# The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture

Macbeth and Banquo Meeting the Witches on the Heath by Théodore Chassériau. Source: the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Charles Shadle

Prof. Mary Fuller

### MIT Course Number

21M.013J / 21A.113J / 21L.013J

### As Taught In

Fall 2013

### Level

Undergraduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Assignments: written (no examples)

## Course Description

This course explores the relationship between music and the supernatural, focusing on the social history and context of supernatural beliefs as reflected in key literary and musical works from 1600 to the present. It provides an understanding of the place of ambiguity and the role of interpretation in culture, science and art. Great works of art by Shakespeare, Verdi, Goethe (in translation), Gounod, Henry James and Benjamin Britten are explored, as well as readings from the most recent scholarship on magic and the supernatural.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

Archived versions:

- 21M.013J The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture (Spring 2009)

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Charles Shadle, and Mary Fuller. 21M.013J The Supernatural in Music, Literature and Culture. Fall 2013. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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