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3.00 Credits
Theories and development of tragedy and comedy plays from Ancient Greece to the Modern Era. Prerequisites: ENGL1001 and ENGL1003.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a detailed study and analysis of American and European short fiction, leading to effective understanding of the basic elements of fiction: plot structure, point of view, characterization, symbol and allegory, and theme. Prerequisites: ENGL1001 and ENGL1003.
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will learn how to closely read several forms of literature including fiction, non-fiction and essay. Using written pieces as well as movies, students will explore different levels of meaning in these pieces of literature, all focused on the theme of leadership. The course will demonstrate how authors communicate and construct meaning in their stories just as leaders do in their lives. Examples of leadership including ordinary, innovation and visionary types will be included to increase students' understanding of the multiple ways to influence.
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3.00 Credits
Myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome which have become a part of the classical tradition in Europe and America. Prerequisites: ENGL1001 and ENGL1003
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3.00 Credits
A full range of women's writings in English from the Middle Ages to the present day. Both standard and newly discovered authors will be studied. All genres poetry, short fiction, drama, essays, journals, and novels will be examined. Prerequisites: ENGL1001 and ENGL1003.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the literary periods from the Puritans to approximately 1865. Through a close study of selections from Bradford, Taylor, Edwards, Bradstreet, Franklin, Jefferson, Paine, Irving, Cooper, Bryant, Emerson, Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Melville, Dickinson, and Whitman, the student will trace literary trends. Reading and writing intensive. Prerequisites: ENGL1001, ENGL1003, and one 2000-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The study of literary movements from Local Realists through the Contemporaries. Among the authors to be studied are: Twain, Harte, Pierce, James, Crane, Adams, Drieser, O'Neill, Anderson, Frost, Cummings, Robinson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Elliot, Faulkner and Miller. Students will analyze a variety of works and write essays. Prerequisites: ENGL1001, ENGL1003, and one 2000-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major significant works of the masters of each literary period beginning from 449 through the Restoration. Students will study Beowulf, the Gawain post, Chaucer, Gower, Malory, the Cycle Plays, Skelton, Sidney, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Marvel, Vaughan, Crashaw, Herrick, and Milton. Reading intensive, essay writing. Prerequisites: ENGL1001, ENGL1003, and one 2000-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the trends and developments in English literature from the Age of Reason through the Contemporary Period. Among the writers to be studied are Pope, Swift, Fielding, Johnson, Austen, Bronte, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Carlyle, Macauley, Mill, Newman, Ruskin, Pater, Joyce, and Virginia Wolf. Prerequisites: ENGL1001, ENGL1003, and one 2000-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This 3000-level course focuses on analyzing imaginative literature and writing in the major genres in creative writing (fiction and poetry). The course is both a continuation and a development of the Freshmen English Sequence. In its reading component the course instructs students on paraphrase, imitation, explication, and analysis. In its writing segments the course emphasizes craft (plot, point of view, character), form (sonnet, free verse), and style (connotation, imagery, figures of speech). Students shall turn in three creative writing submissions as well as take unannounced quizzes, a midterm and a final examination on the assigned readings and lectures. Prerequisites: ENGL1001 and ENGL1003.
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