COML 1116

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COML 1116
FWS: Things

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

What can the seemingly mundane objects that populate everyday life tell us about our relationship to the world? And if art, as A.B. Marx put it, is a "secret confession," what might it confess about this relationship, about "things"? In this seminar, we will explore how art – including literature, film, and visual media – can help us to unlock the hidden stories and histories contained in things. By engaging with these materials, we will learn to think and write about how art reflects on and engages with the "things" of our world, be they objects, commodities, possessions, money, or even bodies. Though we will consider "things" from a variety of contexts, we will concentrate primarily on French literature, film and visual art from the twentieth-century.

When Offered Fall.

Satisfies Requirement First-Year Writing Seminar.

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Syllabi: none

  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17932 COML 1116   SEM 101

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  • For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.