Cluster: For the Love of a Good Story

CWL 220. The Imagination at Play. Explores interrelation of human physiological, social, and psychological states of being in culturally and historically diverse works of literature concentrated on the nature of human play and the purpose of human games.

CWL 225. Short Stories of the World. A survey of the genre of the short story from across the world.

CWL 213. Visual Studies: Comics and Graphic Narratives. Introductory study of Comics and Graphic Novels across cultures and within global contexts by emphasizing visual narrative storytelling as well as the political, social and visual trends that have shaped the powerful creative industry of comics around the world.

CWL 451. Film and Novel in Society. Interdisciplinary study of two genres, with particular focus on novels made into films and on aesthetic distinction of both forms as major genres in 20th and 21st centuries.

CWL 453. Fairy Tales. Study of fairy tale as a unique literary genre and art form. Class will apply contemporary theory to tales and identify psychological, religious, cultural, and alchemical patterns and symbols that manifest the realization of identity and illustrate creative processes.