Letters & Arts
UNI ID 201 and UNI ID 202 Introduction to Literary Study – taught by Professors Bruce Redford and Daniel Karlin in the fall and by Professors Daniel Karlin and Herbert Mason in the spring
This year-long sequence centers on the critical study of major texts from the Western literary tradition. These texts invite students, in differing ways, to consider the relationship between language and belief, rhetoric and culture, intention and form. The syllabus includes readings from various periods, traditions, and genres. Students are asked to analyze closely, to write frequently, and to learn multiple ways of responding to W.H. Auden’s question: “Here is a verbal contraption; how does it work?”
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