Studies the relation between imaginative texts and the culture surrounding them. Emphasizes ways in which imaginative works absorb, reflect, and conflict with reigning attitudes and world views. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Previously taught topics include Women Reading/Women Writing, Poetry, Passion, and the Self, Arthurian Literature and the Colonization of the Celts, and Race, Religion and Identity in Early Modern America. Enrollment limited to 12.