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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will continue the study of literary forms established by S'forim, Aleichem, and Peretz (The Realistic, The Ironic, The Parodic, etc.), as they appear in the world of such writers as Pinski, Spector, Asch, Reisen, Weissenber, Schneour, Shapiro, Kulback, I. J. Singer, Opatoshu, Bergelson, Glatstein, Grade, and on what are called Yenne Velt stories of Jewish fantasy and the occult. Proverbs, folk tales, songs, poems, will introduce each meeting. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This advanced prose-writing course explores the development of a personal narrative voice through the blending of journalistic and fictional techniques. Prerequisites: RPW 110 and 111, or permission of instructor. CMM 250 recommended. (Writing-intensive course)
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3.00 Credits
This course examines African American autobiographies from the early narratives of Douglass, Jacobs, and Washington to the self-conscious, lyrical texts of the 1960s and 1970s. The course also introduces students to theories of autobiography and the written self. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature class or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A look at the 19th-century literature that centers on women. The course examines the characterization of female protagonists as products of a particular culture and a writer's own personal artistic vision, particularly as these relate to concepts of the heroic. A variety of writers and genres is studied, including classic novels, travel writing, working class, and sentimental fiction. Prerequisite: GS 100 or a 200-level literature course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Reading and discussion of the American novel as a genre, traced from its beginnings to the early 20th century through selected writings from such representative figures as Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Dreiser, James, Wharton, Chopin, and others. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Reading and discussion of the American novel as a genre, traced from the early 20th century to the present through selected writings from such representative figures as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Updike, Bellow, Oates, and others. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Reading and discussion of American poetry as a genre, in the larger context of American thought and experience. Readings include selected works from such representative figures as Whitman, Dickinson, Robinson, Frost, Pound, Stevens, Eliot, e. e. cummings, and contemporary poets. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An intensive study of a major writer, a selection of writers, a major literary movement or motif in American literature. Since the subject of this course will vary from semester to semester, it may be elected for credit more than once with permission of department chair. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Studies in the works of six to eight important writers of the past 50 years in the light of their experiences during World War II and the Holocaust, five of whom have won the Nobel Prize. I. B. Singer (Poland), Joseph Brodsky (Russia), S. Y. Agnon (Holland), Primo Levi (Italy), Nellie Sachs (Sweden), Paul Celan (France), F. Kafka (Czechoslovakia), I. Svevo (Austria), A. Applefeld (Germany), Elie Wiesel (Romania), J. Roth (Galicia), H. Pinter (England), among others. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of some of the major contributions to American-Jewish literature since the turn of the century by American-Jewish novelists. These will include, among others, Gold's Jews without Money, Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky, Anzia Yezierska's Bread Givers, and a novel each by Malamud, Bellow, Roth, Potok, Doctorow, Ozick, and Chernin. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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