GE3108
Weeks 1-2
Three histories: critical steps in the evolution of meaning
- A child's history
- A language's history
- A text's history
Week 3
What is metaphor?
Week 4
Verbal Art
- Poetry: Edwin Thumboo's A poet reading
- Drama: J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
Weeks 5-6
Verbal Science: Newton's Opticks
Verbal Art in Scientific discourse: Darwin's Origin of Species
Science in Verbal Art: Tennyson's In Memoriam
Weeks 7, 9-10
(Week 7 rescheduled to 27 October, 10:00 - 13:00)
- Verbal Art in Religious discourse: The Psalms
- Religion in Verbal Art: Cormac McCarthy's Sunset Limited
Week 8
(25 October)
Weeks 11-12
- Verbal Art in Political discourse - Churchill's war-time speeches
- Politics in Verbal Art - Langston Hughes' Let America be America Again
Week 13
The future of language and knowledge
Final Exam (open book)