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  • LIT 180: Film and Fiction

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Compares cinematic and literary treatment of a story. Emphasis on literary and film history, and on comparing language, structure and technique of film and fiction. Works may include Shakespeare, 19th novels such as Frankenstein, or recent works, such as Beloved. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Completion of or exemption from ENG110. Introductory.
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  • LIT 215: Survey of American Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Surveys American literature from beginnings to the present. Includes study of Native American narratives and poetry, Puritan writers, American Renaissance, modernism, Harlem Renaissance, and contemporary writers. Emphasis on distinctive themes of American literature, such as individualism, democracy, and equality. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement. Satisfies Upper Level Writing requirement. Prerequisite: Completion of or exemption from ENG110. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 219: The British Novel of the 19th Century

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Examines 19th century British novels with attention to historical and cultural contexts. Focuses on British classics by such writers as Austen, Dickens, the Bront?s, Eliot, and Hardy. Emphasizes students' critical perspectives on novels and current scholarly criticism. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 225: African Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Introduces students to African experience and cultures as depicted in literature. Studies novels, poetry, drama, folklore, short stories, music, dance, storytelling as common vehicles for protest, self-assertion, life, love, and death in African world from pre-Colonial days to the present. Integrated Humanities course. Global Perspectives course. Satisfies General elements of short fiction such as character, plot, point of view, description, and style, and how these elements contribute to a story's effect. Requires students to engage in both analytical and creative writing. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement. Introductory.
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  • LIT 226: Literature and History of the Caribbean

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Analyzes literature of the Caribbean in cultural and historical contexts. May include writers from Jamaica, Trinidad, Haiti, Barbados, Guyana, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico. Emphasizes concerns of island writers, including Indian cultures, slave life, African heritage, folk material, colonialism, and independence movements. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Integrated Humanities course. Global Perspectives course. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 230: African- American Women Writers

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Studies fiction of African-American women writers and its impact on American literary tradition. Includes personal narratives of slave women and progresses to novels of contemporary writers. Examines strategies of self-construction to affirm African-American womanhood. May include Harriet Jacobs, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 240: The English Renaissance

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Examines literature of the English Renaissance of the 16th and 17th centuries, with particular attention to Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. Studies ways writers used mythology, Christian tradition, and ancient and Italian Renaissance literature to create masterworks. Satisfies General Education Literature and Upper Level Writing requirement. Integrated Humanities course. Intermediate. approaches to the works are reviewed. Prerequisite: One course in literature or permission of the instructor. Advanced.
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  • LIT 245: Native American Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Surveys Native American literature from oral narratives, to 19th century autobiography and speeches, to contemporary novels and poetry. Topics include ways of telling stories and writing, identity, and connections to tribal and American history. Satisfies Literature requirement; satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 246: African- American Literature

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Surveys African-American literature from slave narratives through contemporary novels and poetry. Topics, periods, and genres include slave narratives, late nineteenth century novels, poetry of the Harlem Renaissance, the 1960s, and contemporary drama, fiction and poetry. Satisfies College Multicultural requirement. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement. Intermediate.
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  • LIT 249: The Complete Author

    4.00 Credits
    Wheelock College

    Studies the achievement of a single author. Selected works by one writer are studied to consider the author's artistic development, vision of reality, persistent themes, style, and value to 21st century readers. Satisfies General Education Literature requirement and Upper Level Writing requirement. Intermediate.
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