Academic Calendar 2023/2024 - The Lullaby

ENGL 2523  The Lullaby

Prerequisites:

Any 15 credits

Hours:

Three hours of lecture per week or equivalent for a total of 12 hours

Credits:

1

Description:

Students learn about the history and form of the lullaby in English and translation. They employ skills of close reading to analyze the lullabies as poetry. They engage in placing lullabies into a historical context, and explore the question of why lyrics addressed primarily to crying babies often evoke scenes of violence, suffering, and death.