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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to literature which embodies significant legal concepts. Students read and discuss works from literature and analyze how writers portray legal issues through plot, theme, and character development. Legal theory and literary analysis are presented in social and historical context. PR: ENG 123
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In this course students explore the contributions of women authors to literature by reading and analyzing works by women from diverse eras and cultures; these works represent the primary traditional literary genres of fiction, poetry, and drama, as well as such genres as autobiography, testimonio, diary, oratory, and essay, as appropriate. Further, in addition to investigating such issues as the literary canon and the roles played by race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and cultural context, students trace the development and characteristics of feminist literary theory and explore feminist literary criticism. PR: ENG 123
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a survey of major authors and literary works originating in Hispanic culture, and examines their global impact. The selection of authors and texts (in translation, when appropriate) introduces students to diverse geographical, political, and cultural climates that exist within the broader Hispanic community--a community that includes Central and South America, the Caribbean, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and portions of the U.S. In addition, course texts inform students of the historical background, extensive influence, and continuing impact of Spanish colonization of the Western Hemisphere. PR: ENG 123
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In this course students study the history and development of detective fiction. They read and analyze works of detective fiction from a variety of historical periods and view and analyze some of the genre's pivotal films. Discussions focus upon the elements of fiction as they apply to this genre, the historical, societal, and ethical aspects of detective fiction, and the elements of film noir. PR: ENG 123
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3.00 Credits
In this course students explore novels and stories written since the mid-twentieth century by authors of various nationalities, ethnicities, and races across the globe. Through oral and written work, students analyze the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of the individual works in the context of relevant literary and cultural cross-currents. PR: ENG 123
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the nature of humor in the context of American national character. Through reading historically, thematically, linguistically, and visually, students will explore the question of the American comic sensibility. Students will learn to apply major theories of humor to close reading of texts representing the development of American humor from Native American trickster tales to contemporary film comedy. PR: ENG 123
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students a cross-cultural voyage through novels written in the first half of the 20th century by authors of various Western and non-Western nationalities, ethnicities, and races. Students analyze the aesthetic and cultural dimensions of the works, exploring them in the context of the literary and cultural cross-currents of this time period. PR: ENG 123 and either ENG 124 or HON 124
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3.00 Credits
A study of landmark works of world dramatic literature from the ancient Greeks to the 19th century. The characteristic values and styles of the Classical, Medieval, Baroque, and Romantic periods are examined in their tragic and comic modes. PR: ENG 124
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major schools of dramatic literature of the latter 19th and 20th centuries (e.g. Realism, Naturalism, Expressionism, Symbolism, Epic Theater, Surrealism, Absurdism, Post- Modernism). Primary emphasis is given to the works, theories, and influences of major European and American dramatists. PR: ENG 124
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a historical survey of British literature from the Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century. It examines the development of this national literature in the contexts of British cultural and intellectual history and of Western literary tradition. The course also introduces students to literary forms and conventions characteristic of this period. PR: ENG 123 and either ENG 124 or HON 124 F
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