The Shape of Longing

What are some of the formal shapes longing takes in poetry and fiction, film and music? Through a devotional experience with great works of art, creative pieces will be generated by the students and shared in class. Texts shall include Wagner, Sappho, Tagore, Rumi, St John of the Cross, Desnos, Kawabata, Woolf, Frisch, Valentine, Howe, Pessoa, Vuong, Angelopoulus, Weerasethakul, Kieslowski, Chacon, Jenkins, Coltrane and West.