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3.00 Credits
This course examines poems, essays, plays, fiction, and folklore produced by Irish writers in the years 1880-1925. Particular attention is given to the ways in which the writings of Joyce, Yeats, O'Casey, Synge, and Lady Gregory are informed by such events as the Gaelic revival, the founding of the Abbey Theatre, Ireland's struggle for political independence from England, and the Irish Civil War. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Byrd, O'Neill
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to linguistics, with a focus on English and its development from the beginning to the present. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Van Dyke
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3.00 Credits
Wit, irony, satire, burlesque, and farce from Dryden to Byron, seen against their contexts in eighteenth-century social, political, and literary controversy. Readings such as Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal" by Swift, Pope's "The Rape of the Lock," Gay's Beggar's Opera, various burlesques and farces, Hogarth's satiric engravings, and portions of Byron's Do Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Woolley
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3.00 Credits
Comic, sentimental, and gothic novels from an age whose pursuit of happiness is marked by growing psychological awareness and by changing views on sex, passion, and marriage. Within such social contexts, the course assesses the tensions between the early novel's richly comic realism, its serious indulgence in the cult of feeling, and its romantic flirtation with the supernatural thriller. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in LIterary History or permission of the instructor. Woolley
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3.00 Credits
Eighteenth-century London was the undisputed center of England's literature, drama, art, architecture, music, politics, and wealth. Yet alongside London's opulence flourished astonishing crime and corruption. This rich urban diversity-occasionally contrasted with life in other places-is reflected in the course readings: major works by major authors from the Restoration to the Regency, with some emphasis on drama. [W Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Woolley
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3.00 Credits
A study of British writers, especially poets, of the period 1780-1830. The course examines how writings of the era reflect and helped to shape discourse on poverty, slavery, women's rights, urbanization, and the cultural role of art and artists. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor Byrd
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3.00 Credits
A study of British writers, especially poets, of the period 1830-1900. The course examines how writers of the era responded to the industrial revolution, British imperialism, theories of human evolution, debates about gender and sexuality, and aesthetic movements like those of the Pre-Raphaelites, the Symbolists, and the Decadents. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor Byrd, Falbo
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of American literature, 1840-1860. The course examines a range of forms of American writing dealing with issues such as nationalism, romanticism, slavery, expansion, gender relations, and the place of literature in the young nation. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Staff
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3.00 Credits
An intensive investigation of a single decade in American life, exploring the relationships between and within the several areas of the American experience as expressed in its literature and history. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor Staff
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected works in American literature before 1820. Specific texts depend on the thematic focus, which varies from year to year. Prerequisite:: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor Phillips
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