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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 22459
Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Science Hall 127
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Literature/Writing
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
Museums are packed full with stories, and so writers have long told stories about museums, framing scenes based on the histories preserved in artifacts. In museum corridors and galleries that so often feel sacred and mysterious, writers have found inspiration for exploring how people learn to tell facts from fantasies, tricks from truths, histories from “mere” stories. The texts in this course survey the common and strange things that we collect as evidence of our values, our personalities, and our dreams. Readings will include Lawrence Weschler’s MR. WILSON’S CABINET OF WONDER; Mark Doty’s STILL LIFE WITH LEMON; Margaret Atwood’s LIFE BEFORE MAN; Thomas Bernhard’s OLD MASTERS; and selected poems by Donika Kelly, Allison Benis White, Adrienne Rich, Frank O’Hara, William Carlos Williams, Victoria Chang, and others. We’ll view at least one movie: MUSEUM HOURS (2012). The writing load for this course—a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised work—will involve both descriptive and interpretive papers about museum spaces and artifacts. Over the course of the semester, students will also construct a catalogue of images and writing that displays a story about themselves. The writing load for this course is a minimum of 15 pages of formal revised writing. This course satisfies the Writing Across the Curriculum Writing Intensive requirement.
4 Credits