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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the nature of poetry, its value, aims, and techniques. The emphasis will be critical rather than historical. The range of poems and the specific selections may vary with the individual instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the nature of drama, its types, techniques, and conventions. The emphasis will be critical rather than historical. The range of plays and the specific selections may vary with the individual instructor. This course may be counted toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
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3.00 Credits
Study of masterpieces of literature from the Hebrew Old Testament and classic Greek to the modern European, illuminating the development of Western civilization.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine representative examples of the American short story from the 19th century to the present. Emphasis will be placed on the significance of individual works, but some consideration will be given to the evolving American milieu. Readings will include Hawthorne, Poe, Crane, Malamud, and Oates.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of Irish culture by means of the island’s major works of mythology, history, religion, folk story, fairy tale, song, verse, drama and fiction. All readings in English.
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3.00 Credits
Mythic materials are examined to discover the underlying heroic archetypal patterns. Then modern literature is examined in the light of the same mythic patterns.
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3.00 Credits
An exploration of fiction, poetry, and drama. The approach is inductive; the aims are a greater understanding of literature, and an introduction to techniques of literary scholarship, theory, and research. The prerequisite for all 200-level ENLT courses is ENLT 140 or the equivalent. Students must complete the University’s Written Communication requirement before they can register for any Writing Intensive literature course.
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3.00 Credits
Some previous study of poetry expected. Modern poets ranging from Frost and Stevens to Bishop and Larkin are examined. Major emphasis is placed on close readings of representative works and historical and cultural contextualization.
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3.00 Credits
Principles, modes, tactics used in dramatic comedy. The plays of writers ranging from Shakespeare to Neil Simon, as well as several films, will be analyzed as models. Opportunity for student writing of comedy. This course may be counted toward the Theatre major, minor or track.
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3.00 Credits
This course will survey a significant sampling of the short works of three of America’s most famous “dark Romantic” writers: Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe. Consideration will be given to the historical milieu and the authors’ responses to the problems and promises of the American experience.
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