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Selected topics in Greek and Roman mythology are presented with an emphasis on their foundational and generative influence in Western literature and culture. Students explore the origins, function, and significance of myth in Greek and Roman culture and consider different theoretical approaches to myth through the works of Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, and various of the Greek playwrights and philosophers. Students also investigate the ways in which these myths reappear in contemporary literature, art, and film. Meets LAC outcome: AIB9. A Literature in Translation course. 3 crs.
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This course focuses on literature from around the world that testifies to political or social injustices, and, through the act of testifying, poses some form of resistance. In reading fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry, students will look at many of the issues that surround the act of bearing witness: the erasure of identity and the break of narrative sequences that adheres in surviving and/or observing traumatic historical events, and the healing (both cultural and individual) that can come through bearing witness. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB9, HCA3. A Literature in Translation course. 3 crs.
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A sustained study of the literature of a culture or language other than English. Students will be asked to consider the problems of translation and the relationship between writer, reader, and a linguistic community. It also provides the students with the opportunity to read works that fall outside of the Anglo-American traditions. Various specific topics are offered. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB9, HCA3. A Literature in Translation course. 3 crs. A recent example of a course offered in this area is the following: EXISTENTIAL LITERATURE. Existentialism is a loosely defined but highly controversial and influential philosophical and literary movement that began taking hold in the mid-nineteenth century and became widely popular around World War II. Existentialism has mapped the foundations of the critical, philosophical, and literary movements of our time. Students will focus on the works of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, and de Beauvoir. 3 crs.
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This course introduces students to seminal works from Latin American literature, including creative movements and political and social transformations that have often wielded unacknowledged influence on North American literature and culture. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB9, HCA3. A Literature in Translation or World or Ethnic Literature course. 3 crs.
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A detailed study of works written by women, examined within the context of current and/or historical schools of literary theory that depend primarily on gender analysis. Topics may vary from year to year. The following list is representative: Renaissance Women, Women's Autobiography, Modern Women Writers, Lesbian Literature and Theory, Women and Class, African-American Women Writers, Women and Film, Women's Literature and War, The Body and Literature, Modern and/or Contemporary Women Poets, Women's Drama. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB6, HCA1. 3 crs.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of queer studies via works which challenge normative assumptions about gender and sexuality. Topics covered in the class will include historical constructions of gender and sexuality, cultural representations of sexuality in literature and film, and the contemporary politics of sexuality. Meets LAC outcomes: HCC1, AIB6. 3 crs.
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This course explores literature outside the traditional Western canon, focusing on the literature of diverse peoples, both in the so-called Third World and in the United States. The following list is representative of courses offered in this area: Native American Literature, Literature of Immigration, African-American Literature, Hispanic Literature, Caribbean Literature, African Literature, Asian Literature, and Post-Colonial Literature. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4. HCA3. A World or Ethnic Literature course. 3 crs.
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The voyage taken by Columbus in 1492 changed the world forever, not only for Europeans but also for the people inhabiting the continents "discovered." This course puts writers of the"old world" into dialogue with voices of the colonized, examiningthe central themes of universalism, language, and the role of empathy in post-colonial writing. The end of the course will explore ways that science fiction addresses the problem of colonization. Meets LAC outcomes: HCA3, AIB4. A Literature in Translation or World or Ethnic Literature course. 3 crs.
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This course provides a survey of literature by and about Native Americans. It includes traditional oral works and more recent novels, short stories, poetry, and critical essays. Close attention will be placed on historical context, and how these contexts affected the social and cultural lives of Native Americans. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4, HCA3. A World or Ethnic Literature course. 3 crs.
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This course focuses on introducing students to a range of Shakespeare's dramatic works, including comedy, tragedy, history, as well as selected sonnets. The course emphasizes increasing facility in reading Shakespeare and close, critical reading of the texts. Students may also explore some of the following topics: Shakespearean poetics, Shakespeare and Early Modern cartography, the play of identity, Shakespeare in performance, film adaptation, and Shakespeare in popular culture. Meets LAC outcomes: AIB4, AIB7. This course meets WID (Writing in the Discipline) outcome. 3 crs.
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