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From the spiritual realms of heaven and hell to the supernatural world of fairies, medieval culture was immersed in alternative and transcendent versions of reality. Explores medieval literature's frequent forays beyond ordinary experience in Middle English works by the Pearl-poet, Chaucer, Malory and Langland, as well as anonymous romance and drama. (pre-1700). (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Not open to first-year students. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Study of Hamlet, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, The Merchant of Venice, and All's Well that Ends Well in conjunction with Shakespeare's two narrative poems and with plays by such contemporaries as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, and John Webster. How does Shakespeare's treatment of such issues as love, revenge, religious prejudice, and the problem of evil differ in different genres? How do his plays differ from those by other writers that address similar issues? (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, a 200-level course in English. (pre-1700) Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Works by women writing in English during the 17th-century. Examination of how women developed individual and public voices, appropriated and adapted received literary forms, and entered into debates about the status and education of women. Attention to the tension between manuscript circulation and print culture, to the reception of these writers in their day, and to their reception in literary history. (pre-1700) (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Study of the ways works and writers of this period are "in conversation" with each other on such matters as love, death, religious belief, the human response to the natural world and the role of women (in society and as authors). Readings of poems and other works by such writers as Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Herbert and Mary Wroth (pre-1700). (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Not open to first-year students. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Addresses the role of religious issues in the literary life of mid-17th century England. Attention to devotional poetry and spiritual autobiography in light of debates about prayer, meditation and church practice; literary reworkings of Scripture; debates about women's preaching and religious autonomy; and literary and historical documents envisioning the implementation of God's kingdom on earth. Texts will range from self-defenses and personal narratives to lyrics, plays and epics. Authors will include English and colonial American writers (pre-1700). (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Study of the emergence and development of the novel in England between 1660 and 1800. Works by such authors as Aphra Behn, Frances Burney, Daniel Defoe, Eliza Heywood, Henry Fielding, Oliver Goldsmith, Charlotte Lennox and Laurence Sterne (1700-1900). Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Open to juniors and seniors only. Does not fulfill the senior seminar requirement for the English concentration. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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Consideration of the many new genres and literary experiments that marked this brief period of transition between the Victorian and Modern periods. Authors include Morris, Wilde, Gissing, Wells and West (1700-1900). (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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A look at novels dealing with or set in Hollywood and at adaptations of novels to film. Students will write short screen adaptations from short fiction and work together as a team (or in teams) on digital video productions of one or more student screenplays (post-1900). (Writing-intensive.) Prerequisite, one 200-level literature course on narrative fiction and one of the following: 215, Art 213, 313, 377 or College 300. Open to juniors and seniors only. Maximum enrollment, 20.
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Study of short stories and novels by authors writing in the past 30 years, such as Barth, Acker, Hawkes, Morrison, DeLillo, Mazza, Wideman, Anaya, Kingston, Proulx (post-1900). Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature (205 or 266 preferred). Not open to first-year students.
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Prisons have been the settings for scenes of tragedy, comedy, romance and social protest. While aware of this use of the prison as a literary device, we will read writers who have actually suffered incarceration. We will read canonical texts (by Plato, Boethius, King), post-colonial prison writers (Abani, Thiong'o), and the work of men and women inside the American prison system. Among other requirements, students will read work by and visit men in a writing class taught inside Attica Correctional Facility. Prerequisite, three courses in literature. Open to juniors and seniors only. Does not fulfill the senior seminar requirement for the English concentration. Maximum enrollment, 12.
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