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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course is intended to acquaint students with the history and representative writings of African American women writers from the 19th century to the present, and celebrates the great tradition of African American women writers, from Phyllis Wheatley to Zora Neale Hurston to Toni Morrison, Audre Lorde, and Ntozake Shange. Seeking to increase our understanding of the particular obstacles, issues and social injustice faced by African American women, as well as the richness, complexity and diversity of their writing, we will explore the poetry and fiction of writers both famous and little known, discovering their contribution to American Literature, to African American and Women's literature, and to social critique and social consciousness over the years. ( LA, AH2) Cross-Listed as ALS 286. Prerequisites: COMP 100 and LITR 100 or LITR 150 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Special studies in American literature. Offered according to interest of instructor, requests by students, and availability of instructor. Prerequisites: COMP 100, and LITR 100 or LITR 150. ( LA)
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
1-6 s.h. Special studies under department supervision for students who have shown unusual ability in English and other areas. May be continued in successive semesters. Admission by consent of department chair and instructor involved. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. A survey of the thematics of captivity, enslavement, and imprisonment as they inform the American literary experience. Topic coverage to include authors such as Mary Rowlandson, Jack London, Ken Kesey, and others. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. A study of Black writers in Harlem between 1920 and 1929. Cross-listed as ALS 351. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Examination of representative works of two major American writers of fiction. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. The study of the works, life, and times of James Fenimore Cooper. May be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course centers on Mark Twain, one of America's most beloved literary figures. Celebrated and censored, Twain's work continues to be relevant to America's preoccupations with its identity-especiallyin terms of race, region, and class-as well as its status among other nations. His role as literary innovator and cultural commentator will be examined through the lens of both the post-Civil War era and our own historical moment. Readings will include all of his major novels-Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Pudd'nheadWilson, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-as well asshort stories, fables, and his enigmatic "dream tales." Films, literarycriticism, and other sources will situate Twain's continued influence on both American literary history and popular culture. ( LA, CPA) Prerequisites: LITR 150; LITR 250; COMP 200; and 6 s.h. ALIT, ELIT, WLIT, or LITR.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. Reading of American writers who live in and/or write about upstate New York of the present day. ( LA) Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT.
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3.00 Credits
3 s.h. This course will examine the work of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville, two of the key figures in the "American Renaissance" of the 1850s. In addition to several short stories and other works, two of the most powerful novels in American literary history-Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" and Melville's "Moby Dick"-will be explored in depth. (LA, AH2)Prerequisites: COMP 200; LITR 150; LITR 250; 6 s.h. 200-level courses in ALIT, ELIT, LITR, or WLIT.
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