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3.00 Credits
What caused the major revolution in playwriting that occurred in the second half of the nineteenth century? Audiences were both shocked and fascinated to find that, instead of watching lavish musical revues and broadly comic farces, they were now peering into the homes of stage characters whose lives and problems resembled their own experiences. Henrik Ibsen, a Norwegian, focused attention on self-definition of characters who were wrestling with subjects never before staged, such as commercial fraud, sexually transmitted disease, and the day-to-day role-playing that characterizes many marriages. Other playwrights from different countries, followed, among them August Strindberg, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Anton Chekhov. Each of them added distinctive elements, each forging his own artistic signature. And the presentation of dramatic situations close to real-life experiences continued to develop through the first half of the twentieth century, expressed in different styles in the works of Eugene O'Neill, Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams. Readings include the major works of the period as students explore the variety of philosophical approaches and their relationship to the anatomy of the plays, as well as different staging and performance practices. Same as ENG 15. Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.
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First emerging in the unstable and traumatic historical period immediately preceding World War I and following it, the modern novel decidedly broke with the realist genre preceding it through challenging and often breathtaking experiments with narrative form. Frequently presenting the reader with bewildering shifts in time and narrative perspective and exhibiting a preference for the interior psychological landscapes of its characters, modern novels often possess an emotional intensity and haunting lyricism that testifies to the widespread fragmentation and alienation afflicting western consciousness in the twentieth century. With the use of pioneering literary techniques like stream of consciousness and fragmented narratives, modern novels defy the expectations generated by traditional narrative even as they give us some of the most memorable characters in literature. Possible authors covered in the class include: Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Faulkner, Kafka, and Rhys. Same as ENG 16. Prerequisites of ENG 1 and ENG 2 are required.
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This course is an analysis of the development of the superhero in world literature. The course focuses on heroes from ancient times and futuristic worlds who embody the values and aspirations of his or her respective cultures. Literature and film are emphasized as vehicles for expressing societal ideals.
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3.00 Credits
This course concentrates on the writers, the literary trends and the criticism of the post-Stalinist period, emphasizing the currents of the 1960s through the present. A free elective for all majors. Same as RUS 38. Given in English.
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3.00 Credits
This course is an analysis of the development of horror in world literature. The course focuses on discussion of horror as a pervasive element, expressing the values and aspirations of many cultures from ancient times to the present.
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3.00 Credits
The literature of the Holocaust conveys that which cannot be transmitted by facts and figures. This course is a critical study of the literature from the standpoint of language and history. Same as HEB 42. Given in English.
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3.00 Credits
The major authors of modern Yiddish literature from the Golden Age of Mendele Moykher Sforim, Sholem Aleichem and I.L. Peretz to the present are studied. The major works of Eastern European cultural centers and the United States are covered. Yiddish literature is included under a Hebrew course since many writers of Yiddish literature also wrote in Hebrew and translations are either Hebrew or Yiddish. Same as HEB 43. Given in English.
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This course studies selections from post biblical works in prose and poetry. The readings are from medieval literature with special reference to Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah Halevi and Moses Maimonides. Same as HEB 45. Given in English.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers Russian literature and its development in the 19th century. Lectures and readings include major trends and authors such as Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov. Same as RUS 46. Given in English.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys Russian literature and its development in the 20th century. Lectures and readings include major authors such as Blok, Mayakovsky, Babel, Bulgakov, Sholokhov, Zamiatin, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, Voznesenski, and Solzhenitsyn. Same as RUS 47. Given in English.
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