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3.00 Credits
Extensive structural and thematic analysis of Shakespearian drama is the basis of this course, which concentrates on selected problems of scholarship, criticism and performance. Required of all English majors. Prerequisites: two courses from EN level 200 or 300; Every Year, All
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3.00 Credits
This intensive study of the principal genres of the English Renaissance, including Utopia ( More), lyric poetry (Sidney), and Romance and The Faerie Queen ( Spenser), places special emphasis on the major works of the Elizabethan Period. Some attention is given to the medieval background, Renaissance art and music, and continental literature. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Third Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This extensive survey of themes and writers within this revolutionary period emphasizes critical approaches to poetry, prose, and drama in England from 1603 to about 1665. The course focuses on Milton's Paradise Lost and on works of other major writers, like the metaphysical poets (Donne, Marvell, Herbert), and Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon and Thomas Middleton (drama). Also included are artistic form and style associated with the literature: Baroque painting (Rubens, Ribera), sculpture (Bernini), music (Gabrielli), and religious meditation (Ignatius). Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This study of literature of the long 18th century (1660-1800) considers authors, such as Behn, Swift, Pope, Defoe, Johnson, Fielding and Radcliffe. Emphasis is on the historical, intellectual, political and social concerns that characterize the literature of this period. Readings are thematic and generic, such as the growing popularity of the novel or the use of poetic satire to make socio-political statements. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This is an advanced course in the theory and practice of writing. The class explores the historical evolution of a rhetorical tradition or of a theoretical practice.Topics include classical rhetoric or modern theoretical practice and rhetoric. Emphasis is not only on theory, but on the sustained examination and practice of student writing guided by the theoretical or practical boundaries of the course. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This study of English Romanticism emphasizes the themes and intellectual concerns characterizing the period. Readings include selections from Blake,William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, Shelley, the Brontes, Mary Shelley, Lamb, DeQuincey and others. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
The major writers of the Victorian period and the religious, social and scientific developments that influenced their writing are considered in this course, which includes selected readings from the poets, novelists and essayists. The course also examines the pre-Raphaelite and aesthetic movements. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Third Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
This examination of the major works in a specific genre focuses on a period in, but not restricted to, American culture. Analysis of primary texts reveals themes and patterns that emphasize the relationship between literature and culture. Sample courses include Western Fiction and Film, Detective Fiction, Literature and the Environment, etc. Topics change (as do instructors), so course may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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3.00 Credits
This course presents a study of the dichotomy in the literature of the American Renaissance as reflected in such works as Self- Reliance, The American Scholar, Civil Disobedience,Walden, Song of Myself, The Scarlet Letter and Moby Dick. Prerequisites: one course from EN level 200; Every Year, Fall
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3.00 Credits
The relationship between law and literature (essays, short fiction, and novels) is considered in this course, which focuses on themes common to both law and literature and on legal cases that serve as sources for the literary texts. Prerequisite: one course from EN level 200; Every Other Year, Spring
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