Reading and composition in connection with the study of dramatic literature. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.

If you were to create a time capsule of objects that marks your existence, what will you include and why? How far can you break down each object in this time capsule before you reach an irreducible unit, and what are the colonial legacies of these constituent parts? 'Transnational Archives' asks these questions in order to consider the intimacies of archives that bridge spatial, temporal and conceptual gaps. At the heart of this course, students will build a personal archive of objects through various writing exercises. These objects will then coalesce into a larger assemblage, creating a temporary material archive for the class that we will refer to throughout the semester. Beyond the sensing of personal archives, this course will include in-person or virtual fieldwork to institutional archives and museums to explore different strategies of interrogating materiality and objecthood. We will engage in recent critical conversations about the colonial archive (Anjali Aroendekar, David Eng), the queer archive (Elizabeth Freeman), objecthood and subjectivity (Fred Moten, Anne Anlin Cheng), minor transnationalism (Lisa Lowe, Hentyle Yapp) and new materialism (Rebecca Schneider, Jane Bennett). We will also examine contemporary aesthetic practices that engage with the extractive violence of objects (Candice Lin, Taryn Simon, Cameron Rowland). This Theater R1A course fulfills the first part of the reading and comprehension requirement and is designed to support students in developing college-level analysis and skills to approach the reading of critical theory and objects of study. We will develop your object descriptions into a final essay through a scaffolded writing process, with consistent feedback from the instructor and fellow students.

Requisites

• Satisfaction of the Entry Level Language Requirement.

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Requirements class fulfills