A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another's.
一个人在描述别人的性格时，最能暴露出自己的性格。
Pop superstar Beyoncé will become the subject of a new course at Yale University next year.
The one-credit class will focus on the influential artist and her cultural legacy.
Titled "Beyoncé Makes History: Black Radical Tradition, Culture, Theory &Politics Through Music," the class will look at the period from 2013 when she released her self-titled album, to this year's Cowboy Carter record.
The course will examine how the world-famous singer, songwriter and entrepreneur has generated awareness and engagement in social and political ideologies.
Yale University's African American Studies Professor Daphne Brooks intends to use Beyonce as a "portal" for students to learn about Black intellectuals, from Frederick Douglass to Toni Morrison.
Brooks said: "We're going to be taking seriously the ways in which the critical work, the intellectual work of some of our greatest thinkers in American culture resonates with Beyoncé's music and thinking about the ways in which we can apply their philosophies to her work."
Beyoncé, whose full name is Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, is not the first performer to be the subject of a college-level course.
There have been courses on singer and songwriter Bob Dylan over the years and several colleges and universities have recently offered classes on singer Taylor Swift and her lyrics and pop culture legacy.
That includes law professors who hope to engage a new generation of lawyers by using a famous celebrity like Swift to bring context to complicated, real-world concepts.
Professors at other colleges and universities have also incorporated Beyoncé into their courses or offered classes on the star, who has a record 99 Grammy nominations.
Brooks previously taught a well-received class on Black women in popular music culture at Princeton University and discovered her students were most excited about the portion dedicated to Beyoncé.
She expects her class at Yale will be especially popular, but she's trying to keep the size of the group relatively small.
Brooks said that those who manage to get a place in the class shouldn't get their hopes up about seeing Beyoncé in person!
流行乐坛巨星碧昂丝明年将成为耶鲁大学一门新课程的主题。
这门一学分的课程将聚焦这位极具影响力的艺人及其文化遗产。
该课程名为“碧昂丝创造历史：通过音乐展现的黑人激进传统、文化、理论与政治”，将研究从2013年她发行同名专辑到今年的《牛仔卡特》唱片这一时期。
这门课程将探讨这位举世闻名的歌手、词曲作者兼企业家是如何唤起人们对社会和政治意识形态的关注并促使人们参与其中的。
耶鲁大学非裔美国人研究教授达芙妮·布鲁克斯打算将碧昂丝作为一个“入口”，让学生们了解从弗雷德里克·道格拉斯到托妮·莫里森等黑人知识分子。
布鲁克斯说：“我们将认真探讨美国文化中一些最伟大的思想家所做的重要工作、思想工作是如何与碧昂丝的音乐产生共鸣的，并思考我们可以如何将他们的哲学理念应用到她的作品中。”
碧昂丝，全名碧昂丝·吉赛尔·诺斯-卡特，并非首位成为大学课程主题的艺人。
多年来一直有关于歌手兼词曲作者鲍勃·迪伦的课程，而且最近有几所高校也开设了关于歌手泰勒·斯威夫特及其歌词和流行文化遗产的课程。
这其中包括一些法学教授，他们希望通过利用像斯威夫特这样的名人，为复杂的现实世界概念提供背景知识，从而吸引新一代的律师。
其他高校的教授们也已经将碧昂丝纳入他们的课程，或者开设了关于这位获得99项格莱美提名纪录的明星的课程。
布鲁克斯此前在普林斯顿大学教授过一门关于流行音乐文化中的黑人女性的课程，广受好评，她发现学生们对专门讲授碧昂丝的部分最为兴奋。
她预计自己在耶鲁开设的这门课程将会特别受欢迎，但她正努力将班级规模控制得相对较小。
布鲁克斯还说，那些设法在这门课上获得一席之地的人可别指望能亲眼见到碧昂丝！
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