2000

A survey of important works of world literature.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102. Introduction to the major aims, methods, and subject matter in folklore. A survey of major areas and genres, including verbal folklore, material culture, and customs. This course is repeatable for credit. (Cross-listed as IDST 2115.)

A survey of important works of British literature from the beginning through the twenty-first century.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102. A survey of important works of American literature from settlement through the present.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102. A comprehensive overview of children's literature, its history and genres, the issues and approaches it has generated, and its links with the major literary movements in adult literature. Other areas of focus will be the changing views of the child and childhood that have evolved over the past two centuries and the various critical approaches to this rapidly developing branch of literary study.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102. An introductory survey of Shakespearean drama, with some attention to the poetry. Consideration of major genres, issues, themes, and historical and theatrical context.

Prerequisite: ENGL 2110. Introductory study of selected international texts and their unique cultural, historical, and literary traditions.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102. A course emphasizing the cultural analysis of a variety of texts such as poetry, fiction, drama, film, television, and graphic literature.

Prerequisite: ENGL 1102 or permission of instructor. An introduction to the essential techniques of creative writing in the major genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and scriptwriting.

A comparative examination of various works of literature, film, new media, by writers from formerly colonized nations in their historical and social contexts. Specific focus and themes may vary.

Prerequisite: Permission of chairperson. Consideration of topics in which courses are not otherwise offered, but for which there is a current need at the freshman/sophomore level. This course is repeatable for credit.

See the International Studies section of the Catalog for details. This course is repeatable for credit.