COMP 208
The Culture of Carnival Spring 2013
Division I Exploring Diversity Initiative
Cross-listed THEA 205
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Carnival is a regenerative festival as well as a transgressive one. It is a time for upheavals and recreating for one day, a new world order. Men dress as women, women dress as men, the poor become kings; drink and sex and outrageous behavior is sanctioned. We will look at festivals in such places as New Orleans, Venice, and Rio. Central to this course are the cultural and religious lives of these societies, and how these festivals exist politically in a modern world as theatre and adult play. A variety of sources will be used, such as newspaper accounts, films, photography, personal memoirs and essays on the subject.
The Class: Format: studio
Limit: 20
Expected: 18
Class#: 3532
Grading: yes pass/fail option, yes fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation: students will be evaluated on regular active class participation, one oral presentation including a, 5-page essay, one 15-page research final paper and participation in a group project/public parade.
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: sophomores and first-year students
Distributions: Division I Exploring Diversity Initiative
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
COMP 208 Division I THEA 205 Division I

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