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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of a variety of "texts" (both written and otherwise) in American popculture. Topics might include the world of Disney, the romance novel, the Western, the detective story and film, and others.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the vibrant range of literature and film for children and adolescents: fairy tales, novels, poetry, picture books, illustrated texts, and animated movies. The course will focus primarily on British and American texts from the last 150 years.
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2.00 Credits
A study of the person, philosophy, poetry and criticism of Ezra Pound, "The Father of Modern Poetry," the course will utilize Hugh Kenner's The Pound Era and Pound'Selected Poems as primary texts. One research paper will be required, along with outside readings. Offered Demi-semester 2 of spring semester; required of those anticipating study at Brunnenburg.
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A study of the poetry of Tennyson, Browning and the pre-Raphaelites and of selected prose writings of Thomas Carlyle, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Huxley, and Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. Special attention will be given to the continuing human problems which these authors addressed in the Victorian world. Prerequisite: ENG 211 or junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the literature of the American Renaissance with particular emphasis on Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, and Mark Twain. Prerequisite: ENG 209 or junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the chief poets and critics of English Romanticism. Prerequisite: ENG 211 or junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on five of William Shakespeare's major tragedies. Students will read and discuss the following plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Othello, Hamlet, and King Lear. The class will view at least one film version of each play studied and read examples of modern literary analysis. There will be a culminating research project. Prerequisite: ENG 211, ENG 221, or junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
This course will offer students the opportunity to explore the literature of the High Middle Ages. Readings will include selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, medieval drama, Arthurian romances, lyric poetry of love and faith, and the works of medieval women mystics. Prerequisite: LIT 210 or ENG 211 or junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
A study of representative American fiction of the 20th century from a variety of traditions and ethnic perspectives. Prerequisite: junior standing or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A detailed study of the plays and poems of this 20th century mover and shaker. Eliot's social and literary commentary will also be examined. Prerequisites: ENG 209 or ENG 252, or consent of instructor.
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