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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Major writers and works from the Romantic, Victorian, and early 20th century periods. Historical and intellectual background. Writers include Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, Arnold, Hopkins, Joyce, Conrad, and Yeats.
Prerequisite:
GES110 or GES145.
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4.00 Credits
Major American authors studied in their historical and cultural contexts, from the colonial era to the present.
Prerequisite:
GES110 or GES145.
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3.00 Credits
Selected great works of non-American/non-British literature with an emphasis on non-Western works in their social and historical contexts.
Prerequisite:
GES130 (may be taken concurrently) or GES244 (may be taken concurrently).
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of film as an art form and as an expression of the meanings of "modernism." Why film is a uniquely modern art form is addressed, as well as those themes that identify the "modern sensibility." Films such as Citizen Kane, Rashomon, Do the Right Thing, Beloved, Tender Mercies, Apocalypse Now, and others are viewed and analyzed.
Prerequisite:
GES130 or GES244 (may be taken concurrently). (Carries cross-credit in philosophy.)
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of how writers and filmmakers appropriate mythic structures and archetypes to create meaningful narratives of human experience. Modern mythmakers may include: J.R.R. Tolkien, George Lucas, Toni Morrison, C.S. Lewis, and others.
Prerequisite:
GES130 or GES244 (may be taken concurrently).
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4.00 Credits
Major emphasis on The Canterbury Tales and Arthurian literature. Medieval pilgrimage and the Grail quest, as treated by English and Continental authors.
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4.00 Credits
Major plays in Shakespeare’s distinct periods and genres: history, comedy, tragedy, and romance. Both literary and theatrical aspects are examined, with attention to historical context. Emphasis on performance.
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4.00 Credits
Major emphasis on Milton’s Paradise Lost and his other poems and prose, with readings in metaphysical and religious poetry of such writers as Donne and Herbert.
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4.00 Credits
British literature from Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson, to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Shelley, and Byron. Emphasis on social and literary satire, prose forms, Romantic nature poetry, the changing role of the imagination, and criticism.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the American Civil War and its appeal to historical and literary imaginations. Selected works are studied in historical context, including the causes, the course of the war, and the consequences of the war for the nation.
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