Literature at MIT embraces an expansive mission of textual study from a variety of perspectives. We are linked by a common interest in problems of narrative, aesthetics, genre and media, but our diverse, distinctive global curriculum explores a broad array of written, oral and visual forms, ranging from the ancient world to the 21st century.
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture continues the discussion of transformation and subversion in 1970s films, specifically as embodied in work of director Robert Altman. Outline - Robert Altman (1925-2006) - Career - Defining qualities: - Moral ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture continues discussion of Charlie Chaplin, comparing his films to those of Buster Keaton. Outline: - Keaton vs. Chaplin - Three passages - Cops (1922) - The Gold Rush (1925) - City Lights (1931) - Modern Times ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This lecture discusses dramatic changes in American film of the late 60s and early 70s: the end of the studio era, social transformation, and television as the new consensus medium. Outline - Transformations and subversion ...
Note: This video is from the Fall 2007 class. This session introduces some characteristics of Italian neorealist cinema, especially the 'principle of multiplicity' in which aspects of the film serve multiple functions. Outline - The Opening of Bicycle Thieves - The ...
MIT Professor of Writing Junot Díaz sat down with journalist Bill Moyers on "Moyers and Company."
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 13, part 3 (3 of 3). Recipes and notes available at: ...
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 13, part 1 (1 of 3). Recipes and notes available at: ...
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 12, part 2 (2 of 3). Recipes available at: http://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012_05_11_archive.htmlhttp://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012_05_12_archive.html
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 12, part 1 (1 of 3). Lecture notes available at:http://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/05/lezione-numero-dodici-andare-fare-la.html
ESG seminar on Italian language, culture, and food: ES.S41, Lesson 12, part 3 (3 of 3). Lecture notes available at:http://speakcookitalian.blogspot.com/2012/05/lezione-numero-dodici-andare-fare-la.html
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookReshaping the BookParticipants: Gita Manaktala (MIT Press), Christian Bök (University of Calgary), Bob Stein (SocialBook) Moderator: Amaranth Borsuk (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media ...
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookThe Xenotext, So Far with Christian BökWe started the event with a kick-off reading, co-sponsored with Purple Blurb, featuring experimental poet Christian Bök, who has striven for ten years to engineer an ...
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookUnbinding the BookParticipants: Bonnie Mak (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), James Reid-Cunningham (Boston Athenaeum), Wyn Kelley (MIT Literature), Mary Fuller (MIT Literature)Moderator: Gretchen Henderson (MIT ...
Celebrating Library of America's Elizabeth Bishop: Poems, Prose and Letters - Edited by Lloyd Schwartz Poetry@MIT presented this reading on March 6, 2008
The Film Experience 21L.011: Italian Neorealism: De Sica and The Bicycle Thief Lecture #2 This is lecture #2 for November 30th. This lecture stands in place of the 7-8:00 PM section of 21L.011. This lecture video is REQUIRED viewing.
