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  • ENG 317: Studies in Ancient and Biblical L i t e r a t u re and Culture

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    Some topics studied in this course take a comparative approach to ancient and biblical literatures, including that of the Graeco-Roman civilization, but are not limited to classical texts. Other topics take a more narrow approach and may involve combined studies of ancient and/or biblical literature and the culture of a later period. Possible topics include The Late Classical Era through Christian Antiquity, The Bible and Early Western Literatures and Cultures, and Women Writers of Antiquity and Images of Women in Ancient Literature. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 318: A u t o b i o g r a p h y

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    This course will focus on autobiographical forms with emphasis on the emergence and development of the genre. Possible topics include American Autobiography, Medieval Lives, and the Confession. The course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. 3-year cycle, spring. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 319: Studies in Genre and Form

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    The content of this course is flexible, but will focus upon some aspect or dimension of genre studies not treated through other course rubrics. Possible topics include women and the romance, the vampire novel and popular culture, or the novel of sensation. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 320: Continental Literature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    Readings in major works from the Middle Ages through the sixteenth century. Texts typically include some or all of the following: Augustine's Confessions, Boccaccio's Decameron, Petrarch'sSonnets, Dante's Divine Comedy, Machiavelli'sThe Prince, Marguerite de Navarre's Heptameron, Montaigne's Essays. All texts are read in modern translations. 3-year cycle, spring. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 321: Modernisms

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    This course will focus on some aspect or aspects of American, British, Continental, and international literary modernisms. Students should expect to explore writing from the first half of the twentieth century and to investigate issues of literary innovation, modernity and historical change, self-understandings as "modern," competing literary versionsof modernism, and theoretical/historical versions of modernism. 3-year cycle, spring. Cr 3. International Literature Since 1900
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  • ENG 322: Modern A u t o b i o g r a p h y

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    The concept of the self has undergone critical changes in the history of autobiography. Many modern autobiographical writers have completely dispensed with traditional notions of the self, expanding the genre and giving it a strong literary focus. By comparing a selection of autobiographical texts by modern authors such as Rilke, Stein, Barthes, and H. D. with more traditional forms of autobiography, the course investigates the historical vicissitudes in the conceptualization of a "self." 2-year cycle, spring. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 324: Studies in Canadian Literature and C u l t u re

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    This course offers students an in-depth study of specific regional, cultural, or political developments in Canadian literature and film. Students may investigate the works of ethnic minorities, women, or particular authors. They may also focus on formative historical periods in the social development of Canada and the literature these periods have inspired (e.g. Quebec literature, literature of the Great Depression). May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 325: Epic and Romance

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    This course will focus on the emergence and development of Epic and Romance. Possible topics include the Epic, Arthurian Romance, and Medieval Epic and Romance. The course may be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. 2-year cycle, fall. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 326: Studies in International Literature Since 1900

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    Literature since 1900 has become increasingly international especially because of expanded availability of translated texts. This course explores topics in literature that are international in scope whether through specific influences or in response to historical, philosophical, political, and aesthetic developments. Although the range and focus of the course will vary, topics will include studies in Commonwealth and European literatures as well as literatures of specific regions such as Africa, the Caribbean, South America. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Students should consult the Department's Course Guide for detailed descriptions. Cr 3.
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  • ENG 327: Modern Short Story:Themes and M e t h o d s

    3.00 Credits
    University of Southern Maine

    Detailed consideration of from six to ten short story collections reflecting contemporary themes and narrative methods. Although selections will vary, the recent reading list has included Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka, Anton Chekhov, James Joyce, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Isaac Babel, Grace Paley, Flannery O'Connor, Katherine Anne Porter, and Zora Neale Hurston. A necessarily wide range of themes is confronted: the corruption of reality by dream; personal inadequacy, alienation, and paranoia; self-deceit; varieties of ignorance and cowardice; the moral insight afforded the artist; violence as a mode of self-discovery. Prerequisite: junior class standing or permission of the instructor. 3-year cycle, spring. Cr 3.
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