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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
Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift's songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and PlathLiterary devices abound in Taylor Swift's body of work.John Shearer/TAS18 via Getty ImagesWhy I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift's songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Plath

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

Title of course:

“The Taylor Swift Songbook”

What prompted the idea for the course?

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

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