Harvard Extension School is trying to tempt me back to taking classes this fall.

Jun 08, 2010 09:19

NEW THIS FALL: ENGL E-212 The Vampire in Literature and Film with Sue Weaver Schopf, PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University. Watch a video spotlight on this course. ENGL E-212 The Vampire in Literature and Film (13553)

Fall term
Sue Weaver Schopf, PhD, Lecturer in Extension, Harvard University.
Class times: Wednesdays beginning Sept. 1, 5:30-7:30 pm. Optional section Wednesdays, 7:35-9:35 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit and undergraduate credit $975, graduate credit $1,900.
Online option available.
Printable version The vampire is everywhere in popular culture-in novels such as the Anita Blake and Sookie Stackhouse series, young adult literature like The Twilight Saga, television series such as Buffy The Vampire Slayer, True Blood, Ultraviolet, and The Vampire Diaries, as well as short fiction, comic books, graphic novels, and films. Yet the vampire myth has existed for thousands of years, and has been widely used by writers as a vehicle for addressing a host of provocative topics. How can we account for the popularity, adaptability, and unique appeal of the vampire figure? With what fears and fantasies in the human psyche does it resonate? In terms of the literary genre, how do we classify these increasingly diverse works? The course explores the many aspects of this phenomenon, from its origins in the gothic tradition to its recent incarnation as urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Readings include the early vampire stories of John Polidori, Lord Byron, Bram Stoker, and Sheridan LeFanu; and the more recent fiction of Anne Rice, Charlaine Harris, Laurell K. Hamilton, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Elizabeth Kostova, Stephenie Meyer, and Seth Grahame-Smith. Films are viewed after class, and theoretical works by Freud, Auerbach, and others assist us in our investigations. (4 credits)

[NB: Rest and Bread is Wednesday nights, so I'd have to do the online option.]

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AND AND AND!!!

They're finally again offering the Jesus class I didn't take the last time it was offered (4 years ago!). RELI E-1325 Jesus of Nazareth and the Gospels (13527)

Fall term
Helmut Koester, DrTheol, John H. Morison Research Professor of Divinity and Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Harvard Divinity School.
Class times: Thursdays beginning Sept. 2, 7:35-9:35 pm.
Course tuition: noncredit $625, undergraduate credit $925, graduate credit $1,850.
Printable versionThis course investigates the Gospels of the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) and other ancient Christian Gospel literature (Gospel of Thomas, Dialogue of the Savior). We discuss the developments from the oral traditions about Jesus to their written fixation and the theological and communal concerns that influenced this process. (4 credits)

vampires, hbs: continuing ed, harvard: ext.: course: vampires, religion: christianity, harvard: ext.: course: jesus

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