/lit/ - Literature

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>>10222438
Deesh, to be honesht... *shniff shniff*

>>9844716
Ah alright. He's just a quick n dirty overview of shit that might help.
These are all upper division classes, but desu if you just talk to the prof who's teaching the class, they'll pretty much always let you in. Esp for the humanities courses.

>Philosophy
I've never taken a proper Phil dept. course at Reed, so I can't tell you much. Reed's Phil dept is explicitly analytical and you need to take Logic if you want to take any of the higher level courses. If you want to explore Continental phil, check out the Political, History, and Lit depts, you won't find it anywhere else.

>History
Take hum220 with Lazier if you still can, he's taking sabbatical next year and is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met. He's also teaching two great sounding classes this year: Arendt & Totalitarianism in the Fall, and Dreaming in the 20th Century in the spring.

A visiting professor is teaching a class on the Chinese Revolutions this fall. She's supposedly fucking brilliant, and I'm signed up for it but there's also a Russian Revolutions class being taught at the same time by one of the Russian profs. Both sound very promising.

Another visiting professor is teaching a class (in the spring IIRC) called Constructing Soviet Culture, which sounds p fascinating.

It's a Classics Class, but Millender is teaching her infamous Roman History course, which requires a fuck ton of reading but is, obviously, very in-depth.

Avoid all classes being taught by Michael Breen. He's a very nice man but also a total bore.


>English
Jan is teaching two classes about German Critical theory that I'd be taking if it didn't conflict with my schedule. Very smart and funny guy, although a bit of a diva.

Lencek is teaching his 19th c. Russian lit course in the spring, which is a pretty landmark class at this point.

Dickson is teaching a class on Oscar Wilde that sounds promising.

Faletra, one of my favorite professors, is teaching his Dante course this year. I'm very pissed that I won't be able to take it. In the Fall he's teaching a Arthurian Lit class that sounds fun.

Knapp, one of my other favorites, is teaching "Shakespearean Mimesis". He's Reed's Shakespeare guy, and will convince you that Lit theory and Shakes, despite its pretentiousness (he's got a good sense of humor), are revelatory.

Everyone hates Martínez now for some reason, but she's still very damn smart. She's teaching a John Donne course in the fall that sounds damn good.

Savery is a goddamn genius, and probably one of the most hardass profs at Reed. His Black Panthers course sounds well worth taking.

>Politics
Steinberger is sadly on sabbatical next year, but try to take one with him if he gets back. Although none of his classes have requirements, they've probably been amongst the most rigorous discussions I've had at Reed so far.

Avoid Darius's intro class, it's boring. Take Steinberger's Idea of the State instead.

Hope that helped.

>>9835688
>>9835714
Quality posts anon