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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Contrary to some stereotypes, the area that became the United States yielded a rich and diverse literature before white settlement. This course surveys early Native American voices as well as the literature of explorers, slaves, and colonists. It surveys, too, changes in patterns of literary imitation, as well as theme and style, from the colonial period through the early decades of U.S. independence. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring/odd-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
This course studies the flowering of American letters in the decades before the Civil War. American literary history for a long time has deemed this period the American Renaissance. This flowering includes the legacy of gothicism and the Transcendentalist movement, and demonstrates variations on the concept of romance as a literary form. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
Surveying the late-19th and early-20th centuries in American literature, this course analyzes several reactions to earlier notions of American romance. All genres reveal significant changes in allegiance to other literary paradigms. During this diverse period writers embrace what they construe as realism, naturalism, and differing versions of modernism (e.g., symbolism), and in most cases, they construct their worlds differently from their predecessors. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring/even-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
This course will locate various trends in 20th century American litera-ture from modernism to postmodern sensibility. As the U.S. grew as a global military and economic power, its literature reflected a growing sense of isolation, hopelessness, despair, and disenfranchisement. From the expatriates early in the century to the beats mid-century and beyond, the 20th century may well be the century when American literature found its voice, a voice strengthened by its fragmentation. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (fall/even-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
A study of oral literature. Possible authors may include Homer and the Beowulf- poet. Possible types of literature may include the myths, legends, and folk tales passed down by word of mouth in a variety of different cultures. Emphasis will be on the relationship between the oral literature of a given period and larger social issues. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring/odd-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
A study of the literature of literate cultures before the invention of printing. The course may cover the period of British literature from Old English ( Beowulf) to the beginning of the Renaissance, or more recent manuscript traditions in other cultures. Emphasis will be on the rela-tionship between the literature of a given period and its surrounding milieu. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (fall/odd-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
A study of literature as affected by the invention of printing. The material covered will extend through the 19th century when new developments in printing technology and paper made mass-market literature available for the first time. The course will focus mainly on material from Britain and its empire. Emphasis will be on the rela-tionship between the literature and intellectual and social history. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring/even-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
A study of literature beginning with the end of the Boer War and relating to the decline of the British Empire through the 20th century. Texts may include those from formerly colonized countries and commonwealth countries. Emphasis will be on the literature as related to historical, cultural, and artistic movements. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (fall/even-numbered years)
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4.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to some of the leading schools of contemporary literary theory and their application. Topics to be con-sidered may include the following: structuralism, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, feminism, new historicism, post-colonialism, post-modernism, gay and lesbian studies, and cultural studies. This course should enable students to read contemporary criticism with under-standing and to attempt theoretically informed criticism themselves. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring)
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4.00 Credits
This course examines imagery about the U.S. derived not from literary texts but from older and contemporary popular media. Students will study the origins and perpetuation of various stereotypes according to popular music and visual languages, both print and electronic media. Students gain an understanding of a visual literacy based upon a self-conscious, critical approach to these languages. A variety of teaching and learning practices are included in this course: e.g., traditional lecture, oral readings, group discussions, creative and/or analytical writing, listening activities, oral and/or dramatic presentations, visits with authors, interviews, internet and off-campus activities, research practice, etc. Prereq: ENG 102, or c/i. (spring)
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