory course. A study of the methodologies and regimes of interpretation in the arts, humanistic sciences, and media and cultural studies, this course focuses on common problems of text, authorship, reader/spectator, and translation in their historical and formal contexts. Literary, oral, and visual texts from different cultural traditions and histories will be studied through interpretive approaches informed by modern critical theories. Readings in literature, philosophy, popular culture, and film will illustrate how theory enhances our understanding of the complexities of history, memory, identity, and the trials of modernity. Approach: Critical Interpretation (CI); Haverford: Humanities (HU) ( ) Enrollment Cap: 15; Freshmen Spaces: 3; If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major/Minor/Concentration; Senior; Junior; Permission of Instructor; |
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