COMP 395
Signs of History Fall 2015
Division I
Cross-listed HIST 395 / ENGL 395
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What is an historical event, and how do such events differ from other occurrences? How are historical changes reflected in or produced by literature, art and other cultural forms? Who or what makes history and what is the nature of historical agency? Is history always “written by the victors,” as one says, or are there ways of challenging dominant accounts of the past? This seminar will attempt to answer these questions through readings of works of philosophy, poetry, history, prose fiction, film, photography, and cultural criticism that reflect upon the nature of history. Though answers will be multiple, course reading and discussion will in general strive to determine the consequences of understanding history as a site in which reading and writing, experience and narration, and action and interpretation interpenetrate. Readings may include works by Burke, Hegel, Charlotte Smith, de Tocqueville, Marx & Engels, Woolf, and Benjamin.
The Class: Format: seminar
Limit: 25
Expected: 15
Class#: 1361
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: three papers (two 6 and one 8-10 page) and weekly posts
Extra Info: may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites: a 100-level ENGL course, or a score of 5 on the AP English Literature exam, or a score of 6 or 7 on the Higher Level IB English exam
Enrollment Preferences: English, Comparative Literature, History and German majors
Distributions: Division I
Notes: meets Division 1 requirement if registration is under ENGL or COMP; meets Division 2 requirement if registration is under HIST
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
HIST 395 Division II COMP 395 Division I ENGL 395 Division I
Attributes: ENGL Criticism Courses
ENGL Literary Histories B

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