English
English
English
English
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
English
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
English
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
English
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
English
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
English
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....
Children’s Literature
English
Children’s Literature
How did you come to be the reader you are? What ideas about the world and its characters did you gain from the stories you read as a child? Why did you read and reread some books? How did illustrations work with words to create the stories you saw and read?...
Spring in Love
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Spring in Love
Literary lovers, it seems, break the rules, exploring the boundaries set by family, society, religion or law. What can we learn from their defiance? Why does such love so often end in disaster? Is love socially constructed or universal? We will explore these...
Poetry and Song
English
Poetry and Song
An exploration into the deep and longstanding relationship of poetry and song, this course asks (among other things) how the presence of music alters and enhances our experience of poetry; what qualities make song lyrics “poetic”; and how...