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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course examines novels and short stories written within the last 50 years. Particular attention will also be given to how these texts refl ect major aesthetic, ethical, psychological, social and political concerns. Students will be introduced to the cultural, linguistic and other literary theories relevant to the interpretation of contemporary narratives. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of representative plays typifying each period of Shakespeare’s development. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th e course will bring together American literary and legal texts in order to examine the ways in which the two can illuminate each other. It will focus on the works of American literature that take law as their central theme; works that include trials or are inspired by famous cases; works that have lawyers as protagonists; and works that address issues of law and justice. Students will also bring methods of literary analysis to bear on the study of important cases or legal decisions in order to understand the rhetoric of law, the unstated assumptions contained in it and the voices excluded from it. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Th is course will provide a close examination of how gender functions to shape both authorship and literary text. Students will investigate how writers use conventions of sex and gender, and how readers critically assess these literary representations. Th e instructor will choose the genre and periodization in any given semester. Emphasis will be divided between primary literary texts, relevant historical documents and selected theoretical commentary. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An in-depth study of the evolution and aesthetics of two major fi lm genres, the gangster fi lm and the fi lm noir, though an examination of conventions of motivation, character, action, locale and iconography. Th e course will emphasize the genre fi lm’s treatment of the fundamental cultural confl icts that exist in society. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An in-depth study of the evolution and aesthetics of a major fi lm genre, Road Movies, through an examination of conventions of motivation, character, action, locale and iconography. Th e course will emphasize the genre fi lm’s treatment of the fundamental cultural confl icts that exist in society. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An in-depth study of the evolution and aesthetics of a major fi lm genre, the Science Fiction Film, through an examination of conventions of motivation, character, action, locale and iconography. Th e course will emphasize the genre fi lm’s treatment of the fundamental cultural confl icts that exist in society. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of works treating the theme of crime and related matters, such as motivation, guilt and responsibility. Works are considered from the psychological, sociological and philosophical points of view, as well as from the purely literary standpoint. Authors include Aeschylus, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Poe, Melville, Burgess, Capote. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An intensive study of the work and vision of Alfred Hitchcock through an examination of theme, style, structure and view of cinema. Special emphasis will be placed on the recurrent artistic concerns as well as the philosophic, psychoanalytic and political concerns that identify the work of an important cinematic author. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS An intensive study of the work and vision of Steven Spielberg through an examination of theme, style, structure and view of cinema. Special emphasis will be placed on the recurrent artistic concerns as well as the philosophic, psychoanalytic and political concerns that identify the work of an important cinematic author. Prerequisite: one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232 or LIT 233
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