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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) A lecture and discussion class that explores the Greek and Roman mythologies, their plausibility, supposed purpose, and applications, historical and contemporary.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Intermittently) This course will focus upon the important role biblical women played in the development of biblical history and the consequent status of women within the larger Judeo-Christian social and cultural milieu. Emphasis will be upon the Old Testament (or Hebrew Bible) with some investigation into the New Testament and the presence (or non-presence) of women there. Students will analyze what the Bible says--and does not say--about women and their role in society in ancient times and its effect upon women through the ages. With an emphasis upon, but not limited to, feminist scholarship of the last 25 years, the Bible will be examined as literature produced by humans for humans, a "literary" canon as opposed to a "theological" canon. Sex-ism, androcentrism, pagan sources, powerlessness, positive stages of women, and female symbolism will be discussed as will problems of textual authorship, translation, redac-tion, and interpolation. Material covered will include mod- ern archaeolog y's impact upon both biblical criticism and the historical accuracy of the biblical stories. This course is cross-referenced with REL 228. ENGL 229H Bible as Litera ture 3 credits (Spring Semester) This course will examine the pivotal books of the Bible (Old Testament and Revelations) as a literary and cultural document--not as a theological tract. Students will analyze it as a collection of books, including history, poetry, letters, apocalyptic literature, wisdom literature, mythological ma-terial, prophetic books and laws. Literary types, appropri-ate historical background, problems of authorship and the use of language will be discussed. This course is cross-refer-enced with REL 229
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) This course will examine a variety of plays from ancient Greece to modern times. The types of drama studied range from tragedy to comedy. The styles of drama studied will also vary including classicism, realism and absurdism. This course focuses on drama as a literary genre. This course is cross-referenced with THEA 230H.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Fall Semester) This introduction to British writers and works begins with the ancient heroes and monsters in Beowulf and continues through the Middle Ages with readings from "The Can-terbury Tales", as well as King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. The adventure continues during the Renaissance with "The Tragedy of Dr. Faustus", then moves on to a variety of works during the Restoration and 18th century: from the stinging satir e, "Gulliv er's Travels" to the hilarious comedy "She Stoops to Conquer". Literature read throughout the course will include a number of poems, es-says, plays and st
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Spring Semester) The course includes Romantic poets Woodsworth and Keats, Victorians Bronte, Tennyson, and Elizabeth Barret Browning as well as 20th century writers DH Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Tom Stoppard and Seamus Heaney.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Spring Semester) This course will trace the popular literary genre known as the short story from its inception in the early 19th century through the present. The course will examine the role of the short story in American history, and will focus on stories that reflect the various social, economic, and gender concerns of male and female authors from diverse ethnic backgrounds.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Spring and Summer Semesters) This is a survey course that introduces students to dis-tinguished writing by major women writers from 1750 to the present and that seeks to acquaint students with an essential literary history often omitted from ?anonical classes. The course includes minority writers and writers from other countries, such as Bangladesh and Japan, and examines several genres of writing (poems, stories, novels, essays, letters, screenplays, plays).
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Fall and Spring Semesters) Prerequisites: ENGL 111W or instructor's consent. This introductory writers workshop focuses on the critique and revision o f students ' short fiction. Contemporary liter-ary short stories, short shorts and parables will be empha-sized. Students will study fiction elements and techniques, including character sketches, beginnings, dialogue, point of view, plot, authorial distance, significant detail, scene, characterization, and endings.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (All Semesters) The reading and writing of poetry with emphasis on the techniques of imaginative writing and critical appraisal.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits (Fall Semester) In this course students will read, discuss and--if possible--see a presentation of selected tragedies and history plays of Shake-speare: Hamlet, Othello, MacBeth, Henry IV, Part I, Richard II and others. This course is cross-referenced with THEA 267H.
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