We have all experienced the ways that stories change over time; stories resonate and reappear in different forms, and from different perspectives. Why do we return to some tales, images, or myths, and what is involved in altering their form or their focus? We will read both classic stories and influential re-tellings of them, exploring how they have changed and perhaps how the transformation shapes our understanding of the originals. Some possible texts: Genesis: 1-8, The Book of Eve by Carmen Boullosa, The Diaries of Adam and Eve by Mark Twain, and excerpts from Paradise Lost by John Milton; Bambi by Felix Salten and Disney’s film adaptation; The Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s Penelopiad or Madeline Miller’s Circe. Choices are still under consideration. Students should expect to immerse themselves in the texts of this reading-intensive program. They will also use writing to deepen their learning experience, and perhaps create re-tellings of their own.
Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:
8 - World Literature
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Literature, humanities, education, and any other field that prizes collaborative study and close attention to texts.