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  • EN 255: Shakespeare

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Students study Shakespeare's career as dramatist using plays drawn from his farces, romantic comedies, history plays, tragedies, and romances, including The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear , an d The Tempest .(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 256: Myths and Legends of Ireland and Britain

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course examines the literature of early medieval cultures of Ireland and Great Britain, with special attention to Celtic culture.Divided into four parts, the course focuses on the Irish Táin Bó Cuailnge, the Welsh Mabinogion, the Latin Christian legends of English and Irish saints, and the Old English epic Beowulf.Critical issues include paganism and Christianity; conceptions of law, kinship, and nationhood; warrior culture and the idea of the hero; the status of art and poetry; morality and literacy; the natural and the supernatural; and the construction of gender.The course also pays attention to the arts and artifacts from these medieval cultures.Students read all texts in modern English translations.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 257: Dante

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course examines the works of Dante Alighieri, including the Vita nuova, in addition to the "Inferno," "Purgatorio," and "Paradiso" from the Divine Comedy.Students are introduced to the political, linguistic, theological, and poetic ideas that make Dante's works not only significant in the medieval context, but also continue to challenge and inform modern debates.This course, which is conducted in English, counts towards the core requirement in literature.Cross-listed with IT 289.Three cre
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  • EN 258: Special Topics in Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Special topics are offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore literature topics or approaches that are not included in the established curriculum.Course content varies from semester to semester, depending on the professor, and may range from texts by one single author, to emergent, global literatures, and innovative or experimental ways of combining authors, periods, and genres in literature.Students are allowed to take this course twice under different rubrics. Designated sections meet the U.S. diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 260: Understanding Poetry I

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    Offered for students with no previous knowledge of poetry, those who wish to develop and enrich their understanding of the genre, and students who have experienced difficulty understanding poetry in the past, this course includes selections from narrative, epic, and lyric poetry, with concentration on shorter lyric poems.The course also includes readings and discussions with visiting poets.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 261: Understanding Poetry II

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course concentrates on reading longer narrative and lyric poems to study the work of individual poets.The work includes readings and discussions with visiting poets.EN 260 is an appropriate, but not a necessary, prerequisite; students who have not taken EN 260 should read Perrine's Sound and Sense or any other introduction-to-poetry text in preparation for the course.(Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 262: Understanding Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    By means of close reading of selected plays representing the major types of drama, students are introduced to both these types and the general work of drama as a special way of presenting the self in everyday life, as well as illuminating the human condition in a local-particular way.Drama is essentially a literary blueprint for theatre or performance, which is, in turn, the ideal end or fulfillment of drama.Therefore, where available, audio-visual resources are used to augment the reading of plays.Students are also encouraged to attend play productions by theatres in the immediate area, Theatre Fairfield included.(Prerequisite: EN 12 course with section on drama or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 263: Introduction to Contemporary World Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course reviews recent fiction from around the world, including works from such places as Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, New Zealand, and the Middle East.Students learn strategies for comparing stories and narrative styles from different cultures, subject positions, and sociopolitical frameworks in order to develop a stronger awareness of different types of subjectivity in a global context.Non-majors seeking to fulfill the English core requirement and beginning English majors may take this course. This course meets the world diversity requirement. ( Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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  • EN 264/120: American Drama

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    See TA 120 for course description. This course meets the U.S. diversity requirement. Three credits.
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  • EN 265: Major Works of World Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Eastern Connecticut State University

    This course surveys major works of world literature from ancient times to the present.Because the works are chosen from a broad span of cultures and periods, the course focuses on the function of literature: What kinds of stories do people tell about their societies What are their major concerns, and how are these represented in fiction How can we compare stories from one culture or period with those from another The course discusses genre and style as well as content.Books include The Epic of Gilgamesh, Boccaccio, Marguerite de Navarre, Madame de Lafayette, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.( Prerequisite: EN 12 or equivalent) Three credits.
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