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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course examines British and Irish Modernist writers, such as Lawrence, Woolf, Joyce, Mansfield, Foster, Yeats, and Eliot. While we will undertake close textual readings, the course focuses less on determining the "meanings" of discrete texts and more on looking at theoretical issues. As such, the course will follow four strands: modernism as an international movement; the texts in relationship to the intellectual and ideological temper of the times; modernist literature in relationship to other arts of the period; modernism and literary experimentation. Offered every other year. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 335.)
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Three Credits LA Dual Listed as Com239 A study of international theater from 1870 to the present; the history of significant movements in writing, designing, directing, producing, acting, etc.
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Three Credits LA A study of archaic and classical Greek literature in translation. Readings include the epics of Homer; the lyrics of Sappho; major tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; a comedy by Aristophanes and the literary criticism of Aristotle. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous Course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 361.)
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Three Credits LA The literature of Rome from roughly 400 B.C. to 500 A.D. in translation. Readings include comedies by Plautus, Cicero's prose, poetry of Catullus and Horace Virgil' s Aeneid, an d Ovid ? Metamorphoses, as well as literature of the early church (gospels and epistles). The course ends by examining an author who attempts to merge Christian and pagan traditions, such as Augustine or Boethius. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous Course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 360 or ENG 330.
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Three Credits LA Dual listed as COM 337 An exploration of the development of modern drama through continental and global movements from the late Renaissance to the present. From Tass, de Vega, Molière through Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht, Pirandello, Ionesco. From classicism and commedia dell'art e through realism, expressionism, epics, and the absurd. Nonwestern developments as well. Offered every two years. (Fulfills the Genre requirement for English Literature majors.)
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Three Credits LA This course charts the development of Jewish literature from the late 19th century to the present. In looking at works from Europe, the United States, and Israel, the course explores the ways the Jewish literary tradition, under varied and urgent pressures, has confronted the often competing claims of nationalism, ethnicity, religious faith, cultural traditions, and the pull of modernity. The reading list for the class will include works by Franz Kafka, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, and others. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills Comparative/Ethnic/National requirement for English Literature majors.)
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Three Credits LA This course examines the range and variety of literary forms contained in the Bible. It seeks to identify those qualities, stylistic and conceptual, which unify this collection of ancient Hebrew writings as well as those qualities which have made the Bible an all-time best seller. Attention will be given to the historical and cultural background, but the emphasis will be upon literary and aesthetic considerations. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills Comparative/Ethnic/National requirement for English Literature majors.)
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Three Credits LA The focus is on significant works of modern literature in fiction, drama, poetry, and autobiography which present the Nazi Holocaust as the experience of individuals: victims, perpetrators, bystanders. Themes, motifs, and images in these works will be considered, along with fundamental questions raised about man and human life. The readings should offer a deeper understanding of a uniquely tragic event of the 20th century, one which has influenced the lives of all of us. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills Comparative/Ethnic/National requirement for English Literature majors.)
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Three Credits LA Study of, and guided practice in, a variety of contemporary nonfictional forms and modes, e.g., the feature article and familiar essay, satirical and humorous writing, autobiography. More extended attention to rhetorical considerations of style, tone, and persona or voice. Offered every year. Prerequisite: Completion of Core/LS writing requirement
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA The student is given the freedom to explore individual potential in the writing of short fiction. Course includes workshop sessions, discussion of student work, and readings on the craft of fiction. Offered every year. Prerequisite: Completion of Core/LS writing requirement
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