| Course Title: Advanced Seminar: 'Witches in the Modern Imagination' |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: From the middle ages to the present day, witches have evoked both fear and fascination. Their fellowships (real or fantastic) challenged the prevailing power structures of church and state patriarchies and upset the ordered precepts of the modern world. This seminar offers an overview of the history of witchcraft in Atlantic cultures, with special attention to the early modern British and American colonial eras. We will examine figures of the witch in European art; religious and legal texts that document the persecution of sorcerers; and dramatic, literary, and cinematic representations of witches that have helped to shape our understanding of gender, nature, theatricality, and power. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Erika Rundle | erundle@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Seminar | Wednesday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | OBSE - Williston Observatory | MAIN | Weekly |
| Permission of the Instructor is required of all students who wish to register. | ||
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: One course from Gender Studies, Film Studies, or Theatre Arts. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Closed | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 0 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Tempest Author: Shakespeare, William Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781408133477 Publisher: The Arden Shakespeare |
Required | 12.95 |
| Title: A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics & Pagans Author: Jeffrey B. Russell and Brooks, Alexander Copyright: 2007 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: 9780500286340 Publisher: Thames & Hudson |
Required | 21.95 |
| Title: The Crucible Author: Miller, Arthur Copyright: 2003 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0142437336 Publisher: Penguin Classics |
Required | 13.00 |
| Title: The Oxford Shakespeare: Macbeth (ed. Nicholas Brooke) Author: Shakespeare,, William Copyright: 2008 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 0199535833 Publisher: Oxford University Press |
Required | 10.95 |
| Title: Witches & Wicked Bodies Author: Petherbridge, Deanna Copyright: 2013 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1906270554 Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland |
Required | 25.00 |
| Title: Spells for Eternity Author: Taylor, John T. Copyright: 2010 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780714119908 Publisher: The British Museum Press |
Required | 19.95 |
| Title: witchbody Author: Scott, Sabrina Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781578636648 Publisher: Weiser |
Required | 18.95 |
| Title: Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft Author: Page, et al., Sophie Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781910807248 Publisher: Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford |
Required | 35.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Students are encouraged to purchase these books on their own, as Odyssey does not have them. Feel free to purchase electronic versions, if available. Copies will also be on reserve in the library. |