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3.00 Credits
Survey of selected plays (pre-1700). Prerequisite, a 100-level course in English or equivalent. No prerequisite for seniors. Not open to junior or senior English or creative writing concentrators in either semester except with permission of the instructor. Strout.
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Study of Milton's English poetry and major prose, with particular attention to Paradise Lost. Topics for consideration include Milton's ideas on Christian heroism, individual conscience, the relations between the sexes and the purpose of education (pre-1700). Not open to first-year students. Thickstun.
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Exploration of how African-Americans, in the face of enslavement, exclusion and terror, produced literature expressing their identities and aspirations. In examining themes such as abduction, separation and resistance, students will assess the inscription of self on the emergent national culture by writers such as Olaudah Equiano, Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Wilson, Frances Harper, Sutton Griggs and Charles Chesnutt (1700-1900). Prerequisite, one 100-level English course or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Open to sophomores and juniors only. Odamtten.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of representative literary texts in their historical, social and aesthetic contexts. Attention to issues of access to the literary market and the cultural work of literature, particularly in figuring the rise of a distinctly American tradition. Readings from such writers as Cooper, Brown, Poe, Emerson, Whitman, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Dickinson, Jewett, Clemens, Chestnutt and James (1700-1900). Prerequisite, one 100-level course in English or equivalent. Not open to students who have taken 257. Not open to seniors except with permission of the department. Oerlemans.
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Effects of the international modernist movement on the literature of the United States from the beginnings of the 20th century to 1950. Attention to authors such as Anderson, Frost, Hemingway, Stein, Faulkner, Hurston, Moore and Ellison (post-1900). Prerequisite, a 100-level course in English or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Not open to first-year students or seniors. Widiss.
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Surveys the history of environmentalist thinking as it has been reflected in literary texts. Examines key ideas of environmentalism and questions of representation, literary value and political relevance. Authors include Thoreau, Faulkner, Abbey, Lopez and Jeffers, as well as a few non-American writers. Texts include memoirs, essays, novels and poems (post-1900). Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors, and to first-year students with advanced placement. Oerlemans.
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3.00 Credits
History of the English language from its origins in Old English to its present-day proliferation into World English(es). Particular attention to how the internal development of English (its sound system, syntax, grammar and vocabulary) relates to political and cultural transformations among English-speaking peoples throughout history, and how the English language continues to provoke political and cultural controversy. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite, one 100-level English course or equivalent, or consent of instructor. Terrell.
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Exploration of the kinds of questions that can be asked about literary texts in themselves, and in relation to the aesthetic, political, historical and personal contexts in which they are written and interpreted. Readings include drama, fiction and theoretical essays. Although the emphasis will be on 20th-century theory (including feminist, structuralist, poststructuralist and rhetorical theory), readings will range from Aristotle to the newest work on the relationship between narrative and cognitive psychology. Prerequisite, two courses in literature. Open to sophomores, juniors and seniors only. (Same as Comparative Literature 297.) J Schwartz.
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3.00 Credits
The history of cinema takes on new dimensions when the focus is on women filmmakers. Their contributions begin with the earliest productions of the silent era; their influence ranges from narrative and documentary to experimental films; and their work raises awareness of the different struggles in women's lives around the world. By raising questions of genre, gender and cultural identity, this course will investigate alternative histories of cinema and develop new approaches to feminist film theory. Prerequisite, one 200-level course in literature or a course in film studies. Not open to students who have taken College 300. P O'Neill.
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3.00 Credits
For students whose work and purpose have developed sufficiently to warrant continuing work in poetry. Regular writing and reading assignments as well as critiques in class. Prerequisite, 204 and 215. Maximum enrollment, 16. Guttman.
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