COML 2271

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COML 2271
Reading for the End of Time

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course will explore how in the body of world literature, film and music humans have construed, narrated, imagined the end of time and of the world and sometimes its new beginning. Spanning from ancient epic through colonial narratives to twentieth century works and contemporary science fiction, we will inquire, through our reading: what is a world? How does the labor of the imagination construct a world or the world and deconstruct or undo worlds? Readings will range widely across time and world space and include authors such as St John of Patmos, Messiaen, Columbus, Beckett, Gibson, Marquez, Murakami, Alexievich, Liu.


Distribution Requirements (CA-AG), (GLC-AS)

Last 3 terms offered 2025SP, 2024SP, 2021FA

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2971

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18240 COML 2271   SEM 101

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    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025

    • Melas, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person