COURSE DESCRIPTION: The didactic and moral content of English literature often seems in conflict with modern notions of reading as a form of entertainment or imaginative escape. What happens, for instance, if we derive ...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: In this class, we will explore “travel writing” within its changing cultural and historical contexts. Our investigation begins in classical antiquity, with material focused on the westward migration ...

A study of Shakespeare’s principal plays and their adaption into modern and contemporary media, especially film. Emphasis on transnational and non-Anglophone cinema, the idea of a “global” Shakespeare, and the construction ...