英语

This senior seminar will examine 文学 of the American working class, broadly 定义，从19世纪到现在. 我们将在每篇文章中考虑一些问题:

• 经济是如何与代理和不稳定性相交的?
• 种族和性别如何与社会经济阶层交叉?
• What effect does the socioeconomic class of character 和 audience have on genre?

暂定阅读书目

As a course in Studies in 电影 和 Literature, ENG 398 will involve the close 和 对传统文学内外一系列文本的仔细研究.

For this section of ENG 398, we will be focusing thematically on cinematic, visual, 以及对战争的文学表现. 在关系方面，我们将考虑的事项 电影/文学制作、表现和接受的历史背景. In each case we will also consider film as a technology, as a medium, as a communication, as an emplaced social/public experience, 和 as a private experience (emplaced or 轻松侵).

In the process of our work, ENG 398 will cover a basic introduction to the theories, methods, questions, 和 concerns of film studies, helping students develop a vocabulary of cinematic analysis 和 criticism, 和 providing an analytical base that is vital 从事电影制作或剧本创作工作. 考虑到我们的各种方法 to film studies, students will be able to work with the course materials (films 和 literary texts) in ways that most closely relate to precise 和 varied major programs 的研究.

As a course emphasizing 写作 和 the written analysis of film 和 文学, students will be responsible for numerous in-class/take-home short 写作 assignments, two 5-page Cinematic Analysis Papers, one Annotated Bibliography, 和 one 10-page Cinematic Criticism Paper employing research in the areas of literary 和 cinematic studies. 本课程也可能包括期末考试. 值得注意的是，由于电影研究涉及到这项研究， analysis, 和 commentary on visual media, we will practice the inclusion 和 analysis of visual data—or “visual quotes”— 和 well as traditional textual quotes in our 写作.