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Imperial and Revolutionary Russia, 1800-1917, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Analyzes Russia's social, cultural, political heritage; Eurasian imperialism; and autocracy. Compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism. Focuses on historical and literary texts, and especially the intersections ... More »
Major English Novels, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Subject studies important examples of the literary form that, between the beginning of the eighteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century, became an indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen, Scott, ... More »
Media in Transition, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. Includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital revolution," among other case studies of media transformation and cultural change. Readings ... More »
Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl: Chinese East Asia, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Examines the experiences of ordinary Chinese people as they lived through tumultous change in the twentieth-century. Class discussion focuses on personal memoirs and films. Includes comparisons of the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. 21F.991 is for students pursuing a minor ... More »
The Music of the Romantic Era
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Abstract: For middle school and up, an introduction to nineteenth-century Western classical music.
Turning the Century
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Abstract: Students will create a museum display illustrating life during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Writing Early American Lives: Gender, Race, Nation, Faith, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Studies the relation between imaginative texts and the culture surrounding them. Emphasizes ways in which imaginative works absorb, reflect, and conflict with reigning attitudes and world views. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Topic for Fall: Ethical Interpretation. Topic ... More »
