Spring 2024 Comparative Literature BC3160 section AU1

TRAGIC BODIES

Call Number 18975
Day & Time
Location
MW 2:40pm-3:55pm
OTHR OTHER
Points 0
Grading Mode Ungraded
Approvals Required None
Instructor Nancy Worman
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description This course will focus on embodiment in ancient and modern drama as well as in film, television, and performance art, including plays by Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Beckett; films such as “Rosemary’s Baby” and “The Limits of Control”; and performances by artists such as Karen Finley and Marina Abromovic. We will explore the provocations, theatricality, and shock aesthetics of such concepts as Artaud’s “Theater of Cruelty” and Kristevas powers of horror, as well as Adornos ideas about terror and the sublime.
Web Site Vergil
Department Auditing
Enrollment 3 students (3 max) as of 6:06PM Monday, May 20, 2024
Status Full
Subject Comparative Literature
Number BC3160
Section AU1
Division Barnard College
Open To Audit Program
Campus Barnard College
Note FOR CLASS LOCATION SEARCH NON-AUDITING SECTION IN DIRECTORY
Section key 20241CPLT3160XAU1