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E-mail David Powelstock with programming ideas.
For more information, please contact COML UDRs, Gilda Di Carli and Jessica Gokhberg.
Coming event:
Vera Pavlova, one of Russia's leading contemporary poets
http://verapavlova.us/knopf.html
September 15, 2011
1:00–2:30 PM
Pearlman Lounge
Light Lunch served
RSVP: lindab@brandeis.edu
For more information, please contact Irina Dubinina, idubinin@brandeis.edu.
Download pdf of poster here.
Engaging the study of literature and cultures
The interdisciplinary program of comparative literature engages the study of literatures and cultures within and across national boundaries. It also comprises comparative analysis of literary texts and genres with visual art forms, social discourse and practices, as well as other expressions of cultural innovation.
These forms preexist us — we are born into a certain culture, which consists of a set of discourses and practices — and shape our intellectual awareness of culture. They are not, however, static, but dramatic in nature and continually undergo change.
Analysis of cultural differences, diversities and similarities will promote a greater knowledge of the rapidly changing globe we inhabit and also deepen students critical understanding of their own culture.