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Bard College Catalogue 2009-2010
2009-2010
Division of Languages and Literature
The Division of Languages and Literature offers majors in the areas of literature; written arts; and foreign languages, cultures, and literatures. All students in the division are encouraged to study languages other than English; foreign language instruction currently offered at Bard includes Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and ancient Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit. Interdisiplinary majors are also offered in Asian Studies, Classical Studies, French Studies, German Studies, Italian Studies, Russian and Eurasian Studies, and Spanish Studies. For more information on these programs, see the Interdivisional Programs and Concentrations chapter in this catalogue. Bard students who make the study of literature the central focus of their work explore specific periods (such as medieval or Renaissance Europe), relations among national literatures (in forms such as lyric poetry or the novel), or literature within the context of culture, history, or literary theory. The Literature Program also invites interdisciplinary exploration in contexts such as Victorian, gender and sexuality, medieval, or Irish studies. Comparative studies of literature, other arts, and theories of literature are a regular part of course offerings. Students in the Written Arts Program take workshops and tutorials in prose fiction or poetry and study a foreign language, in addition to completing the same course requirements as literature majors. Those who choose foreign languages can explore a range of interests and develop courses of study that bring together work in culture, history, and other fields. Seniors must summon up imagination, knowledge, discipline, and independence for the Senior Project. Over the years, students have done translations of poetry and fiction; critical studies of traditional and contemporary literary figures, genres, and problems; and original work in critical theory. Many Senior Projects break new ground. With faculty permission, Senior Projects may take the form of a novel, poem sequence, play, or collection of short stories. Recent Senior Projects in Languages and Literature - "Hand in Hand with Wandring Steps and Slow: Writing the Search for God"
- "Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation and Essays Examining the Role of Demester in the Context of the Life and Literature of Archaic Greece"
- "Love and the Limits of Subjectivity: The Space of Truth in Proust, Lacan, and Merleau-Ponty"
- "Of Loneliness, Mimesis, and the End of Teleology: The Animal in the Work of Franz Kafka"
- "The Novelistic Impetus: Foundation, Image, and Act in Fielding, Hogarth, and Richardson"
- "To Tear Speech Away: Doubt and Surrender in the Poetic Works of Jalal al-Din Rumi and Robert Duncan
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