CPLT Courses for Spring 2024
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CPLT 119 01 - Women* Write Weird Fiction
Course: |
CPLT 119 - 01 |
Title: |
Women* Write Weird Fiction |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
From the mid-20th century to 2021, women writers have been major players globally in the upsurge of what is now referred to as speculative fiction--a literary supergenre or umbrella term for a spectrum of “what if” fictions: fairy tale, science fiction, horror, dystopian, magic realism, surrealism, fantasy. We will explore together short stories and novels written in the last four decades. Class discussions will aim at interpretation and appreciation of these peculiar and powerful literary texts as well as reflection on their particular historical and cultural context.
In particular, we will be curious about how these authors play with a spectrum of gender - in their own lives and in their writing. The texts include fiction written in English and fiction translated into English; we will address the issue of reading works in translation. Speakers and students of languages other than English, are encouraged to offer their insights into the necessary friction between an original text and its English translation. Among the authors to be read: Afro-futurists: Octavia Butler, Nnedi Okorafor, and N.K. Jemison. Horror authors: Samanta Schweblin, Caitlin Kiernan. Dystopian/Fantasy: Xia Jia, Ursula Le Guin, Basma Abdel Aziz. Fractured Fairy Tales: Angela Carter, Carmen Machado. Fulfills the Diversity of Literatures in English requirement. |
Prerequisite(s): |
None |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Cross Listed Courses: |
ENG 119 01 - Women* Write Weird Fiction
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Instructors: |
Marilyn Sides |
Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 121 Classroom - TF 9:55 AM - 11:10 AM |
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CPLT 180 01 - What is World Literature?
Course: |
CPLT 180 - 01 |
Title: |
What is World Literature? |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
"World Literature” views a literary work as the product of local culture, then of regional or national culture, and finally of global culture. Critics of world literature argue that a text's richness may be lost in translation, that too often a privileged Western literary tradition forces “other” literatures into a relationship of belatedness and inferiority, and that world literature leads to the globalization of culture-and as the global language becomes predominantly English, the world of literature will be known through that single language alone. This course offers an opportunity to not only read rich and exciting literary texts from ancient eras to the contemporary moment but also after reading key critical essays that defend and critique “World Literature” to reflect on the cultural politics that directly or indirectly determines who reads what. Range of texts from contemporary Arabic short fiction, science fiction from China and Africa, global gothic fiction, and poetic forms across time and cultures. Fulfills the Diversity of Literatures in English requirement. |
Prerequisite(s): |
None |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Instructors: |
Carol Dougherty |
Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 305 Seminar Room - TF 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM |
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CPLT 221 01 - Epic Conversations: Homer and Contemporary Lyric Poetry
Course: |
CPLT 221 - 01 |
Title: |
Epic Conversations: Homer and Contemporary Lyric Poetry |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
We tend to place epic and lyric poetry at opposite ends of the spectrum: epic poetry is musty, monumental, and masculine while lyric poems are fresh, exquisite, and feminine. This class will read and discuss the works of those contemporary lyric poets who reach across this divide to embrace Homeric epic -- revising these ancient poems for modern times, for different audiences, in new forms. The class will read the Iliad and Odyssey together with the works of contemporary poets (e.g., Anne Carson, Louise Gluck, Alice Oswald, Adrienne Rich, Derek Walcott) to explore the nature of this contrapuntal conversation about poetic form across time and genre. All readings will be in English. |
Prerequisite(s): |
None. |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Cross Listed Courses: |
CLCV 221 01 - Epic Conversations: Homer and Contemporary Lyric Poetry
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Instructors: |
Carol Dougherty |
Meeting Time(s): |
Pendleton East 349 Seminar Room - TF 9:55 AM - 11:10 AM |
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CPLT 256 01 - Cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World through Film, Music and Fiction (In English)
Course: |
CPLT 256 - 01 |
Title: |
Cultures of the Portuguese-Speaking World through Film, Music and Fiction (In English) |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
This course is conducted in English and will introduce students to the cultures of the Portuguese-speaking world through selected films, music and readings. In this interdisciplinary course, we will explore how filmmakers, musicians and writers respond to social and political changes in Angola, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Mozambique and Portugal. Topics covered include colonialism; postcolonialism; wars of independence in Africa; Brazil’s military dictatorship; Portugal´s New State dictatorship; evolving national identities; and representations of trauma and memory. Readings are in English and films have subtitles. |
Prerequisite(s): |
None |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Film and Video
Language and Literature |
Instructors: |
António Manuel Antunes Igrejas |
Meeting Time(s): |
Green Hall 130 Classroom - MR 2:20 PM - 3:35 PM |
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CPLT 275 01 - Translation and the Multilingual World
Course: |
CPLT 275 - 01 |
Title: |
Translation and the Multilingual World |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
A study of translation in theory and in practice, in its literal and many metaphorical senses, and of the vast multilingual world in which translation takes place. Among the possible topics: translation of literary texts, translation of sacred texts, the history and politics of translation, the lives of translators, translation and gender, translation and colonialism, machine translation and Google Translate, endangered languages, the representation of translation in literature and film, invented languages. Students taking the course at the 300 level will do a substantial independent project: a translation, a scholarly inquiry, or a combination of the two. |
Prerequisite(s): |
One course in literature (in any language) or permission of the instructor. Competence in a language or languages other than English is useful but not necessary. |
Notes: |
This course is also offered at the 300-level as CPLT 375. This course can count towards theEnglish major/minor in consultation with the instructor. |
Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Instructors: |
Rachid Idir Aadnani |
Meeting Time(s): |
Pendleton West 001 Classroom - MR 2:20 PM - 3:35 PM |
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CPLT 362 01 - Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: From Farm to Table to Print
Course: |
CPLT 362 - 01 |
Title: |
Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: From Farm to Table to Print |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
When we talk about food, we think about personal passions, individual diets and eating behaviors, but we might also think about cultural traditions, consumption disparities and food insecurities, about public health and sustainability, animal rights, deforestation, and genome edited crops. Clearly, the topic challenges us to address difficult questions of intersectionality (of the personal and the political, the local and the global, the human and the non-human). In this seminar we will learn to translate academic discourses into public writing formats that might include op-eds, social media posts, (cook) book reviews, Wikipedia entries, restaurant reviews, and portraits of food activists. |
Prerequisite(s): |
Open to Juniors and Seniors, or by permission of the instructor. Not open to students who have taken GER 362. |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Cross Listed Courses: |
ES 362 01 - Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing: From Farm to Table to Print
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Instructors: |
Thomas Nolden |
Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 227 Seminar Room - T 12:45 PM - 3:25 PM |
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CPLT 375 01 - Translation and the Multilingual World
Course: |
CPLT 375 - 01 |
Title: |
Translation and the Multilingual World |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
A study of translation in theory and in practice, in its literal and metaphorical senses alike, and of the multilingual world in which translation takes place. Topics: translation of literary texts, translation of sacred texts, the history and politics of translation, the lives of translators, translation and gender, machine translation, adaptation as translation. Students taking the course at the 300 level will do a substantial independent project: a translation, a scholarly inquiry, or a combination of the two. |
Prerequisite(s): |
One course in literature (in any language) or permission of the instructor. Competence in a language or languages other than English is useful but not necessary. |
Notes: |
This course is also offered at the 200-level as CPLT 275. This course can count towards the English major/minor in consultation with the instructor. |
Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Instructors: |
Rachid Idir Aadnani |
Meeting Time(s): |
Pendleton West 001 Classroom - MR 2:20 PM - 3:35 PM |
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CPLT 382 01 - Seminar: Science Fiction and the Future of China (In English)
Course: |
CPLT 382 - 01 |
Title: |
Seminar: Science Fiction and the Future of China (In English) |
Credit Hours: |
1 |
Description: |
This seminar guides students to explore the political, cultural, and epistemological changes represented in Chinese science fiction. It contextualizes the genre’s evolution in the intellectual history of modern China, where imagining the future of China is often the focus of contending ideologies and intellectual trends. The course introduces students to three booms of Chinese science fiction, which all happened when China went through drastic changes. The contemporary new wave of science fiction particularly presents a subversive vision of China’s pursuit of power and wealth, a dystopian counterpart to the government-promoted “Chinese dream.” This course examines the cutting-edge literary experiments that characterize the new wave, and studies the transgression of gender, class, and nation in science fiction that evokes sensations ranging from the uncanny to the sublime, from the corporeal to the virtual, and from the apocalyptic to the transcendent. |
Prerequisite(s): |
One course at the 200 or 300 level on Chinese literature, history or culture, or by permission of the instructor. |
Notes: |
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Distribution(s): |
Language and Literature |
Cross Listed Courses: |
CHIN 382 01 - Seminar: Science Fiction and the Future of China (In English)
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Instructors: |
Michael O'Krent |
Meeting Time(s): |
Founders 126 Classroom - W 3:30 PM - 6:10 PM |
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