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3.00 Credits
examines the directions British fiction has taken in response to a changing social and literary scene: two world wars, the decline of the British Empire, the rise of working class, women, and minority writers. The course considers experimental and traditional writers from Joyce to the present, including Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, and Forster.
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studies the works of the American romantics from Irving and Cooper through Hawthorne and Melville, then moves on to the realism and naturalism of Twain, Howells, Norris, and Crane.
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3.00 Credits
studies the variety and richness of American fiction since the turn of the century, from the novelists of the 1920s through post-World War II writing and the contemporary novel. Topics include the 1920s novel, the war novel, and women and minority writers. (Included: Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Vonnegut, and Morrison).
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makes a comparative study of modern poetry, with a primary emphasis on British and American works: on Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Auden, Frost and the very moderns. The course shows the central development in form and content within the period.
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studies the theoretical views and methodological tools for an accurate understanding of language, its structure, and usage. Emphasis is on the English language, covering topics such as language acquisition and development, the history of the English language, grammar, dialects, and levels of usage.
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3.00 Credits
provides for study of significant writers, genres, and themes. Possible subjects include Chaucer, Milton, Poe, Canadian literature, and feminist writing, as well as others devised by faculty or requested by students. May be repeated with topic change
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3.00 Credits
provides students with practice in a variety of forms, increasing in complexity. Individual style and voice in students' work as well as in contemporary authors are explored. Prerequisite: 306 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
emphasis on Greek and Roman mythology and their influence on English and American writers. Various examples of Greek and Roman literature will be read in translation.
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3.00 Credits
is the capstone course for English majors; students share in intensive study of a major literary work and write a paper of suitable length, applying the theoretical principles of literary criticism to that work. Discussions focus on analyzing literature, critical reading, and research methods. Students are expected to make a brief oral presentation at the end of the semester, summarizing their work. Offered each semester on a subject selected by the instructor. Prerequisites: 211; senior status or permission of department chair
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1.00 Credits
presentation and discussion of selected topics of importance in environmental science. This course, team-taught by the environmental science faculty, permits students to explore this broad field through general readings and discussion.
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