Summer

Instructor: Martin Puchner Day & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 12:00–1:30pm (EDT) Summer 7-week session | CRN 33124 The course asks how literature, theater, and film have captured the spirit of capitalism—fueling its fantasies, contemplating its effects, and...

Instructor: Stephanie Burt Day & Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:00–3:00pm Summer 7-week session | CRN 35152 What makes superheroes popular? How can they help us think about power, belonging, queerness, race, citizenship, art, or disability? In this...

Instructor: Leo Damrosch, Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature, Emeritus Day & Time: Mondays & Wednesdays, 8:30–11:30am Summer 7-week session | CRN 35352 Open Enrollment Literary narrative goes back to ancient times, but the novel, as the term is used...

Instructor: Martin Puchner, PhD and David Damrosch, PhD Day & Time: On Demand Summer 7-week session | CRN 33501 No Enrollment Limit This course surveys world literature from The Epic of Gilgamesh to the present, with an emphasis on different cultures and...

Instructor: Andrew Warren, PhD Associate of the Department of English and Co-Chair, Seminar in Dialectical Thinking in the Humanities, Mahindra Humanities Center Day & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 8:30–11:30am (EDT) Summer 7-week session | CRN 34816 Limited...

Instructor: Catherine H. Nguyen, PhD Lecturer on History and Literature Day & Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30–9:30pm (EDT) Summer 7-week session | CRN 35076 Limited to 25 Students The course explores Asian American literature by focusing on the genre and...

Instructor: Alex Corey, PhD Lecturer on History and Literature Day & Time: Mondays & Wednesdays 3:15–6:15pm (EDT) Summer 7-week session | CRN 35038 Limited to 45 Students This course traces connections and divergences between nineteenth-century anti...

Instructor: Thomas Wisniewski, PhD Lecturer on Comparative Literature Day & Time: Mondays & Wednesdays 3:15–6:15pm (EDT) Summer 7-week session | CRN 33785 Limited to 45 Students In literature, as in life, humor often takes us by surprise. Why? Laughter...