Course Catalog - 2022-2023

     

ENGL 555 - THE LABOR OF READING

Long Title: SEMINAR ON THE LABOR - MATERIAL, INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL ETC. - OF READING
Department: English
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Description: This course is about the labor – material, intellectual, emotional, physiological, conceptual, psychological– of reading. The seminar puts the study of histories and theories of labor/reading in relation with contemporary concerns. Topics and authors covered can include multi-mediality, the internet, William Blake, Karl Marx, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, and others. Repeatable for Credit.