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A class of designs is provided for a mixer in micro reactors where the design principle includes at least one injection zone in a continuous flow path where at least two fluids achieve initial upstream contact and an effective mixing zone (i.e. adequate flow of fluids and optimal pressure drop) containing a series of mixer elements in the path. Each mixer element is preferably designed with a chamber at each end in which an obstacle is placed (thereby reducing the typical inner dimension of the chamber) and with optional restrictions in the channel segments. The obstacles are preferably cylindrical pillars but can have any geometry within a range of dimensions and may be in series or parallel along the flow path to provide the desired flow-rate, mixing and pressure-drop. The injection zone may have two or more interfaces and may include one or more cores to control fluids before mixing.
1. A mixer apparatus, said apparatus comprising: at least one injection zone in a continuous flow path where a plurality of fluids make initial contact, the injection zone comprising at least one co-axial injection passage positioned within said flow path having an entry outside the plain of said flow path and an exit positioned coaxially within said flow path; and a plurality of mixer elements each comprising a channel segment in said flow path, each of said channel segments lying in one of a first layer and a second layer of said apparatus, each of the channel segments in the first layer extending in a first direction and each of the channel segments in the second layer extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, the channel segments alternating successively between the first and second layers.
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This invention relates generally to micro reactor systems and devices and more particularly to a class of designs for mixers used within micro reactor systems.
Many multiphase fluidic applications require mixing or at least enhancement of interfacial area. In micro-fluidic systems, typical dimensions are below 1 mm and make the mixing and/or the agitation a first order issue. Indeed the typical flows often involved in these applications are creeping flows in which two initial miscible or non miscible fluids hardly mix by themselves (turbulence in fluid flows being commonly used for achieving mixing in large-scale fluid systems). Increasing the interfacial area between two fluids or mixing at very small scales without external stirring or mechanical action is very difficult because of the low Reynolds numbers involved, especially for nearly two dimensional geometries. Therefore, reaction processes are largely diffusion limited.
The concept of mixing liquids in a path is necessary to create adequate liquid flow in a micro reactor system or more particularly, in a mixer design or module within a micro reactor system. Typically, there is a source of reactants or a least a plurality of fluid connections for delivering reactants at an injection zone for upstream flow. Typically, liquids in the prior art include water, aqueous and organic liquid solutions.
Many have developed mixers of several types to generate mixing in micro systems. Whatever mixing solution is chosen, the mixer may be implemented within a complete micro system. The required attributes for the mixers are therefore extended beyond mixing efficiency, whereby mixer dimensions can preferably be changed to affect pressure drop, but not affect mixing efficiency or at least have a minimum effect on mixing efficiency.
In such micro reactor systems, it is therefore desirable to have a mixer with maximum efficiency at very low pressure drop. Furthermore, it is desirable to generate appropriate mixing within the structure of the path.
Prior art approaches for performing the above described desired capabilities that are known in the art include the following examples.
For instance, a typical split and recombine solution is shown in
Further prior art implementations of this principle are disclosed by IMM. (Refer to http://imm.mediadialog24.de/v0/vvseitene/vvleistung/misch2.html). Here, the IMM mixing split-recombine concept of caterpillar mixers includes two unmixed fluid streams divided such that two new regions are formed and are further down recombined. All four regions are ordered alternatively next to each other such that the original geometry is re-established.
There are also prior art three-dimensional flows that represent chaotropic solutions. These designs solve the problem of mixing by creating a transverse flow without requiring the use of moving mixer elements. Another similar prior art chaotropic mixer can be found for instance, in International Publication Number WO03/011443A2, entitled, "Laminar Mixing Apparatus and Methods" assigned to the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Here, the helical flow is created by weak modulations of the shape of the walls of the channel, or by grooves defined on the channel wall allowing mixing of a fluid with a Reynolds number of less than 100 thereby capably mixing a fluid flowing in the micro-regime. A similar prior art structure is shown in
Cellular Process Chemistry (CPC), a German company, cites a design using liquid slugs and a decompression chamber in European Patent Application EP1123734A2 entitled "Miniaturized Reaction Apparatus" published on Aug. 16, 2001 as shown in
Disadvantages of these prior art solutions will be outlined below. For instance, with respect to the first prior art approach, split and recombine design requires significant dimensional precision for the manufacture of these designs. This is necessary to ensure that the upstream flow splits equally in each sub-channel before the recombination, so that the flowrates ratio of the liquid that are mixed is equal to the inlet ratio set by the user.
The second approach utilizing three-dimensional or chaotropic flows has several drawbacks, one being the aspect ratio between the height and width of the channel, another being costly technology, and yet another being that it is useful for liquids only and not gas-liquid systems.
The third prior art approach, the liquid slugs device similarly has all the drawbacks of those approaches described above. Its only advantage is that low pressure drop due to parallelization and decompression reduces dimensions efficiently.
All the above devices have great difficulty achieving low pressure drop. This is generally thought to be caused by the prior art designs' attempts at reducing dimensions to enhance mixing efficiency thereby dramatically increasing the pressure drop, which is a penalty.
A new approach is needed that preferably overcomes the disadvantages of any of the prior art solutions above that provide optimal pressure drop by tuning inner dimensions; localized liquid flow at geometric obstacles and restrictions in the path structure; mixing generated in the path structure via obstacles and by reducing local dimensions; fully three dimensional flow between obstacles; control at the initial contact region at injection; and robustness of efficiency with respect to fluids.
The term fluid is herein defined as including miscible and immiscible liquid-liquids, gas-liquids and solids.
A class of designs is provided for a mixer in microreactors where the design principle includes an injection zone with one or more interfaces and cores where two or more fluids achieve initial upstream contact and an effective mixing zone containing a series of mixer elements in the flow path and wherein each mixer element is designed with a chamber at the end in which an obstacle such as a pillar is placed to reduce the typical inner dimension and an optional restriction in the channel segment. Additionally, the preferred embodiment can have many permutations in its design whereby for instance, it can also include an injection-mixing-injection concept where additional fluid-mixing is done further downstream.
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a mixer apparatus having at least one injection zone of a continuous flow path where a plurality of fluids make initial contact and at least one mixer element in the flow path, the at least one mixer element efficiently mixing the fluids through the path. Each one of the mixer elements includes a channel segment, a chamber disposed at ends of the channel segment and each chamber further includes at least one obstacle.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to at least one obstacle situated anywhere in the flow path.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to the channel segment further including at least one restriction, the segment having a radius in the range of 100 μm to 5000 μm, height in the range of 100 μm to 5000 μm, a width in the range of 100 μm to 10000 μm, and a length in the range of 200 μm to 10000 μm and the restriction having a a height in the range of 100 μm to 5000 μm and a width in the range of 50 μm to 2500 μm.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to inner dimensions of the chamber being reduced in the presence of the at least one obstacle and wherein increased dimensions of said obstacle increase the mixing efficiency.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to the at least one obstacle having any geometry with a radius in the range of 50 μm to 4000 μm and a height of 100 μm to 5000 μm and wherein the inner dimensions of the chamber in the presence of the at least one obstacle are further characterized by a radius in the range of 100 μm to 5000 μm, a perimeter from 600 μm to 30 mm, a surface area from 3 mm2 to 80 mm2, a volume from 0.3 mm3 to 120 mm3, and a height in the range between 100 μm and 5000 μm.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to the at least one injection zone having at least one core and fluids in the at least one core flow through and towards a plurality of interfaces.
Another embodiment of the present invention relates to the mixer apparatus being embedded in a micro reactor system, the system including at least one of the following: a reactant fluid source, a pump, a dwell time zone and an output filter.
Another aspect of the embodiment of the present invention relates to the mixer apparatus preferably made of glass, ceramic or glass-ceramic substrate materials.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which follows, and in part will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the description or recognized by practicing the invention as described in the written description and claims hereof, as well as the appended drawings.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are merely exemplary of the invention, and are intended to provide an overview or framework to understanding the nature and character of the invention as it is claimed.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate one or more embodiment(s) of the invention, and together with the description serve to explain the principles and operation of the invention.
The invention is further illustrated with reference to the following drawings in which:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
Referring to
Additionally, in an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, a restriction 460 that is dimple-like may be present on one or both sides of segment 435. In a still further alternative preferred embodiment, an injection-mixing-injection layout (not shown) is provided where additional fluid-mixing is accomplished further downstream.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the obstacle 450 dimension ranges include: a radius or related dimension of 50 μm to 4000 μm and a height of 100 μm to 5000 μm.
Channel segment 435 ranges include: a radius of 100 μm to 5000 μm, height of 100 μm to 5000 μm, a width of 100 μm to 10000 μm, and a length of 200 μm to 10000 μm in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Restriction 460 dimension ranges include: a width of 50 μm to 2500 μm and a height of 100 μm to 5000 μm in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The inner dimension of the chamber 442 in the presence of the obstacle 450 has a radius in the range of 100 μm to 5000 μm, with a perimeter ranging from 600 μm to 30 mm, a surface from 3 mm2 to 80 mm2, and a volume from 0.3 mm3 to 120 mm3 (with heights between 100 μm and 5000 μm) in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
It is generally desirable to reduce this inner dimension so that the length over which the reaction occurs (for the diffusion process) is reduced. Though not shown, it is contemplated that there may be more than one obstacle 450 in each chamber 440 if desired efficiency is achieved. Furthermore, in the preferred embodiment of a series of mixer elements 430, solid particles, if present, in the fluid flow stream will aptly flow through the mixer elements. Designs using reduced dimensions after parallelization (e.g. where the reactant stream is split into one upstream channel and multiple downstream channels) typically have additional problems with solid particle flow thereby decreasing the efficiency of the mixer.
Even though the flow remains typically laminar, there is a significantly higher velocity in the restriction in and around the pillars 450 to generate mixing. For the structure in
Mixing is generated in this preferred embodiment of the present invention for at least three apparent reasons: 1.) flow is unstable after a cylinder at Reynolds number higher than approximately 20, covering the range of flow rates of the present invention. It should be noted that while there is no precise value for such a complex geometry, the order of magnitude is between 50 & 500; 2.) the tortuous flow path allows inertia to play a role and adequately mix the fluid; and 3.) reduction of the thickness of the reactant fluid by reduction of the internal dimensions of the channels through which the fluid is circulating, which has the effect of reducing length over which diffusion has to occur, thereby reducing characteristic time needed for diffusion.
Many other mixer element embodiments are contemplated by the present invention whose results would practically be the same and where the shape of the various mixer elements structures would be a design choice for enhancing the capability of mixing. While cylinder shaped pillars are described as being the preferred embodiment for the obstacle 450 in
In an alternate preferred embodiment of the present invention, the combination of a continuous, localized flow path may position the pillars or cylindrical posts 450 (or other types of obstacles) in the middle of the channel segment 435 or anywhere else rather than at the ends of the channel within the chamber 440 with or without restrictions 460 and still create desirable mixing and appropriate flow or acceleration of liquids flowing through the path. Furthermore, in yet another alternative preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is a novel control of the injection zone and the interface zone or contacting region where fluids interact for the first time. This latter control is described in some further detail infra with respect to
It should be emphasized that in all the preferred embodiments described herein, the pressure drop created by the actual mixer structure and the mixing quality can be adjusted to a desired balance by one of ordinary skill in the art to achieve optimum performance by changing the design dimensions accordingly.
Mixing typically occurs in the 'x-y' plane, and as such, dimensional changes in the horizontal plane usually affect mixing quality. Height is a dimension in the vertical 'z' plane and typically has a first order impact on pressure drop and a second order impact on mixing quality, the latter being impacted more by the mixer elements 430 described supra.
Referring now to
This top, bottom and assembled 3-layer scheme is representative of all the mixers shown in
As stated above, in the preferred embodiments of the present invention, fabrication occurs by having two layers come together to form a third assembled layer. For other design embodiments, however, it is possible to have one micro-patterned layer coming together with a bare or a coated glass, ceramic, or glass-ceramic substrate.
In preferred embodiments 610, 615, 620, 625, 630, 635, 640, 645, 650, 655, 665, 670, and 672 (representing the majority of embodiments shown in
Many structural mixer design details are shown in the preferred mixer embodiments in
Referring now to mixer 680, the regions 685 and 690 at top and bottom layers 675 and 676 indicate the injector zone regions in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. These injection zones 685 and 690 have been modified to enhance mixing by creating two interfaces coming from the injector 685 and 690. The interfaces between the fluids are created by core fluids in the cores or central injection passages 677 and 678 when assembly of 675 and 676 takes place. These fluids are controlled at first interaction in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Though in this embodiment, there are two interface with two fluids, depending on how many additional fluids, the number of interfaces between the fluids may increase. The injection zone, including interfaces and single or multiple cores, is further described infra with respect to
Referring now to
A testing method used to quantify mixing quality of two miscible liquids is described in Villermaux J., et al. Use of Parallel Competing Reactions to Characterize Micro Mixing Efficiency, AlChE Symp. Ser. 88 (1991) 6, p. 286. A typical testing process would be to prepare, at room temperature, a solution of acid chloride and a solution of potassium acetate mixed with KI (Potassium Iodide). Both these fluids or reactants would be continuously injected by means of a syringe pump into a mixer or reactor (i.e. the one to be tested in terms of mixing). There would be a continuous fluid flowing out from the mixer through a flow thru cell or cuvette (10 μliters) where quantification is made by transmission measurement at 350 nm. Any extraneous fluids would be collected as waste.
Using this testing method at room temperature on the structures described herein, the quality of mixing for the present invention is ideal for a 100% value. Pressure drop data is acquired using water at 22° C. and peristaltic pumps. The total flow rate is measured at the outlet of the mixer or reactor 430 as shown in
Referring to
The core fluids 801, 802, and 803 are kept separated until they reach the entrance zone 822 b of the mixer 822 (shown in
It is contemplated that mixer design 1200 layers may be combined with heat exchange layers (not shown) within a micro reactor to provide appropriate thermal conditions of the reactant fluids in accordance with a still further aspect of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Referring now to
It should be noted that all figures described supra are not of actual size but represent accurate renditions and structural block diagrams of the preferred embodiments of the present invention.
Several commercial applications are contemplated for use with the embodiments of the present invention such as, but not limited to, for instance, applications involving mixing both aqueous and organic liquids where these liquids are miscible and immiscible and applications mixing a reactive gas with a liquid, substituting one liquid reactant by inert or reactive gas. Furthermore, liquids can be constituted of a solid that has been dissolved in appropriate solvent, or dispersed in a liquid as mentioned supra. Some non-limiting examples of such liquids include:
1.) Homogeneous Gas Phase Reactions:
Hydrocarbon (gas or vapor) can be mixed with air in order to then be reacted in a catalytic zone for selective oxidation reactions (propylene to generate acroleine, butane to generate maleic anhydride). Hydrocarbons (gas or vapor) can be mixed with halogenated compounds to be reacted and generate halogenated hydrocarbons (benzene with chlorine).
2.) Homogeneous Liquid Phase Reactions:
Aldehydes/ketones in water can be mixed with sodium hydroxide aqueous solution in order to be reacted and generate aldol condensation products (propionaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone). Phenol in water can be mixed with nitric acid aqueous solution in order to be reacted and generate nitration products.
3.) Heterogeneous Liquid Phase Reactions:
Liquid hydrocarbons can be mixed with mixtures of sulfuric acid and nitric acid in order to be reacted and generate nitration products (toluene, naphthalene, etc. . . . ). Hydrogen peroxide can be mixed with liquid hydrocarbons to generate selective oxidation products (phenol oxidation to hydroquinone, catechol)
4.) Heterogeneous Gas/Liquid Reactions:
Gas can be mixed with liquids in order to be dissolved and then trapped (SO2 in sodium hydroxide aqueous solutions) or reacted (SO3 in sulfuric acid to generate oleum and then operate sulfonation reactions). Ozone (air, oxygen) in hydrocarbon solutions to then operate selective oxidation reactions whether they are homogeneous catalytic reactions (cyclohexane or paraxylene oxidations) or heterogeneous catalytic reactions (phenol, cumene).
Additionally, this latter solution can be used when a reaction has one or more of the products which is a solid being mixed and reacted with amine and acylchloride hydrocarbons in the presence of a tertiary amine solvent. This yields corresponding amides and quaternary ammonium salt which is insoluble in the mixture.
Having described various preferred embodiments of the present invention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention covers the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.
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Note: this story is based on our impressions video of the Battle of Forli DLC, and contains some spoilers for those who have not finished the original game. For our full verdict on the expansion, check out our full review, which was posted yesterday.
Anyone who has played Assassin's Creed II knows that Ubisoft's action adventure is a rich tapestry of intrigue, conspiracy, and drama. Fans of the game will be pleased to know that the adventure continues with the release of the first downloadable content last week, which is called Battle of Forli. We dived into this dazzling world to find out more.
As the name suggests, the new missions take place in the city of Forli, as well as in and around Romagna. The focus is on helping Caterina Sforza and Niccolo Machiavelli protect the city from a templar attack. You may remember Caterina as the damsel in distress that you needed to rescue with a gondola when you first arrived in Forli and Romagna. And with the addition of this DLC pack, she plays an important role in the world of Assassin's Creed II. In addition to those two characters, your uncle Mario and Leonardo da Vinci make brief appearances in the game. Also making a return is Danny Wallace's character, the irritable historian Shaun Hastings, and computer expert Rebecca Crane. However, because the DLC pack takes place within the animus, they appear in voice-over form.
In Battle of Forli, you return as Assassin's Creed II's main character, Ezio Auditore da Firenze. If you haven't completed the previous missions in the game, it's recommended that you do so because the DLC contains minor plot spoilers. Battle of Forli and Bonfire of the Vanities slot in as sequence 12 and 13 in the Assassin's Creed II continuum--the two "corrupted" data files the game skips just before the finale. After capturing a sacred artefact called the Apple from Templar ringleader Rodrigo Borgia, you meet with Mario, Leonardo and Niccolo then agree to take the Apple to Caterina's citadel in Forli for protection. Arriving there, you find the city under siege by the forces of Checho and Ludovico Orsi. The brothers have been hired by Borgia to retrieve the Apple and a map that leads to codex pages. Caterina's Templar husband was working on the pages, and Caterina decided to have him bumped off so she's certainly not afraid to get her hands dirty. In fact, one of the most amusing parts in Battle of Forli occurs when she hurls insults at the guards occupying her city. If saving Caterina and her city from harm wasn't enough for Ezio, the brothers kidnap two of Caterina's children as ransom for the Apple and codex map, so it's up to you to rescue them.
The pack boasts six missions in total. It requires you to protect Caterina and Niccolo, defend Forli from invaders, and rescue hostages before they're executed. Ultimately, you'll also have to find and assassinate the Orsi brothers. With loose ends left untied at the end of the pack, it seems that Battle of Forli will segue into chapter 13 of the game, which features the next DLC pack: the Bonfire of the Vanities. In addition to the missions, you have access to a "special memory," which allows you to pilot da Vinci's flying machine over Forli and the surrounding countryside. Because it isn't part of a mission, this experience is merely for pleasure, but it's rewarding to be able to see the city from a bird's-eye view. The pack is short, though, and it shouldn't take you more than two hours to get through the six missions.
If you're itching to delve into some brand new missions, then Assassin's Creed II: Battle of Forli is available to download now on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. To find out more about Battle of Forli, be sure to check out our full review and stay tuned for more on the upcoming Bonfire of the Vanities DLC pack.


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Learn how to mount and install a glass tile backsplash to your kitchen around windows and under cabinets. We'll help you install a glass tile backsplash in no time.See Transcript
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The items you will need are: glass tile sheets, mastic ,tile cutter or wet saw, tile snips, sandpaper, wax pencil, non sanded grout, spacers, sponge, cloth, safety glasses, a bucket and a trowel.
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By Eva Ruth Moravec : July 23, 2012 : Updated: July 23, 2012 10:58pm
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Jessica Ghawi is seen in an undated photo taken from her twitter account July 20, 2012. The former San Antonio resident was killed in the "Dark Knight" movie premier shooting in Aurora, Colorado.
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Donations in memory of Jessica Ghawi, 24, who was one of 12 people killed in the shooting, can be made in her name at Generations Federal Credit Union. Reference her name or account 1512342, officials said.
An aspiring sports journalist, Ghawi had moved to Denver from San Antonio last year. A memorial service for her is set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Community Bible Church on the far North Side.
Injured in the shooting was her friend Brent Lowak, 27, who was in town from Bulverde to visit for the weekend.
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The 7th annual Global Village begins on Monday, June 23, with an opening ceremony hosted by the College of Business and Economics' Iacocca Institute.
"The Global Village, a worldwide embassy providing a common ground for visions of entrepreneurship, breaks down social, geopolitical, and economic barriers to shape a freer and more prosperous world by connecting future business and industry leaders," says Richard M. Durand, the Herbert Ehlers Dean of the College of Business and Economics.
Eighty-five people, only five of whom are from the U.S., are scheduled to participate in the Global Village's dynamic, challenging, non-traditional learning program.
Lehigh faculty from across disciplines, as well as dozens of guest facilitators from other U.S. and international universities and from domestic and international industry, will provide an abundance of learning opportunities over the six weeks the program is in session.
From multi-company collaboration in the e-commerce world to bringing new products to market, the Global Village's three different educational "tracks"--business and industry knowledge, leadership and entrepreneurial skills, and global networking--offer something for everyone with an interest in doing business internationally.
Participants range in age from 20 to 41 and represent a mix of undergraduate and graduate students and professionals.
"Part of the program involves splitting participants into teams and having them complete real-world consulting projects for clients," says Dick Brandt, director of the Iacocca Institute. "Managers nowadays have to navigate across a wide range of cultures and age. That's real-world global business and it is a huge part of the Global Village experience."
This years' participants come from the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Georgia, India, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, P.R. China, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States and Uzbekistan.
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ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) Recycling your holiday lights has become incredibly popular. Craig Jung of St. Louis Green talks about a recycling effort that is becoming a holiday tradition in its own rite. Craig explains where people can drop off the lights and what happens to them after they get recycled.
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Bryan Adams' Hit-Heavy Fox Show
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Lightning Bolt's Sharp New Sound
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Fleetwood Mac Back with Classic Lineup
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Here's Who's Making STL Noisy This Spring
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Beatles Sister Louise Harrison Departs the Midwest
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St. Louis doesn't exactly have the best reputation on the national hip-hop scene. While we do have our share of platinum-selling artists, most of the outside world still views the Gateway City as something of a one-trick pony; good for the occasional club-banger, but for lyricism...not so much.
Among the myriad local emcees capable of shattering the St. Louis stereotype, Prince Ea stands out, and not just because of the bow tie and glasses that have become his signature look. Having graduated summa cum laude from University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2010, Ea utilizes the combination of his wit, complex wordplay and shrewd marketing tactics to push his message of "Making Smart Cool" to a growing audience.
There was a time, however, when school wasn't a top priority for Ea. While growing up on the city's north side, he was a mediocre student who often felt overshadowed by the achievements of his two older brothers. "I was complacent. I did enough to get by — enough to make my parents happy, but that was it. I didn't have any passion for my education." At one point, his parents even wondered if his performance at school was indicative of a mental disability.
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While attending Metro High School, his growing interest in rap music became the catalyst for change, despite the fact it was forbidden in his home. Ea would sneak home cassette tapes to listen to artists such as Canibus, Ras Kass and Immortal Technique. "It changed me. I developed a passion for learning. I would spend hours in the library researching all this stuff like [the World Trade Center's] Tower 7 and Bilderberg, and that translated into me getting better grades and eventually pursuing anthropology."
As far as his own music, Ea made his start as a battle rapper at age sixteen. He recalls, "There was this kid named AEJ who was creating a buzz around the school — but I didn't think he could rap. So I put out a diss record about him, and the school went crazy for it. We went back and forth for a little while, until he eventually stopped rapping. I just kept going..."
While still in high school, he released his first mixtape, The Birth, under the moniker Richie Rich. "When I started writing, honestly, a lot of it was braggadocio. I still had some conscience songs, and I was always lyrical — but it was more so about punch lines. 'I only see green like night-vision goggles' — lines like that. For the cover I had my little Bape hoody and stunna shades on. [Laughs] I'm not showing that picture to anybody."
But it wasn't long before his rhymes unwittingly separated him from the pack. A defining moment came for Prince Ea during a freestyle cypher in his school cafeteria. "I came through and spit something political, something intelligent. This one chick was like, 'How you gon' be a smart rapper?' Everybody started laughing, and I got a little embarrassed. But when I really thought about it, what she was basically saying was that rappers are inherently stupid people. That was when I decided that I have to show people that it's cool to be smart."
Taking inspiration from emcees and intellectuals alike, the budding talent adopted the name Prince Ea, a reference to the Prince of Earth in ancient Sumerian scripture. "I chose the name Prince Ea because I felt like it was my duty to educate and enlighten through this vehicle called hip-hop. It's a language that's understood by a certain subculture, and I felt like that was the subculture that needed these messages the most."
In the fall of 2008, Ea self-released The Adolescence on the Internet: His first mixtape under the new pseudonym. He recorded the album at his home using simply a computer, a mic and a karaoke program. Though the recordings were extremely rough, fans immediately responded to the well-polished verses and political messages. Ea's mix of humor, pop-culture references and conspiracy theory had earned him a dedicated following on the Web.
These same fans proved to be a huge asset as Ea continued to seek a larger following. In 2009, he was voted the "Vibe Verses" champion, netting him $5,000 worth of gear and a full-page feature in Vibe magazine. This would be the first of several vote-based contests Ea would win, including the Magnum Live Large contest in 2011, when he was flown out to Miami to perform with Ludacris. Ea jokingly describes his fans as "loyal, but a little spoiled. I think they're very, very weird people."
Although Prince Ea won't hesitate to rap about topics that the mainstream media typically doesn't cover, he doesn't believe that it will stop him from succeeding. "I think a lot of underground rappers use that as an excuse. People talk about Lil Wayne selling a million copies in one week, but you can go back and look at Public Enemy — they did the same thing." As far as people's reactions to his unconventional lyrics and criticisms of the status quo, Ea states, "I get a lot of silence. Some people don't even want to engage [in that conversation]. I used to get more laughter or people saying, 'Why's he talking 'bout JFK?' But now I get a lot more acceptance."
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I agree these women were someone's family, but I think Sowell knew what he was doing. He was targeting people that he could lure with a rock or a drink. It's a sad fact. Sympathy to the families of the victims.
Can we bury him alive?
All his friends and families houses equity won't come close to 500K. He's staying put. They could have set it at 1 million and he's still staying put.
here we go {hands race card back}
Sadly for these victims and families, their drug addictions were a major KEY in how he got them to come with him. It just so happens all his were black. He could have easily lured cracked out white women too.
don't have the time to read that.
According to the cops, no they weren't "missing". To their families they were,but to the cops no they weren't
Goodie! What form do I fill out to pick and chose where my tax money goes? Roads YES, Welfare NO Healthcare YES, Wars NO. Schools YES.
AND FYI not everyone choses to get pregnant.
Prochoice DOESN'T mean pro abortion. WOW. It means people have the CHOICE. Some women chose to have an abortion some women don't. IT's the CHOICE not the procedure. Do you think its easy to decide to term a pregnancy?
Fingers jabbed in chests? Yeah I've had that too..
no it's not passe for kill the baby.
Last time I checked the Constitution has a seperation of church and state. BUT most pro lifer's spout the bible for the reason they don't believe in abortion. That kind of goes against the serperation of church and state, donchathink?
to you and your bible beating buddies, its wrong. To other's its not. I don't think it's wrong for a woman who was raped to have to carry a baby to term. I also don't think it's right for YOU to tell her she has to. This is what I mean. You say the When the state fails to protect human life, the church must speak-this is a total contradiction to what you are saying. The CHURCH can't dictate law, period.
Did you watch the video? He's about 3 steps from the curb and she plowed over him.
LeBron talks to hear himself. This isn't about honor is about more cash. Maybe he's changing it to 6 becuse that about the highest tip he's ever left? Even when the bill was over a grand?
they can't choke an worse with him there, so why not?
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loser. the people who waited in line to see New Moon for three days, think this guy is lame.
you want Rev Al speaking for you? Why? He's only in it for the spotlight. Once the lights are gone, so too will he. He has done nothing positive for people. Bangs his chest and cries foul and at times there is nothing foul going on.
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Teenagers don't always listen to good advice. But when they're shown and experience something firsthand, the lesson tends to sink in more readily.
That's why Port Orange-based law firm Rue, Ziffra & Caldwell has cosponsored a free program that demonstrates to high-schoolers the dangers of texting and driving.
"It's particularly important to children who drive," Allan Ziffra, president of the firm, said. "I've seen statistics that texting and driving is three times more dangerous than drinking and driving, and we all know how dangerous that is."
The training program is called the "Text Free Zone," and it puts young drivers behind the wheel as they use a state-of-the-art, hands-on texting-and-driving simulator. Data compiled from simulated sessions throughout the United States showed that nearly all of those who got in the driver's seat failed after speeding, swerving and sometimes even striking simulated pedestrians.
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Mila Kunis is ambassador ethically useful for Gemfields
The lovely Mila Kunis is the new ambassador for Gemfields. This British company is the largest company producing gemstones in the world. A mining company whose motto is ethics. Located on a continent where the blood is often paid for a single diamond Gemfields makes it a point of honor to be transparent about its traceability.
Mila and was not chosen simply for its doll face or his emerald gaze. But it is indeed for his personality, intelligence and above all its ethical brand called the actress of 29 years.
The beautiful laying the hair down, hands on the neck, but especially captivating look, she wears around his neck an impressive necklace. A river of diamonds, rubies and emeralds unique world created by six of the company's partners: Alexandra Mor, Amrapali, Dominic Jones, The Gem Palace, Sutra and Fabergé.
"In time a company, we are passionate about color and fully invested in ethics, transparency and sustainable development of the communities where we work and find the right partner who shares these values is vitally important," says the CEO and of Gemfields before adding: "I was blown away by Mila Kunis his energy, enthusiasm and dedication. his individuality and the natural way in which she expresses her humanity to make the part."
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These courses are open to first-year students. The main purpose of the first-year seminars (no matter what the topic or reading list) is to give first-year students extensive practice in reading and writing analytically. Each seminar is normally limited to sixteen students and includes discussion, outside reading, frequent papers, and individual conferences on writing problems. For a full description of first-year seminars, see the First-Year Seminar section.
1001 c. Gods and Monsters: Medieval Mythology. Fall 2014. Emma Maggie Solberg.
1002 c. Provocative Art. Fall 2014. Morten Hansen.
1004 {11} c. Film Noir. Fall 2014. Ann Louise Kibbie. (Same as Film Studies 1004.)
1026 {26} c. Fictions of Freedom. Fall 2014. Tess Chakkalakal. (Same as Africana Studies 1026 {16}.)
1048 {25} c. Contemporary Short Fiction in English. Fall 2014. Celeste Goodridge.
1049 c. The Literature of Adolescent Sexuality. Fall 2014. Sarah Braunstein. (Same as Gay and Lesbian Studies 1049 and Gender and Women's Studies 1012.)
Introductory Courses in Literature
1100–1199 {104–110}. Primarily intended for first- and second-year students, and for juniors and seniors with no prior experience in college literature courses. (Specific content and focus of each course will vary with the instructor.)
1104 {104} c. From Page to Screen: Film Adaptation and Narrative. Spring 2015. Aviva Briefel.
Explores the topic of "adaptation," specifically, the ways in which cinematic texts transform literary narratives into visual forms. Begins with the premise that every adaptation is an interpretation, a rewriting/rethinking of an original text that offers an analysis of that text. Central to class discussions is close attention to the differences and similarities in the ways in which written and visual texts approach narratives, the means through which each medium constructs and positions its audience, and the types of critical discourses that emerge around literature and film. May include works by Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, Howard Hawks, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Anita Loos, Vladimir Nabokov, and Ridley Scott. (Same as Cinema Studies 1104 {104}.)
1105 {105} c. Introduction to Poetry. Fall 2014. Marilyn Reizbaum.
Aims to understand poetry's varied workings, considering, most extensively, the basic materials—words, lines, metaphors, sentences—from which poems have traditionally been assembled. By studying closely the components of meter, diction, syntax and line, rhyme, and figure—in essence, how poems work—aims to see more clearly into the ends poems work for: meaning, rhapsody, transport, etc.
1110 {110} c. English Literature and Social Power. Fall 2014. David Collings.
Considers whether or not works of literature encode modes of social power, articulate styles of cultural entitlement, revise norms of behavior from the perspective of leisured domesticity, create satisfying narrative solutions to urban conflict, and absorb the difficulties of social life into the workings of individual consciousness. Do literary works reinforce fictions of social power, contest them, or both? Examines the relationship between ideology and literary form, placing both in the context of transformations in English culture from the early eighteenth through the early twentieth century. Discusses writings by Defoe, Pope, Wordsworth, Austen, Dickens, and Woolf alongside critical and interpretive essays.
Courses in Composition
1060 {60} c. English Composition. Fall 2014. Aaron Kitch. Spring 2015. Elizabeth Muther.
Practice in developing the skills needed to write and revise college-level expository essays. Explores the close relationship between critical reading and writing. Assignment sequences and different modes of analysis and response enable students to write fully developed expository essays. Does not count toward the major or minor in English.
1070 c. The History of the English Language: Writing-Intensive Workshop. Spring 2015. Emma Maggie Solberg.
Intended for confident writers who want to ensure that they leave college speaking and writing not just proficiently, but also magnificently and irresistibly. Covers the science and history of the English language, beginning with its earliest tribal roots and following through to the innovations of today: the new words we say (like Google) and the new ways we say them (using the vocal fry register, for example). Learn the challenging art of rhetoric from the best: authors include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, and Zora Neale Hurston. Writing intensive.
Introductory Courses in Creative Writing
1225 {125} c. Introduction to Poetry Writing Workshop. Fall 2014. Anthony Walton.
Intensive study of the writing of poetry through the workshop method. Students expected to write in free verse and in form and to read deeply from an assigned list of poets.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
1228 {128} c. Introductory Fiction Workshop. Fall 2014. Sarah Braunstein.
Introduces the beginning fiction writer to the craft of fiction writing, with an emphasis on the literary short story. Studies a wide range of published stories as well as examines student work. Critical writings on craft introduce students to technical aspects of the form: character, dialogue, setting, point of view, scene, summary, etc. Exercises and short assignment lead to longer works. Expected to read, comment on, and discuss in depth each story that passes through the workshop, as well as to complete a major revision.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Advanced Courses in Creative Writing
2853 {217} c. Advanced Fiction Workshop: The World in Prose. Spring 2014. Sarah Braunstein.
An intensive writing workshop designed for students with experience, dedication, and a willingness to take risks with form, style, and content. Assigned readings include published fiction and critical writing on craft, but the central focus of conversation is on student work: producing it, understanding its parts, and learning to revise in the most radical sense, to re-see.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
2856 c. Writing Creative Nonfiction through Photography. Fall 2014 and Spring 2015.
Russ Rymer.
A nonfiction writing course using photography as a guide and tool. Students take photos (with any camera: digital, film, disposable, or smart phone) and do a lot of writing: blog posts, profiles, and full-length reported articles. Grapples with structure, metaphor, tone, voice, and pacing, letting photography interrogate the writing. What can such pictorial concerns as focus, composition, width and depth of field, and artist's point of view tell us? Explores how music, movies, and poetry can also guide an approach to writing accomplished nonfiction. Admission is by acceptance. Submit for consideration an original piece or pieces adding up to 1000 words.
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
Intermediate Seminars in English and American Literature
These seminars are open to both majors and non-majors—and are normally limited to sixteen students. They provide opportunities for students to focus intensively on critical reading and writing skills and to learn advanced research methods. Each seminar explores a unique topic while introducing students to literary theory and other critical paradigms and tools of literary studies. These seminars are not open to first semester first-year students.
2003 {219} c. Trolls, Frogs, and Princesses: Fairy Tales and Retellings. Fall 2014.
Elizabeth Muther.
Seminar. Explores the resiliency of fairy tales across cultural boundaries and historical time. Traces the genealogical origins of the classic tales, as well as their metamorphoses in historical and contemporary variants, fractured tales, and adaptations in literature and film. Engages a spectrum of related texts in literary and cultural theory and criticism.
2009 c. Shakespeare in Theory. Fall 2014. Aaron Kitch.
Seminar. What are the risks and rewards of reading Shakespeare through the lens of literary and cultural theory? Is theory always already alien to Shakespearean texts, or might those texts uncannily anticipate and even make possible contemporary theoretical ideas? How do we understand, for example, Slavoj Zizek's claim that "Shakespeare without doubt has read Lacan"? Places representative plays and poems in conversation with psychoanalysis, postcolonial studies, queer theory, and cultural materialism and considers Hamlet, Henry V, Twelfth Night, and The Tempest in dialogue with secondary readings by Marx, Freud, Lacan, Foucault, Derrida, and Sedgwick, among others. Note: Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.
2010 c. The Rise of the Novel. Spring 2015. Ann Louise Kibbie.
Seminar. While prose fiction pre-dates the eighteenth century, it is during this century that both writers and readers begin to construct the idea of "the novel" as we know it. Uses a variety of eighteenth-century novels to explore the evolution of what we call the novel and also explores various critical and theoretical approaches to the genre. Readings include Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Roxana, Samuel Richardson's Pamela, Ann Radcliffe's The Romance of the Forest, Mary Wollstonecraft's The Wrongs of Woman, and Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, as well as a wide range of critical and theoretical essays.
Advanced Courses in English and American Literature
2104 c. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Fall 2014. Emma Maggie Solberg.
Explores the legends of King Arthur, Merlin, Queen Guinevere, and the Knights of the Round Table, progressing from the stories' origins in medieval myth and romance through to their many Renaissance, Victorian, and modern revivals. Texts include: Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; Thomas Malory, The Death of Arthur; Tennyson, Idylls of the King; Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Note: Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.
2202 {226} c. Renaissance Sexualities. Spring 2015. Aaron Kitch.
How do Renaissance authors represent sexual desires and dilemmas? What strategies do authors use to represent, for instance, drives that have not been codified and labeled according to modern epistemologies? Topics include the inarticulacy of homoeroticism and other forms of attachment as they shape Shakespearean comedy, minor epic, and tragicomic romance, with special attention to the poetics of same-sex desire, and the erotics of theatrical performance by boy actors on the London stage. Authors include Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, John Ford, Thomas Crashaw, and Margaret Cavendish, with secondary readings by Eve Sedgwick, Jonathan Goldberg, and Laurie Shannon, among others. Note: Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.
2305 c. Imagining London in Eighteenth-Century Literature. Fall 2014. Ann Louise Kibbie.
Focuses on journals, plays, poems, and novels in which London itself plays a vital role, including James Boswell's London Journal, Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders, John Gay's Trivia; or the Art of Walking the Streets of London, and Frances Burney's Evelina. In addition to engaging in critical analysis of these literary texts, students learn how to use digital mapping, spatial analysis, and image markup to imagine eighteenth-century London and work collaboratively to create maps charting the movements of real people (such as Boswell) and fictional characters (such as Moll Flanders) within the city. Explores theaters, coffeehouses, shops, prisons, hospitals, parks, and other public spaces in order to contextualize, enrich, and question the literature. Note: Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.
2352 {238} c. Natural Supernaturalism. Spring 2015. David Collings.
Examines the Romantic attempt to blend aspects of the transcendental—such as the sublime, immortality, and divinity—with ordinary life, the forms of nature, and the resources of human consciousness. Discusses theories of the sublime, poetry of the English landscape, mountaintop experiences, tales of transfiguration, and evocations of intimacy with nature. Explores the difficulties of representing the transcendental in secular poetry and the consequences of natural supernaturalism for our own understanding of nature. Authors include Burke, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Kant, and Shelley. (Same as Environmental Studies 2438 {238}.)
2402 {242} c. Victorian Race and Empire. Fall 2014. Aviva Briefel.
Examines Victorian constructions of racial difference and imperial relationships in literary texts ranging from the 1830s to the fin de siècle. Focuses on issues of representation and racialized identity; fantasies about nationhood and colonialism; narratives of "adventure" at home and abroad; and images of gender and sexuality. Literary criticism central to discussions. Authors may include C. Brontë, Conrad, Doyle, Du Maurier, Haggard, Kipling, Marsh, and F. A. Steel. (Same as Gay and Lesbian Studies 2402 {241} and Gender and Women's Studies 2402 {241}.)
2428 c - VPA. Introduction to Film Theory. Spring 2015. Ann Louise Kibbie.
A survey of some of the major currents in film theory from the early days of motion pictures to the present, including formalism, genre theory, auteur theory, psychoanalytic theory, feminist theory, and queer theory. Includes mandatory evening film screenings; a choice of two screening times will be available for each film. Note: Fulfills the film theory requirement for Cinema Studies minors. (Same as Cinema Studies 2428.)
2452 {246} c. Modern Drama and Performance. Spring 2015. Marilyn Reizbaum.
Examines dramatic trends of the modern period, beginning with a triumvirate of modern dramatists—Henrik Ibsen, Bertolt Brecht, and Samuel Beckett—and draws lines from their work in drama of ideas, epic theatre, and absurdism to developments in the dramatic arts through the modern period into the twenty-first century. Includes plays by Lorraine Hansberry, Caryl Churchill, and Martin McDonagh. Readings staged. (Same as Gender and Women's Studies 2262 {262} and Theater 2846 {246}.)
2456 c. The Modern Poem. Spring 2015. Marilyn Reizbaum.
Examines the modern poem's turns in and out of traditional verse forms and free verse. Considers movements such as Imagism, Modernism, Beat poetry, prose poem, slam, and poets associated with them. Includes prose poetics such as those by Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, Joseph Brodsky, Eavan Boland, Gwendolen Brooks, Robert Pinsky, Mark Strand, and the study of the mechanics of the poetry, including prosody.
2540 c. Literature of the American South. Spring 2015. Celeste Goodridge.
In The Mind of the South, Cash begins with the premise that "the south is another land, sharply differentiated from the rest of the American nation," and he quotes Allen Tate's description of the south as "Uncle Sam's other province." How does this view of the south as a world elsewhere color our readings of the literature? Does it create bias toward the people and the region? Faulkner repeatedly implied that being from the south was both a curse and a blessing (to question and unpack this binary). Examines Gothic elements in this work as well as representations of transgression, eccentricity, and otherness. Authors include: Capote, Eudora Welty, Carson McCullers, and Flannery O'Connor.
2544 c. The Great American Novel in the Twentieth Century. Fall 2014. Morten Hansen.
Examines the tradition of the great American novel across the twentieth century. Why are certain American novels considered "great," and why does the genre of the novel invite aspirations to greatness? What makes the idea of the great American novel so resilient despite the many upheavals of the twentieth century, from the world wars through the revolutions of the 1960s to the invention of the Internet? How does the inclusion of ethnic-American literature into the American canon change how the great American novel is viewed? Novels include Willa Cather's My Ántonia, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man, Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49, Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony, and Toni Morrison's Beloved, as well as theoretical texts on the novel and the nation by Mikhail Bakhtin, Benedict Anderson, and Lawrence Buell.
[2570 {250} c - ESD. The Making of a Race: Latino Fictions.(Same as Latin American Studies 2005 {250} and Spanish 2505 {250}.)]
[2571 {221} c - ESD. The Making of a Race: Latino Fictions. (Same as Latin American Studies 3005 {305} and Spanish 3005 {305}.)]
2583 {264} c. Literature of the Civil War Era. Spring 2015. Tess Chakkalakal.
Examines literature published in the United States between 1861 and 1865, with particular emphasis on the wartime writings of Louisa May Alcott, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass, William Gilmore Simms, Herman Melville, and Walt Whitman. Students also consider writings of less well-known writers of the period found in popular magazines such as Harper's Monthly, The Atlantic Monthly, The Southern Illustrated News, and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Note: This course fulfills the literature of the Americas requirement for English majors. (Same as Africana Studies 2583 {283}.)
2600 {261} c. African American Poetry. Fall 2014. Elizabeth Muther.
African American poetry as counter-memory—from Wheatley to the present—with a focus on oral traditions, activist literary discourses, trauma and healing, and productive communities. Special emphasis on the past century: dialect and masking; the Harlem Renaissance; Brown, Brooks, and Hayden at mid-century; the Black Arts Movement; black feminism; and contemporary voices. Note: Fulfills the literature of the Americas requirement for English majors. (Same as Africana Studies 2600 {261}.)
2604 c. African American Literature and Visual Culture. Spring 2015. Elizabeth Muther.
Explores creative collaborations and cross currents in African American literary and visual arts over the past century. Considers the problems of minstrelsy, masking, and caricature—as well as instruments of militant image-making in both literary and visual forms. Topics of special interest include uplift and documentary photography; modernist resistance languages of the Harlem Renaissance; shadows, silhouettes, and invisibility; comic strips and graphic narratives; and contemporary images—prints, texts, and illustrations—that introduce alternative socio-political allegories. Taught in conjunction with a special exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. (Same as Africana Studies 2604.)
2704 c. The Rise of Global Literature. Spring 2015. Morten Hansen.
Examines the rise of transnational literatures, from Goethe's coining of the phrase "world literature" ("Weltlitteratur") to contemporary literature of globalization. Focuses on how literature has reacted to the way the world has changed and grown smaller during the last two centuries through readings of novels, novellas, plays, poems, and films, as well as theoretical texts. How does literature stage encounters across cultural and national boundaries? Is it possible for a literary text to represent the whole globe? Special emphasis on the rise of world literature, colonization and its aftermath, global rewritings of the literary tradition, and the emergent spaces of globalization. Authors include Herman Melville, Joseph Conrad, Wole Soyinka, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Aimé Césaire, Jean Rhys, and Kiran Desai.
2841 {282} c. Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory. Spring 2015. Aaron Kitch.
Explores some of the most important and compelling schools of literary and cultural theory from the past two centuries as they have defined modern and postmodern intellectual life. Situates critical movements such as psychoanalysis, feminism, structuralism, deconstruction, race theory, and cultural studies in their historical and intellectual context while examining both textual and non-textual case studies. Students will develop research projects based on our readings but tailored to their own interests and knowledge. Authors include Marx, Freud, Adorno, Benjamin, Lacan, Foucault, Jameson, Eagleton, Butler, Sedgwick, and Zizek.
2854 {213} c. Telling Environmental Stories. Fall 2014. Anthony Walton.
Intended for students with a demonstrated interest in environmental studies, as an introduction to several modes of storytelling, which communicate ideas, historical narratives, personal experiences, and scientific and social issues in this increasingly important area of study and concern. Explores various techniques, challenges, and pleasures of storytelling, and examines some of the demands and responsibilities involved in the conveyance of different types of information with clarity and accuracy in nonfiction narrative. Engages student writing through the workshop method and incorporates study of several texts, including The Control of Nature, Cadillac Desert, Living Downstream, and Field Notes from a Catastrophe. (Same as Environmental Studies 2423 {216}.)
2900 c. Reconstruction and Reunion. Spring 2015. Tess Chakkalakal and Patrick Rael.
An interdisciplinary introduction from the perspectives of art history, literary history, and history to the political, economic, and social questions arising from American Reconstruction (1866-1877) and Reunion (1878-1900) following the Civil War between the North and South. Readings delve into a wide array of primary and secondary sources, including photographs, novels, poetry, and government documents to understand the fierce political debates rooted in Reconstruction that continue to occupy conceptions of America. (Same as Africana Studies 2142 and History 2142.)
2901 c - IP. World Science Fiction. Spring 2015. Arielle Saiber.
Explores the local, global, and universal natures of the speculative genre of science fiction (SF) from the early twentieth century through the present. Highlights works from the Golden Age (late 1930s-50s), the New Wave of the 1960s and 70s, cyberpunk in the 1980s, and today's various sub-genres and cross-over incarnations. Approaches the genre as a mode of thought-experimentation and world-building that problematizes actual and possible political, cultural, natural, human, and techno-scientific realities. Among the themes included are the human-machine interface, environmental apocalypse, the alien, and time travel. Readings include short stories from nearly every continent (a number of which are accompanied by film or other media) and literary criticism. Integral to the course is an exhibition of Latin American SF at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and a number of conversations with writers, artists, filmmakers, and scholars of SF from around the world. Conducted in English. Counts for the major in English, but not for the Italian minor or romance languages major. (Same as Italian 2500.)
2970–2973 {291–294} c. Intermediate Independent Study in English. The Department.
2999 {299} c. Intermediate Collaborative Study in English. The Department.
Advanced Seminars in English and American Literature
3000–3999 {300–350}. Advanced Literary Study.
English courses (numbered 3000–3999 {300–399}) are advanced seminars. Students who take them are normally English majors and are strongly encouraged to take one intermediate seminar (at the 2000 {200} level) before registering for these courses. Their content and perspective varies—the emphasis may be thematic, historical, generic, biographical, etc. All require extensive reading in primary and collateral materials.
3002 {323} c. The James Joyce Revolution. Fall 2014. Marilyn Reizbaum.
An examination of James Joyce's signal contributions to modern writing and critical theories. Reading includes the major works (Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses), essays by Joyce, and writings by others who testify to the Joyce mystique: e.g., Oliver St. John Gogarty, T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Jacques Derrida, Seamus Heaney, and Maud Ellmann.
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English.
3004 {326} c. African American Literature and the Law. Fall 2014. Tess Chakkalakal.
Examines the intersections between literature and law through works of African American literature. Investigates the influence of landmark legal cases—Dred Scott, Plessy v. Fergusson, Brown v. Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia—on the production and dissemination of particular works of American and African American literature. Works by Charles Chesnutt, Ralph Ellison, Pauline Hopkins, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Frederick Douglass are among those considered. Note: Fulfills the literature of the Americas requirement for English majors. (Same as Africana Studies 3004 {326}.)
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English or Africana studies.
3017 {346} c. Living Deliberately. Fall 2014. David Collings.
Explores a range of possibilities for taking up Thoreau's challenge to "live deliberately," for cultivating an ethics in a world without guarantees. Examines various projects for grasping the essential conditions of existence, overcoming ignorance and despair, assuming an infinite responsibility to others, and sustaining the human against impossible odds. Considers the place of such projects in relation to the negative ethics of crime or addiction, the dubious implications of ethical heroism, the intimate risks of political commitment, and the potential loss of a viable future in the era of climate change. Drawing on novels, memoirs, ecological writing, theories of sexual practice, and philosophical ethics, considers such authors as Thoreau, Forster, Genet, Gordimer, Sapphire, Anita Desai, Kidder, and McKibben, as well as Nietzsche, Levinas, Foucault, Derrida, Halperin, Zizek, and Soni.
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English.
3023 c. Literature and Natural Philosophy from Plato to Shakespeare. Spring 2015. Emma Maggie Solberg.
Explores mind-bending texts written before the invention of the categories of "literature" and "science" as we now understand them—interdisciplinary texts that challenge us to reexamine many of our most basic assumptions about the difference between truth and fantasy. Focuses on literary descriptions of what we would call "imaginary" places, tribes, animals, and diseases. Teaches advanced methods of analysis, research, and academic argument. Authors include Plato, Chaucer, Dante, and Shakespeare. Note: Fulfills the pre-1800 requirement for English majors.
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English.
3024 {320} c. Victorian Epics. Spring 2015. Aviva Briefel.
Examines one of the foremost literary forms of the Victorian period: the long novel. By focusing on a few central texts, investigates the ways in which narrative length shapes stories about wide-ranging issues related to nationalism, science, technology, and empire, as well as allegedly "local" issues regarding domesticity, familial relations, personal adornment, and romance. Authors may include Charles Dickens, George Eliot, William Thackeray, and Anthony Trollope. (Same as Gender and Women's Studies 3320 {320}.)
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English.
3025 c. Faulkner and His Literary Descendants. Spring 2015. Morten Hansen.
What is it about Faulkner's novels that have inspired so many and such different novelists? How do Faulkner's novels, and those of his descendants, stage the interplay between the local and the global? What does it mean to create your own literary world, as Faulkner did with Yoknapatawpha County? Situates the works of William Faulkner in relation to a range of authors who take their cues from Faulkner's complex narrative structures, shifting perspectives, meditations on race, and attention to regional detail. Explores theories of literary influence from Harold Bloom to Édouard Glissant. Novels include Faulkner's As I Lay Dying; Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!; and Go Down, Moses, as well as One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez; Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison; The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz; and A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan.
Prerequisite: One course numbered 2000–2969 {200–289} in English.
4000–4003 {401–404} c. Advanced Independent Study in English. The Department.
4029 {405} c. Advanced Collaborative Study in English. The Department.
4050–4051 c. Honors Project in English. The Department.


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