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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A course in intellectual and cultural history as well as literature, examining some of the greatest achievements and philosophical statements that have influenced Western literature and our contemporary thought. Students gain familiarity with writings that provided source material for the authors covered in the junior level literature survey courses. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of themes and theatrical traditions of drama in the West from classical Greece through medieval and Renaissance England to modern Europe and the United States. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
The study of Medieval, Elizabethan, Restoration, and Eighteenth Century British literature, beginning with Beowulf and ending with eighteenth century novelists. Chaucer, The Gawain Poet, Marlowe, Sidney, Surrey, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, Milton, Behn, Congreve, Swift, and Fielding may be among the writers studied. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of LIT 3200. The course examines works in various genres by Romantic and Victorian British authors, such as Blake, Byron, Keats, Wordsworth, Shelley, Austen, Tennyson, the Brontes, and Dickens. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
An overview of Asian dramatic literatures, dramatic theories, and theater histories, focusing on traditional theater genres still practiced by the peoples of India, Indonesia, China, and Japan. The course draws on dramatic texts, transcriptions of plays, scholarly texts, video documentation, and performance techniques. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
A survey of modern Asian literature. The course stresses the social and cultural roots of various Asian literary themes and is conducted as a seminar. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
The Chinese novel and tale, including a detailed analysis of four works: Outlaws of the Marshes, Monkey, The Scholars, and Dream of the Red Chamber. Other works are also introduced. Pre: Any 2000-level ENG or LIT course; or WRI 1150 and WRI 1200.
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3.00 Credits
The study of literature of the 1920s and 1930s as well as recent works from Taiwan and mainland China. The course focuses on fiction, essays, poetry, and drama. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
The study of novels and short stories from the Meiji era to present, with emphasis on Soseki, Akutagawa, Ogai, Tanizaki, Kawabata, Mishima, and Abe. The course includes Japanese problems and solutions in adapting to modern Western culture. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
A survey of authors of the American Renaissance, such as Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and Whitman, and/or the Gilded Age, such as Twain, Howells, James, and Dickinson. The instructor may choose to include some Puritan or early national writers or to read the canonical writers mentioned above in light of some of the more popular genres of the nineteenth century, such as women's fiction, protest novels, and slave narratives. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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