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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The course is designed to familiarize students with the recurrent themes and stylistic strategies of American novelists from WWII to the present. The course also provides the student with an overview of the structural possibilities and epistemological parameters of the novel as a literary genre. Novels selected for the course are representative of significant developments in the American novel’s evolution or novels which through their innovations have broadened the range of novelistic techniques available to American writers.
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3.00 Credits
The novel is one of the most important genres in literature today. Its rise linked to the growth of the middle class and the shift from agrarian to industrial societies, and therefore, the development of the novel parallels major theoretical, atheistic and social changes in Europe and the United States. Understanding the novel and its place in literary history is extremely important for students of literature. This course will trace the development of the novel from the 18th to the 20th century. In order to gain a synoptic view of the growth of the novel as an art form, students will read a selection of novels from the following list of authors: Defoe, Richardson, Austen, Hardy, Stendhal, Dickens, Balzac, Wharton, Bronte, Melville, Hawthorne, James, Twain, Hemingway, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, etc.. In addition, students will read critical work on literary history and theory. Prerequisites: at least one two-hundred level literature course.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey the broad category of World Mythology, covering the basic thematic categories (creation, fertility, other world, hero, etc.) in order to examine the ways myths of the world reveal cultural similarities and differences. We will also examine how myths reveal certain ontological and epistemological problems and solutions. Finally, we will trace the ways in which these ancient stories are transcribed and retold within current literature, philosophy, and psychology. Readings will be selected from the following cultures: Roman, Greek, Sumerian, Norse, Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian, Egyptian, and other African sources.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on American Realism and Naturalism in literature and art, as well as examine the interaction between artistic production and social/ cultural influences. The late nineteenth and early twentieth century was a time of great upheaval in America: the effects of the Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, increasing immigration, and continued westward expansion forced Americans to reconsider what exactly was meant by "America." Whereas earlier Americans were influenced by the optimism and prosperity of Revolutionary War America, the Civil War and its aftermath forced Americans to reconsider their position in the world and question the amount of control an individual had over his/her destiny. This reconsideration was reflected in the art and literature of the time, which was characterized by a rejection of romanticism, an interest in scientific method, and increasing attention paid to race, class, and gender in works by authors such as Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, Upton Sinclair, and Theodore Dreiser, among others. In addition, the photography of Matthew Brady and painting of Thomas Eakins and the Ashcan School were also representative of the shift from romanticism to realism. The course will also discuss the differences between realism and naturalism, which, while related, offer differing views of the individual and society and make use of different literary techniques.
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0.00 Credits
No course description available.
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