DEEP AND SHALLOW, FAST AND SLOW in Fall 2018 (CL1091FB3)

The starting point of this class will be the written word. Using examples drawn from a wide range of literary texts, as well as essays, films, TV series, and social media snippets, students will be encouraged to think deeply about reading and writing and, in particular, reflect on how they read and write. What does it mean to write when we spend so much of our lives in front of a keyboard? What does it mean to read when our attention is so frequently under pressure from a range of sources? What does it mean to be human in a technological age?