Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: THE LINGUISTIC TURN: LANGUAGE, NARRATION, AND MODERNITY

Department: Linguistics

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course will look at the role of narration in the construction of some of the basic forms of modernity and post-modernity, ranging from nationalism to performative approaches to identity. The first half of the course will introduce the basic linguistic tools necessary to analyze a variety of cultural materials, and the second half will be devoted to analyzing specific texts and student presentations. The course does not presuppose any technical training in linguistics or literary analysis. Cross-list: ANTH 373.