English Major curriculum: The Simpsons?
March 7, 2008
Came across a blog asking for more curriculum for English majors related to future career options. I think I would have definitely have taken a course on the History and the Future of the Book at UCLA had it been offered as Professor Jerz mentions he teaches. My “fun” class was the History of Hollywood Literature. There were lots of classes deconstructing past literature but nothing to really discuss the future of literature dissemination altogether. Even in my master’s program I would love more focus on actual book publishing. The digital specialization exposes me to lots of related material, but nothing on books. Guess I’ll have more fun for the thesis.
Side side note, do enjoy the Simpsons. Found a site that lists a plethora of academic papers written on them. Have to say this one is my favorite listing all the mathematical references in the show. Who knew The Simpsons were actually teaching the Pythagorean Theorem incorrectly? I thought they were quite the educational show.
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1. MeatyREADS » Blog Archive » Some Nonsense, by Request | March 12, 2008 at 6:48 pm
[...] get too excited. Anyway, here is a list of academic papers based on the Simpson’s. (HT) It trends generally towards the humanities with a few exceptions. Unfortunately it missed a great [...]