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The objectives of this course are to acquaint the student with the works of the major modern poets and to work toward an understanding of what is meant by “modern” when applied topoetry. Poets include Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Stevens, and Williams. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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Offered in response to particular interests of students and faculty. Intensive study of a major work, single author, genre, mode, theme, critical method, or literary period. Recent course offerings have included African-American Women Writers, The Quest, Reclaiming the Other, Morrison and Walker, and the Romance. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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A study of genres important to the Middle Ages such as lais, fabliaux, bestiaries, dream vision poetry, and Arthurian romance. Continental and English sources, and the influences which shaped these forms, are examined. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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An examination of Chaucer’s narrative art and poetic technique. Students explore the literary, cultural, linguistic, and rhetorical background to establish the context of Chaucer’s work. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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This course presents the achievements of sixteenth century British literature with an understanding of its admixture of Medieval and High Renaissance elements. It enables students to understand the historical, religious, and sociological backgrounds of the period. (Previously titled: The Sixteenth Century) 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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A critical reading of selected works. Students gain familiarity with the syntax and lexicon of Shakespeare’s language, and develop a basic understanding of the cultural and intellectual background in which Shakespeare lived and out of which he practiced his art. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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An intensive study of Paradise Lost. Attention is given to the political, religious and intellectual influences of the period that bear upon the work. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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A study of representative English literature written between 1600 and 1660. Students become familiar with the major literary modes of the period, and consider this literature in relation to the religious, political, social, and economic context of its time. Readings from Donne, Jonson, Marvell, Herbert, Locke, among others. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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Students analyze representative works of prose, poetry and drama written by authors of the period. They identify the neoclassical tenets of decorum, clarity, reason, and elegance by attention to the distinctive literary and poetic forms of the age. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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A study of the achievements of the major Romantic poets and their contributions to literature and to the history of ideas. Students acquire an understanding of the period in England between 1798 and 1830 (approximately), particularly in terms of its aesthetic concerns. Attention is focused on how these concerns were shaped by the socio-political milieu. 3 sem. hrs. 3 crs.
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