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3.00 Credits
Studies in modern drama. Prerequisites: Any three courses in English, history of the theater, or introduction to the theater. 3 credits. (S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
In this course we shall explore the lyric poem as practiced in England, Ireland and America over the past 400 years. The first half of the semester will be devoted to a study of the metrical forms and stanzaic structures of traditional poetry such as the sonnet, the villanelle and the ode, while the second half of the term will examine lyric poetry by genre such as dramatic monologue, elegy and ekphrasis (verbal representations of visual representations). Prerequisites: 9 credits in English or permission of instructor. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
Studies in poetry, with topics varying from semester to semester. Concentration may on a theme, a period, a form, a group of authors, etc. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Discussion and practice in writing poetry. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
Survey of 19th- and 20th-century short stories, British and American, by Poe, Hawthorne, Crane, Joyce, Hemingway, Lawrence, Bowen, Nabokov, Updike, Malamud, and others. History and development of the short story. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (IRR)
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3.00 Credits
Puritan writers, Benjamin Franklin; romantic writers such as Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Twain, Whitman, and James. Lecture and discussion. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Stephen Crane, Dreiser, and the naturalist movement. Later writers such as Sherwood Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Ellison. Poets such as Robinson, Frost, Eliot, and Stevens. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
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3.00 Credits
Examines the theological and literary dimensions of reading the Bible in the Jewish and Christian traditions. Focuses on the comparative study of Jewish and Christian methodologies for interpreting the Bible. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities, at least one of which is in English, Jewish studies, or religious studies. 3 credits.
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3.00 Credits
A study of major narratives and poetry from the Bible, together with their influence on subsequent literature. Emphasis is placed on literary strategies and historical knowledge that enable critical understanding. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities. 3 credits. (S,E)
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3.00 Credits
Topic varies. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
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