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3.00 Credits
This course surveys Asian American literature (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Vietnamese, South Asian) since the late nineteenth century, including fiction, memoir, drama, and poetry. Throughout the course we will evaluate major developments and debates in the field, including feminist critiques of cultural nationalism; the gender politics of genre; and domestic, transnational, and queer diasporic critical frameworks. Readings of primary texts will be supplemented by historical and critical source materials. Authors may include Edith Eaton, Louis Chu, John Okada, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, David Henry Hwang, Jessica Hagedorn, Chang-rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Andrew Pham. Meets Humanities I-A requirement I. Day Prereq. soph, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Writing-intensive course) This course is designed to offer students a broad historical overview of literary theory as well as exposure to contemporary debates about "theory"and literary representation. The course is both an exercise in practical criticism and a survey of theWestern critical tradition from Plato to Derrida. Beginning with the question of why Plato wished to ban poets from his ideal Republic, the course will go on to consider such topics as the Classic vs. Romantic theories of the imagination, the "invention"of psychology and the necessary difficulty of much modern literature, the relation of gender and ethnicity to literary expression, and the uncertainties of literary interpretation. Meets Humanities I-A requirement W. Quillian Prereq. soph, jr, sr, or permission of instructor; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 204f-01) An examination of how u.S. women writers in the twentieth century represented lesbian, queer, and homoerotic possibilities in prose. Topics to include: literary strategies for encoding sexuality; thematic interdependencies between sexuality and race; historical contexts such as the "inversion" model of homosexualityand the Stonewall rebellion; theoretical issues such as the "heterosexual matrix," the"epistemology of the closet," and tensions betweenlesbian and queer models of sexuality. Authors studied may include Allison, Brown, Cather, Gomez, Larsen, McCullers, Moraga, Nestle, Pratt, Stein, andWoolson; theorists may include Butler, Lorde, Rich, and Sedgwick. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Young Prereq. soph, jr, sr; 4 credits
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4.00 Credits
Does not meet a distribution requirement The department Prereq. soph, jr, sr, and permission of department; 1 to 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Same as Gender Studies 333s-04) This course will read Chaucer's great love story Troilus and Criseyde, an exploration of love, compulsion, and betrayal, within the multiple intellectual contexts that framed the narrative for a late medieval audience: close attention to issues of free will, women's agency, the story of Troy in medieval literature, love as obsession, chivalry and war, construction of medieval authorship.We will also explore Chaucer's poetic achievement in this poem long recognized as his master work. Meets Humanities I-A requirement C. Collette Prereq. soph, jr, sr, 8 credits in English or medieval studies; meets English department pre- 1700 requirement; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
(Speaking-intensive course; Same as Theatre Arts 350f-02) In his own time, Shakespeare's writings had life both onstage and in print. This seminar invites students to locate the works we study in relation to the early modern theater and to the history of the book, especially the development of a reading audience for popular art. Readings include such works as Romeo and Juliet, the sonnets, Troilus and Cressida, and King Lear. We will also explore current critical debates about gender, sexuality, and literary genre. Substantial opportunity will be provided for independent work reflecting each student's own interests. Meets Humanities I-A requirement P. Berek Prereq. 8 credits in department beyond English 101 or permission of instructor; English 210 or 211 recommended; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; meets English department seminar requirement; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
A study of Milton's major works, both in poetry and prose, with particular attention to Paradise Lost. Meets Humanities I-A requirement E. Hill Prereq. English 210 or permission of instructor; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; 4 credits
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8.00 Credits
A study of five major exemplars of the brilliant style o?en described as baroque: William Shakespeare and Robert Southwell, John Donne, Sir?omas Browne, Richard Crashaw.With some attention to continental writers who influenced the style in England (St. John of the Cross, Luis de Granada, Tasso), and to parallels in music and painting. Meets Humanities I-A requirement F. Brownlow Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in department beyond English 101, including English 210, English 211, or permission of instructor; 4 credi ts
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8.00 Credits
This course explores plays in Shakespeare's canon that challenge or defy generic conventions. For example, The Merchant of Venice's unsettling ending seems to contradict the expectations of comedy, whereas Troilus and Cressida transforms Homer's epic Iliad into a dark and cynical story that seems to elude all generic categories.We will locate these works in their historical contexts and explore the relationship between cultural critique and dramatic form. Plays may include Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice, Troilus and Cressida, All'sWell?at EndsWel l,The Winter's Tale, and Two Noble Kinsmen, as well as one or two non-Shakespearean plays. Meets Humanities I-A requirement J. Degenhardt Prereq. jr, sr, 8 credits in department beyond English 101, including English 211, or permission of instructor; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; meets English department seminar requirement; 4 credits
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3.00 Credits
(Speaking- and writing-intensive course; Same as History 351s-01 and Medieval Studies 300s-01) This course explores cultural and social transformations (especially in England) on the eve of "modernity." Class discussionswill ordinarily focus on selections from major English writers of the period (Chaucer, Gower, and Malory, for example), and on the relationship between their writings and other kinds of evidence about the world in which they wrote. In consultation with instructors and colleagues, students will also be expected individually to locate, analyze, and interpret a collection of primary sources such as court records, chronicles, and correspondence from a culture of their choosing in order to write a final essay on one dimension of the late medieval world. Meets Humanities I-A requirement C. Collette, H. Garrett-Goodyear Prereq. jr, sr, background in medieval history or literature, written application prior to academic advising period (http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/medst/application. shtml) is required; meets English department pre-1700 requirement; meets English department seminar requirement; 4 credits
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