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Seminars that Fulfill WAY-A-II
Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry
Every reflective person needs to confront the variety of cultural and artistic efforts to express and understand the human condition.
Through the study of history, philosophy, literature, the arts, and other cultural practices, you will develop the analytic and interpretive skills to understand both concrete and abstract achievements of human cultures – thereby nurturing a deeper conception of your own place in the universe.
You’ll need to take two courses in Aesthetic and Interpretive Inquiry (A-II)
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Animal Poems: The Fascination of What's Different | Denise Gigante |
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Batman, Hamilton, Díaz, and Other Wondrous Lives | Jose Saldivar |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | ||
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Beethoven | Stephen Hinton |
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Effective December 9th, MUSIC 33N will be meeting online instead of in person. | WAY-A-II | |
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Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko | Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Being Reasonable | Krista Lawlor |
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Character | Esther Yu |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-ER | ||
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Childish Enthusiasms and Perishable Manias | Scott Bukatman |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity | David Palumbo-Liu |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2 | ||
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Documentary Film: Telling It Like It Is? | Jan Krawitz |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace | Amy Freed |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe | Michael Shanks |
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WAY-A-II, Write-2 | ||
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Family Drama: American Plays about Families | Margaret Phelan |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Howard Zinn and the Quest for Historical Truth | Sam Wineburg |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor | Edward Porter |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | ||
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Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person | Valerie Miner |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2 | ||
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It's the Freakiest Show: David Bowie's Intertextual Imagination | Tiffany Naiman |
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WAY-A-II, Write-2 | ||
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Law and Drama | Branislav Jakovljevic |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-ER | ||
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Listening to Climate Change | Kirsten Paige |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Love and Death | Patrick Phillips |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | ||
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Mixed-Race Politics and Culture | Michele Elam |
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Mixed-Race Politics and Culture (English 52N/AFRICAAM 52N) is certified for WAY-AII and WAY-ED only (not WAY-SI). | WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | |
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Other People's Words: Folklore and Literature | Gabriella Safran |
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WAY-A-II, Write-2 | ||
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Performing America: The Broadway Musical | Thomas Grey |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | ||
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Reading and Writing the Gendered Story | Valerie Miner |
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FEMGEN153Q (Write 2) is full and closed to enrollment in Axess. However, there is space on the waitlist for eligible Sophomores who have completed PWR1/WR1. Write to Prof. Miner to be added to the waitlist. vminer@stanford.edu | WAY-A-II, WAY-ED, Write-2 | |
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Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol | Lazar Fleishman |
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Effective August 24--Slavic 77Q will NOT be offered in Autumn Quarter. Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol will be offered in Summer Quarter only. | WAY-A-II | |
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Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context | Patricia Parker |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Shakespeare, Playing, Gender | Patricia Parker |
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Socialism vs. Capitalism: Russian and American Writers’ Responses | Yuliya Ilchuk |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | ||
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Sports Writing | John Evans |
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Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop | Cintia Santana |
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Updated weekly schedule - Monday Wednesday, 11:30am-12:30pm, remote synchronous. Newly cross-listed with Comparative Literature (look for COMPLIT 111Q)! | WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | |
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The American Road Trip | Kai Carlson-Wee |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | ||
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The Artist in Ancient Greek Society | Jody Maxmin |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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The Detective and the City | Frederic Stout |
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The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality | Estelle Freedman |
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New class schedule effective August 21--Monday Wednesday, 1:00pm-2:20pm. | WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | |
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The Future Is Feminine | Shannon Pufahl |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-CE | ||
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The Literature of Adoption | Margaret Phelan |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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The Missing Link | Jessica Riskin |
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WAY-A-II, WAY-SI | ||
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Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart | Blair Hoxby |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Thinking about Photographs | Terry Castle |
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WAY-A-II | ||
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Zionism and the Novel | Russell Berman |
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