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Shakespeare remains one of the most popular playwrights in the English Language. Who is he? Why is he considered so important? What meaning did his works have in his own time? Are they applicable to today's culture? This course will examine a selection of these questions by examining a sampling of Shakespeare's plays and poetry from a variety of critical perspectives.
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This course provides an introduction to poetry, fiction and non-fiction written for children. Emphasis is on selection, critical analysis, and approaches to teaching.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to world literature of the 20th and 21st centuries, emphasizing literary texts from outside the Anglo-American traditional canon and that circulate worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on non-Western texts. The course will emphasize literary traditions, contemporary ideas and events, diverse authors, careful reading, literary analysis, and thoughtful interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce unique and diverse literary topics on a semester-to-semester basis. The course allows students to explore a variety of cultural, political, religious, social, and philosophical viewpoints that are sometimes left out of a typical course of study. The specific subject for any given semester will be shown in the class schedule.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a regional study of literature of the American West. Areas of emphasis include Native Americans, mountain men, settlers, the cowboy myth hero, and the American frontier. Manifest Destiny and the multicultural nature of westward expansion are emphasized in the course.
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3.00 Credits
ENGL 2420 is a survey of literature addressing the experiences of people and their relationship with the natural (more-than-human) environment. How non-human nature is understood, used, and represented in human cultures-as material resource, spiritual and aesthetic inspiration, scientific laboratory, site for recreation, etc.-in many ways defines these cultures and individuals. This course is designed to help students become more aware of the complexities of our relationship with the outdoors by surveying a variety of literatures that deal with these themes.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores Gothic and supernatural literature, with an emphasis on horror fiction, from 1764 to the present day. Sample works include Frankenstein, Carmilla, works by Edgar Allen Poe and H. P. Lovecraft, and short stories by Stephen King. Themes that have been discussed include the sublime, sexual identity, and the nature of evil.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys literary texts that draw on oral traditions in their plots, characters, or language. The emphasis is on canonical and multicultural American literature, and the course also asks students to examine artistic aspects of oral storytelling.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Gender Studies investigates gender and gender identity, reflecting on how gender is identified and defined; how gender norms are established, maintained, and disrupted; and the role gender plays in both personal and social contexts. Students will be familiarized with gender theory as well as introduced to the historical context surrounding gender studies, including key terms, movements, and thinkers within the field.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the contributions of African-American writers to the development of a multi-racial culture in America, and to the expression of the black experience through literature.
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