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Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift's songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Plath

  • Written by Elizabeth Scala, Professor of English, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
imageLiterary devices abound in Taylor Swift's body of work.John Shearer/TAS18 via Getty Imagesimage

Unusual Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“The Taylor Swift Songbook”

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This class is part of a group of introductory...

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