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4.00 Credits
The great African American writer Langston Hughes (1902-1967) is best known as the poet laureate of the Harlem Renaissance. But his career was vaster still. He was a Soviet screenwriter, Spanish Civil War journalist, African literary anthologist, humorist, playwright, translator, social critic, writer of over 10,000 letters, and much more. This course engages Hughes's full career, bridging race and global issues, politics and art, and makes use of little-known archival materials. Alternate years; not offered 2008-2009. (4 credits.)
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Who is speaking, especially when a male author represents a woman speaker Why does second-wave feminism invest so much urgency in the notion that women must have a voice Why does literature and art so often associate the feminine with voice and sound: What do poets and artists do with tropes of the maternal voice, the singing woman, the operatic diva, the garrulous woman, women's sharp tongues (and, in real life, brutal scold'sbridles), the maternal lullaby, the "sonorous cavern" of the womb, the music lesson in which the instructor is aman, the student a woman keyboard player, for example How do feminist theorists intervene in these traditions, turn them to account, make something of them Who is speaking, and why does it matter Readings might include the Biblical Wisdom books, Sappho, Ovid, Chaucer, Erasmus, H. Cixous, Luce Irigaray, Kaja Silverman, Sigmund Freud. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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A look at the development of one major literary genre or mode across several historical periods, with sustained scrutiny of key examples, and attention to the relevant criticism and theory. A given year and section might cover the history of lyric poetry, with examples from Sidney to Seamus Heaney; or the history of the novel, from Richardson or Fielding to Toni Morrison or David Foster Wallace; or the history of satire and irony, from Swift to contemporary practitioners. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A study of single authors, pairs of authors, or related groups of authors: e.g., the metaphysical poets, Jane Austen, William Wordsworth and John Keats, the Pre-Raphaelites, the Bloomsbury group. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A study of single authors, pairs of authors, or related groups of authors: e.g., Herman Melville; Mark Twain and Emily Dickinson; Henry James and his circle; William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor; Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Depending on the instructor, this advanced course will either focus on a specific kind of literary or cultural theory (like Marxism, psychoanalysis, or postcolonial theory), or present a series of readings of literary or cultural materials unified by a coherent theoretical perspective. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
This creative writing workshop will center on work in a chosen genre (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, scriptwriting) written by class members, with a strong secondary emphasis on the development of group critical skills. Through the presentation of new and revised work, critiquing of work-in-progress, and discussion of extensive reading in contemporary writing of the chosen genre, the workshop will focus on developing constructive criticism of the writing of participants. Prerequisites: English 120 (Introduction to Creative Writing), and either 280, 281, 282, or permission of the instructor. Every year. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This seminar will provide a workshop environment for advanced students with clearly defined projects in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama or a combination of genres. The seminar will center initially on a group of shared readings about the creative process and then turn to the work produced by class members. Through the presentation of new and revised work, and the critiquing of work-in-progress, each student will develop a significant body of writing as well as the critical skills necessary to analyze the work of others. By permission of instructor. Every year. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This comparative course will focus on two or more authors of different nationalities (e.g. Proust, Joyce and Beckett; or Dante, Pound and Eliot) or a comparison of literary movements (e.g. the Irish Renaissance and the Harlem Renaissance) or a study of transnational movements, such as romanticism or the symbolist movement. Alternate years. (4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will give students the exciting opportunity to see a variety of plays and theatrical events currently being performed in the Twin Cities. Each week we will attend a performance and/or hear from guest speakers (directors, actors, playwrights, designers). Plays will be considered along with readings in performance theory, cultural theory, and theatre history. Response papers, a group presentation and a final project/along with class participation and attendance at all plays will be required. The class is limited to 12 students and must have the permission of the instructor. Alternate years.(4 credits)
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