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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A survey of British Literature and culture from its beginnings to the mid-18th century, including works by Chaucer and Milton. Required for all English majors. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
A critical study of the major portions of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, with special attention to the development of literature from oral tradition, the literary genres, themes and archetypes represented in the collection, and the diction and style which have influenced later literature. Consideration also of the relation of Biblical literature to the historical, religious, and cultural milieu of the ancient Near East. 3 hrs
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A study of classical myth including readings from Homer to Ovid, analysis of selected myths in later literature, art and music, and a study of contemporary definitions and approaches to myth. 3-4 hrs
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3.00 Credits
Not a remedial grammar course. Methods of linguistic inquiry and grammatical description. Study of traditional and modern schools of syntax, especially transformational grammar. Practice describing the structure of sentences. Application to the teaching of grammar in high schools. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
A survey of American literature and culture from 1865 to the present. This course will cover a range of authors, several genres, and culture forms, which may include fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, essay, lyrics, and film. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
An intensive critical study of William Shakespeare's writings in various contexts ( historical, social, political, literary, contemporary, for example). Readings will encompass at least eight plays and will include at least one comedy, history, tragedy , and romance. Required of all English majors. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on writers such as Marie de France, Chretien de Troyes, Sir Thomas Malory, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Sara Teasdale, Bernard Malamud, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, this course examines the legend of King Arthur and his Round Table as a recurring myth, repeatedly manifested in time through literature, art, history, music, and film. Prerequisite: None 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
This course examines a range of texts written by Irish-born writers from the end of the nineteenth century on. While it is likely the course will include texts by the most famous Irish writers, such as Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, O'Brien, Heaney, and Friel, course materials will vary from semester to semester and may focus on a specific genre, historical period, or area of interest. Offered: On Demand 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
A survey of British Literature and culture of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist periods, this course will cover several genres including at least one novel from each period. Required of all English majors. Offered: Every semester 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
An application and formulation of critical approaches to the major artistic achievements of the important creators of this modern aesthetic form -- D.W. Griffith, Chaplin, Hitchcock, Bergman, Einstein, Kubrick. 3 hrs
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