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3.00 Credits
A survey of American literature from the literature of exploration through the major authors of the mid-nineteenth century, with special attention to the formation of an American literary tradition, along with the political, social, and religious context that helped shape the imaginative response of American writers to their culture. Meets Humanities I-A requirement C. Benfey Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of English 240, which explores the diversity of writers and literary forms that arose in u.S. society in the period from the CivilWar toWorldWar I. Authors may include Alcott, Chopin, Crane, Dreiser, Dunbar, Dunbar-Nelson, DuBois, Sui-Sin Far, Gilman, Harper, James, Jewett, Stein, Twain,Wharton, andWhitman.Will address the development of realism and naturalism, and the beginnings of modernism, and explore literary redefinitions of race, gender, sexuality, and class as shaped by social and economic pressures during this era. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Young Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Same as Film Studies 220f-01) An examination of the gothic--a world of fear, haunting, claustrophobia, paranoia, and monstrosity-- in American literature and culture, with an emphasis upon issues of race and gender. Topics include: the gothic; gothic sexuality; Southern, Northern, and national gothic; freakishness and grotesquerie; and visual gothic. Focus on fiction, with some film and photography. Authors and artists may include Alcott, Arbus, Browning, Cra?s, Crane, Dunbar, Dunn, Faulkner, Gilman, Hawthorne, McCullers, Morrison, O'Connor, Oates, Parks, Poe, and Romero. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Young Prereq. soph, jr, sr, English 240 or 241 recommended; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to the literary works of African Americans from the late-eighteenth century to the present, with an emphasis on poetry and fiction. Beginning with slave narratives and early poetry, we will consider issues of genre, literary traditions, and historical context while gaining experience in reading and analyzing literary texts. We will examine how authors consciously went about creating a literary tradition that mirrored, challenged and created a dialogue with the American canon. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-A requirement G. Pemberton Prereq. soph, second-semester fy with permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
The course will study the literature, politics, and art of the Harlem Renaissance--roughly a period from 1915 to 1940. The New Negro Movement brought together writers, artists, philosophers, musicians, and everyday people from many parts of the united States and the Caribbean to New York City's Harlem. Their efforts to create a distinct African American art resulted in a flowering of art from several different perspectives. The era has most frequently been thought of as a 1920s-only phenomenon, and many have suggested that it was less a "renaissance" thana first flowering of a collective artistic spirit. We will energetically take on the debate. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-A requirement G. Pemberton Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to African literature in English since 1960. Fiction, drama, autobiography, essays by such writers as Ama Ata Aidoo, Ayi Kwei Armah, Chinua Achebe, Buchi Emecheta, Ngugi was ?iong'o, ChimamandaAdichie, Zakes Mda, Sindiwe Magona, and ZoeWicomb. Particular attention to themes of exile and imprisonment, political struggle before and a?er independence, the convergence of oral cultures and European languages, and the emergence of postcolonial and feminist discourses in contemporary Africa. Meets multicultural requirement; meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Lemly Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
Postcolonial theory probes the centrality of colonialism and imperialism to modernity, and examines vital forms of anticolonial insurgency as models for critiques of domination and hegemony. This course will explore these imperatives from Marxist, feminist, and psychoanalytic perspectives, paying particular attention to nationalism, the state, globalization, and identity formation in the context of empire. Readings will include the work of Fanon, Said, Spivak, Chakrabarty, and Lloyd. Meets Humanities I-A requirement A. Martin Prereq. CST 249 or 250 recommended but NOT required; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Speaking- and writing-intensive course) This class provides a broad overview of literature for children and young adults. It will include historical and contemporary considerations, criticism, and representative works from major genres. Does not meet a distribution requirement M. Lambert Prereq. 8 credits in department beyond English 101, or permission of instructor; this course is a prerequisite for English 305,Writing Literature for Children, which will be offered in spring 2009; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Writing-intensive course; Same as Environmental Studies 267s) ?ost people are on the world, not in it." - -John Muir. An introduction to reading and writing about nature, this seminar will attempt an exchange across distinct approaches to observing and describing the world around us. Do lenses of culture, discipline, and gender determine how we see and experience nature, environment, and place Course work will include reading such authors as N. Scott Momaday, Henry David ?reau, bell hooks, Leslie Marmon Silko, Mary Oliver, and Annie Dillard; field trips; and writing assignments--weekly field notes and journals, analytical papers, and personal essays. Meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Lemly, L. Savoy Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 204f) In this course we will examine the work of American women writers with an emphasis on the themes of protest and pleasure. Material will range from the overtly political to the intensely personal, will o?en merge the two, and will date from the late-nineteenth century to today. Despite our long-standing reputation for being "emotional," both outrageand ecstasy have o? been considered taboo for women. Yet women have been motivated by each to pick up the pen and have proved influential as writers on these themes. Authors will range from Emma Goldman, Ida B. Wells, and Kate Chopin to Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Dorothy Allison. Meets Humanities I-A requirement S. Davis Prereq. soph, jr, sr; English 240, 241, or 270 recommended; 4 credits
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