CLL 151 - (LT) Studies in LiteratureSemester Hours: 3
Fall, Spring
Designed to treat special subjects or authors at the discretion of the department, but with the student’s interest in view. Such subjects as existentialism, death, and the literary imagination, love in literature, or subjects of a like nature have been topics of recent analysis.
Current Special Topics
CLL 151: Avant-Garde
This course examines the theory and practice of four defining avant-garde movements between the two world wars which sought to create “a revolution of the mind”: Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, and Surrealism redefined the style and politics of art. We read manifestoes, poetry, an expressionist play, a surrealist novel, see an expressionist film and look at paintings, photomontages, collages, found objects, which defy reality; and analyze the style and politics of the groups. Works include Futurist, Dada, and Surrealist Manifestoes, the expressionist play, The Son and the expressionist film, Metropolis, the surrealist novel, Nadja, and poetry and art reflective of the movements and their impact worldwide.
CLL 151: Literature and Ethics
It has been common for millennia for writers, readers, and critics to look to literature as a potential source of moral instruction. In this course, we will look at several kinds of fictional literature to examine whether art can indeed reflect an ethical component and what we may learn from it if it does. I will propose that literature may indeed have an instructive effect, but that it better helps us to understand how to think ethically than it does what to think.
CLL 151: From Beer to BMWs: Modernism in Munich
This course will introduce students to the city of Munich and its environs, its architecture, and institutions: from the famous Hofbräuhaus, German brewing traditions, and Oktoberfest, to the new Bavarian Motor Worksheadquarters - BMW-World (Germany’s most popular tourist site), to Munich’s many great art museums and outdoor activities at nearby lakes, in the Alps and around Bavaria. Readings of literature will get related to the art and cultural history of Munich, the state of Bavaria, and Germany, and literally plotted onto the map of city and state with fun online excursions and explorations of Munich! Students will create their own digital ‘study abroad’ journals of this ‘trip’ to Munich, reflecting our excursions and their own interests.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
May be repeated when topics vary.
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