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3.00 Credits
3 credits Storying is A measure of humankind and A way of embracing the household of humanity. Using A variety of multicultural stories as A basis, students will examine and master the techniques necessary in the research, preparation, and oral presentation of stories. The major body of material will be non-Western, particularly African, Asian, Indian, Middle-Eastern, Native American, and African-American. Some Western stories which can be traced to non-Western sources will be examined. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course studies the craft of diary and memoir literature written by American women from the eighteenth century to the present. Attention will be paid to the social and historical contexts in themselves, with selected writings in theory and historical background. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000- level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course is designed to develop in the student an appreciation of the art and craft of poetry. It will focus on how poets use sound, rhythm, imagery, and other poetic devices to achieve A variety of purposes and effects. Attention will also be given to the evolution of poetic style from the Renaissance through the late twentieth century. Readings will be drawn from A wide variety of British and American poets. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course allows students to read and study short stories and novellas of different literatures. They read such characteristic forms of this genre as the fantastic tale, the literary fairy tale, the classical novella and the mystery tale. Students focus upon such central questions as construction of character, the treatment of space and place, narrative point of view, and symbolism. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In This course students read works by and about women to explore the various ways their experience is depicted in literature. Contemporary literary theory dealing with women in literature focuses on certain topics that will guide the course: women and their work in the world; their ascribed place in the social construct; their sustaining friendships with other women; their different biographies or life paths; the distinctive female mind and how it finds expression in literature; and women and their relationships with men. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course examines the nineteenth century fascination with the monstrous quality of the human spirit, and of human physical abnormalities. Within A social and historical context, students study the work of Blake, Shelley, Poe, Schubert, Nietzsche, and others. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course examines the history of Western utopian and dystopian ideas by focusing on the visionaries, thinkers, artists, political leaders, and writers who emphasized either the hopes they had for A better world, or the fears they held about the future. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses on A specific topic in literature. Prerequisites: CLITR 1100 PLUS upperclass standing, OR one 2000-level CLITR course, OR permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits The student serves as A teaching assistant to the faculty member who has accepted them. The course includes both studying the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating the course curriculum, and assisting with the preparation and teaching of the course. The course is recommended for students interested in studying a particular subject in more depth, and for those wishing to participate in the planning and teaching process. See Teaching Assistantships on page 48 for details.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course combines A common reading and discussion agenda with ongoing work on an individual senior project. Students will read critical pieces representing the range of different theoretical approaches to the study of literature and see how these explicate and illuminate the reading done in common. Prerequisite: 6 credits of 3000-level CLITR courses OR permission of the instructor.
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