Winter 2019
Meeting:
TTh 1:00pm - 2:20pm / THO 101
SLN:
12388
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
ENGL 259 B , GERMAN 298 A
Instructor:
Annegret Oehme
"WITCHCRAFT"
TAUGHT BY ANNEGRET OEHME.
*OFFERED JOINTLY WITH GERMAN
298A.
DUE TO THE "POWER TO CREATE
LIFE", WOMAN HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED
WITH SPECIAL POWERS IN DIFFERENT
CULTURES AND THROUGHOUT HISTORY.
THIS CLASS EXPLORES GENDER
CONSTRUCTIONS BASED ON HOW WOMEN
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL
POWERS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES AND
LANGUAGES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON
THE GERMAN MIDDLE AGES AND MODERN
POP-CULTURE. THIS COURSE
DISCUSSES THE DEMONETIZATION OF
FEMININITY AS WELL AS THE
FASCINATION WITH IT THROUGH THE
CONCEPT OF ASCRIBING SPECIAL
POWERS TO WOMEN. THE TEXTS
INCLUDE GERMAN FAIRY TALES, ART
BY ALBRECHT DURER AND HANS
BALDUNG, AND MODERN POP-CULTURE
APPROPRIATIONS SUCH AS "THE LAST
WITCH HUNTER".
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
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Date |
Class Reading |
Individual Readings (Canvas) |
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02/19 Tuesday |
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LWL 10, 11, 12 (Canvas) |
World Literatures Witch Presentations |
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Quiz due: 02/20 11:59pm |
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Modern Witches in Real Life and Fantasy |
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02/21 Thursday |
“Museum in the Larger Society”; MoPOP exhibit |
LWL 13 (Canvas) |
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02/26 Tuesday |
Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel (Canvas) |
LWL 14 (Canvas) |
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02/28 Thursday |
“Women and Witches” (Canvas) |
LWL 15 (Canvas) |
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03/05 Tuesday |
LWL 16, 17, 18 |
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Quiz due: 03/06 11:59pm |
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03/07 Thursday |
Podcast (Canvas), VSI ch. 7 & ch.8 |
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03/12 Tuesday |
I am not a witch (Canvas) |
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03/14 Thursday |
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Special Exhibit Fair |
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Final Reflection LWL: 03/20 |
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Catalog Description:
Each special topics course examines a different subject or problem from a comparative framework.
GE Requirements Met:
Social Sciences (SSc)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
April 15, 2024 - 3:34 am