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An introduction to semantics from both a historical and linguistic approach. Students observe, analyze, and discuss meaning in human languages and become familiar with traditional and modern semantic theories. While English is used to illustrate universal concepts in semantics, semantic structures in other languages are also analyzed. 3 semester hours
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Astudy of English and related literature from the 8th through the 15th centuries. Works and authors may include Beowulf, de Troyes, Chaucer, Kempe, Julian of Norwich, Langland, and Arthurian legends. Attention will be given to the historical and cultural foundations of the literature. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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An in-depth study of various aspects of Shakespeare's plays and poems, with special attention given to his cultural and historical importance. While the focus may shift each time the course is offered, the course considers Shakespeare's influence on other authors, the plays in performance, and the variety of critical responses to his work. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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A study of the nondramatic literature of the late 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. Authors may include More, Spenser, Sidney, Donne, Lanyer, Wroth, Bacon, Browne, and others. Special attention is given to the development of poetic form during the Renaissance. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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Astudy of drama in England-exclusive of Shakespeare-from the14th century to the closing of the theaters in 1642. The course examines the development of drama from religiously oriented plays to complex and professional works during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James. Attention is given to the continuing cultural unease with actors during this time. Works and authors may include The Second Shepherd's Play, Everyman, Greene, Heywood, Marlowe, Jonson, and Webster. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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An in-depth study of the career of a single author or the careers of a small group of authors, writing prior to 1800, with emphasis on selected works and their literary, political, social, and biographical contexts. 3 semester hours
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An in-depth study of Milton's Paradise Lost, emphasizing close reading of the poem and critical thinking about such topics as the problem of evil, free will, divine retribution, titanic aspiration, women's rights, human sexuality, and Christian ethics. The course considers the poem in its literary, historical, and religious contexts with special attention given to Milton's reworking of epic conventions and Biblical material and to its reception in the centuries following its publication. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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A study of British literature from the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 through the 18th century, with particular emphasis on the works of Pope and Swift as well as on the various genres and modes of the period, including Restoration comedy, satire, the periodical essay, the rise of the novel, Neoclassicism, and sensibility. Other authors may include Dryden, Behn, Congreve, Defoe, Johnson, Wollstonecraft, and Austen. Satisfies one pre-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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An in-depth study of British literature of the late 18th century and early 19th century, particularly of the canonical Romantic poets-Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats-and selected works by their contemporaries, including various women writers of the period. The aesthetic concept of Romanticism is explored in its literary and historical context with critical attention also given to certain writers, texts, and genres of the period that challenge the traditional view of the Romantic literature. Satisfies either pre- or post-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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A study of the poetry and prose of the period with particular emphasis on Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and Carlyle; the literature is discussed against the background of the political, scientific, social, and religious thought of the 19th century. Satisfies one post-1800 literature requirement for the English major. 3 semester hours
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