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bretstrings t1_irx3wrf wrote

Reply to comment by dtmfadvice in UC Berkeley to offer new course about Nicki Minaj spring 2023; Artist says she'd 'love to stop by' by Moug-10

A whole course about a single artist is dumb.

You can do all the things you mentioned without just focusing on one artist.

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dtmfadvice t1_irx5mx0 wrote

That's just the hook to get your attention, which it clearly did. She's the entry point for the concepts and research skills that the students engage with in the course.

Merely studying literary theory is VERY dry. Applying literary theory to a pop star helps you understand both the theory and the world around you. It makes scholarship relevant.

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praguepride t1_irzandu wrote

Grad school is about deep diving into narrow topics. By that point you have already done the broad analysis and now it is time to actuallt start moving the needle.

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