Knox College Summer Program
Formerly in conjunction with Elderhostel
Are you a curious person? Then join us!
AUGUST 13 – 17
COURSE A 9:00 – 10:30 AM
THE WAR ON CANCER: THE PRESENT & FUTURE OF CANCER MEDICINE
Beginning with an overview of cancers, participants will learn about the prevalence of the disease in North America, as well as the basic biology underlying the formation and spread of cancers throughout the body. Each lecture will cover both the scientific and clinical aspects of the most common types of cancer, including risk factors, diagnostic tests, treatments, as well as cutting-edge research discoveries. The course will finish by offering an outlook on future directions in cancer research and patient care.
LECTURER: DR. EMMA ITO & FELLOW RESEARCHERS
COURSE B 11:00 – 12:30 PM
FILMING LITERATURE
This course engages what happens when one translates works of literature into films. Taking up some well-known and/or short literary texts and their filmic counterparts, we shall investigate what is possible and what isn’t in the movement from one medium to another across a variety of genres. This course will not demand reading other than a few short stories. Some short films will be screened in class time.
Among the texts considered: Hemingway, “The Killers” and Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Scenes from adaptations of works by authors such as Jane Austen, Stephen King, Vladimir Nabokov and Russell Banks will also be addressed.
LECTURER: IAN BALFOUR
AUGUST 20 – 24
COURSE C 9:00 – 10:30 AM
DANTE & THE CHRISTIAN IMAGINATION
In this course we will examine fundamental aspects of Dante’s representation of the world, history, and the afterlife in the Divine Comedy in relation to the spiritual tradition that sustains the Christian imagination. We will ask the following questions: What are the defining features of the Christian imagination at the end of the Middle Ages? How does it shape Dante’s thinking? What does Dante contribute to the Christian imagination of his readers?
LECTURER: DOMENICO PIETROPAOLO
COURSE D 11:00 – 12:30 PM
NORTHROP FRYE: EINSTEIN OF THE VERBAL UNIVERSE
This year, we are celebrating Northrop Frye’s centennial (1912-2012). For a general introduction to the life and work of Frye, we will use rare footage, clips of films, courses, lectures, etc. we will see Frye in action, conducting seminars on his now legendary course, The Bible and Literature, which Frye taught for over 40 years. The main focus of this course is to shed some light on Frey’s attitude to religion, politics and language, and how these three shape our universe through the educated imagination and words with power.
LECTURER: NICHOLAS WILLIAM GRAHAM
