Fall 2018

  • Covered wagons crossing a plain
    This course considers the backdrop of the American West in literature, film, photography, and computer gaming. We will focus on a range of narratives and images depicting this wide swathe of American geography while simultaneously cultivating close
  • William Blake painting of a man in the sky with beams of light emerging from his hands
    This class will cover contexts & works of the visionary poet and artist William Blake. Expect field trips to CUAM and to Special Collections, some hands-on printmaking, and to do independent research for a final paper.
  • Painting of two men and a woman in a Victorian interior room
    In 1706 and 1707 the parliaments of England and Scotland ratified Acts of Union that gave birth to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Partly as a result, the Georgian era, named after the reigns of Georges IIV (17141830), was a period of staggering
  • Abstract Old English design
    Hw疆t!  English looked a lot different 1000 years ago. Although it sounds old, the history of our language has everything to do with how we use English today. Old English and Anglo-Saxon culture are the bases for Tolkiens Middle Ear