Investigations Across the Curriculum: Reality and the AmericasProfessor Meesh McCarthy, Ph.D. Course Structure: 4 hours long classes Course Link:
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This section examines how reality and fantasy are understood and constructed by, across, and in the Americas. Materials drawn from across the curriculum (e.g., from history, psychology, media, and communication studies) are used to question definitions of reality, fact, truth, fiction, fantasy, magical realism, myth, virtual space, reality-TV, and corporeality. Students gain the ability to defend their positions about how categories such as reality and fantasy differ and overlap.