INQ-110 | Stories from the World

Full Title: Retold: Stories from the World and their Embodiments

Topic Description:

In this course we will study variations on classic stories from around the world in multiple genres: oral traditions, fiction, film, poetry and art. We will analyze the structure of individual narratives and, using collaborative research and presentation, we will ask how each of these retellings manifests historical and cultural contexts. How do these stories shift form and logic as they move across the world and across genres? Finally, we will construct our own variation of one of the great stories, being able to articulate how our embodiment of the story engages the history and cultural context of the narrative.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: March 2009