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LIT 3443 MIDDLE ENGLISH/CHAUCER A study of the language and the literature of thirteenth and fourteenth century England with emphasis on Chaucer. D LIT 3453 AGE OF REASON A study of British works and authors of approximately the first half of the eighteenth century. Attention is also given to the social, political, and philosophical influences of the period. D LIT 3463 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN REALISM A course dealing with the broad outlines of the Age of Realism in American literature with special emphasis on the contributions of the three great realists: Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, and Henry James. D LIT 3493 MODERN DRAMA Reading and study of American, British, and European plays since Ibsen, with emphasis on the social and political backgrounds, dramatic structure, and literary trends from nationalism to absurdism. D LIT 3513 LITERATURE OF THE AMERICAN WEST Selected readings in novels, short stories, poetry, criticism and other works by writers of the Trans-Mississippi frontier and far West; emphasis on historical and cultural interpretations since 1890. D LIT 3523 VICTORIAN POETRY A study of the major poets of the Victorian era and of the conditions which shaped their work. Emphasis upon Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Hardy, and Hopkins. D LIT 3533 BRITISH RENAISSANCE DRAMA A study of British theatre in the late 16 th and early 17 th centuries. Emphasis is on Kyd, Marlow, Jonson, Shakespeare, and the Jacobeans. D LIT 3543 LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH Study of selected modern-day Southern writers, with emphasis on the economic, sociological, and political backgrounds reflected in their works. D LIT 3613 AMERICAN ROMANTIC PERIOD Readings in the American Romantic period, emphasizing selected works by Whitman, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville. D LIT 4001-4 INDIVIDUAL STUDY IN LITERATURE (TOPIC) Individual study of specified topic for undergraduate students. Credit one to four semester hours. LIT 4011-4 SEMINAR IN LITERATURE (TOPIC) Group study of specified topic for undergraduate students. Credit one to four semester hours. D LIT 4113 MODERN WORLD LITERATURE This course introduces students to representative and significant works of world literature from the Renaissance to the present, including literature from both the Western Cannon and the rich traditions of Africa and Asia. It provides students with opportunities to explore and respond to multiple genres from various global, historical, and social contexts. Students will consider the social and historical context that shaped these novels, epic poems, graphic texts, and plays. Prerequisites: ENGL 1213 and LIT 2413. FO LIT 4123 BRITISH LITERATURE 1795-1950 This survey course covers British literature from the advent of Romanticism to the 1950s, taking into consideration the various genres in which writers were working. It will also examine pertinent literary, social, cultural, political, and philosophical movements and trends during this period. One goal of this course is to understand the ways that British writers
attempted to grapple with concepts such as empire, modernity, ontology, and other guiding ideas, noting the range of ways in which novelists, poets, dramatists, and essayists chose to give voice to these and other ideas. This course not only allows for a deeper appreciation for British literature and culture; it also aims to hone students' skills in analysis and critical evaluation of various ideas, arguments, and perspectives; their understanding of historical factors and cultural trends as well as critical terms and concepts; and for students to continue building upon their critical thinking and writing skills. Consideration of pedagogical approaches will also be included for teacher candidates. Prerequisite: ENGL 1213. S LIT 4233 YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE This course is a survey of young adult literature commonly read by people ages sixteen to twenty-five years old. Students will become knowledgeable about how adolescents read texts and make meaning through interaction with media environments (NCTE 1.2). This course considers both traditional and innovative young adult literature in all genres, including film, graphic novels, and online literature (NCTE 1.1). Emphasis will be on critical analysis, evaluation, the perspectives of genre, theme, representations of adolescence and adulthood, and approaches to interpretation. (NCTE 1.2) While other majors will consider the texts from a literary or sociocultural perspective, English education majors will consider pedagogical approaches and plan and implement a brief literacy instruction that promotes social justice and critical engagement with complex issues related to maintaining a diverse, inclusive, equitable society (NCTE 6.2). This presentation will demonstrate use of contemporary technologies and/or digital media to compose multimodal discourse (NCTE 2.1). Finally, teacher candidates will research and present an instructional module which reflects curriculum integration and incorporates interdisciplinary teaching methods and materials (NCTE 3.6) as well as a coherent and relevant learning experiences in reading that reflects knowledge of current theory and research about the teaching and learning of reading and that utilizes individual and collaborative approaches and a variety of reading strategies (NCTE 3.3). Considerations for pedagogical impact are included in the course. Prerequisites: ENGL 1213 and LIT 2413. SO LIT 4473 MODERN BRITISH AND AMERICAN POETRY Poetry of the twentieth century. D LIT 4553 ISSUES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE This survey course familiarizes students with American literature from the period of American "discovery" by Europeans to the Civil War. The course entails close reading, analysis, interpretation, research, and writing. The title of the course suggests its ordering principle: a consideration of the historical, cultural, political, theoretical, and artistic issues that shaped the early part of American literary history. Students examine both traditional canonical texts and works by marginalized female and minority authors to discover the aspects of diversity and inclusiveness that existed in what is often seen as the "white man's world" of early American literature. The pedagogical implications of inclusiveness (the experiences of different genders, ethnicities, and social classes) and other relevant curricular considerations will be included. The course examines important American poetry, fiction, and nonfiction of the period. Prerequisite: ENGL 1213. S LIT 4593 DIVERSITY IN AMERICAN LITERATURE This course in contemporary American diversity literature enables the student to analyze conflicts and tensions when cultures and ethnicities collide, while also discovering the richness of difference. It will consider works by representative American authors of Hispanic/Chicano, Black, Native American, Asian, Jewish, and other backgrounds. Prerequisite: ENGL 1213. FE LIT 4623 17TH CENTURY ENGLISH POETRY Selected readings from the works of Jonson, Donne, and their followers, providing a background for the study of the poetry of Milton. D
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