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LS2-101H.001
The Victorian Illustrated Book
Prof. Catherine Golden

This honors course studies the relationship between literature and the visual arts in the Victorian period (1837-1901). It focuses on exemplary illustrated novels and stories (e.g. by Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, and Beatrix Potter), picture-poems (e.g. Dante Gabriel Rossetti), and critical studies in aestetics and literature (e.g. Horace, Plato, and Lessing)> Part of the adult reading experience, pictures did not sipmple embellish the Victorian illustrated book as we often conceive of illustration today; rather, pictures added meaning to a text, which, in turn, influenced how these images were "read". In this writing-intensive course, students will write frequent short papers and complete four writing projects, each involving revision. Students will also complete a creative project. Moreover, the course provides you with the exciting opportunity of engaging in primary research by putting on an exhibition in the Lucy Scribner Library using materials from the Fox Collection. Each class member will have an active role in the exhibition.

 

LS2-150H
Literacy and Social Power
Prof. Joanne Devine

Reflecting back on a number of topics introduced in Liberal Studies 1, this course asks students to develop an understanding of both the cognitive and social dimensions of literacy. Students read material from an array of sources and disciplines, including literacy studies, sociology, anthropology, history, education, and literature. This is a writing intensive course, and students are expected to develop and improve their writing abilities as well as their abilities to read material from a wide variety of disciplines with understanding and critical insight. Students will also be expected to develop a research project in the area of literacy. This work would involve a review of relevant primary sources; development of an hypothesis; data collection; data analysis; and interpretation of results. This paper will be assessed in terms of both process and product.

LS2 194 plus HF100 (Honors)
Genocide and Justice
Prof. Matthew Hockenos

This course examines the genesis of international human rights, the legal mechanisms and institutions developed to enforce these rights, and the strategies used by societies to come to terms with massive human rights abuses. The honors component consists of a weekly additional hour-long meeting focusing on the United Nations. In particular we consider the origins and outcomes of the dilemma the UN faces as a relatively weak multi-national institution when it confronts sovereign nations guilty of committing human rights abuses. In addition to examining the history and origins of the United Nations, its constituent parts, and the tools at its disposal to stop and prosecute human rights abuses, we investigate the role of the UN in three case studies (Cambodia, Bosnia, and Rwanda) and look at the current situations unfolding in which the UN is involved or poised to get involved, such as in East Timor, Kosovo, and Angola. Counts towards the International Affairs and Law & Society minors.