Special Topics: Prague: Politics & Literature

Catalog description

This course will introduce students to Prague, the first UNESCO Creative City of Literature, through a "city as text" approach, supported by both political and literary texts. We will explore the city of Prague in order to trace the construction of political identity through markers that can be found in anything from street names, architecture, urban art, political workshops, and theatrical performances. The course is meant as an immersive experience and it will aim to include a variety of social, political, and artistic experiences that will allow students to put together literary life with its historical and lived reality in the city of Prague. Additional Course fees associated with travel. Permission of instructor required for registration.