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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110. A survey of African literatures, including the orature, literature, performance texts, film and/ or other media produced in each quadrant of Africa, from early times to the present day. For example, the course might survey African nar-rative, looking at a selection of early epics, folk-tales, short stories or novels representing themes, motifs, and styles in each quadrant of Africa.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110. A study of a selected topic in the areas of orature, literature, performance texts, film and/or other media produced by African Americans. For example the course might focus on a single artist (such as Ralph Ellison), a group of artists (such as writers of the Harlem Renaissance), a genre (such as the slave narrative), a source or technique (such as folklore in twentieth century novels, or a theme or issue (such as depictions of women, the oral-musical tradition or humor and signifying).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2110. A study of a selected topic in the areas of orature, literature, film and/or other media produced in the African Diaspora. For example, the course might focus on a single author or group of authors: "The Novels of Paule Marshall"; a country or region: "Caribbean Literatures"; a movement or an event: "Post-Colonial Carib-bean Literatures"; a theme or issue: "Twentieth Century Caribbean Women Writers"; a genre: "African, African American and Afro-Caribbean Autobiography"; or, a combination of these or other cate
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2145. An advanced course in interpretive theoretical paradigms as applied to the study of literature and culture, focusing on critical models such as Marxism, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Deconstruction, Psychoanalytic criticism, and Gender, Ethnic, and Cultural studies.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2145. Concentration on the interpretive strategies and conceptual framework of one of the major paradigms of contemporary literary theory, with attention to the ways in which those paradigms enable the study of a select group of texts, both literary and nonliterary. Topics may include Feminist theory, Marxism, Post-Colonialism, Psychoanalytic Criticism, Cultural Materialism, Ethnic studies, Gender studies, New-Histori-cism, and Reader Response theories.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of major texts in rhetorical theory from antiquity to the present, focusing on the major issues in rhetoric, especially the relationship of language to truth and knowledge; students gain practice in using rhetorical concepts to analyze both literary and non-literary texts and produce effective written and spoken arguments.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected comedies, histories, and tragedies, covering the range of Shakespeare’s dramatic art. May include dramatic form and poetic composition as commentaries on the dramatic genres and an examination of performance theory and practice.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2145. Literary studies of colonial and early United States literature. Prior to 1800 in the Americas, complex and diverse encounters of Old and New World cultures resulted in the Constitution of the United States of America and the emergence of its wide range of literatures.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2145. Studies in Middle English literature, including Chaucer. May include prose, poetry, and drama and investigate aesthetic, intellectual, and social issues.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 2145. British literature from the late fifteenth century to 1660, generally exclusive of Shakespeare. May include poetry, prose, and drama and investigate aesthetic, intellectual, and social issues.
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