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3.00 Credits
Near contemporaries, George Orwell and W.H. Auden were, respectively, the most important social critic and leading British poet of their generation. Although they were close on many views, each regarded the other with wariness or outright hostility. This course follows their careers from the 1930s to the 1950s, tracing their agreements and disagreements on important issues of the day: the proper role of the British Left; the position of the artist in society; the best way to resist Fascism before and during World War II; the new world that emerged after war's end. We will read widely in the critical and literary work of both authors. (Note: English 475 and English 875 are the same course.) For English majors, this course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written after 1800. For the English graduate program, this course satisfies the requirement of a British literature course or a course emphasizing cultural context for the literary studies track or an elective for the writing, rhetoric, and media arts track. It satisfies the requirement of author-centered study for older requirements, predating the fall of 2004. 1.00 units, Seminar
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The American poet and critic Randall Jarrell once said that "To have written one good poem..it's like sitting out in the yard in the evening and having a meteorite fall in one's lap." The aim of this course is to encourage the fall of one such meteorite into each class member's lap. Beginning and more advanced writers, teachers, and professionals curious about how writing poetry might improve their prose, may all find this course useful. As part of our search for useful and relevant models, we will read poems from the whole of the world literature, from Sappho to Czeslaw Milosz, with particular attention paid to modern and contemporary American poetry. The course will be taught workshop-style, built around weekly writing assignments and in-depth discussion of poems produced by class members. A final portfolio will be requi 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
This course will study works in a variety of genres, from the lyric and the romance to the autobiography and the moral treatise, written by medieval women in England, Europe, and Asia. In addition to analyzing the texts themselves, we will be examining them within their social, historical, and political contexts as we discuss such issues as medieval women's literacy, education, and relationships to the male-authored literary traditions of their cultures. Through the term, we will be trying to determine the degree to which we can construct a recognizable woman's literary tradition for this period. This course satisfies the requirement of a course emphasizing literature written before 1800. 1.00 units, Lecture
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This course will involve close reading of selected Shakespeare comedies, tragedies, and history plays. We will pay attention to the internal sturcture of the plays, to generic differences between comedies, tragedies, and histories, and to nuances of language, while also considering the plays within the context of the Renaissance culture. We will examine cultural contexts largely by looking at how issues framed thematiclly within the texts interface with issues of the 1590s and early 1600s. We will also pay attention to production histories of selected plays and to modern filmic representations of some plays. American Studies students taking this course will focus on Shakespeare in America, i.e. they will trace production histories of the plays we study through the 19th and 20th centuries in America. Toward this end we will study the shift in cultural focus of Shakespeare from "lowbrow" to "highbrow." This course satisfies the requirement of an author-centered, literary theory, or cultural contexts course. Also listed under American Studies Graduate Program. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
This course will examine from a psychoanalytic viewpoint the concept of character dramatized in Shakespeare's works and Shakespeare himself as a character in works by other writers. 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
Aristotle defined Rhetoric over 2,000 years ago as "the art of discovering, in any given case, the available means of persuasion." This course is designed to introduce students to the theoretical traditions of this art of persuasion and its transmission from classical to contemporary times. We will test theory against practice as we examine speaking, writing, and visual images in oral, print, and electronic cultures. Emphasis will be placed on exploring the effects of rhetorical action and interaction on the lives of individuals, along with analyzing the dynamics of evolving social and structural concepts of author, audience, purpose, and genre--ranging from classical orations to personal essays to hypertext webs. Students will have an opportunity to experiment with as well as study genres of interest to them. This course is required of English Master's students in the new concentration: Writing, Rhetoric, and Media Arts. 1.00 units, Seminar
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3.00 Credits
In the past few decades, the teaching of writing has become subject to intense theoretical analysis and debate, and this course will explore the burgeoning field of composition studies. We will look first at the history of composition instruction in the United States from the 19th century to the present, and then examine the competing theoretical frameworks that currently inform the teaching of writing. We will read Mina Shaughnessy, James Berlin, Peter Elbow, David Bartholomae, Patricia Bizzell, and many others, considering the larger philosophical and political differences that are reflected in struggles over how writing should be taught. (Note: English 406 and English 891 are the same course.) For English majors, this course counts as an elective; for writing and rhetoric minors, it counts as a core course. For the English graduate program, this course counts as a core course for the writing, rhetoric, and media arts track; it counts as an elective for the literary studies track. 1.00 units, Lecture
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1.00 Credits
This seminar is designed to develop graduate level competence in close reading of literary and theoretical texts, research methods for critical literary analysis, and advanced composition strategies for critical essays. Emphasis will be on improving critical reading and writing skills, as well as on introducing students to the contemporary theory and its application to literary studies. The course will also include a basic introduction to the concept of media arts. Students will generate close reading essays and an annotated bibliography of critical sources, participate in peer review and revision workshops, and as a culmination of their reading and research process throughout the semester, produce a substantial critical essay. 1.00 units, Seminar
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1.00 Credits
No Course Description Available. 1.00 units, Independent Study
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1.00 Credits
A limited number of tutorials are available for students wishing to pursue special topics not offered in the regular graduate program. Applications should be submitted to the department chairperson prior to registration. Written approval of the graduate adviser and department chairperson is required. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies for the special approval form. 1.00 units, Independent Study
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