Department of English -- Course Descriptions

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Summer 2008

The following material is a list of 200-level and higher course descriptions submitted by individual instructors to help students in making their selections. This is not a complete selection of courses offered in Summer 2008. These are all the descriptions submitted by instructors as of July 6, 2008.

You may also consult the complete list of English Department courses or consult the University Schedule of Classes to obtain information about courses offered this semester. Students wishing further information regarding courses in the department should consult the assigned instructor or Department Chair.

For course descriptions from previous semesters, click here.

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10746 595LF Literature and Film T Th 17:30 to 21:15 Steven Wexler

“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering—and it's all over much too soon.” This seminar in literature and film explores Woody Allen's life and work—the films, stand-up, essays, plays, music, and neuroses that launched Allen Stewart Konigsberg from card tricks on Avenue K to auteur status at Cannes. We'll consider Allen's appropriation of Dostoevsky, Freud, Porter, Fitzgerald, Marx, Bechet, Hope, Gershwin, and Bergman as well as his self-conscious engagement with the New York intellectual scene. By the semester's end we'll have a better understanding of Allen's oeuvre and why he was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys.


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