Fwd: Summer Courses Info

[Undergrad Advising Global Studies]

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From: <dm...@global.ucsb.edu>
Date: Tue, May 5, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Subject: Summer Courses Info

Dear Javiera,

I hope this email finds you well.  I'm writing to ask if you would be willing to circulate the following course descriptions / info to the listserv for Global majors and minors.  Both courses are being offered by me during Summer Session B, and I'm trying to spread the word as wide as possible.  If you would be willing to do this, it would be greatly appreciated.

All the best,

David

Summer Session B: Comp. Lit. 30B, “Love, Lust, and Laughter,” Dr. David Moak

Calling all students who are interested in reading good books and laughing a lot this summer. If that's you, then consider enrolling in Comp. Lit. 30B, which investigates major works in European literature, and whose theme this summer will be "Love, Lust, and Laughter." Focusing on the short stories of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron and on the plays of French playwright Molière, students will think about what made Europeans laugh out loud a couple centuries ago, and how their laughter intersected with representations of sex and love. The course is being offered during Summer Session B (8/3 - 9/11), and it will meet from 11am to 12:05pm in LSB 1101.

The course can be used for the following GE Areas:

Area E: Culture and Thought

Area G: Literature

Special Subject Areas: Writing, European Traditions

 

 

Summer Session B: FR 50CX, “Tales of Forbidden Love,” Dr. David Moak (Taught in English)

Sadly, we are living through a period where the banning of books has become commonplace, often “justified” by the offending books’ portrayals of love, sexuality, and gender, which are labeled "immoral."  As such, our own day and age invites us to revisit and rethink works of literature that were deemed scandalous at the time of their publication, sometimes even leading to the criminal prosecution of their authors.  This course will examine two novels – Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary and Oscar Wilde’s Picture of Dorian Gray – paying close attention to how they portray loving relationships between humans.  It will interrogate those loving relationships, investigate how they were transgressive in the eyes of contemporaries, and situate them in their historical context, showing how they were part and parcel of a broader European quest for social and political freedom in the modern era. This course is being offered during Summer Session B (8/3 - 9/11), and it will meet from 2:00pm to 3:05pm in ILP 4101.

This course can be used for the following GE Areas:

Area E: Culture and Thought

Special Subject Areas: Writing, European Traditions

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Global Studies Undergraduate Advising Team

Meghan Zero + Taylor Ross + Undergraduate Peer Advisors

Email: global-...@ucsb.edu|Appointment info here  

Phone: (805) 893-7860

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