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  • EN 358: twentieth- Century American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Studies in literature extending from World War I through the 1960s, with particular attention to the distinctive forms and movements of twentieth-century writing in America. Readings may vary from one year to the next, but usually include works by Cather, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Porter, Eliot, Stevens, Faulkner, Hurston, O'Connor, Bellow, and Ellison. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. S. Kress, M. Stokes, or J. Casey
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  • EN 359: modern Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Modern writers and principal modes (realism, expressionism, absurdism) of drama since the late nineteenth century. Focus on major British, Irish, and American dramatists (such as Shaw, O'Casey, O'Neill, Miller, Osborne, Pinter) with reference to continental pioneers (such as Ibsen, Brecht, Ionesco). Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. T. Diggory or V. Cahn
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  • EN 360: women Writers

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Advanced studies in selected women writers. Students will read a group of women writers in the context of recent literary criticism and feminist theory. Issues addressed may include the relations among gender and style, psychological constructs, genre, literary history, audience, and social context. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. C. Golden, S. Kress, or S. Mintz
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  • EN 361: theories of Literary Criticism

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    An examination of modern literary methodologies, including new criticism, structuralism, archetypal criticism, and psychoanalytic criticism. The course explores both the theories and their practical application, with a concentration on a particular literary problem of significance, such as the question of meaning, the nature of the text, or the contribution of reader response. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. The English Department will accept PH341 as the equivalent of EN361. T. Diggory or S. Goodwin
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  • EN 362: special Studies in Literary History

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Studies in one or two authors of the British and American traditions, or in a specific literary topic, genre, or question in literary history or theory, prior to 1800. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. The Department
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  • EN 363: special Studies in Literary History

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Studies in one or two authors of the British and American traditions, or in a specific literary topic, genre, or question in literary history or theory. (EN363N designates a non-Western course; EN363D designates a Cultural Diversity course.) Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. The Department
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  • EN 364: advanced Special Studies in Literature And Language

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Advanced study of a selected topic in literature and/or language. May be repeated with a different topic. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. The Department
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  • EN 365: special Studies in Jewish Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Topics, genres, traditions and authors selected from the wide range of Jewish literature both in English and in other languages (studied here in translation). Special attention to the interaction of history, culture, and literature in a variety of forms, such as folktale, novel, journal and memoir. Depending on the focus in a given semester, students may encounter, for instance, the wild, beautiful, tragicomic ghost of a literature that haunts the Western canon at every turn, or the vital and indispensable contributions of Jews specifically to American literature. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. S. Stern
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  • EN 371: independent Study

    3.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    Research in English or American literature and special projects in creative writing. Independent study provides an opportunity for any student already well grounded in a special area to pursue a literary or creative writing interest that falls outside the domain of courses regularly offered by the department. The student should carefully define a term's work which complements her or his background, initiate the proposal with a study-sponsor, and obtain formal approval from the student's advisor and the department chair. Application to do such work in any semester should be made and approved prior to preregistration for that semester or, at the very latest, before the first day of classes for the term. English majors may take only one Independent Study to meet requirements in "Advanced Courses in Language and Literature." Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement. The Department
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  • EN 375: senior Seminar in Literary Studies

    4.00 Credits
    Skidmore College

    A seminar in which students explore a topic, author, or text while progressing through the stages of writing a research paper. Common discussion of individual projects and reading of published scholarship emphasize research as a process of shared inquiry. Students practice research methods, present work in progress, and complete a substantial paper. Outstanding work may qualify the senior for departmental honors. May substitute for EN389. Prerequisite: Completion of the Introductory Requirement and Senior class standing. The Department
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