Courses

How history is remembered and how the memory of history contributes to and differs from the writing of history. The course will explore how historic eventsare commemorated and what this tells us about the values and beliefs of those commemorating, how different cultures and groups remember history, and therole that institutionalized social structures play in the remembrance of history.

How history is remembered and how the memory of history contributes to and differs from the writing of history. The course will explore how historic events are commemorated and what this tells us about the values and beliefs of those commemorating, how different cultures and groups remember history, and the role that institutionalized social structures play in the remembrance of history.

How history is remembered and how the memory of history contributes to anddiffers from the writing of history. Attention will be paid to how historic events are commemorated and what this tells us about the values and beliefs of those commemorating. The course will explore how different cultures and groups remember history and the role that institutionalized social structures play in theremembrance of history.

VT:INDIVIDUAL SPORTS

A study of the relationship between literary scholarship and other disciplines such as religion, psychology, political science, philosophy, and science. The course can focus on one or more interdisciplinary approaches. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

Detailed study of a major writer, such as W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Brian O’Nolan, Seamus Heaney, or Medbh McGuckian, or of a group of writers, such as the contemporary Ulster poets. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.

A study of Jewish literature written in English. Topics may include Holocaust literature, Jewish American theater, issues of language and assimilation, secularism and religious thought, immigration and diaspora, race and whiteness, antisemitism, and gender and sexuality.

A comparative study of selected languages of Europe. Emphasis may be on the origins and historical evolution of the most important European languages, the formation of national languages, and the evolving uses of languages and dialects in contemporary European societies. Aspects to be studied may also include language contact, European languages outside the continent, changing language policies on the European continent. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

A comparative study of selected languages of Europe. Emphasis may be on the origins and historical evolution of the most important European languages, the formation of national languages, and the evolving uses of languages and dialects in contemporary European societies. Aspects to be studied may also include language contact, European languages outside the continent, changing language policies on the European continent. May be repeated once for credit provided the topic is different.

Literature written by and directed at those of Latino descent, including classic and contemporary influential texts by such writers as Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Julia Alvarez. Topics for investigation may include experiences of immigration, coming of age, sexuality, gender, race, identity, community, and language. May be repeated for credit if the topic is different.