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This upper-level course explores the idea of myth and mythic traditions in history, literature, the arts, and popular culture. Participants read selected works of traditional literature, together with Genesis, Revelation, the scriptures of other religions, and appropriate selections from Freud, Jung, Neumann, Eliade, van Gennep, Meade, Rank, Campbell, and others. Audio/visual materials and Power Point presentations supplement lectures and discussions. Participants maintain a journal, take scheduled quizzes and a mid-term and final exam. Prerequisites: Completion of EL102 Language and Rhetoric and at least one literature course. Three credits.
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This course will examine literature by Catholic authors from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Students will read and discuss works by such writers as Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, Dorothy Day, Flannery O'Connor, and Shusaku Endo, among others, and so explore the ways that the writers' faith affects their imaginations, their views of moral conflict and of character, and their spirituality. The readings and the specific focus of the course may vary from semester to semester. A midterm, a final, a research paper, quizzes and other short assignments, and class participation are required. Three credits.
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This introductory course studies the various roles assumed by women, as both characters and authors, in British and American literature. Looking primarily at works written by women, but also considering some works written by men, students consider a number of literary issues including: how women writers participate in the "mainstream" national traditions of literature, and whether ornot there is a distinct, clearly definable "female aesthetic." Courserequirements include two shorter essays, class participation, a midterm, and a final examination. Three credits.
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In this class we will study the life and works of J. R. R. Tolkien, one of the 20th century's most popular authors. We will begin with a look at Tolkien's life and then examine some of his early work, as well as classic works from Old Norse, Anglo-Saxon, and other sources that influenced him. Our main focus will be on his masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. Through an examination of this work, as well as Tolkien's philosophy of literature, we will see how it develops his concepts of myth, heroism, honor, and other themes. One final, some short assignments, class participation, and two of the following: a midterm, a term paper or creative work, or an oral report. Three credits.
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In this hands-on production class, students will assemble and arrange the school's yearly creative publication of student poetry, fiction and artwork. The course offers students the opportunity to sharpen their evaluative and group decision-making strategies. Participants learn various formatting, editing and proofreading techniques to be put into practice. Students will also be given select editorial tasks to complete. Other topics to be covered at sessions: how to market and distribute a student journal, how to develop a web presentation for the magazine, how to work effectively towards deadlines and where/how to submit one's work as a student and beyond. In order to receive credit for this course, a student must actively participate in the entire magazine-building process - the class "assignment." Prerequisite: permission of thedepartment. Course does not fulfill core requirement in English. Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This intermediate-level course offers students unique opportunities for more advanced work in various interdisciplinary topics. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of the courses offered. Prerequisites: Completion of EL102 and at least one literature course. Three credits.
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This course offers students unique opportunities for more advanced work in the study of individual genres. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of the courses offered. Prerequisites: Completion of EL 102 and at least one literature course. Three credits.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers students unique opportunities for more advanced work in the study of themes and trends in American literature and culture. Topics vary from semester to semester, and students should consult the registration booklet for specific descriptions of the courses offered. Prerequisites: Completion of EL 102 Language and Rhetoric and at least one literature course. Three credits.
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In this course, all English majors are responsible for drawing on their experience with literature and writing to analyze four "core texts" corresponding to four comprehensive questions: 1. What is the relationship of literature to reality? 2. How does non-Scriptural literature explore questions of spirituality? 3. What are the key questions of gender? 4. Why are Quest, Landscape, and Journey so prevalent in literature? As these questions provide a nexus for analytical exchange, all students must read the same four core texts, which represent the teacher's choices for texts that provide some answer to the core questions. In turn, students present "branch texts," or works of their own choosing, which they feelprovide substance that helps to answer one of the questions. Thus, the reading-discussion-presentation format of EL 310 Junior Seminar gives students the opportunity to weave their knowledge as majors into perspectives, insights, approaches or answers that invoke both the core texts and branch texts; this format also encourages individuality, synthesis, and fluency. Requirements: to read four core texts in the light of the four comprehensive questions, and on them to base four presentations; and to write four essays based on the presentations. Also, a minor project (bibliography) and class participation are part of the class workload. One of the final products of this course will be an approved proposal for the student's senior research project. Three credits.
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This upper-level course investigates three major areas of Medieval life and literature, e.g., the form of Romance, the theme of Courtly Love, and the technique of Allegory. Participants read selected works of Old English Literature, selections from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, and Dante’s Inferno, in addition to selected lyrics, ballads, drama, and other works. Participants especially work toward a synthesis of ideas and an understanding of the progress and development of early literary form and technique in later periods in literature. Course requirements include a journal, scheduled quizzes, a mid-term and final exam. Prerequisites: Completion of EL 102 Language and Rhetoric and at least one literature course. Three credits.
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