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Independent Study in British Literature (3,3)
Individual study in directed readings.
Available only by special arrangement.
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Introduction to Graduate Literary Study (3)
Required of all students in the program, this course prepares students for graduate study through practice in current methods of research, interpretation, and criticism.
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International Study (3,3)
A short-term study abroad tour focusing on an author or authors or on a literary theme.
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Studies in Fiction (3)
Narrative forms and their relation to the novel, with attention to theory of fiction.
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56:350:508
Critical Theory (3)
Study of 20th-century debates in America and Europe: new criticism, Marxist theory, structuralism, and deconstruction.
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56:350:510
Studies in Dramatic Form (3)
Studies in theater styles and conventions focusing on various periods of English or American drama.
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56:350:511
Studies in Poetry (3)
Styles, themes, genres, and conventions of poetry in English; nature and scope of individual achievement in relation to poetic traditions.
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Literary Criticism: The Major Texts (3)
Study of conventions and current problems in critical discourse from Aristotle to the present.
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56:350:527
Classical Mythology (3)
A study of Greek and Roman classical mythology and its influence on later Western literature.
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56:350:528
Classical Literature (3)
Introduces students to major authors, works, and genres of antiquity, particularly Greek and Roman literature.
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56:350:529
World Literature in English (3)
Readings in literature, either in translation or originally written in English, from one or more parts of the world.
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56:350:530,531
Special Topics in World Literature (3,3)
Readings in a specific field chosen by the instructor.
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56:350:532
Chaucer (3)
Readings in the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and selected minor poems.
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Bible as Literature (3)
A study of the Bible, its literary variety, and historical and religious development.
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56:350:535
Medieval Literature (3)
Major works of medieval English poetry and prose, including Chaucer.
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The Renaissance (3)
Major prose and poetry of the English Renaissance.
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Nature and Culture (3)
Study of the relations between human communities and the natural world, primarily in the works of British, American, and Native American writers.
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Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3)
Development of the drama from 1580 to 1642, including works by Marlowe, Jonson, Dekker, Webster, and Middleton.
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56:350:545
Shakespeare (3)
Close reading of selected major plays.
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56:350:549
Seventeenth-Century Literature (3)
Poetry of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell, and others and selected prose works.
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56:350:554
Milton (3)
Poems and selected prose.
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56:350:557
Restoration and 18th-Century Drama (3)
Drama in the context of Restoration and Georgian England, 1660-1800.
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56:350:559
Eighteenth-Century Literature (3)
Neoclassical poetry, Augustan prose forms, and the early English novel.
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The Romantic Period (3)
Major romantic poets and selected prose works.
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Nineteenth-Century British Novel (3)
Major British novelists of the 19th century, including Austen, Bronte, Eliot, and Dickens.
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Victorian Literature (3,3)
Major Victorian poets, novelists, and essayists viewed in the context of the period's intellectual development.
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56:350:573
Introduction to Literary Theory (3)
Introduction to contemporary literary theory, including formalism, structuralism, poststructuralism, Marxism, and other approaches.
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56:350:580
Literary and Cultural Constructions of Childhood (3)
A study of changing representations of childhood in literary and cultural texts, including the impact of childhood on imagination and intellectual and aesthetic traditions.
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Romantic Inventions of Childhood (3)
Literary readings based in the British and American romantic beliefs in childhood as a source of innocence, visionary strength, and originality.
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Myth and Archetype in Children's Literature (3)
A study of recurrent narrative designs, mythic patterns, and character types in literature written for children, with special attention to gender differences.
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History of Child Consciousness in the Novel (3)
Study of authors' developing interests in the child mind, from the Victorian through modern and contemporary periods.
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Children's Literature in Print and Film (3)
Selected texts in British and American children's literature studied alongside film adaptations of these texts.
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Illustration and Media History: Perspectives on Childhood (3)
Study of major children's illustrators, history of the children's book, and technologies of production of children's literature.
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Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3)
Major British poets of the 20th century.
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Literary Biography (3)
Reading and discussion of the important modes of literary biography in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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56:350:593,594
Special Topics in British Literature (3,3)
Readings in a specific field chosen by the instructor.
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Matriculation Continued (0)
Continuous registration may be accomplished by enrolling for at least 3 credits in standard course offerings, including research courses, or by enrolling in this course for 0 credits. Students actively engaged in study toward their degree who are using university facilities and faculty time are expected to enroll for the appropriate credits.
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Teaching Assistantship (0)
Practicum for students holding teaching assistantships.
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