01:358:200
Once Upon a Time: Why We Tell Stories (4)
Focusing on stories from Genesis and Homer to 21st-century
best sellers, Once Upon A Time considers why we need stories and how we tell
them.
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01:358:201
Introduction to Literature (3)
Development of skills in close reading and interpretive writing; texts in various genres. Designed primarily for nonmajors.
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01:358:202
Shakespeare (3)
One-semester introduction to Shakespeare, with readings in selected comedies, tragedies, and histories.
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01:358:203
Shakespeare and Film (3)
Interpretation of Shakespeare's plays through a close reading of literary texts and films.
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01:358:204
Biblical Backgrounds of Literature in English (3)
The Bible as Literature (3)The Bible, its
literary variety, and the evolution of its text. Religious themes in
literature, with attention to matters of rhetoric, style, and structure.
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01:358:205
The Coming Apocalypse (4)
An interdisciplinary
introduction to narrative using novels, films, and other contemporary
representations of the world's imminent destruction.
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01:358:206
Introduction to Literary Studies (1.5)
Fundamentals of literary interpretation, focusing on a particular period, genre, or author.
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01:350:207
Writing After the End of the World (3)
An introduction to stories about the end of the world.
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01:358:210
British Literature from the Middle Ages to 1800 (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from the Middle Ages through the 18th century.
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01:358:211
British Literature from 1800 to the Present (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from the romantic period to the present.
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01:358:212
Introduction to American Literature (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from the colonial period to the Civil War.
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01:358:213
Major Topics and Authors in American Literature (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from the Civil War to the present.
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01:358:214
Introduction to 20th-Century Literature (3)
Introduction to major works of 20th-century literature in English.
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01:358:215
Introduction to 21st-Century Literatures (3)
Literary works and emergent forms of the current century.
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01:358:216
Introduction to World Literatures in English (3)
Survey of English language literatures including Asian,
African, and Caribbean in a global context.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:216.
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01:358:217
Black Literature from the Colonial Period to 1930 (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from the 18th century through the Harlem Renaissance.
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01:358:218
Black Literature from 1930 to the Present (3)
Survey of poetry, prose, and drama from 1930 to the present.
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01:358:222
Introduction to South Asian Literature (3)
Overview of South Asian literatures of the 19th, 20th, and
21st centuries, including literatures representing historical events such as
the independence struggle, partition, women's rights, religious conflicts, and
caste politics.
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01:358:230
Major Topics and Authors in British Literature (3)
Introduces major topics and authors in British literature.
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01:358:240
Introduction to Dramatic Literature (3)
Major plays from several periods, chiefly British and American, with some attention to form, theory, and the development of the genre.
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01:358:241
Introduction to Poetry (3)
Major poems from several periods, chiefly British and American, with some attention to form, theory, and the development of the genre.
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01:358:242
Introduction to the Novel (3)
Major novels from several periods, chiefly British and American, with some attention to form, theory, and the development of the genre.
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01:358:243
Introduction to the Short Story (3)
Major short stories from several periods, chiefly British
and American, with some attention to form, theory, and the development of the genre.
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01:358:244
Introduction to Myth (3)
Myths of various cultures; their structures and functions in social and especially literary contexts.
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01:358:245
Introduction to Folklore (3)
Major genres of folklore, including folktale, folk song, and legend, with attention to the methods of collecting and analyzing these materials.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:245.
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01:358:246
Introduction to the Gothic (3)
Genre of the Gothic from its beginnings in the 18th century to the present.
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01:358:247
Introduction to Comic Literature (3)
Theory and practice of comedy organized around the topics of satire,
farce, nonsense, parody, jokes, and the humor of daily life.
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01:358:248
Introduction to Tragic Literature (3)
Literature and theory of tragedy from the Greeks through Shakespeare to the 20th century; chiefly plays, supplemented by some poetry and fiction.
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01:358:249
Introduction to Satiric Literature (3)
Satire's variety of postures and games, across an array of such forms as novel, epigram, film, and cartoon, ranging from the Renaissance to the present.
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01:358:250
Introduction to Autobiography (3)
Historical and formal development of autobiography in English, with special attention to theories of identity and narrative.
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01:358:251
Introduction to Travel Literature (3)
Readings of works, mainly in English, concerning geographical exploration and speculation; relation to literary and nonliterary genres; and attention to imperial dimensions.
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01:358:252
Introduction to Children's Literature (3)
Introduction to children's literature. Fairy tales,
classics, and contemporary examples of literature for children and young
adults.
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01:358:253
Introduction to Crime Fiction (3)
Introduction to crime fiction. Works by such
authors as Chandler, Highsmith, Himes, and Mankell.
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01:358:254
Introduction to Science Fiction (3)
Introduction to science fiction. Works by such
authors as Butler, Dick, Delany, and Gibson.
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01:358:255
Introduction to Modern Literary Fantasy (3)
Literary conventions and distinctions between the surreal and the unreal, nonsense and the sublime in different forms of modern literary fantasy written in English.
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01:358:256
Introduction to the Graphic Novel (3)
The history, techniques,
structure, verbal-visual form, and thematic range of graphic narratives.
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01:358:260
Introduction to Multiethnic Literatures of the United States (3)
Survey of multiethnic literatures of the United States
through a comparative framework. Fiction, poetry, autobiography, graphic
narrative, film, and personal essays by and about African Americans, Asian
Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos/as.
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01:358:261
Introduction to the Study of Women Writers (3)
Range of literature in English by women writers, analyzed in relation to the impact of authorial gender.
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01:358:262
Introduction to Literature and the Environment (3)
General introduction
to environmental writing, focusing on nonfiction, novels, and poems from the
mid-19th century to the present day.
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01:358:263
Civilization and Its Discontents (3)
Introduction to texts of fundamental importance for the imagination of the individual in society,
focusing on the forms through which a culture understands itself including
dialogue, tragedy, parable, and public address.
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01:358:275
The Cultural History of Now (3)
Analysis of an issue
of pressing global concern from a multidisciplinary perspective, but especially
from that of literary and cultural history. Topics vary according to individual
instructors; consult departmental information.
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01:358:301
History of the English Language (3)
Growth and structure of the English language from its origins to the present with some attention to methods of linguistic description.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:302
Classical Backgrounds of Literature in English (3)
Influence on literature in English of classical Greek and Roman epic, tragedy, comedy, and other literary forms.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:346. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:303
Literature of Medieval Courts (3)
Concepts of nobility, rule, courtship, and faith in works such as
Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Malory's Morte
d'Arthur.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:304
Medieval Literature of Dissent (3)
Traditions
of dissent in later medieval England. Texts may
include writings by Wulfstan and Ælfric, Chronicle poems, Piers Plowman, Lollard writings,
macro-plays, the Wakefield cycle, and The Book of Margery Kempe.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:305
Medieval Romance (3)
Medieval romances and their origins in the British Isles and on the
continent, with emphasis on English versions of Arthurian material,
especially Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:306
Chaucer (3)
Selected works of Chaucer, with an emphasis on The Canterbury Tales.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:307
Medieval and Early Modern Women Writers (3)
Selections from significant women writers of the medieval and early modern period, including Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, Aemelia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary, Lady Mary Wroth, Katherine Philips, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:308
Cultures of the Middle Ages (3)
Detailed introduction to a particular aspect of the rich cultural diversity of the European Middle Ages. Topics vary.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:388 or 01:667:388. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:309
Issues and Problems in Medieval Literature and Culture (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in medieval literature and culture. Sections designed by individual instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:310
Medieval Drama (3)
Surveys works of
medieval drama, investigating relationships between history and religion, world
and stage, work and play, and actors and audience.
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01:358:311
Renaissance Literature: The 16th Century (3)
Poetry, plays, and prose from the Henrician to the Elizabethan periods.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:312
Renaissance Literature: The 17th Century (3)
Poetry, plays, and prose from the Jacobean to Restoration periods.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:313
Drama in the Age of Shakespeare (3)
Early modern drama, with emphasis on Marlowe, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:314
Shakespeare: The Elizabethan Plays (3)
Selected comedies, tragedies, and English history plays written between
the beginning of Shakespeare's career and the death of Elizabeth I in
1603.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:315
Shakespeare: The Jacobean Plays (3)
Selected comedies, tragedies, and tragicomedies written after the succession of James I in 1603.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:316
Milton (3)
Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, the shorter poems, and selected prose.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:317
Major Renaissance Writers (3)
Selected writings of Milton studied in relation to other 16th- or 17th-century writers, such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell,
Cavendish, or Dryden.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:318
Sixteenth-Century Poetry (3)
Forms, styles, and development of poetry from Skelton to Spenser.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:319
Seventeenth-Century Poetry (3)
Forms, styles, and development of poetry from Jonson and Donne to Milton and Marvell.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:320
Issues and Problems in Renaissance Literature and Culture (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues
in Renaissance literature and culture. Sections designed by individual
instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:321
Renaissance Women Writers (3)
Selections from significant women writers of the
Renaissance including Mary Sidney, Emelia Lanyer, Mary Wroth, Anne Bradstreet,
Margaret Cavendish, and Aphra Behn.
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01:358:322
Restoration and Early 18th-Century Literature (3)
Poetry, prose, and drama by writers such as Dryden,
Rochester, Behn, Pope, Haywood, Swift, and their contemporaries.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:323
Later 18th-Century Literature (3)
Poetry, prose, and drama by writers such as
Johnson, Sterne, Burney, Cowper, Sheridan, Equiano, Wollstonecraft and their
contemporaries.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:324
Restoration and 18th-Century Poetry (3)
Poems by authors such as Philips, Dryden, Behn, Swift,
Pope, Gray, Cowper, and Wheatley.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:325
Restoration and 18th-Century Theater and Drama (3)
Comedies and tragedies from the British modern
age, by Congreve, Behn, Wycherly, Etheridge, Centlivre, Gay, Lillo, Sheridan,
and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:326
Eighteenth-Century Novel (3)
The early novel to
Jane Austen, including authors such as Behn, Defoe, Haywood, Fielding,
Richardson, Lennox, Sterne, and Burney.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:327
Restoration and 18th Century Women Writiers (3)
Writing
by women between the Restoration and the Romantic period, including authors
such as Behn, Haywood, Montagu, Burney, Wheatley, and Austen.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:328
Issues and Problems in 18th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in Restoration and 18th-century literature and culture. Sections designed by individual instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:330
Early Romantic Literature (3)
Works of poetry and prose by Austen, Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, and their contemporaries.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:331
Later Romantic Literature (3)
Works of poetry and prose by Keats, P.B. Shelley, M. Shelley, Byron, Hemans, De Quincey, and their contemporaries.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:332
Victorian Literature (3)
Poetry and prose from the 1830s to 1900, by Barrett Browning, Tennyson, Browning, Carlyle, Arnold, Christina Rossetti, the Brontës, Dickens, George Eliot, and Hardy.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:333
Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature (3)
Poetry and prose of the transition to modernism by such authors as Pater, Wilde, the Decadents, the New Women novelists, Olive Shriner, Yeats, Hardy, Lawrence, and Woolf.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:334
Victorian Poetry (3)
Major
poetry of Tennyson, Barrett Browning, Browning, Arnold, the Pre-Raphaelites, Christina
Rossetti, Hopkins, Yeats, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:335
Nineteenth-Century Theater and Drama (3)
Drama from 1800 to the 1880s in England and America. Melodrama,
the development of social realism, and the rise of modern drama. Plays by Holcroft,
Jerrold, Boucicault, Taylor, Lewis, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:336
Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (3)
Development of the novel into the major popular literary genre in England. Writers include Scott, Dickens, the Brontës, Thackeray, Gaskell, Eliot, Hardy, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:337
Nineteenth-Century Women Writers (3)
Appearance of women writers as major public voices in British literature. Writers include Wollstonecraft, Austen, Mary Shelley, the Brontës, Gaskell, George Eliot, and Christina Rossetti.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:338
Issues and Problems in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in 19th-century literature and culture. Sections designed by individual instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:340
Literature and Culture of the Colonial Americas (3)
English writing of the New World, from exploration through
colonization, on both sides of the Atlantic. Puritanism, the Enlightenment, empire,
and the development of nationalism.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:341
Antebellum American Literature (3)
American
writing from Romanticism to the Civil War. Works by Equiano, Irving, Apess, Cooper,
Sedgwick, Poe, Emerson, Fuller, Douglass, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Thoreau,
Whitman, Wilson, Jacobs, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:342
Nineteenth-Century American Poetry (3)
Primary
focus on Whitman and Dickinson, with additional readings in Wheatley, Bryant, Sigourney,
Longfellow, Emerson, Fuller, Poe,
Whittier, Horton, Melville, Harper, Dunbar
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:343
Nineteenth-Century American Fiction (3)
Novels, stories, and sketches by Irving, Cooper, Poe, Fern, Stowe, Hawthorne, Melville, Alcott, Twain, James, Wharton, Chesnutt, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:344
American Realism and Naturalism (3)
American
writing from the Civil War to modernism. Works by Dickinson, Alcott, Twain,
James, Howells, Jewett, Chopin, Sui Sin Far, Zitkala-Sa, Crane, Wharton,
Dreiser, Du Bois, Johnson, Cather.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:345
Early 20th-Century American Literature (3)
Writing by American authors from 1900 to 1945.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:346
Later 20th-Century American Literature (3)
Writing by American authors from 1945 to the end of the century.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:347
American Theater and Drama (3)
American theatrical traditions from the 18th century to the present, with emphasis on such 20th-century playwrights as O'Neill, Hellman, Williams, Miller, Albee, Hansberry, Wilson, Mamet, and Baraka.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:348
American Women Writers (3)
Writing
by American women including Bradstreet, Wheatley, Sedgwick, Wilson, Stowe,
Jacobs, Child, Dickinson, Stoddard, Harper, Hopkins, Chopin, Wharton, Cather,
Hurston, O'Connor, Le Guin, Angelou and Morrison
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:349
American Autobiography (3)
Changing
representations of self in narrative form. Readings range from conversion,
captivity, and slave narratives, to modern autobiographies and memoirs.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:351
Literatures of the Americas (3)
Literatures of the Western Hemisphere from the 19th century to the present.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:352
Early 20th-Century Literature (3)
Writing from 1900 to 1945, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:353
Later 20th-Century Literature (3)
Writing from 1945 to the end of the century, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:354
Early 20th-Century Poetry (3)
Poetry from 1900 to 1945, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:355
Later 20th-Century Poetry (3)
Poetry from 1945 to the end of the century, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:356
Early 20th-Century Theater and Drama (3)
Drama from the 1880s to the 1920s in relation to modernism and contemporary social movements. Plays by Ibsen, Strindberg, Chekhov, Wilde, Jarry, Glaspell, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:357
Later 20th-Century Theater and Drama (3)
Expressionism through the Absurd (1920s through 1960s), in artistic and social contexts. Plays by Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Genet, Beckett, Pinter, Williams, Hansberry, and others.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:358
Early 20th-Century Fiction (3)
Fiction from 1900 to 1945, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:360
Later 20th-Century Fiction (3)
Fiction from 1945 to the end of the century, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:361
Twentieth-Century Literature in a Global Context (3)
Twentieth-century writing in English other than British and American.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:324. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:362
Twentieth-Century Women Writers (3)
Twentieth-century writing by women, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:363
Issues and Problems in 20th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in 20th-century literature and culture. Sections designed by individual instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:365
Twenty-First-Century Literature (3)
Writing from the last 20 years, including one or more of the following: American, British, and other literatures in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:370
Black Narrative (3)
Historical and stylistic range of prose forms; slave narratives, folklore, biography and autobiography, short fiction; social, literary, and cultural criticism; Douglass, Du Bois, Toomer, Hurston, and Walker.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:371
Black Poetry (3)
History of black American poetry, including the influence of oral traditions; poems by such writers as Wheatley, Dunbar, Hughes, and Brooks.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:372
Black Theater and Drama (3)
Work of modern black American playwrights, including Hansberry, Baraka, Baldwin, Bullins, Gordone, Fuller, and Shange.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:373
Black Novel (3)
Thematic and structural development of the black novel as a voice for social and political change, including works by Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Marshall, Walker, and Morrison.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:374
Black Autobiography (3)
Examination of self-representation by major black autobiographers, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, Solomon Northup, Booker T. Washington, Maya Angelou, and Malcolm X.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:375
Nineteenth-Century Black Literature (3)
Prominent African-American writers of fiction, poetry, autobiography, and essays of the 19th century, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Wilson, Pauline Hopkins, Charles Chesnutt, and W.E.B. Du Bois.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:376
Harlem Renaissance (3)
Black literature during the 1920s and 1930s in the context of African-American social and cultural history; essays, poems, and novels by such authors as Cullen, Hughes, Hurston, McKay, and Toomer.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:377
Black Writers and the 1960s (3)
Innovations in black literature of the 1960s in light of the tumultuous social, cultural, and political movements of the decade.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:378
Black Music and Literature (3)
Thematic and structural influences of black music on American poetry, fiction, and drama; writers may include Sterling Brown, Hughes, Baraka, Cortez, Bambara, Kerouac, Shepard, and August Wilson.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:379
Black Women Writers (3)
Fiction and poetry by African-American women such as Brooks, Hurston, Marshall, Morrison, and Alice Walker; discussion of issues of literary influence and comparable traditions.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:380
Literature of the Black World (3)
Comparative study of writing in English by African-American, Caribbean, and African authors, including Derek Walcott, V.S. Naipaul, Paule Marshall, and Chinua Achebe.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:381
Issues and Problems in Black Literature (3)
Studies in particular themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in black literature and culture. Sections designed by individual instructors; students should consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:383
Issues and Problems in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (3)
Study of literature and criticism that explore facets of Western imperial expansion.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:384
Literatures of Migration, Immigration, and Diaspora (3)
Writings that feature representations of place, community, and identity in relation to national and international movement and displacement.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:336. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:385
Literatures of Africa in English (3)
Study of selected literary works from Africa written in English. Topics vary; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:386
Literatures of Asia in English (3)
Study of selected literary works from Asia written in English. Topics vary; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:387
Ethnic Literature in the United States (3)
Selected literary works by Asian-American, black, Chicano/Chicana, and
Native American writers. Topics vary; consult departmental information.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:388
Native American Literatures in English (3)
Fiction, poetry, and autobiography by such writers as Apes, Momaday, Welch, Silko, and Erdrich. Attention to issues of Native American representation.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:050:376. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:389
Asian-American Literatures in English (3)
Theme or genre-based study of selected Asian-American writing in English. Topics chosen by individual instructors; consult departmental announcement.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:050:377. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:390
Chicano/Chicana Literature (3)
Theme or genre-based study of selected Chicano/Chicana literature; attention to comparative contexts (Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Dominican).
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:391
Irish Writing in English (3)
Works of Irish writers in English from 1800 to the present.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:393
Independent Study (3)
Individual work on a topic designed by the student in conference with an instructor who directs the project.
Prerequisite: Permission of department.
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01:358:394
Theater and Drama by Women (3)
Selected plays in English by women writers, with emphasis on the study of forms, conventions, and cultural contexts. Topics vary; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:395
Fiction by Women (3)
Selected works of fiction in English by women writers, with emphasis on the study of forms, conventions, and cultural contexts. Topics vary; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:396
Poetry by Women (3)
Selected poetry in English by women writers, with emphasis on the study of forms, conventions, and cultural contexts. Topics vary; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:398
The English Bible (3)
The English Bible, its literary variety, and
the evolution of its text. Special attention will be given to problems of
interpretation and translation and their Hebrew and Greek origins.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent. Credit not given for this course and 01:563:326 or 01:840:387.
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01:358:411
Old English Language and Literature (3)
Intensive study of the English language and an introduction to its literature.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:412
Seminar: Old English Language and Literature (3)
Intensive
study, in a discussion-oriented format, of Old English poems, such as Beowulf,
and prose writings studied in their original language. Topics vary according to
individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:358:420
Seminar: Chaucer (3)
Intensive study of The Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and other selected works.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:422
Seminar: Topics in Medieval Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of medieval literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:424
Seminar: Spenser (3)
The Faerie Queene, The Shepherd's Calendar, Amoretti, Epithalamion, and selected minor works.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:426
Seminar: Shakespeare (3)
Special studies in selected plays and poems. Consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:428
Seminar: Milton (3)
Special studies in Milton's poetry and prose.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:434
Seminar: Topics in Renaissance Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of Renaissance literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:435
Seminar: Topics in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of 18th-century literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:436
Seminar: Topics in 19th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of 19th-century literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:437
Seminar: Topics in 20th-Century Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of 20th-century literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:438
Seminar: Topics in 21st-Century Literature (3)
Focuses on topics and
issues in 21st-century literature of all genres.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:440
Seminar: Topics in Genre (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a particular genre (e.g., pastoral, epic, comedy, and lyric) or relationship among genres.
Topics vary; consult departmental information.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:440. Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:441
Seminar: Topics in American Literature and Culture to 1800 (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of American literature and culture to 1800. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:442
Seminar: Topics in 19th-Century American Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of 19th-century American literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:445
Seminar: Topics in Black Literature and Culture (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of black literature and culture. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:452
Seminar: Special Topics in American Literature (3)
Special studies in particular ideas, themes, forms, and historical units in American literature. Sections designed by individual instructors; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:460
Seminar: Topics in Colonial and Postcolonial Literature (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of colonial and postcolonial literature. Topics vary; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:491
Seminar: Special Topics in Literature (3)
Special studies in particular ideas, themes, forms, and historical units in literature. Sections designed by individual instructors; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:493
Independent Study (3)
Individual work on a topic designed by the student in conference with an instructor who directs the project.
Prerequisites: Permission of department; 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:358:495
Independent Study (BA)
Individual work on a topic designed by the student with an instructor who directs the project.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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