This Tuesday, Visiting Instructor of Classics Dexter Brown, OC ’11, conducted the talk, “How Did Odysseus Die and What Does It Have to Do with Abraham? New Discoveries About the Beginnings of Ancient ...

I WANT to talk about the historical interpretation of literature — that is, about the interpretation of literature in its social, economic, and political aspects. To begin with, it will be worth while ...

From Mary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece to Chekhov's subtle realism, literary criticism keeps reshaping how we read and value classic works. Modern approaches—from feminist to psychoanalytic—uncover ...

This foundational course provides a thorough introduction to theatre and drama study. It is geared towards, though not limited to, theatre majors (or prospective majors) in their first year. Dramatic ...

J onathan Kramnick’s book Criticism and Truth is more modest than its title suggests. Essentially an apologia for the nuts-and-bolts work of literary studies, it is best described not as “ambitious” — ...