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Professor of the Practice of Literary Criticism James Wood and Visiting Lecturer on English Claire Messud represent two different ends of the literary world. One is an incisive critic, the other is a renowned author. And they’re married. FM caught up with them—as well...
...English department’s new curriculum was approved on Tuesday and will be introduced next fall. Under the revamped system, large surveys of British literature will no longer be mandatory, and will be replaced by smaller discussion-based courses, grouped in four common-ground categories: “Arrivals,” “Diffusions,” “Poets,” and “Shakespeares?...
...While current introductory courses survey British literature, the new curriculum will emphasize cross-cultural interaction. “Arrivals” focuses on cultures coming to England through the seventeenth century, while “Diffusions” covers the spread of the English language during the British Empire. The “Shakespeares” category will consider the playwright’s works in multiple contexts...
...profound lectures. This semester, Kaiser’s English 156: “Crime and Horror in Victorian Literature and Culture,” drew in an impressive 454 students, according to the Registrar’s current course enrollment numbers. Don’t worry, though, the Add/Drop deadline isn’t for a few weeks yet.1. Fifteen Minutes (FM): The courses you teach at Harvard (English 90ow. “Oscar Wilde: Arts, Martyr, Celebrity”; English 154: “Literature and Sexuality”; English 156: “Crime and Horror in Victorian...
...Loop” and “I Love You Phillip Morris” were also remarkable in their own right. “In the Loop” is a hysterical British comedy that follows English and American bureaucrats as they stumble clumsily into the Iraq War. Like a wry, comedic version of “The Ugly American,” its side-splitting humor is tinged throughout by the debacle of the current situation in the Middle East...