HON 288 - Close Reading

Prerequisite, acceptance to the University Honors Program, or consent of instructor. This course focuses on small and subtle elements in a wide range of texts. Specific texts vary by semester but generally include a mix of visual images, television commercials, music videos, short films, short stories, op-ed pieces, stageplays, and feature-length films. In considering all of these texts, the objective is to delve into the details, observing and analyzing aspects of the text that often go unnoticed and unexamined. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits