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Ellee Dean
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Ellee Dean
Masters in Art, Middlebury CollegeBachelors in Art, University of Michigan-Ann...
Barbara Desmond
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Barbara Desmond
Bachelors in Art, Wellesley CollegeAll But Dissertation, Yale...
Mercy Carbonell
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Mercy Carbonell
Bachelors in Art, Brown UniversityMasters in Art, Stanford...
Jane Cadwell
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Jane Cadwell
Masters in Letters, Middlebury CollegeMasters in Arts in Teaching, Smith CollegeBachelors in Art, Williams...
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You’ll gain self-knowledge and learn to communicate with clarity through thought-provoking discussions of poetry, fiction, drama and creative...
Beats, Rhymes and Narrative
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Beats, Rhymes and Narrative
Hip-hop music’s influence on popular culture, literature, entertainment and politics is undeniable. This course will examine the relationship between hip-hop and storytelling. Course texts will consist of weekly listening sessions, scholarly articles on...
Literature in Stratford
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Literature in Stratford
One of the advantages of the Stratford Program is the opportunity to study literature in the very places that inform the settings, themes, characters and concerns of the texts. The specific topic for this course varies from year to year and is dependent upon...
Literature of California
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Literature of California
In his apocalyptic novel, The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West’s main character surmises that most people “had come to California to die.” The state’s literary inheritance, however, is alive and well, and this class will launch forays...
Art of Protest
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Art of Protest
From the grittiness of rap to the density of civil disobedience, this course examines a variety of literary-artistic protests. The approach is multicultural and interdisciplinary. Possibilities include poets of color, gay playwrights, feminist novelists and...
Queer Literature
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Queer Literature
This course explores the experience and self-definition of several major queer writers – in fiction, poetry and memoir. The course is intended for any students who want to deepen their understanding of queer identity as expressed in literature and film....