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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course provides an opportunity to study important literary themes, genres, periods, or authors not found or only touched on in other courses. This format allows for an intensive examination of these topics, which may vary from semester to semester. Representative subjects include the Gothic imagination, the Harlem Renaissance, the writer and the city, mythic patterns, and psychoanalysis and literature. (Students may enroll in ENG 3950 more than once if the topic is different.) Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course analyzes how the English language aids global - ization and how globalization changes English. After studying the historical and geographical bases for the rise of English, we explore the implications of decolonization, diaspora communities, the Internet, and the new economy for diversifying the structure, norms, and usage of the English language. Students engage in research, oral presentations, electronic discussion, and collaborative inquiry to explore the subject. (This course is cross-listed as COM 4015 and SOC 4015. Students may receive credit for ENG 4015, COM 4015, or SOC 4015. These courses may not substitute for each other in the F grade replacement policy.) Prerequisites: ENG 2150 and ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits A study of modern theory in its relation to earlier critical con - cepts from Sir Philip Sidney to Edmund Wilson. Discussions of the nature of poetry, drama, and fiction, with practical criticism of specific examples in required papers. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys the literary production in Europe and the Middle East from the advent of Christianity to the fall of Byzantium, covering approximately a thousand years of linguistic evolution. Students are invited to explore medieval quests in their various manifestations-amorous, heroic, religious, communal, and political-in order to understand medieval people's relationship to God, society, and the foreign. Representative works might include The Alexander Romance, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Sir John Mandeville's Book of Travels, Gower's Confessio Amantis, and Boccaccio's Decameron. Prerequisite: ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course is devoted to an intensive study of Canterbury Tales, a work that founds the English literary tradition. Chaucer's masterpiece contains a series of stories ranging from serious and pious to amorous and humorous. The work enriches contemporary understanding of medieval culture and society while offering an opportunity to study a variety of narrative genres. Prerequisite: ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850 or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys Shakespeare's development of his characteristic themes and dramatic strategies through a close study of representative plays. Filmed versions of individual works may supplement class discussion when appropriate. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course surveys the extraordinary development of English drama from 1540 to 1640, from the initial enthusiasm that encouraged the building of the first theatres in London to the harsh repression that culminated in the closing of all theatres by the Puritans. Readings demonstrate the stylistic diversity of popular plays by major playwrights, such as Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, and continental authors. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course examines the range of literary masterpieces produced in England between 1557 and 1678. The close relation between the work of writers as diverse as Spenser, Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, Milton, and Bunyan and the upheavals in religion and politics that led to the killing of a king will be explored. Works studied may vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Studies of the life, times, and works from different points of view. Topics will vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite: ENG 2150 or equivalent, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement. This course will be offered if there is sufficient demand.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits This course equips students to examine the interaction between business and government as it really occurs. Students learn to gauge the impact of lobbyists, corporate support for public events, and business organizations; to track the movement of powerful figures between the public and private spheres; to follow up the "paper trail" of legislative and governmentreports; and to decode the language and forms of regulations imposed at every level. Assignments are designed to foster the critical thinking and writing skills needed to examine the political news with an eye on its impact upon business. Prerequisite: ENG 2150, ENG/LTT 2800 or 2850, or departmental permission. For students with two other upper-level (3000-level or above, with ENG 3050 particularly recommended) English courses, this course may serve as the capstone for the Tier III requirement.
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