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4.00 Credits
In-depth study of historical, philosophical, and literary reaction to the rise of the modern industrial state. Special focus on the literary response to the following: industry, democracy, class, art, and culture. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
In-depth exploration of the dominant concerns and achievements of British literature from Modernism through Postmodernism. Historical and cultural contexts of canonical and non-canonical literature explored to illustrate 20th century Britain's reactions to the breakdown of traditional beliefs, the World Wars, the legacy of colonialism, the changing politics and problems of a multicultural nation. May include such writers as Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Yeats, Heaney, Ishiguro, Walcott. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Comple-tion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
Shakespeare's works as texts, productions, and major historical, aesthetic and cultural touchstones. The author's intellectual and social influences on four centuries of theatre and his subsequent impact on literature and other arts in London. Attendance at play performances required. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
Shakespeare's works as texts, productions and major historical, aesthetic and cultural touchstones. The author's intellectual and social influences on four centuries of theatre and his subsequent impact on literature and other arts. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
The literature of the United States from its sources in the accounts of the early British and Spanish explorers to the works of the American Renaissance. The relationship between mainstream and marginalized voices in the American character. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of literary Realism and Naturalism in their cultural and historical contexts. May include such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Chopin, James, Wharton, Dreiser, Norris, and Crane who are seen to accommodate the sense of danger, doubt, and disorder of the time. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
The writers of the modern period and those of the early post-modern age, including writers marked by stylistic innovation and a willingness to challenge traditionally accepted standards. May include such writers as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Hughes. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
In-depth study of American fiction, poetry, and drama written since 1956. How contemporary literature examines enduring American themes and breaks new ground with the inclusion of diverse voices. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
In-depth exploration of works of 20th century women authors within their historical and cultural contexts. Analysis of canonical and non-canonical writing by women of differing classes, races, ethnicities, and sexual preferences. Literary techniques through which texts reflect or challenge such cultural constructs as gender, identity, sexuality, motherhood, etc. The emergence of a female literary tradition. May include such writers as Woolf, Rich, Kingston, Yamamoto, Morrison, Cervantes. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of the primary issues, themes, and tropes of literature written in English by African-American, Asian-American, Native American, Hispanic and Jewish writers. Cultural and historical contexts explored to consider effects of marginalization on this literature, and its subsequent relation to the American canon. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: Completion of GE Areas A and C1. English majors will not receive GE C4 credit.
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