The Friends of the Humanities will offer a “Books and Films” course, “Harper Lee: Myth and Reality”, beginning in January.
The class will be taught by Dr. Mary Ann Wilson, professor of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Wilson’s areas of expertise are 19th- and 20th-century American literature, Southern literature and women’s studies.
Classes will meet on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Griffin Hall, Room 201, on the UL Lafayette campus, starting Jan. 13, 2016. The last class will be held Feb. 17. The cost is $75 for Friends of the Humanities members and $100 for others.
Students will read Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “Go Set a Watchman.” Readings will be enhanced by Mark Childress’ essays, “Looking for Harper Lee”; PBS Masterpiece documentary “Harper Lee: Hey Boo”; film clips; and other relevant materials. There will be no tests for this course.
To register, contact Dr. Mary Ann Wilson at (337) 298-0406 or email maw0383@louisiana.edu.
Friends of the Humanities was established in 1989 as a non-profit group dedicated to enhancing the role of the interdisciplinary humanities at UL Lafayette and in Acadiana, providing support to the College of the Arts and the College of Liberal Arts, and strengthening the resources of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s humanities program.
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