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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
One unit. Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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One unit. A study of the non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance and Restoration periods, with emphasis on discoveries in language, genre, nationality, and the identity of the self. Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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One unit. Crime and violence are prevalent features of 18th century English literature, refl ecting the sensational crime stories in the newspapers of the day. This course explores criminal and violent behavior in works by authors that may include Defoe, Pope, Swift, Fielding, and Johnson, exploring how the authors confront violence in the context of class and gender confl icts. We will also read selections from factual crime narratives in 18th century media sources and commentaries on the punishment of crime. Offered fall semester.
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One unit. A detailed reading of some of the major literary works written in fi n-de-siècle Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and Barcelona. Along with readings by authors such as Marcel Proust, Colette, Thomas Mann, Rainer-Maria Rilke, and Arthur Rimbaud, this class also addresses the rise of psychoanalysis, the exploration of sexuality, and café culture. Students will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attend a concert at Carnegie Hall. Prerequisite: EN 212 or permission of instructor. Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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One unit. A study of major English and Irish writers since 1900, including, among others, Yeats, Joyce, Eliot, and Woolf. Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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1.00 Credits
One unit. This course presents some of the fi nest in contemporary Irish novels, short stories, and plays from the Emerald Isle, including: drama by Nartin McDonagn, Conor McPherson and Marie Jones; and fi ction by Frank McCourt, Roddy Doyle, Edna O'Brien, Anne Enright, William Trevor and Seamus Deane. Also considered are the fi lms of Neil Jordan, Pat Sheridan and others. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years.
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One unit. In this course we will examine how different writers from the colonized and formerly colonized world have discussed the problem of the nation. How do these writers depict colonial and postcolonial societies How do they confront continuing problems of ethnic, class, and gender divisions Is nationalism represented as a solution, or part of the problem While we will focus on African and Asian writers - like Achebe, Aidoo, Chandra, El Saadawi, Gordimer, Ngugi, Rushdie, and Roy - we may also consider Irish, Caribbean, Latin American, and Palestinian texts in order to compare themes and writing styles. Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.
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One unit. An examination of the African- American literary tradition, as represented by selected central works of fi ction and biography. Major poets of the century will also be considered. The course will observe the continuum from the oral tradition of spirituals and fi eld hollers, dating from the days of slavery and Reconstruction, through the blues/jazz roots of, and infl uence upon, contemporary African- American writing. Recent efforts by black scholars and literary critics to establish a 'canon' ofAfrican-American writing will be considered. Offered spring semester of odd-numbered years.
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One unit. Selections from the principle writings of such authors as Dickinson, Whitman, Twain, and James. Other important writers such as Dreiser, Howells, Wharton, Crane, and London are considered. Offered spring semester.
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One unit. Selections from the writings of such authors as Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Delilo, Roth and Pynchon. The development of literary Modernism and Post-Modernism is considered. Offered spring semester of even-numbered years.
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