This course surveyed the literature of photography: essays, letters, theories, and books devoted to the subject. It also surveyed photography as a subject of literature and as a part of storytelling. It is hard to say more (though I loved the class), because on many levels it felt frivolous to go on as usual. This… Continue reading Literature and Photography: TA Reflections
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Space / Time: American Literature in the World: TA Reflections
This course centered on the the concepts of space, time, and language in American literature. By doing so, it considered the ways certain texts challenge the boundaries of the national literature by having complex relationships to different places, different times, and different languages. The texts dealt with the idea of revolution. One was a novel… Continue reading Space / Time: American Literature in the World: TA Reflections
Cat People, Zombies, and Body Snatchers: Classic Horror from the End of the Studio System: TA Reflections
This class surveyed the body of films produced by Val Lewton at RKO studios from 1942-1946. The course included the complete Lewton filmography but was centered on the Lewton unit's horror films. Pictured above is Jacqueline (Jean Brooks) from The Seventh Victim (1943). The course was supplemented with optional "Binge" films that further contextualized the… Continue reading Cat People, Zombies, and Body Snatchers: Classic Horror from the End of the Studio System: TA Reflections
