21:350:205 Fiction into Film (3) What happens to a narrative when it is translated from prose to film? The course will look inquisitively at theories and practices of adaptation. The literary techniques of writers will be analyzed in relation to the strategies of directors and the language of film. No prior knowledge of film studies is necessary.

21:350:206 Shakespeare for the 21st Century (3) Students will read Shakespeare with attentiveness to the issues and challenges of the 21st century, including ethnic clashes, the environment, disparities of wealth, gender, and race. The course examines the ways in which Shakespeare speaks to the concerns and complexities of global citizenship.

21:350:210 Literature and Medicine (3) Combining cultural variety and thematic unity, the course explores some of the ways of approaching illness through literature. Readings include texts from a variety of periods and genres, paying attention to language, irony, and point of view. Students write close, text-based responses to the readings, but they are also are asked to compose their own medical memoir as a major project. In addition to analyzing illness narratives as literary texts, students will sharpen their abilities to understand and explain clinical procedures and medical information.

21:350:211 Children's Literature (3) Not a survey, this course attempts to cover some of the high points of literature for children in the West over the past two centuries, moving from the Grimms's fairy tales to the present, and generically from folk and fairy tales through more literary fairy tales (Andersen) to the golden age of Victorian and Edwardian children's literature and finally to 20th-century fables, poetry, and fantasy. This interdisciplinary course draws upon the fields of education, psychology, anthropology, social work, and others.

21:350:212 Myth and Literature (3) All literary genres are saturated with the influence of mythology. Focusing chiefly though not exclusively on Greek mythology, this course follows a few crucial mythic themes and characters as they play out from Homer to the 21st-century novel.

21:350:215 Literary Masterpieces (3) An interdisciplinary course that studies classic ancient literature in its historical and cultural contexts. Readings, in translation, are of Greek drama and mythology, biblical narrative, and some of the world's oldest poetry, including Homeric and Roman epics. The ancient texts are brought into dialogue with modern experiences of gender, race, religion, class politics, "the Orient," and empire.

21:350:223 Introduction to Global Literature (3) Introduces students to literatures from different regions of the globe at important historical moments, while critically examining the challenges and possibilities of such terms as "world literature," "global literature," and "comparative literature." How do diverse texts speak to common issues and to one another? How do issues of translation, accessibility, and scholarship shape our understanding of literary texts? The course examines three major themes that correspond to three different eras: mythology in ancient civilizations, the rise of nationalism in the 18th and 19th centuries, and issues of globalization in recent times. The course will sharpen students' analytical skills and the abilities to formulate and evaluate critical arguments.

21:350:225 Love Stories Medieval to Modern (3) A consideration of love in literature from the 14th-century courtly romance to the 21st-century best-selling novel. Readings will include a memoir by a 14th-century mystic, plays by Shakespeare, novels by Jane Austen and D.H. Lawrence, as well as short stories by James Joyce.

21:350:229 Comics and Graphic Novels Lab (1) Lab section to accompany 21:350:230.

21:350:230 Comics and Graphic Novels (3) In this course students read and discuss recent criticism and major contributions of works that have pushed the limits of this genre and medium. Students will develop a working knowledge of the history of comics and a critical framework and vocabulary for defining, describing, and discussing this popular and amorphous medium. Guest speakers, all practicing cartoonists, will introduce students to both the artistic and the practical aspects of creating comics. The workshop will include instruction on basic drawing and storyboarding techniques using iPads, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign and on ebook layout and formatting using OMEKA and Calibre software, as well as discussions about creators' rights and intellectual property issues. The final project for the workshop will be a digital exhibit featuring each student's best digital comic and an ebook anthology of student-created comics.

21:350:231 The Art of Satire (3) Introduces students to the theory and practice of satire in verse and prose from Horace and Juvenal through Doonesbury and The Daily Show, with stops along the way at Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Mark Twain. Much of the course focuses on the greatest age of English satire, the Restoration and 18th century, although contemporary material from popular culture will also help to illustrate the way satire works. By semester's end, students should understand something of the long history of literary satire and be prepared to analyze and discuss contemporary satire with increased sophistication.

21:350:232 The Gothic (3) A survey of the Gothic literature of horror and terror from its 18th-century origins to the present. Readings will include Shelley's Frankenstein, and works by Edgar Allan Poe, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Flannery O'Connor. Topics of discussion will include the feminist Gothic, queer Gothic, Southern Gothic, the sublime, and modern Goth culture.

21:350:233 Whose English? (3) This course surveys the language in its many varieties from Old English to World English. The focus is on the struggles for authority among diverse populations that have shaped the language for 1,500 years. The first part of the course offers a whirlwind tour of the history of the language, starting in the fifth century, when English was spoken by a few thousand Germanic migrants on a single island, to the 21st century, when more than a billion people use it for global commerce and science. The second part focuses upon "good" and "proper" English--what it means, where it comes from, who gets to say what's good, and what's at stake in those arguments.

21:350:234 Reading Women's Literature (3) Introduces students to the major themes and genres in literature by female authors.

21:350:235 Reading LGBTQ Literature (3) Introduces students to major themes and genres in literature by LGBTQ authors. Ranging from early modern authors like Christopher Marlowe to contemporary writers like Imogen Binnie, this course will provide an episodic history of writing in English which has challenged societally-accepted norms for gendered sexuality.

21:350:236 Reading South Asian Literature (3) Introduces students to major themes and genres in literature by South Asian authors.

21:350:237 Reading East Asian Literature (3) Introduces students to major themes and genres in literature by East Asian authors.

21:350:238 Reading Travel Literature (3) Introduces students to major themes and genres in travel writing from different historical periods.

21:350:241 Reading Fiction (3) Introduces students to the concept of fiction as a cultural art form; how to differentiate fiction from other forms of narrative; how to identify plot, narrative arc, and other basic components of fiction; how to identify and understand literary devices.

21:350:243 Reading Poetry (3) Introduces students to poetry in its various forms; sonnets, epic, jazz, free verse, ballads; as well as how to identify and interpret literary devices deployed in poetry.

21:350:244 Reading Drama (3) An introduction to the drama, with examples drawn from different periods and traditions. Topics will include the differences between plays on the page and plays on the stage.

21:350:245 Reading Film (3) Introductory course that considers film as its own intellectual and cultural ¿art¿. Course is divided into two primary units that each focus on paramount components of film analysis: (1) the formal elements of film composition and their implications for the viewing experience, like editing, sound, mise-en-scène, and cinematography and (2) film genres, their poetics, and their various representations of race, gender, and sexuality. Course will cover topics such as: the social role of horror, serial killers (real and fictional), science fiction aliens, fairy tale myths, gender fluidity, racialized masculinity, state apartheids, and the prison industrial complex.

21:350:247 Reading Science Fiction (3) Introduces students to key themes and trends of science fiction. Teaches students to distinguish science fiction from other forms of speculative fiction, and to analyze its relationship to history and culture across historical periods. In this course we consider the ways science fiction has imagined our world and our potential futures, particularly with regard to science, technology, biotech, artificial intelligence, our relationship with outer space, and humanity's relationship with itself, so to speak, in terms of race, gender, and class.

21:350:248 Literature and Controversy (3) Looks at controversial works of art and literature, weighing the arguments that surround these texts and examining the motivations of the various participants. The course will focus on several case studies--for example, the controversies sparked by The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Native Son, and Lolita--and will consider the ways in which texts both participate in and transform social dialogue. How have race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality historically factored in critical receptions? Why is art a continual site of cultural disputes? The primary goals will be to learn how to evaluate arguments; how to better analyze texts for tone, diction, and style; and how to become comfortable discussing the interaction of social and aesthetic issues in controversial works.

21:350:253 Green Lit: Reading and Writing the Earth (3) In this interdisciplinary course, we will read and write about the Earth to get reacquainted with our common home. We'll sample America's best nature and environmentalist writers, including Native Americans; see eye-opening films; study the diverse environmental movement here and abroad; analyze websites, ads, food labeling, and marketing; weigh news stories and diverse opinion about controversial issues, including environmental racism, agribusiness, and climate change; and debate philosophical and ethical questions, including the relationship of humans to the rest of nature, and the kind of society we really want. Students will also experience nature firsthand through an outdoors tour of our campus, an observation project, and field trips nearby. Classes will emphasize discussion. Although green lit draws in many topics, students do not need to arrive with any special expertise.

21:350:254 Postcolonial Literature (3) National liberation movements and their aftermaths as represented in the postcolonial literature and film from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean.

21:350:256 Caribbean Literature (3) This course familiarizes students with the basic themes and issues of Caribbean literature. Readings include poetry, fiction, music, and film, while stressing colonial and postcolonial politics. The selections reflect the linguistic and ethnic diversity of the Caribbean.

21:350:260 Introduction to Literature (3) Introduces students to basic texts and themes of literature.

21:350:262 Reading Medieval Literature (3) Introduces students to the key texts and themes of Medieval literature.

21:350:263 Reading Early Modern Literature (3) Introduces students to the key themes and texts of early modern literature.

21:350:264 Reading 18th Century Literature (3) Introduces students to the key genres, themes and texts of eighteenth-century literature.

21:350:265 Reading 19th Century Literature (3) Introduces students to the key genres, themes and texts of nineteenth-century literature.

21:350:271 Reading Modern Middle Eastern Literature (3) This course is an introduction to the various literary traditions of the region called the Middle East, with a focus on the literatures of the modern eastern Arab world (primarily Egypt, the Levant, and Iraq), Iran, and Turkey in English translation. The course focuses on a selection of issues that have affected the societies of this region and the way with which writers from the region have treated them in their literary works. It also examines literary techniques that writers from the region have used in their texts, across languages, periods, and places. Depending on the semester taught, the course may have specific foci.

21:350:272 Reading Persian Literature (3) This course is an introductory survey of the literature emerging from the Persianate world (Iran, Afghanistan and historical Persian-speaking centers in Central and South Asia, the Middle East, and modern Diasporic communities. All readings will be conducted in English translation. Specific topics and emphases will vary by semester, so the course may have a pre-modern or modern emphasis, a focus on poetry, prose or other literary genres, or a geographic or thematic focus.

21:350:273 Reading Arabic Literature (3) This course introduces students to the diversity of Arabic literature in English translation. Depending on the semester, the course may have a modern or premodern focus and/or an emphasis on poetry, fiction, memoir or theatre. The course highlights formal aspects of Arabic literature while showcasing how writers and poets from the area defined as the Arab world, the Arab diaspora or who otherwise identify as Arab have represented major contemporary historical and political issues in literary texts.

21:350:299 Core Topics in Literature (3)

Topics covered in course changes.

Satisfies the College's core curriculum Literature requirement.

21:350:308 Foundations of Literary Study (3) Introduces students to a range of interpretive issues in the study of literature. Students read a relatively few works while sampling a range of critical perspectives for engaging with those works. The course emphasizes close reading while also stressing varied contexts in which close reading may operate. It also introduces literary research methods and the conventions of citation. Required of all majors.

21:350:311 Seventeenth-Century Literature (3) A study of nondramatic prose and poetry from 1600 to 1660, exclusive of Milton; attention will be given to historical background.

21:350:315,316 English Renaissance Literature (3,3) A study of nondramatic prose and poetry from the 16th and 17th centuries. Readings may include works by Thomas More, Thomas Wyatt, Surrey, Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Christopher Marlowe, Shakespeare, Francis Bacon, Sir Walter Raleigh, Isabella Whitney, Elizabeth Cary, John Donne, and George Herbert.

21:350:317 Readings in the English Pre-Romantics (3) The later 18th century, sometimes called the "pre-Romantic" era, was a great age of literary experimentation. This course will survey the prehistory of the English Romantic movement, including works by James Thomson, Thomas Gray, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Blake, and William Godwin, ending with Wordsworth and Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads.

21:350:318 English Biography and Autobiography in the 18th Century (3) A look at the varieties of life-writing in the 18th century, beginning with its classical and medieval backgrounds and running through Romantic autobiography. Genres will include saints' lives, spiritual autobiography, criminals' lives, and slave narratives. Authors may include John Bunyan, Benjamin Franklin, James Boswell, and Olaudah Equiano.

21:350:319,320 Shakespeare (3,3) A sampling of history, tragedy, comedy, and romance in plays representing the span of Shakespeare's creative life.

21:350:321 Survey of English Literature to 1700 (3) Literature of the British Isles, from its beginnings to the end of the 17th century. The course begins with the Old English epic Beowulf, moves into the Middle English of Chaucer and medieval plays, and finishes with a variety of readings from the English Renaissance. This course is required of English majors.

21:350:322 Survey of English Literature After 1700 (3) Surveys the literature of England, beginning with the 18th century, proceeding through the Victorian era, and stressing the literature of the 20th century before, during, and after the World Wars.

21:350:323,324 English Drama to 1642, Aside from Shakespeare (3,3) From the beginnings of English drama--miracle and morality plays, interludes--to the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries and successors.

21:350:325,326 The 18th Century (3,3) A survey of the literature and culture of the "long" 18th century. First semester: the Restoration of 1660 to about 1745, focusing on Dryden, Behn, Swift, Pope, Defoe, and Richardson. Second semester: 1745 to 1800, focusing on Johnson, Gray, Sheridan, Burney, Wollstonecraft, and Equiano.

21:350:329,330 The Romantic Period (3,3) First semester: works of Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge; second semester: works of Byron, Shelley, Keats, and their contemporaries.

21:350:331 The Art of the Film (3) The viewing, analysis, and discussion of selected motion pictures by such directors as Griffith, Eisenstein, Ford, Huston, Welles, Bergman, Fellini, Buñuel, and Kurosawa; some films studied in relation to their literary sources.

21:350:332 American Film (3) The dominant tendencies in the rise of American film from the silent era to the present, with emphasis on comedy, the western, and the gangster-thriller.

21:350:333,334 The Victorian Period (3,3) Poetry and prose of the years 1832 to 1900; social, political, and artistic background of the period.

21:350:335 Literature and Law (3) Explores such themes as revenge, vengeance, guilt, confession, retribution, gender equality, and justice in American, English, and European works, ranging through several historical periods and ending with a detective novel.

21:350:337,338 Topics in Literature (3,3) Topics change from year to year. For the specific topic in a given semester, see the Schedule of Classes.

21:350:339,340 Major Writers of the 20th Century (3,3) Backgrounds of modern British and American literature; major prose writers and poets of our century. First semester: works produced between 1900 and 1939; second semester: works from World War II to the present.

21:350:342 Modern English Poetry (3) Poetry from the 1920s to the present: Eliot, Auden, Spenser, Thomas, Hughes, Larkin, and others.

21:350:343 The Bible as Literature I (3) A study of the Bible, its literary variety, and historical and religious development in the Old Testament.

21:350:344 The Bible as Literature II (3) A study of the Bible, its literary variety, and historical and religious development in the New Testament.

21:350:345,346 Modern Drama (3,3) Dramatic literature beginning with the advent of realism in the 1860s; European, English, Irish, and American plays studied, with attention to major movements and the philosophical and artistic forces which produced them. First semester: plays by Ibsen, Chekhov, Strindberg, Wilde, Shaw, and O'Neill; second semester: works by Brecht, Pirandello, Beckett, Hellman, Miller, Williams, and Genet.

21:350:348 Early Caribbean Literature (3) Surveys literature of the Caribbean, from the early 19th to the early 20th century. Most of the literature will be Anglo-Caribbean, with key texts from the Spanish- and French-speaking countries included. Discussed is the influence of European and American genres and movements, including the American antislavery novel, the romance, and European realism. Two key themes investigated are the emergence of both nationalist discourse and cultural hybridity as defining features of Caribbean literature. Particular attention is paid to the emergent literature of nonwhite populations of the Caribbean, linking these with the development of a distinctively literary Caribbean tradition.

21:350:349 The English Novel to 1800 (3) Beginnings and early development of the English novel. Authors include Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Godwin, and Lewis.

21:350:350 The English Novel After 1800 (3) Development of the novel in the 19th century. Authors include Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, George Eliot, and Hardy.

21:350:351,352 Survey of World Literature (3,3) A survey, through translations, of significant works in world literature and their influence on Western thought.

21:350:353,354 Modern and Contemporary English Novel (3,3) English fiction from 1900 to the present. Selected works of Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Doris Lessing, A.S. Byatt, and Pat Barker illustrate formal shifts linked to social and economic changes. Questions are posed about narratives and how to read and write novels.

21:350:355 The Technique of Poetry (3) An introduction to the technical aspects of English-language poetry, including prosody, poetic form, and other formal features. Intense close-readings will focus on the relation between form and meaning.

21:350:356 Caribbean Literature (3) This course familiarizes the student with the basic themes and issues of Caribbean literature. Readings will include novels, poetry, music, and film. Course materials will reflect the linguistic and ethnic diversity of Caribbean societies.

21:350:357 Children's Literature (3) Explores some of the rich tradition of literature for children in the past two centuries; from the Grimms' and many other fairy tales through some of the classics written in English in the late 19th and early 20th centuries into the ever-burgeoning field of more contemporary children's literature. (Readings will vary each semester.) The nature of this subject makes it appropriate for students of education, psychology, and many other subjects in addition to English.

21:350:360 Topics in Literature and Gender (3) The images and writing styles of poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction prose in different cultures with special attention to author gender; common themes and variations connected with class, ethnic, racial, and other differences; use and revision of conventions and stereotypes by both male, female, and non-binary writers.

21:350:361 Writing Women I (3) Selected literature by women that focuses specifically on women; works by Kate Chopin, Charlotte Brontë, Mary Wollstonecraft, Paule Marshall, Pat Barker, and Dorothy Allison. Emphasis on changing and continuous notions of womanhood and their formal representation in fiction; particular paradigms employed are female identity and the novel of female development.

21:350:362 Writing Women II (3) Selected literature by women that focuses specifically on women; works by Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott, Marge Piercy, Margaret Atwood, and Bharati Mukherjee. Emphasis on changing and continuous notions of womanhood and their formal representation in fiction. Particular paradigms employed are marriage and the community of women.

21:350:363,364 Special Topics in Film (3,3) Topics change from year to year; topics include themes (e.g., women in film, the war film); studies in a major director (e.g., Bergman, Ford, Fellini, Hitchcock); national cinemas other than the American film; and film theory and criticism. Prerequisite: At least 3 credits in a college-level film course.

21:350:366 Latina/o/xs in Film (3) Course examines popular Latina/o/x stereotypes and film conventions. A range of critical methodologies are covered, including star studies, film historiography, formal elements of cinema, genre studies, auteur theory, and queer, feminist, and critical race theories.

21:350:368 Restoration and 18th-Century Drama (3) The drama of Britain from 1660 to 1800, including works by John Dryden, William Congreve, John Gay, Oliver Goldsmith, and Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

21:350:369 The Short Story (3) Reading and critical study of classical, medieval, and modern short stories; discussion of predominant techniques and theories.

21:350:371 Milton (3) Literary and social backgrounds; the life of Milton, and his English and Latin works (the latter in translation).

21:350:373 Chaucer (3) Literary and social backgrounds; the life of Chaucer, Chaucer's language, and extensive reading of his works.

21:350:375 Writing Nonfiction (3) This workshop explores a range of nonfictional forms, including autobiography, oral history, case study, and factual narrative. The course offers close readings of such forms as starting points for students' own nonfiction writing projects. Students will compile a portfolio of course writings, the completion of which will constitute the final exam. Course requirements include discussion of the readings, group work, in-class writing, and take-home assignments.

21:350:377 Science Fiction, Technology, and Society (3) Science fiction as a principal cultural expression of the impact of science and technology on society from the Industrial Revolution to the present and future.

21:350:378 Middle English Literature, Aside from Chaucer (3) Survey of medieval English literature from 1200 to 1500, with emphasis on the romances, popular ballads, lyrics, dramas, and religious and political allegories; selections read in modernized versions.

21:350:380 The European Renaissance and English Literature (3) Historical background and significant works of European literature during the rise of humanism and the Reformation; emphasis on their relation to contemporary English literature.

21:350:381 Topics in Literature (3) Course topics vary.

21:350:386 Topics in Modern Literature (3) Course varies by topic.

21:350:387 Topics in Women's Literature (3) Course varies by topic.

21:350:388 Topics in LGBTQ Literature (3) Course varies by topic.

21:350:389 Topics in Global Literature (3) Course varies by topic.

21:350:390 Women in Medieval Literature (3) Writing by medieval women, e.g., Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Christine de Pizan, Heloise (and Abelard), as well as representations of women in Chaucer, in the Pearl poet, and in metrical romances with female heroes.

21:350:391 Honors Topics in Literature (3)

21:350:392 Honors Topics in Literature (3)

21:350:393,394 Studies in Literary Relations (3,3) Critical relations between works of different periods or genres; the variety of literary responses to a given historical moment; the relation of English and American literature to its intellectual and social origins; the effects of literary works on society. Various special topics film courses (e.g., studies in film genre or the works of a director) also are offered.

21:350:398 Literature of Protest (3) Literary works of several nations and eras; themes include economic, political, or social injustice and oppression; authors include Blake, Dos Passos, Gaskell, Mill, Shaw, Silone, Sinclair, Solzhenitsyn, Swift, and Thoreau.

21:350:405 Seminar in Earlier Victorian Literature (3) Intensive study of two or more English writers in relation to the intellectual and historical background of the first half of the 19th century.

21:350:406 Seminar in Later Victorian Literature (3) Intensive study of two or more English writers in relation to the intellectual and historical background of the second half of the 19th century.

21:350:407,408 Independent Study in English (3,3) Designed for students who wish to pursue literary studies (and who do not qualify for the Honors Program 21:350:495,496) outside the scope of existing courses. The student must interest a faculty member in supervising the project, convince him or her that the student has the ability to do the work, and then submit a written request to the department chair naming the consenting faculty supervisor. All other arrangements are determined by the student and supervisor. Prerequisite: Permission of program adviser. See also 21:350:495,496.

21:350:411 Development of the English Language (3) Historical study of Old, Middle, and Modern English, with a survey of lexicography.

21:350:415 Seminar in Renaissance Literature (3) Intensive study of two or more writers of the English Renaissance in relation to the culture of their times. Prerequisite: 21:350:308.

21:350:416 Seminar in Modern British Literature (3) Intensive study of two or more modern British writers in relation to the culture of their times. See Schedule of Classes for specific topic.
Prerequisite: 21:350:308.

21:350:417,418 Literary Criticism (3,3) Important concepts of literary value; first semester: the beginnings and development through the early 19th century; second semester: more recent trends. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing, or permission of instructor.

21:350:429 Studies in the European novel to 1900 (3) Close study of selected works by a few of the important writers of the European tradition.

21:350:430 Studies in the European Novel After 1900 (3) Close study of selected fiction in the European Modernist tradition.

21:350:431 The World Novel to 1900 (3) Major novels selected from the world's literatures, such as the Russian, French, Spanish, Japanese, and German, read in translation.

21:350:432 The World Novel in the 20th and 21st Centuries (3) Major novels from the literatures of Europe, Latin America, Africa, and the East, read in translation.

21:350:449,450 Popular Culture (3,3) A history of the popular book, newspapers, magazines, photography, film, radio, television, and other media as they have influenced and been influenced by literature, commencing with the 18th and 19th centuries in the first semester and continuing to the present in the second semester.

21:350:458,459 Internship (3,3) Placement in an appropriate publishing, public relations, or media firm for 8 to 10 hours per week; a journal reflecting each working day's activities plus a paper to be agreed upon by the academic supervisor and the intern.

21:350:469,470 Literary Genres (3,3) Readings in the development of a single literary form or type each semester (e.g., tragedy, comedy, fantasy, romance, epic, or detective fiction). Prerequisite: 21:350:308.

21:350:479 Seminar in Major British Authors I (3) Selected British authors from Beowulf to the 18th century. Individual authors selected are announced in the Schedule of Classes. Prerequisite: 21:350:308.

21:350:480 Seminar in Major British Authors II (3) Major British authors from Blake to the 21st century. Individual authors selected are announced in Schedule of Classes Prerequisite: 21:350:308.

21:350:481 Readings in a Major Author (3) An intensive study of the works of a single British author whose name is announced in the semester preceding the course offerings. Authors might include Austen, Johnson, Keats, the Brontës, George Eliot, Joyce, or Doris Lessing.

21:350:482 Readings in a Major Author (3) Supplements 21:350:481 and uses a similar approach. May be taken independent of 21:350:481.

21:350:491,492 Topics in English & American Literature (3,3) Course varies by topic.

21:350:495,496 Honors Program-Studies in Literature (3,3) The pursuit of special projects outside the scope of any of the existing courses under the guidance of a member of the department. The student must interest a faculty member in supervising the project and then submit a written request to the department chair naming the consenting faculty supervisor. All other arrangements are determined by student and supervisor. Open only to honors students. Prerequisite: Permission of program adviser. See also 21:350:407,408.

21:350:497,498 Honors Project-English (BA,BA) Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission of department chair.

21:350:499 Independent Study-English (BA) Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission of department chair.