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3.00 Credits
Selections from the Old and New Testaments are studied from a cultural and literary perspective. Close examination of passages in class with emphasis on responses from the class. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
Students explore the development of the novel from its beginning to the present through discussion of the theories of prose narration. Special attention is given to characteristics of the genre. The course may be repeated for credit when topic changes (e.g., American novel, English novel, Continental novel). Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
The Russian Novel is framed as a survey course, from the publication of Alexander Pushkin's Eugene Onegin in 1823 as a serial novel, to material drawn from the Soviet period, especially from the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Mikhail Sholokov, Abram Tertz (Andrey Sinyavsky), Anna Akhmatova and Maria Tsvetaeva. Major works by Lermontov, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov also are included in the course material. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on readings in imaginative literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course may emphasize English, American, or world literature. As with EN 320, students may repeat this course when the topic changes. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
The Gothic Novel offers a historical survey of the Gothic genre, from Horace Walpole's 1764 The Castle of Otranto to more contemporary exemplars of the Gothic genre in North America (Anne Rice, Suzy McGee-Charnas, Joyce Carol Oates) and Europe (Patrick Susskind, Patrick McGrath). The course considers the Gothic genre's development in historical, social and cultural contexts, as well as the structural and epistemological changes that have emerged since the late 18th-early 19th centuries. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the origins and development of the English language and to its social, cultural and historical contexts. It is designed for students in the English major and minor, and required of all English majors in the MAT program. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the development of modern Irish dramas, from W.B. Yeats and the writers of the Gaelic Revival (1884-1916) to more current dramatists such as Tom Murphy and Brian Friel. The material not only covers the powerful body of work produced by Yeats, Synge and Lady Gregory (along with its influence on European and American drama) but also ranges over the work of G.B. Shaw, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey and Martin McDonagh. Students also consider modern works of the Irish stage, especially by women (e.g., Elizabeth Kuti) and other voices. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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The ways in which psychology and literature depict the female experience are considered. Using readings in both traditional and feminist, psychological, and literary theory, the course analyzes literary texts by and about women. Topics include: gender and genre, female identity formation, the minority experience. Prerequisites: PS 101; one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This study of the diverse literary traditions, themes and narrative strategies employed by non-traditional American women writers examines the ways race, ethnicity and gender affect form, content, language and style in literature.Writers include: Silko, Erdrich, Morrison,Walker, Angelou, Giovanni, Tan, Kingston, Yamamoto, Cisneros and Viramontes. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a critical interpretation, in its historical setting, of the chief imaginative work in England of the period, The Canterbury Tales. Other representative works include Gawain and the Green Knight, selections from Dante's Divine Comedy, other dramatic and lyric poetry. Attention is given to the cultural and artistic setting. The class includes trips to the Yale University Art Gallery and the Cloisters in New York. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Third Year, Spring
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