FS 002 PZ -Memory, Literature, and Culture

Institution: Pitzer

Description: In this course, we will focus on works of literature that explore the emotional, creative, philosophical, and political dimensions of memory. We’ll consider how memory changes our understanding of time; how memory informs the imagination; how imagination informs what (and how) we remember; how relationships are structured by memory, its variability, and its loss; the politics of remembering and forgetting; and how literature can harbor histories and traces of people from the past. In addition to our readings, we’ll consider works of film and visual art. Students will practice various forms of writing in order to engage with these ideas. (Instructor: Brent Armendinger)

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.