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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of the writers who have enriched and illuminated the American literary experience from the perspective of African-American writers from its earliest inception to 1900. Poetry, slave narratives, autobiographies, speeches, short and long fiction, and the vernacular tradition in its myriad forms will be studied in conjunction with social, political, and religious movements of the time. Representative authors will include Olaudah Equiana, Phyllis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington among others.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, there will be an examination of significant texts by African-American authors reflective of the major literary movements of Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Post-Modernism. Poetry, prose, drama, literary and social criticism, speeches, autobiographies by varied authors such as Nella Larson, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Toni Morrison, and Rita Dove, among others will be studied in conjunction with contemporary newspapers, journals, music, and other representations of popular culture.
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3.00 Credits
In Social Justice and Contemporary Literature, students will explore literary representations of some of the most challenging and important cultural, historical, and moral issues of our time. Students will study and debate the role of literature in recording and challenging issues in social justice, as well as tensions surrounding inequalities due to race, class, gender, citizenship, war, genocide, (post) colonialism, and/or environmental concerns. The thematic focus will vary.
Prerequisite:
WRT 0110 or equivalent.
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1.00 Credits
Options in English offers students a chance to explore the varied, evolving, and sometimes confusing career options available for English majors. The class uses research, discussion, and projects to help students explore and map out their possible career trajectories.
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3.00 Credits
A close and comprehensive study of the artistry and continuing vitality of William Shakespeare through the consideration of his literature, literary celebrity ,modern and contemporary interpretations, and marketing through performance and film. Cross-listed as THE-0302.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on readings from the so-called "Middle Ages" from Boethius to Chaucer. Includes a component on the translation of Old English.
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3.00 Credits
A close reading of major lyric poets of the sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries such as Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and Jonson.
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3.00 Credits
A close study of model epics by Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on prose fiction and non-fiction of the Early Modern period from More's Utopia through the prose works of Milton.
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3.00 Credits
A reading of the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde with some attention to the minor poems.
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