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Humanities

HUMA E-100 Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing in the Humanities
Graduate proseminar. Course tuition: graduate credit $1,725. Limited enrollment.
Students who do not have Harvard ID cards must purchase $100 special borrower's cards at Widener Library.

Fall term, section 1 (13039) (Syllabus) (Printable version): Patricia M. Bellanca, PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University.
Mondays beginning Sept. 15, 5:30-7:30 pm, 51 Brattle Street, Room 219.

Fall term, section 2 (13013) (Website) (Printable version): Katherine Stebbins McCaffrey, PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University.
Wednesdays beginning Sept. 17, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall, Room 204.

Fall term, section 3 (12944) (Syllabus) (Printable version): Stephen Shoemaker, PhD, Teaching Assistant in the Study of Religion, Harvard University.
Wednesdays beginning Sept. 17, 7:35-9:35 pm, Sever Hall, Room 104.

Spring term, section 1 (22029) (Syllabus) (Printable version): Patricia M. Bellanca, PhD, Preceptor in Expository Writing, Harvard University.
Mondays beginning Jan. 26, 5:30-7:30 pm, 51 Brattle Street, Room 219.

Spring term, section 2 (22975) (Syllabus) (Printable version): Rani J. Neutill, PhD, Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University.
Tuesdays beginning Jan. 27, 7:35-9:35 pm, Sever Hall, Room 112.

This proseminar focuses on the research methods, writing, and critical and analytical skills necessary to produce a successful graduate-level research project in the humanities. Attention is paid to the development of close-reading skills and to strategies of textual analysis, as well as to the vocabulary for describing the structural and iconographic features of artifacts. In the fall, section 1 focuses on gothic fiction, section 2 examines captivity narratives and stories of castaways, and section 3 focuses on religion in America. In the spring, section 1 focuses on gothic fiction and section 2 examines race, literature, and psychoanalysis. Prerequisite: at the first class meeting, students must complete a writing assignment that demonstrates their graduate-level reading comprehension and ability to write coherent, logical arguments. (4 credits)

HUMA E-105/W Survey of Publishing: From Text to Hypertext (12957) (Syllabus) (Printable version)
Matthew Richard Battles, MA, Senior Editor for Scholarly Books, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Course tuition: noncredit $450, undergraduate credit $800, graduate credit $1,725.
Fall term: Tuesdays beginning Sept. 16, 7:35-9:35 pm, Sever Hall, Room 306.

This course is a survey of the cognitive, social, and cultural effects of reading, writing, and publishing from the emergence of written language to the invention of printing to today's information media. It includes extensive readings and frequent writing on the history and evolution of communications media and the impact on literature, philosophy, religion, science, political economy, and social development. (4 credits)

HUMA E-128 Goethe's Communications (23046) (Website) (Printable version)
Markus Wilczek, PhD, Assistant Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.
Course tuition: noncredit $450, undergraduate credit $800, graduate credit $1,725.
Spring term: Wednesdays beginning Jan. 28, 5:30-7:30 pm, Sever Hall, Room 304.

Using close readings, this course investigates how Goethe's narrative works explore the potential and limits of communication through conversation, the circulation of letters, and the exchange of goods. Works discussed include The Sorrows of Young Werther, Conversations of German Refugees, and Elective Affinities. (4 credits)

HUMA E-150/W Italian American Image from Broadway to Hollywood (22899) (Website) (Printable version)
Elvira G. Di Fabio, PhD, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University. Paolo S. Di Fabio, BS, Assistant Director of Performance, School of Theatre Arts, Boston University.
Course tuition: noncredit $450, undergraduate credit $800, graduate credit $1,725.
Spring term: Mondays beginning Jan. 26, 7:35-9:35 pm, Boylston Hall, Room 105.

From Miller to O'Neill, from Capra to Scorsese, this course is an examination of the representation and contribution of Italian Americans on stage and screen, and their effect on identity and integration. (4 credits)