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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Explores the rich cross-cultural perspectives of 20th-century Indian English literature. Moving from the classic British writers about India (Kipling and Forster) to the contemporary voices of Salman Rushdie, R. K. Narayan, Anita Desai, Bapsi Sidhwa, Sarah Suleri, Vikram Seth, Bharati Mukherjee, and others, the course focuses on key experiences of empire, the partition of India and Pakistan, and diaspora. Themes of identity, memory, alienation, assimilation, and resistance, and of encountering and crossing boundaries, define culture, nation, and language in complex interrelations and link Indian English literature to writing in other colonial/postcolonial settings in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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4.00 Credits
Considers contemporary science fiction as literature, social commentary, prophecy, and a reflection of recent and possible future trends in technology and society. Writers considered include such authors as Isaac Asimov, J. G. Ballard, Octavia Butler, Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel Delany, Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Ursula K. Le Guin, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling.
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4.00 Credits
See description under Russian and Slavic Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Topics vary from term to term.
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4.00 Credits
See description under Gender and Sexuality Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Selected readings in British and American poetry and fiction provide the focus for an exploration of representations of gender as they intersect class, race, nation, and sexuality. Readings may include the work of Jane Austen, the Brontës, George Eliot, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Emily Dickinson, Kate Chopin, Willa Cather, Gertrude Stein, Lillian Hellman, Doris Lessing, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and others. Seminars All majors must take one of the following courses to fulfill the seminar requirement. These courses offer research, criticism, and class discussion in a seminar format. Topics and instructors vary from term to term. Students should consult the department's online listing of courses to determine which courses and what topics are being offered each term. Prerequisites: Literary Interpretation (ENGL-UA 200), British Literature I (ENGL-UA 210), British Literature II (ENGL-UA 220), and American Literature I (ENGL-UA 230), or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
See description under Irish Studies. Advanced Courses in Literature The following courses have departmental prerequisites (as noted below). Colloquia are restricted to majors only. Qualified nonmajors may enroll with the permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
To complete the honors program, the student must write a thesis under the supervision of a faculty director in this individual tutorial course. The student chooses a topic (normally at the beginning of the senior year) and is guided through the research and writing by weekly conferences with the thesis director. Students enrolled in this course are also expected to attend a yearlong colloquium for thesis writers (ENGL-UA 926). Students should consult the director of the honors program about the selection of a topic and a thesis director. Information about the length, format, and due date of the thesis is available on the department's website.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Two terms required of all honors seniors. Meets approximately eight times each term.
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4.00 Credits
Identical to MEDI-UA 953.
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