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Spring 2013 First-Year Seminar BC1166 section 001 THE ART OF BEING ONESELF | |
| Call Number | 04846 |
| Day & Time Location |
MW 2:40pm-3:55pm 502 Diana Center |
| Points | 3 |
| Approvals Required | None |
| Instructor | Mindy Aloff |
| Type | SEMINAR |
| Course Description | Transparency in writing is a creation. It conveys the sense that the writer is putting all of his or her cards on the table, that the voice is candid and reasonable, that the person writing is knowable in an essential respect. Although in recent decades such a prose style has not been especially cherished in literature, it has characterized works that endure and that survive translation. Great artists in whatever medium tend to write clearly, vividly, concisely, and memorably about such complicated subjects as aesthetics, technique, political identity, the workings of society, and the shadings of emotion that galvanize human action. This course will look at examples ranging across time, space, and literary medium: the essay, the lecture, the autobiography, the journal, the letter, and the short story. Readings in the past have included Phillip Lopate, The Personal Essay; Eugene Delacroix, The Journals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Letter; Chinua Achebe, Home and Exile; Paul Taylor, Private Domain; and Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings. |
| Web Site | CourseWorks |
| Department | First-Year Seminar Program @Barnard |
| Enrollment | 16 students as of 11:19PM Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| Subject | First-Year Seminar |
| Number | BC1166 |
| Section | 001 |
| Division | Barnard College |
| Open To | Barnard |
| Campus | Barnard College |
| Section key | 20131FYSB1166X001 |
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