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The objective of this hands-on, workshop style seminar is to familiarize students with the skills needed to conduct in-depth, independent research with a variety of archival resources. Although this is an interdisciplinary class designed to enhance research opportunities for students across the University, the first half of the syllabus focuses primarily on book history and the development of print culture in Eurpope and the United States through 1900. Subsequent independent projects may draw on areas outside of this focus and may be designed for individuals or for small groups. Projects with applications outside of the classroom (such as finding aids, online teaching and learning resources, etc.) are stongly encouraged. The course may be of particular interest to students in English; History; Communication and Culture; Women and Gender Studies; Comparative Literature; and Ancient Civilization as well as Art History and Music. Consult with the instructor and your faculty advisor to see whether this course might fulfill EITHER the C1 or C2 requirement upon approval of instructor.
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This course examines the contributions to American literature made by Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans and other Latino/Latina writers in the United States over the last thirty years. Through a variety of Latino/Latina writing, we will explore the ways in which these writers represent community, class, race, gender, culture, nation, and ethnicity in their works. We will also examine the ways in which Latinas(os) have manufactured identities within mainstream society, as well as the developement of cultural hybrids and other forms of cultural registers. Representative works of various genres will be read and analyzed within a cultural context; the testimonio, the auto ethnographic essay, the narrative (novel and short story), drama, poetry and film. Authors include Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, Luis Valdez, Cristina Garcia, Julia Alvarez, Junot Diaz, Achy Obejas and Piri Thomas.
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Investigates and develops several theoretical approaches to literature in the late-20th and 21st century, attempting to provide glimpses into the range of theoretical issues and concerns. We look particularly at identity formation in contemporary literary, political, economic, cultural and social arenas. May also look at a literary text in relation to theory. General areas of study are selected from among the following: textual criticism, new criticism, psychoanalysis/reader response, structuralism, poststructuralism, feminism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, gay and lesbian theory and Cultural Studies. For undergraduate English majors and minors, this course satisfies the Theory or Criticism (D) requirement.
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Focuses on the ways in which discourse elements in advertising draw upon, circulate, and create new cultural codes. Patterns and codes of "discourse imaging" that structure ads are explored in the context of verbal and visual properties, intertextualities, and ideology. Through the perspective of Critical Discourse Analysis, emphasis is given to the relationship of advertising discourse to larger cultural discourses and their consequences. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Theory or Criticism (D) requirement.
Prerequisite:
COMM 101
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With an understanding that gender roles became more clearly defined in the eighteenth century, this course traces the formation of masculinity and femininity through the discourses of sexuality, sensibility, and sociability in eighteenth-century British literature. Through contemporary theory on the construction of subjectivity, sexuality and gender, we will explore popular eighteenth-century literary forms - the romance, domestic, memoir and pornographic - to uncover the ways in which these texts helped to shape perceptions of men and women socially and culturally. For undergraduate English majors this course satisfies the Period (C-2) requirement.
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This course explores British literary and visual culture following the political, economic, and social upheavals after World War II. Marked by Britain's declining geopolitical significance, the trauma of the war, and the dissolution of the empire overseas, this period precipitated a crisis of national confidence while opening up new possibilities for defining the “imagined community” of England. We will examine the many aesthetic responses to this era of transition, from nostalgic efforts to reassert a sense of authentic nationhood to new social movements that point to alternative forms of solidarity and community. Topics we will examine include the confluence of race and nationalism; a new emphasis on individual identity and authentic selfhood; the emergence of youth movements and subcultures; the challenges posed by writers from the former colonies; the use of new narrative techniques to respond to realism and modernism. We will explore novels, poetry, music and film profoundly influenced by the legacy of war, new immigration, dramatic shifts in gender and sexual politics, class conflict and deindustrialization, and the potential break-up of Britain. Consideration of these texts, and of the cultural studies movement itself, will serve as the basis for discussions on the ways that literary, popular, and political culture register, and refashion, deeply contested debates regarding the meaning of Englishness. Readings will be drawn from such authors as Anthony Burgess, Kingsley Amis, Ian McEwan, Jamaica Kincaid, Jeanette Winterson, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, and Pat Barker, and Salman Rushdie. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Period (C-3) requirement.
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With particular emphasis on the multiple meanings of "fiction," this seminar examines the ways in which the Asian American identity is constructed, imagined and contested in American literature and popular culture. Analyses will focus primarily on how texts and films produced within the last decade maintain or challenge established boundaries of the Asian American identity. Specific issues to be investigated include the model minority discourse and the demands of assimilation and citizenship; ethnic authenticity and hybridity; gender roles and sexual anxieties; cultural memory and nostalgia; and the commodification of Asian cultures and identities. For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Period (C-3) requirement.
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The capstone's purpose is to deepen and broaden each senior major's knowledge and interpretive skills. We will spend time on the aspects of literature that the department feels every major should know. Throughout the semester, each student will work on a paper of his or her choosing (e.g., a research paper for another seminar, a part of an honor's thesis). For undergraduate English majors, this course satisfies the Capstone (E) requirement. Seniors only.
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Invited and interested students should identify an area of interest with an adviser and apply in writing to the department chair with a brief description of the project before the beginning of the senior year. Honors in English normally carries two credits. With the adviser's approval, students should register as ENG297 Honors in English for one credit in each of the two semesters of their senior year. The adviser and the student will agree on the project's stages. However, the department requires that a completed draft be turned in by the first day of the spring semester to the adviser. The final thesis is due three weeks before the last day of the spring semester classes. The department requires one copy of the final thesis. A second reader, chosen by the student and the adviser, participates in the final evaluation. Details are available in the handbook for English majors.
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Academic experience taking place in the field with an opportunity to earn credit.
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