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Independent Study in American Literature (3,3)
Independent study in directed readings.
Available only by special arrangement.
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Survey of American Literature (3)
This course
prepares students to study and design surveys in American literature. This course
satisfies the Teaching Classics portion of the one-year master of arts program.
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Slave Narratives (3)
This course surveys slave narratives and prepares teaching
professionals for designing surveys in slave narratives. This satisfies the Teaching Classics
portion of the one-year master of arts (M.A.) program, but it is also open to general M.A. students.
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Urban Literature and Poetry (3)
This course surveys the vibrant intersection of urban
culture, literature, poetry, and performance.
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Studies in American Literature (3,3)
Selected major writers seen in their historical or intellectual relationships.
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American Literature to 1900 (3)
Selected major authors, such as Hawthorne, Melville, Dickinson, and James.
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Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3)
Selected works of modern and contemporary American writers.
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Twentieth-Century American Poetry (3)
Major American poets of the 20th century.
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Modern American Drama (3)
Selected major playwrights, such as Odets, O'Neill, Williams, Miller, Albee, Kushner, and Parks.
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Recent American Writing (3)
Studies of contemporary literature in selected genres.
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Studies in African-American Literature (3)
Study of major black poets, fiction writers, and dramatists.
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The American Child in Literature and Culture (3)
Literary views of childhood and youth in the context of American nationhood, with attention to innocence, protection, violence, diversity, and citizenship.
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Literature of Adolescence (3)
Literary, cultural, and historical constructions of adolescence in a range of literature written for young readers.
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Literary Inventions of Adolescence (3)
Analysis of the growth of the adolescent figure in fiction of the 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Studies in Children's Literature (3)
Selected topics in children's literature.
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Special Topics in American Literature (3,3)
Readings in a specific field chosen by the instructor.
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