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VIDEO GAMES: CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Sussex
Program(s)
University of Sussex
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
165
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
VIDEO GAMES: CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
UCEAP Transcript Title
VIDEO GAMES:WRITING
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

The course introduces seminal examples, key texts of game theory and relevant critical theory. Students consider the creative aspects of writing for games including: narrative and storyboards, world building, shooting/scripts, characters and avatars, players, virtuality and corporeality, queer feminist game play, play addiction, and algorithms and chance.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Q3317E
Host Institution Course Title
VIDEO GAMES: CREATIVE AND CRITICAL WRITING
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Host Institution Department
English

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MONSTERS AND VAMPIRES: THE IMPACT OF BRITISH GOTHIC ON CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE
Country
United Kingdom - Scotland
Host Institution
University of Stirling
Program(s)
Summer in Scotland
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies English
UCEAP Course Number
114
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
MONSTERS AND VAMPIRES: THE IMPACT OF BRITISH GOTHIC ON CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
BRITISH GOTHIC
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description

From sparkly vampires to blockbuster monsters, gothic tropes appear to be all-pervasive in contemporary culture. As Catherine Spooner claims in CONTEMPORARY GOTHIC (2006), like "a malevolent virus, Gothic narratives have escaped the confines of literature and spread across disciplinary boundaries to infect all kinds of media, from fashion and advertising to the way contemporary events are constructed in mass culture." This course introduces students to Gothic’s literary expression in the British 19th century, before exploring the many ways in which this dark heritage continues to affect contemporary cultural production. Focusing on three key texts from the 19th century, FRANKENSTEIN (1818), THE STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (1886), and DRACULA (1897), this course discusses their adaptation, appropriation, and influence on popular narratives such as those found in fiction, film, tv, fashion, and music video. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ISSU9MV
Host Institution Course Title
MONSTERS AND VAMPIRES: THE IMPACT OF BRITISH GOTHIC ON CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE
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POSTMODERN LITERATURE
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
119
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
POSTMODERN LITERATURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
POSTMODERN LITERAT
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines the dominant socio-cultural framework and literary and critical practices that define postmodernism in the twentieth century. Students will explore the major debates, key ideas and texts that enable an understanding of the postmodern turn and continue to define contemporary literature in the present.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGL2192
Host Institution Course Title
POSTMODERN LITERATURE
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Host Institution Department
English

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HOMOTEXTUALITY: QUEER LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Country
Norway
Host Institution
University of Oslo
Program(s)
University of Oslo
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
120
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
HOMOTEXTUALITY: QUEER LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
UCEAP Transcript Title
QUEER LIT/ENGLISH
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

This is an introductory course in English-language literature written by, about, or for gay men and lesbians in the twentieth century. It studies a variety of representations of homosexuality in a selection of novels, short stories, plays, and essays. The course also covers literature on other identities within the LGBTQ spectrum, such as bisexuality, asexuality, and transgender identities.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENG2324
Host Institution Course Title
HOMOTEXTUALITY: QUEER LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Humanities
Host Institution Degree
Bachelor
Host Institution Department
Literature, Area Studies and European Languages

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LITERATURE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
146
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
LITERATURE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
UCEAP Transcript Title
LIT & SOC MOVEMENTS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course discusses what it means to read for the politics of a text and to read a text politically. We reflect on the different kinds of desire at play in the class: desire for social justice, for solidarity, for purpose in what we, as readers, activists and critics, do. In so doing, we learn to situate texts in terms of their contemporary commitments and in relation to our own. In the second half of the class, students discover literature in the context of, and in service to, a series of social movements and hone our skills in the archive to recreate these past moments of insurgency.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
6AAEC096
Host Institution Course Title
LITERATURE AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
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Host Institution Department
English

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SATIRE AND SENTIMENT: BRITISH LITERATURE, 1680 - 1820
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
University of Manchester
Program(s)
University of Manchester
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
145
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
SATIRE AND SENTIMENT: BRITISH LITERATURE, 1680 - 1820
UCEAP Transcript Title
BRIT LIT 1680-1820
UCEAP Quarter Units
8.00
UCEAP Semester Units
5.30
Course Description

In this course, students read a range of literature by writers from the British Romantic period (c1776-1832) – an age of political, social, environmental, and aesthetic revolution. In a period marked by rapid industrialization at home, and overshadowed by the practices and legacies of slavery and empire internationally, writers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, William Blake, Lord Byron, Mary Prince, Jane Austen, Felicia Hemans, and P. B. Shelley were negotiating what it meant to live and write in a rapidly changing world.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGL21181
Host Institution Course Title
SATIRE AND SENTIMENT: BRITISH LITERATURE, 1680 - 1820
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Host Institution Department
English

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UNITED STATES LITERATURE UNTIL 1850
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
114
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
UNITED STATES LITERATURE UNTIL 1850
UCEAP Transcript Title
US LIT TO 1850
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course offers a study the literature of the United States to 1850, taking into consideration the history of the country and the evolution of literary forms, notably prose and poetry. It examines the context of socio-political and cultural relations that have shaped the literary history and traditions of the US. This course discusses literary works from the following historical periods: Pre-colonial and Puritan traditions (1492-1776), literature of the New Republic (1776-1836), and Romanticism and the so-called American Renaissance (1836-1850). 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
806497
Host Institution Course Title
UNITED STATES LITERATURE UNTIL 1850
Host Institution Campus
MONCLOA
Host Institution Faculty
Facultad de Filología
Host Institution Degree
GRADO EN ESTUDIOS INGLESES
Host Institution Department
Departamento de Estudios Ingleses

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FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
University of Hong Kong
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
English
UCEAP Course Number
122
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
CONTEMP LITERATURE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description

This course examines representative novels of twenty-first-century literature in English and in English translation. In what ways have these literary works of the twenty-first century reshaped the novel form in order to respond to the crises that define our present
moment? How is the distribution and circulation of these works influenced by developments in technology and social media? What are the dominant criteria of success for literary works? We will look to answer these crucial questions and many more by focusing on the form and content of several novels published between 2013 and 2023. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ENGL 2144
Host Institution Course Title
FORMS OF CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
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Host Institution Department
English

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NARRATIVE IN FRENCH FILM AND LITERATURE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies English
UCEAP Course Number
114
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
NARRATIVE IN FRENCH FILM AND LITERATURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
FRENCH FILM & LIT
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course fulfils the dual function of introducing students to various canonical French texts and films and of introducing students to the study of narrative poetics, or "narratology" an important mode of literary analysis which was largely developed in France. Beginning with a comparative analysis of the narrative techniques of a 19th-century short story by Guy de Maupassant and its film adaptation by the great director Jean Renoir, the course then turns to the medieval and early modern versions of the popular tale LA CHESTELAINE DE VERGI. Afterward, students read the crucial 18th-century novel MANON LESCAUTthe source for Puccini's opera of the same name; they shall then turn to Emile Zola's 19th-century novel THÉRÈSE RAQUINstudying both this text and its film adaptation. Finally, students examine a contemporary text remarkable for its narrative technique: Annie Ernaux's LA PLACE

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
4AAFF122
Host Institution Course Title
NARRATIVE IN FRENCH FILM AND LITERATURE
Host Institution Campus
King's College London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Arts & Humanities

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POST/COLONIAL PIRATES
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
History English
UCEAP Course Number
149
UCEAP Course Suffix
N
UCEAP Official Title
POST/COLONIAL PIRATES
UCEAP Transcript Title
POST/COL PIRATES
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course reads against the grain of those dominant narratives of colonialism as world-making by focusing on the pirate as an interruptive force, who derails the movement of peoples, goods, ideas, and laws across the maritime routes linking the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds. Important tools in the course are the reading practices of postcolonial theory, which will teach us to extract and assess this alternative history of the post/colonial pirate. The course also teaches students to nuance standard maritime historiographies through literary reading practices, as well as evaluate the metaphoric application of piracy to contemporary, interruptive, economic practices.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAEB084
Host Institution Course Title
POST/COLONIAL PIRATES
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Host Institution Department
English
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