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3.00 Credits
A study of Renaissance literature, this course is arranged by thematic units--cosmology, geography, science, theology, politics, history, and apocalypse-- in order to emphasize how Renaissance literature emerged from and even shaped its cultural context. Some artists such as Michelangelo and even some mystics such as Teresa of Avila will be discussed, but the class will center on many of the following authors: Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, George Herbert, Francis Bacon, Michel de Montaigne, Elizabeth Cary, Ben Jonson, Sir Thomas Browne, Anne Askew, and Sir Thomas More.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the works of John Milton, a revolutionary poet, who wrote the epic Paradise Lost. This course introduces students to the past, to Milton's theological, political, and cultural context as well as to the present, to the foremost scholars who have shaped literary interpretations on Milton.The influences of Milton's work on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass may also be considered.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the major themes and writers of the period 1660-1800, with an emphasis on poetry but with attention also to drama, fiction and non-fictional prose. Writers such as Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson will be emphasized. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the literature of the long 19th century (1789-1901) to consider its relation to the tradition of British literature and to gain an understanding of the age and its relevance to the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, with an emphasis on the novel and poetry. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
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1.00 Credits
Special Topics
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3.00 Credits
Pop Icons: Popular Culture, Christianity, & Cultural Studies
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3.00 Credits
Writing for Publication
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3.00 Credits
The aim of the course is to introduce the student to some of the masterpieces of the Golden Age of Russian Literature. Employing a cultural, social and historical approach to literary analysis, the students will also become familiar with the history, culture, religion, and society of ninteenth-century Russia. Students who complete this course will be able to identify key Russian authors, their critiques and concerns with Russian Society, and integrate this information into an analysis of how Russian literature was both shaped and helped shape Russian life.
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3.00 Credits
The course treaths both prose texts and poems by modern (post 1800) Greek writers. It will emphasize, inter alia, the texts' distinctively Greek character (i.e., how they reflect Greek life, manners, culture, religion, philosophy, politics, etc), and thus what makes them witness to modern Greek culture, thought, and life. Four main questions or themes dominate the calendar of class readings. These questions will be augmented by visits to Greek festivals and Greek parishes, movie nights (with Greek cuisine), and visits to area museums.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop course that includes analysis and writing of short and long forms of contemporary creative nonfiction such as the personal essay, the formal essay in its modern expression as literary or immersion journalism, and the lyric essay. Attention is given to invention, research, and manuscript revision and preparation for publication. Enrollment is limited; junior and seniors are given preference.
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