Cluster: Cultural Studies

CWL 161. Reading the World. Introduction to contemporary theories of reading and interpretation. Examination of diverse forms of human expression and critical understanding from around the world and across the disciplines designed to develop and refine a broad repertoire of reading tools and practices.

CWL 205. Digital Narrative and Culture. Introductory survey of digital literature and culture from early experiments to contemporary uses of internet technology and interactive platforms. Combines historical and cultural backgrounds with comparative and analytical skill development necessary for understanding digital literature in local and global contexts.

CWL 242. The Bible as Literature. Reading of representative Biblical selections interpreted from a literary standpoint.

CWL 344. Literature of the Holocaust. Intensive study of literary works of different genres and cultural backgrounds, from 1945 to the present, to analyze the strategies writers use to present the historical events and the cultural reverberations of the Holocaust.

CWL 365. Cultural Studies: Histories, Theories, and Issues. Cultural studies in a global, comparative context, including theories of discursive practices and identity politics; examined through theoretical discourses about literature and the arts and also as an interpretive technique for cultural institutions, practices, and products.