| Course Title: Advanced Topics in English: 'Linguistic Ideology, Power, and Hope' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: We conceive of language in many ways: a cognitive process, a social practice, a divine gift. We locate it in individuals, in nations, and in species. We label it as correct or as deficient. This course explores how these language ideologies are connected to particular times and places, and how they contribute to the existing social, political, and economic organization of the world. We will also explore language's potential to create new worlds. Readings in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics will be combined with literary texts to develop our discussion. Authors may include: Cherie Dimaline, Leanne Simpson, Cyril Wong, Shih-Li Kow. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Mark Shea | 413-538-3541 | markshea@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Seminar | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 217 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in English. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0003 | CRPE-3: Critical Social Thought - Major Pathway | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Critical Social Thought major pathway. |
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 13 | Available: 5 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Language, Capitalism, Colonialism: Toward a Critical History Author: Heller, Monica, and Bonnie McElhinney Copyright: 2017 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781442606203 Publisher: Toronto University Press |
Required | 55.15 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |