“IV” from Underworld Lit
HUM 101. Introduction to the Underworld. [Crosslisted with Divinity and Comp Lit.] In this course, students will be ferried across the river of sorrow, subsist on a diet of clay, weigh their hearts against a feather on the infernal balance, and ascend a viewing pagoda in order to gaze upon their homelands until emptied of all emotion. Texts will include the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, the Mayan Book of the Dead, the Ethiopian Book of the Dead, and Muriel Rukeyser’s Book of the Dead. The goals of the seminar are to introduce students to the posthumous disciplinary regimes of various cultures, and to help them develop the communication skills that are crucial for success in today’s global marketplace.
All readings in English. Requirements include the death of the student, an oral report, and a final paper.
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Srikanth Reddy is the author of Underworld Lit and a book of lectures on poetry and painting, The Unsignificant. He is the poetry editor of The Paris Review, and a co-editor of the Phoenix Poets book series at the University of Chicago Press.
All readings in English. Requirements include the death of the student, an oral report, and a final paper.
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Srikanth Reddy is the author of Underworld Lit and a book of lectures on poetry and painting, The Unsignificant. He is the poetry editor of The Paris Review, and a co-editor of the Phoenix Poets book series at the University of Chicago Press.
