This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Windows on the World: Reading Literature from Many Cultures Evening Program Evening Course Monday, September 21, 2020 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET Code: 1H0486B Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center1100 Jefferson Dr SWMetro: Smithsonian (Mall exit) Select your Registration $25 Member $35 Non-Member Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 4 Program Series: Windows on the World: Reading Literature from Many Cultures View series details Resize text Please Note: This program has a rescheduled date (originally April 6, 2020). Since we live in a globalized world, what better way to learn about a variety of distinctive cultures and their histories than to delve into a good story? Read across time and place to consider how authors offer windows into fully imagined worlds different from our own. Join Lisbeth Strimple Fuisz, a lecturer in the English department at Georgetown University, in spirited lectures and informal discussions about four compelling novels. Participants should read the book prior to class. Sherry and cookies are available for refreshment. FEATURED BOOK In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) by Julia Alvarez Set in the Dominican Republic during the dictatorship of General Trujillo, this novel narrates the experiences of four sisters who worked in opposition to the regime. If you are interested in additional sessions to this course, please click here.
