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Major Media Texts

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited StatesCMS.796
Free, no sign-up neededFall 2006English
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This class does intensive close study and analysis of historically significant media “texts” that have been considered landmarks or have sustained extensive critical and scholarly discussion. Such texts may include oral epic, story cycles, plays, novels, films, opera, television drama and digital works. The course emphasizes close reading from a variety of contextual and aesthetic perspectives.

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