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3.00 Credits
Technique and subject -- the how and the what -- of a group of American novels from the first half of the 20th century, by such writers as Stein, Anderson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hurston, West, and H. Roth.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
A reading and analysis of representative works of late 20th century fiction, some realistic, some experimental, some mid-way between, leading to a sense of the options available to a writer now. Texts may include Bellow, Updike, Barth, Vonnegut, and such recent writers as Morrison, Auster, Mukherjee, Cisneros, Alexie.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
A study of social issues as explored in U.S. literature and the social context in which literature is produced. May be offered as The Arts in America, Literature of Slavery, etc. Note: Variable content; consult the English Department’s web page for details.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
Workshop intended to help advanced writers produce, revise, and critique plays. In addition to writing original work, students may read and discuss work by certain contemporary playwrights.
Prerequisite:
Successful completion of a 2000-level creative writing course: 2396 preferred, but 2196, 2296, or 2496 acceptable; and one 2000- or 3000-level literature course. Admission by special authorization only
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3.00 Credits
A further exploration of creative and observational non-fiction for a non-academic audience. Classroom discussions will focus on published pieces as well as workshop considerations of student writing.
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3.00 Credits
This variable content course will explore traditions, themes, or periods in African-American literature by foregrounding issues of genre. The focus may be on a single genre or set of generic conventions, such as drama, the protest novel, biography and letters, or the slave narrative, or on such topics as the influence of oral culture or the figure of testimony in diverse literary genres.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
The Harlem Renaissance represents the first period in Black productivity in all of the arts. The purpose of this course is to explore the themes, genres, and authors that define the literary arena of the Harlem Renaissance. This course will include the ideas and works of such figures as W.E.B. DuBois, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay and Zora Neale Hurston.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to give students a basic background in the foundation of African-American literary criticism. While the late 1970s mark the beginning of an exodus of Black academicians trained as literary critics, most of the critics of African-American literature before the 1970s were creative writers, such as W.E.B. DuBois, Alain Locke and Langston Hughes. This course will begin by exploring the fiction, poetry and critical essays by these and other writers. This work will function as a background for an examination of the works of poets from the Black Arts Movement. We shall also give attention to Black feminist scholarship, and the course will end with an analysis of African-American post-structuralist literary theorists such as Henry Lois Gates, Jr.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of representations of racial difference in the fiction and drama of African-American and European-American authors. Primary texts will be read in conjunction with screenings of films, to examine the role of visual media in shaping perceptions. How image-making in theater, film, and television has influenced the way racial difference is characterized in literature, with an emphasis on the relationship between criticism and creative process. Note: This course can be used to satisfy the university Core Studies in Race (RS) requirement. Although it may be usable towards graduation as a major requirement or university elective, it cannot be used to satisfy any of the university GenEd requirements. See your advisor for further information.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 and either 2401 (African-American Literature I) or 2402 (African-American Literature II)
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major works and writers of the first half of the 20th century. Such poets as Yeats, Eliot, Stein, Williams, Pound, examined in their social and political contexts, and with reference to their contributions to the development of Modernism.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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