LITPA 2000 courses introduce students to the study of literature or the performing arts, emphasizing analysis of both particular works and of the range of genres, periods and traditions. Frequent reading and writing assignments will be made.COURSE DESCRIPTIONIn this class we’ll consider the possibilities and limitations of bearing witness to injustice and trauma, both as makers and as consumers of art and literature. Looking to contemporary experiences of immigration, sexism, and racism, we’ll ask what it means for us to bear witness—–as artists, but also as students, thinkers, and citizens. What practices can heighten our abilities to see and observe the world around us? To what extent can we appropriate other people’s experiences in the name of an art or greater good? In addition to memoirs, novels, and essays, we’ll explore a diverse range of documentaries and works from the visual arts.

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