01:359:201,202
Principles of Literary Study (3,3)
Fundamental concepts and techniques of literary interpretation: methods of analyzing language, genre, structure, and cultural contexts in poetry (01:359:201) and prose (01:359:202). Readings selected from a wide range of major English and American authors, including women and members of minorities.
Required of all English majors.
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01:359:205
Introduction to Research Methods (3)
Workshop in advanced library skills and the use of secondary scholarship.
Open only to junior English majors in the departmental honors program.
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01:359:207
Data and Culture (3)
Introduction to understanding and using data in humanistic scholarship.
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01:359:209
Introduction to Health, Medicine, and Literature (3)
Examines how literature
about disease, disability, or the body opens questions concerning language,
metaphor, narrative traditions, and the shifting cultural meanings of health,
medicine, and human experience.
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01:359:210
Introduction to Literary Theory (3)
Literary theory through the close reading of texts with common themes; representation of diverse historical periods and theoretical
frameworks.
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01:359:211
The Culture of Sport (3)
Explores the cultural aspects of sport, focusing on basketball, soccer, and American football, using
literature, film, journalism, televised events, and some secondary material.
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01:359:220
Introduction to Performance Theory (3)
Interdisciplinary course introduces students to key concepts of performance and performativity
from a variety of critical perspectives, including those of literary studies,
critical theory, philosophy, theatre history, and anthropology, among others.
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01:359:310
History of Literary Theory I (3)
Literary and rhetorical theory from antiquity to the Enlightenment.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:311
History of Literary Theory II (3)
Selected trends and texts of literary theory from Romanticism to the present.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:312
Issues and Problems in Literary Theory (3)
Close investigation of a specifically defined area of literary theory. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:315
Theories of Genre (3)
Introduction to the ways in which criticism has theorized literature according to genre, form, and kind.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:316
Issues and Problems in Genre Theory (3)
Formal and cultural issues within the development of a particular genre, or in the relation between genres, in literature in English.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:320
Cultural Theory in Literary Studies (3)
Approaches to defining what culture is and how to theorize culture in relation to the production and consumption of literary and nonliterary texts.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:321
Popular Culture (3)
Exploration of how popular forms like TV, movies, music video, rap, rock, comics, magazines, and advertising shape meaning and value in
contemporary America.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:322
Marxist Literary Theory (3)
Marxist analysis of literature, culture, and society. Attention to dialectical philosophy, the problem of base and superstructure, and theories of ideology and fetishism.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:325
Psychoanalytic Literary Theory (3)
Impact of psychoanalysis upon theories of literature, language, and interpretation; Freud and beyond; attention to theories of subjectivity, trauma, affect, sexuality, textuality, and culture.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:326
Literature and Psychology (3)
Exploration of interrelationships of literature and
psychology (from Freud to feminists and contemporary theorists); topics
include subjectivity, affect, trauma, gender, intersubjectivity, and identity.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:330
Theories of Gender and Sexuality (3)
History and critique of gender and sexuality as discursive categories. May include nonliterary as well as literary texts and involve various theoretical perspectives.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:331
Literature and Sexuality (3)
Themes and assumptions of sexual literature and its basis in sexual fantasy, including gender issues. Reading in major works of sexual
literature.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:335
Feminist Theory in Literary Study (3)
"Woman," "gender," and related concepts as discursive categories deployed in theoretical, literary, philosophical, and popular texts. Attention to historical issues and current debates.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:336
Issues and Problems in Feminist Literary Studies (3)
Themes, questions, forms, and historical issues in feminist literary studies. Sections designed by individual instructors; consult departmental announcement.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:340
Deconstruction and Poststructuralist Theory (3)
Poststructuralism and its origins in France in the late 1960s; attention to the theoretical writings of Derrida, Barthes, Kristeva, and de Man.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:345
Colonial and Postcolonial Theory (3)
Theories of colonial and postcolonial discourse; attention to issues of imperialism, primitivism, creolization, and globalization in fiction, film, and travel narratives.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:347
Serial Storytelling (3)
Investigation of serial narrative as a modern mode of
storytelling, from serialized novels in 19th-century Britain and Russian
through the multimedia serials of our digital age. Exploration of this
narrative form's enduring power, in multiple media, to interweave fiction with
the course of current events and the rhythms of everyday life, and to bring
together international audiences shaped by cultural, social, and geographical
differences.
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01:359:351
Literature and Medicine (3)
Literature about medicine, exploring the meeting place of disease, medical treatment, and literary culture, along with shifting understandings of patient and healer, health and illness, and the reach and responsibility of medicine.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:352
Literary and Scientific Writings (3)
Readings in English that explore the impact of science upon literary writing and the literary and discursive dimensions of selected scientific texts.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:360
Theories of Text and Image (3)
Exploration of the field of media theory, especially as it has developed in dialogue with literary
and cultural studies. Course materials and class projects will include works in
multiple media.
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01:359:361
Literature and Visual Culture (3)
Interactions of word and image on the page, on the stage, and onscreen. Examples may include graphic narratives, tableaux, public spectacles, photography, film, and digital culture, read alongside literary and theoretical texts.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:362
Digital Literary Studies (3)
The relationship between literary practices and the technologies of recording, transmitting, data mining, and archiving. Topics: the
history of the book, media shift, the history of reading, literature in relation to other media, hypertext, and digital literacies and analysis.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:365
Literature, Religion, and Theory (3)
Relationships between theological and literary ways of reading texts, including both sacred and secular examples.
Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:366
Literary Approaches to Sacred Texts (3)
Literary analysis of the formation and structure of the major texts of several world religions. Attention to style, genre, and cross-cultural interpretation.
Credit not given for both this course and 01:195:318. Prerequisite: 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:394
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 and 01:355:101 or equivalent.
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01:359:395
Junior Honors Seminar (3)
Focus on particular text, theme, or approach in
order to develop reading and writing skills using critical and theoretical materials.
Open only to junior English majors in the departmental honors program.
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01:359:410
Seminar: Topics in Literary Theory (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of literary theory. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:359:425
Seminar: Topics in Literature and Psychology (3)
Examines literary
texts and the processes of reading them through the lens of psychological
theory, including psychoanalytic and cognitive.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:359:435
Seminar: Topics in Feminist Theory (3)
Intensive study, in a discussion-oriented format, of a specifically defined area of feminist theory. Topics vary according to individual instructors; consult departmental information.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:359:460
Seminar: Media Theory (3)
Explores the field of media theory, especially as it has developed in dialogue with literary and
cultural studies.
Prerequisites: 01:359:201 or 202; English major.
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01:359:470
History and Theory of Tragedy (3)
Explores,
contextualizes, and assesses the most prominent and influential works in the
history and theory of tragedy, beginning with the dramas of Greek antiquity and
extending through modern philosophy.
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01:359:494
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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01:359:495
Senior Honors Tutorial (3)
Independent research on a topic, selected by the student and approved by the departmental honors committee, executed under the guidance of
the student's tutor. Meets by arrangement through individual conferences.
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01:359:496
Junior Honors Seminar (1.5)
Workshop
focusing on methodological and theoretical aspects of literary study or
creative writing, with particular emphasis on preparing to write an honors
thesis.
Open only to junior English majors in the departmental honors program.
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01:359:497
Senior Honors Seminar (3)
Workshop focusing on methodological and theoretical aspects of literary study, with particular emphasis on the senior thesis.
Open only to senior English majors in the departmental honors program.
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01:359:498,499
Senior Honors Tutorial (3,3)
Workshop focusing on methodological and theoretical aspects
of literary study, with particular emphasis on the senior thesis.
Open only to senior English majors in the departmental honors program.
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