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A study of writing in several genres by American women, focusing on the twentieth century but including some writers from previous eras.
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Explores how American literature has charted and shaped American cultural change from the end of World War II to the present. Readings focus on the culture of the 1950s, the Vietnam era, and/or the "postmodern" period. Special attention is given to the role of media technologies (television, film, recorded sound, and digital media) in the transformation of American society.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in various genres, by Faulkner, O'Connor, Percy, Warren, McCullers, Dickey. Topics include regional identity, sense of place, the interaction of history and myth, and social and racial identities and stereotypes.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the principal contributions to American literature made by black writers.
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3.00 Credits
Beginning with Walt Whitman¿s poetry and D. W. Griffith¿s epics, this course analyzes depictions of Lincoln in literature, film, music, and some visual art. Examples include both fictional and documentary works, seen in aesthetic, cultural, and historical contexts. Same as MDIA 395.
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3.00 Credits
Close reading of works by twentieth-century poets, especially from the period 1910-1945. Emphasizes the historical development of movements in American poetry and their relation to one another.
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3.00 Credits
A study of novels by Pynchon, Delillo and others.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Realist Drama and reactions to it in the twentieth century, including plays by O'Neill, Williams, Wilder, Miller, and others.
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3.00 Credits
Examines classical and modern theories of persuasion, focusing on the writer or speaker, the subject, the audience, and the circumstances. Same as MDIA 303.
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3.00 Credits
A two-semester sequence devoted to the study of a significant British or American author (authors' names are announced each year in time for preregistration the preceding spring semester). The first semester focuses on a systematic reading of the author's works. The second semester explores fundamental questions regarding the nature of literature and its study through application of various critical approaches to the author. Involves writing and discussion in class of several papers by each student during the year. Required of all senior English concentrators, open only to them. Prerequisites: 231, 232, and two intensive reading courses (331, 332, 333).
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