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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of certain literary ideas and patterns that have persisted from ancient times to the present in varying forms. Readings may begin with classical texts in translation, and will include selected works of English and American literature from various periods.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce students to foundational skills needed for English studies and to foster habits of mind needed to analyze and write about the complex texts typically assigned throughout the English major. These skills include: 1) development of close reading skills; 2) knowledge of the methods of literary interpretation; 3) ability to understand and discuss the contradictions, complexities, and ambiguities of linguistically dense texts; 4) ability to discuss the relationship between form and meaning; 5) development of writing skills needed to succeed as an English major, including the ability to generate paper topics independently, the ability to revise substantively, and the ability to sustain a critical argument over 8 to 10 pages. Note: Required of new English majors beginning in Fall 2002, to be taken in the first or second semester after declaring the major; strongly recommended for other English majors as well.
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A reading of works by major short story writers, European and American, classic, modernist, and experimental, considering their form and language, and the way in which they refract experience rather differently from other literary kinds.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the literature – the folk, fairy, court, and religious tales, the poetry and drama – either adapted to or written for children. How this literature, more influential than the Bible, forms and conveys cultural and aesthetic values, language, manners, political, social, and spiritual ideals. Emphasis on the genre as it emerged in the 18th century through the Victorian period in Europe and America.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in recent popular fiction: approximately one novel a week or the equivalent. Focus may be on one or more genres, such as science fiction, detective novels, and the like. Note: Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
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3.00 Credits
Specific social, cultural, and/or historical issues as represented in imaginative literature. Such topics as the racial interface of American fiction, social class in British and American literature, and the like. Note: Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
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3.00 Credits
Workshop in which students read and discuss
one another’s material and develop skills as
both writers and readers. Students may read
selected contemporary American poets, but
the main texts will be those produced by
members of the class.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected literature by and about women. Note: Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
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3.00 Credits
Study of major texts, authors, and genres of British literature from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in their historical and social settings. Emphasizes close textual analysis along with broad literary and cultural themes. Readings may include Beowulf, Chaucer, and Sir Gawain; Sidney, Jonson, Lady Mary Wroth, the Metaphysical Poets (Donne, Marvell, and others), and Katherine Philips, as well as Shakespeare and Milton. Note: Required for all English majors. Should be taken before most upper-level courses.
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3.00 Credits
A continuation of English 2201 (0114). A study of major texts, authors, and genres of British literature from the Restoration through the 18th century, romantic, and Victorian periods in their historical and social settings. Emphasizes close textual analysis along with broad literary and cultural themes. Readings may include Dryden, Behn, Pope, Johnson, Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, Hemans, E. B. Browning, R. Browning, Dickens, Arnold, and Wilde. Note: Required for all English majors. Should be taken before most upper-level courses.
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