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Language
COL 108 SP
| Section | Class Size | *Available | Times | POI | Prereq |
|---|
| 1 | 20 | 0 | Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM; | No | No |
*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for
the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous
phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration.
(Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999
)
This course is designed to give students in their first year
an awareness of the importance of language in everyday
life and of the range of its uses and abuses as a cultural
and class marker, vehicle of knowledge, and instrument of
power. It is an objective of this course that students who
complete it should be better prepared than they were before
for the sensitive and exacting study, not only of
literature, but of whatever specialized studies they
subsequently undertake.
Topics to be considered include whether language is a
cultural artifact that is learned or is instinctual; the
varieties of languages (language and ethos, language and
culture, linguistic imperialism, problems of translation);
the distinction between speech and writing; stenolanguage,
metalanguage, and poetic language; metaphor and symbol;
language and theory.
MAJOR READINGS
Authors to be read may include (but will
not be limited to): Steven Pinker, George Orwell, J.L.
Austin, Roman Jakobson, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Julia Kristeva,
Ferdinand de Saussure, Roland Barthes, and others.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Probably three short to medium
length essays. Student reports on a range of topics.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No prerequisites.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting
or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the
first class, they will be dropped from the class list.
NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form
to the Registrar's office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: HA COL
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Needler, H
- Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
- Grading Mode: Mixed
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 0, Jr: 0, So: 1, Fr: 1
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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