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Fall semester seminar & topic in fall 2008 Winter/spring short-term seminars
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Short-term seminars at the Newberry in winter/spring 2008 Wagner and Wagnerism: An Examination of His Many Worlds and Influences James Martin, Music, Cornell College Term 9: May 5 - May 28, 2008 |
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It has been widely stated that only two people in the history of the world have had more books written about them than Wagner: Christ and Napoleon. True or not, the amount of Wagnerian related scholarship is immense. There has been a steady stream of controversy about him, his musikdramas, and his prose writings. It is difficult to imagine a figure who has connections to more areas of study that Wagner. Thus “Wagner and Wagnerism” is an ideal topic within the humanities for students with a wide number of disciplinary and subject interests. Wagner is both a starting place for investigations into many related areas, and a central organizing “principle” for a diverse set of intellectual pursuits. |
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Students with a variety of disciplinary interests should find this course closely related to work they might wish to do, including music, theatre, art, German, English literature, French literature, mythology and classics, history, politics, philosophy, religion, and psychology. Additionally, Wagner studies involve feminist scholarship, gender studies, anti-Semitism, biography and autobiography, and American studies. Participants will share common readings and study Wagner’s opera(s) through videotapes, recordings, and readings. Students will complete a couple of smaller research assignments as well as a final paper project of some length. Students’ individual research projects will generate discussion along with group meetings and common readings. Students are not expected to have any music reading ability. |
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