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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
A survey of some of the major literary and cultural theories employed by critics today. This course will emphasize readings in primary texts by critical theorists as well as practical applications of those theories to texts of various kinds.(4 credits)
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An intensive study of selected writers, works, literary genres, or themes. May be taken more than once for credit.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An intensive study of selected issues, historical periods, theory and theorists, research, or pedagogy in composition and rhetoric.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A study of selected works of major and representative writers working in the genre of the short story. This course may focus on a few specific writers (such as Eudora Welty or Raymond Carver), or on selected schools and movements (such as the avant-garde, naturalism, or modernism), or on special topics within the field (such as post-colonial fictions or Southern writing).(4 credits)
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Historical and contemporary African-American women's literature grounds an inquiry into black women's literary and intellectual traditions within the matrix of race, gender, class and sexual relations in the United States.(4 credits)
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A study of Native American literature that will provoke considerations of Native American cultural and religious traditions, historical and legal struggles, artistic achievements and contributions to contemporary American culture.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to theory and practice in composition and an opportunity to apply theories in Denison's Writing Center or nearby classrooms. Students may concentrate on applying theory to any context, tailoring the practicum to their areas of interest.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
Intensive study of drama from 1956 to the present, with an emphasis on British and American playwrights. The course will focus on the issues, problems, techniques, and generic forms particular to contemporary drama, with interest in the emerging drama of minority, female, and gay and lesbian playwrights.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the English novel by studying special thematic topics, its evolution, and/or developmental influences. The course might include such authors as DeFoe, Fielding, Austen, Bronte, Gaskell, Dickens, Eliot or Hardy.(4 credits)
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4.00 Credits
A study of such contemporary international novelists as Salman Rushdie, Garcia-Marquez, Toni Morrison, Gunter Grass, and Nadine Gordimer. The course may have a special focus on such topics as the post-colonial novel or the historical novel.(4 credits)
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