Course Objectives
2. Use the readings and class discussion to examine the intersections of literature and history, ritual and myth, the sacred and secular, the knowable and unknowable.
3. Trace the development of an idea across cultural spaces and temporal movements of literary history.
4. Theorize repetition and revision as foundational strategies of literary practice and practice skills of revision in your own writing.
5. Conceptualize a large-scale multi-modal research project that combines literary analysis with tools and skills from other disciplines.
6. Become familiar with digital tools such as Scalar.
This course also carries the Global Cultures flag. Global Cultures courses are designed to increase your familiarity with cultural groups outside the United States. You should therefore expect a substantial portion of your grade to come from assignments covering the practices, beliefs, and histories of at least one non-U.S. cultural group, past or present.