ENCW 201 - The Love Story: On the Page, On the Stage, and In the World

CR: 3
This course explores both classic and contemporary works of literature that examine the endless manifestations and complications of love. Such stories can be comic or tragic, just as love itself can be fleeting or lasting, mutual or unrequited. Students will complete both analytical and creative assignments that seek to examine the many permutations and consequences of love. Excursions to the American Shakespeare Center’s Blackfriars Playhouse, museums, and other sites of interest will allow students to consider how various artistic mediums - opera, poetry, film, and visual art - expand their understanding of this most complex realm of human experience and inspire the creative imagination. Students are responsible for the costs of theater tickets. III.W, V.2, V.6b