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3.00 Credits
A study of selected works written between 700 and 1500, with an emphasis on those written in England (exclusive of Chaucer). Specific texts depend on the thematic focus, which varies from year to year. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Westfall, Van Dyke
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3.00 Credits
The Renaissance is commonly regarded as the height of Western aesthetic achievement. This course looks at-and problematizes -the "rebirth" of knowledge by examining early modern English literature and culture, with attention to the effects of humanism, discovery, class, race, the Reformation, a female monarch, and civil war. Topics vary and are announced during registration. [W Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Donahue, I. Smith, Westfall
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3.00 Credits
The seventeenth century saw unprecedented growth and change in England: the decline of absolute government and the rise of liberalism and capitalism, the scientific revolution, colonial expansion, and the rise of modern consciousness and subjectivity. This course explores the ways in which the literature of the period reflects English culture in transition and the ways in which formal literary genres change as the century unfolds. Topics vary. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Staff
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3.00 Credits
Course covers Paradise Lost and selections from Milton's prose and other poetry, focusing on literary themes, style, and genre, and the place of his writings in the history of religious and political thought. Considerable attention given to Milton's radicalism, including both his theological "heresies" and left-leaning political sympathies. The course considers Milton's unique conception of the creation narrative and the "characters" of Adam, Eve, Christ, God, and his arguably most magnificent creation, Satan. Prerequisite: English 205 and a course in Literary History or permission of the instructor. Cefalu
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3.00 Credits
Metaphysical poems are witty, cerebral poems that use elaborate metaphors or "conceits" to comment on a range of elusive "big topics" including the nature of love, death, evil, and God. Form, style, and imagery are considered as well as the historical contexts in which this poetry emerged in England. Students are introduced to a range of 17th-century poets including John Donne, George Herbert, and Richard Crashaw, as well as the work of later poets influenced by 17th-century poetry. Prerequisite: English 205 and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor Cefalu, Donahue
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3.00 Credits
Seventeenth-century drama reflects one of the more tumultuous eras in British history--a king beheaded, public theaters closed, a bloody civil war, and the restoration of the monarchy. During this period, symmetrical forms replaced mixed genres, women supplanted boys on stage, and comedy trumped tragedy. Students read Jacobean revenge tragedies and some Restoration comedies to explore how issues of class, gender, and politics played themselves out during this era. Prerequisite: English 205 and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor Westfall
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3.00 Credits
A focused investigation of film topics. This course allows students to shape and articulate critical interpretations of the form, history, style, ideology, rhetorical power, and artistry of cinema. Topics may include: documentary film, independent film, film theory, national cinemas, Hollywood genres, and race, class, and gender on film. Prerequisite: English 205, 240, and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor. A. Smith
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3.00 Credits
A study of the main tendencies of major examples in English fiction from Shelley to Hardy. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor Staff
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates various literary and cultural crises during the British modernist period. The fragmentation of traditional narrative and poetic style, a shift toward psychic interiority, and the alienation of the artist are all considered hallmarks of modernist literature. We wil contextualize such changges by asking how they are connected to the social and political crises of the age. Among our considerations will be how science and technology, evolutionary theory, the New Woman, and colonialism challenge traditional notions of what it means to be hman at the turn of the twentieth century. We will investigate these changes in texts by writers such as Joseph Conrad, E.M Forster, James Joyce, D.H. Lawrence, and Virginia Woolf. Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor Rohman
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3.00 Credits
A study of the American novel through the romantic and realistic periods, including Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Howells, James, Twain, and Norris. The relationship of the popular novel to major American themes is examined to provide a historical context for the genre. [W] Prerequisite: English 205, and a course in Literary History or permission of instructor Staff
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