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Fall 2019 | ENGL 3061 Section 001: Literature and Music (19883)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 02:30PM - 03:45PM
UMTC, East Bank
Lind Hall 203
- Enrollment Status:
Open (27 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- In this course, we will explore the connections and parallels between music and literature, assessing both form and content and drawing upon various genres from both arts. We will examine some of the ways that musical and literary texts can change, subvert, or augment each other by applying critical and literary theories to intertextual readings. Among the subjects we may discuss are how authors use music in their work, both structurally and topically; how musicians use literature, both as lyric and as subject matter; and how members of each group engage the artistic assumptions of the other. Students will gain a greater appreciation of the varied forms of creative expression and an increased understanding of how they influence each other through close reading and listening, discussions, reflective writing, and presentations.
- Class Description:
- Revolutions per Minute: Punk Rock and Hip Hop In this course, we'll explore the cultural realms of PUNK ROCK and HIP HOP with the help of cultural history and theory, fiction, poetry, graphic texts, film and video, and of, course, the songs themselves. Here are some of the things we'll do: *excavate the pre-history of each genre and pay particular attention to the times and places they have in common (such as the crucial incubator of New York in the 1970s) *read around in literary works in the spirit of our subjects *consider each genre's attendant aesthetic dimensions of fashion and visual art * investigate the role of race, gender, and sexuality in the cultures (and the evolution of same) * track the regional and global movements of each culture * investigate the counter-cultural significance of sampling and deconstruction * interrogate the discourses of authenticity and community that have proven (in each culture) to be both powerful and complicated * watch a couple of films from the early 80s * listen to weekly "sets" of songs. There will also be some short writing assignments, a couple of quizzes, and some sort of presentation.
*This course meets the Literature Core LE requirement.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19883/1199
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 6 March 2017
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