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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the various forms, modes, and schools of poetry, and an exploration of the activity of reading poetry. Course content and approach varies from semester to semester.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction, through close readings and analysis, to characteristic examples of drama in the English language. Course content and approach varies from semester to semester.
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3.00 Credits
Highlights special topics that supplement the department’s regular rotation of courses.
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3.00 Credits
Images of women in film, from the 1930s "Golden Age" to the present. This course will focus on the ways in which films and their portrayals of women mirror their times, the ways in which film adaptations transform the original prose sources, the use of various techniques and conventions of film and prose, and archetypes as keys to "reading" both literature and film. Satisfaction of the WRI-1 requirement is not necessary prior to enrollment in this course.
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3.00 Credits
The study of structural linguistics: phonemics, morphology, and syntax of basic descriptive linguistics, as well as a systematic study of the changes in sound and syntax from the beginning of English to the present, including etymological developments. The course also introduces semantics, bilingualism and American speech communities, gender differences, and language development in children.
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3.00 Credits
The study of "The Canterbury Tales" and "Troilus and Criseyde," including the cultural history of 14th century England and major issues in Chaucerian scholarship.
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3.00 Credits
A study of Shakespeare’s major plays and other poetry. The course pays special attention to Shakespeare’s world, Renaissance England, and its influence on the playwright, as well as to our contemporary responses to Shakespeare’s insights about the human condition. Emphasis is placed on aspects of performance as well as close study of the language, structure, and thematics of his plays.
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3.00 Credits
Focused study of the literature of the Middle Ages and the longer English Renaissance, including the 17th century. The course may concentrate on a single author or group of authors, a specific genre, or a literary theme. Possible emphases include women in medieval literature, medieval romances, Arthurian literature of the Middle Ages, Jacobean drama (excluding Shakespeare), seventeenth-century poetry, and Renaissance women writers.
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3.00 Credits
Focused study of the literature of the longer eighteenth century, from the Restoration to the French Revolution. The course may concentrate on a single author or group of authors, a specific genre, or a literary theme. Possible emphases include Jane Austen and eighteenth-century culture, Restoration and eighteenth-century drama, and the uses of satire in the period.
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3.00 Credits
Focused study of the literature written in the period spanning the French Revolution through the reign of Queen Victoria, with occasional forays into the Edwardian era. The course may concentrate on a single author or group of authors, a specific genre, or a literary theme. Sample emphases may include Romantic women writers, rebellion in Romantic literature, the Brontës, work and desire in Victorian literature, Victorian Empire writing.
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