A study of representative works of literature and cultural contexts.

A study of the literary classics of the ancient and medieval periods, including various genres, particularly epic and drama. Focuses on major works of world literatures within their historical/cultural contexts, from the Epic of Gilgamesh to Dante's Divine Comedy .

Discussion and analysis of major movements, genres, authors, and works within their cultural contexts from 700 to 1798. Includes Beowulf and work by authors such as Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, Malory, Spenser, Lanyer, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Webster, Milton, Behn, Cavendish, Swift, and Pope.

Discussion and analysis of major movements, genres, authors, and works from the 1780s to the present. Includes works by authors such as Wollstonecraft, Blake, the Wordsworths, Coleridge, the Shelleys, Keats, Dickens, the Rossettis, the Brownings, Shaw, Wilde, Eliot, Woolf, Stoppard, and Friel.

A study of American writers from the colonial period to the mid-19th century. Representative writers are Bradstreet, Taylor, Franklin, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Douglas, Hawthorne, Melville, Wheatley, Stowe, and Whitman.

A study of American writers from the mid-19th century to the present. Representative writers are Clemens, Crane, Chopin, Frost, Eliot, Hurston, Hemingway, Faulkner, O'Connor, and Morrison.

This course introduces the student to the technical study of literature with a threefold emphasis. One, it instructs students in the practice of close reading and literary analysis of all the major genres of literature: poetry, prose (fiction and nonfiction), and drama, giving special attention to close reading and literary analysis of poetry. Two, it requires the study and mastery of literary terms, their definitions and applications. Three, it introduces students to historical literary periods and major schools of literary criticism and their approaches. A more extensive study of literary criticism is completed in LIT 4095. Students should use and master more fully Literature 3000 course content in subsequent literature courses.

Consideration of the major classics and modern works recommended for children, including folk and fairy tales, animal stories, limericks and poetry, fantasy, and realistic stories for older children.

An advanced study of works, primarily in translation. The course focuses on selected themes, topics, and/or eras and places the works in their cultural contexts.

An advanced study of representative works of cinema. Class inquiry focuses on film narrative, art, and theory. Includes a variety of eras and genres, placing the works within their cultural contexts.

An advanced study of selected works written by Americans who have lived on and written from the margins of American society.

An advanced study of selected works written by women; themes and genres studied may vary. The course focuses on intersecting questions of gender, class, race, ability, and identity.

An advanced study of selected authors and movements in American literature from its origins until 1900. The course will offer students the opportunity to study a limited number of texts in greater depth than is possible in a survey course.

An advanced study of selected authors and movements in American literature since 1900. The course will offer students the opportunity to study a limited number of texts in greater depth than is possible in a survey course.

A study of British literature from 1100 through 1500, including Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain Poet, Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, and Mallory, and covering medieval drama, poetry, prose, romance, and tale. Students learn to read Middle English as well as the historical, religious, and social contexts of the literature.

A study of British literature primarily from 1603 to 1688, focusing on the Scientific Revolution, the beginnings of modernism, the rise of women writers and discussions concerning gender, major religious movements, and the English Civil War.

A study of the poetry, fiction, non-fiction prose, and drama of the Romantic Age (1780-1830), focusing on issues of the French Revolution, the rights of women, the abolition of the slave trade and slavery, the rise of democracy, industrialization and science, the philosophy of art, and the rise of new literary forms such as the Greater Romantic lyric and the gothic.

A study of the fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, and drama of the Victorian age (1837-1901), focusing on the period's dominant issues of Industrialization, Imperialism, the Woman Question and Sexuality, the Crisis of Faith and Science, and Aesthetics and Art's role in society.

An advanced study of selected post-colonial literature and post-colonial theory from the turn of the 19th century through 21st century. Class inquiry focuses on the effects of empire, colonization, neocolonialism, and globalization presented in these texts.

An advanced study of representative examples of the novel. Selected novels may include both novels written in English and novels translated into English.

A study of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies within their cultural contexts, with special attention paid to rhetorical analysis and theatricality, as well as coverage of the political, philosophical, and religious implications of the plays.

An intensive study of a selected problem by an individual or group under the direction of a member of the faculty.

This capstone course provides an in-depth study of contemporary critical trends such as Structuralism, New Historicism, Feminism, Deconstruction, Gender Studies, Reader-Response and Psychoanalytic criticism. Students also familiarize themselves with the critical commonplaces to which these new approaches are a response as well as with a traditional overview of trends and styles from medieval through modern literature. Students are expected to engage in some research and in written critical work. Preparation of a portfolio and summative evaluation is an important part of this class.

Independent research under the guidance of a faculty member.

An advanced study of selected authors and movements in American literature from its origins until 1900. The course will offer students the opportunity to study a limited number of texts in greater depth than is possible in a survey course.

An advanced study of selected authors and movements in American literature since 1900. The course will offer students the opportunity to study a limited number of texts in greater depth than is possible in a survey course.

A study of British literature from 1100 through 1500, including Chaucer, Langland, the Gawain Poet, Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, and Mallory, and covering medieval drama, poetry, prose, romance, and tale. Students learn to read Middle English as well as the historical, religious, and social contexts of the literature.

A study of British literature primarily from 1603 to 1688, focusing on the Scientific Revolution, the beginnings of modernism, the rise of women writers and discussions concerning gender, major religious movements, and the English Civil War.

A study of the poetry, fiction, non-fiction prose, and drama of the Romantic Age (1780-1830), focusing on issues of the French Revolution, the rights of women, the abolition of the slave trade and slavery, the rise of democracy, industrialization and science, the philosophy of art, and the rise of new literary forms such as the Greater Romantic lyric and the gothic.

A study of the fiction, non-fiction prose, poetry, and drama of the Victorian age (1837-1901), focusing on the period's dominant issues of Industrialization, Imperialism, the Woman Question and Sexuality, the Crisis of Faith and Science, and Aesthetics and Art's role in society.

An advanced study of selected post-colonial literature and post-colonial theory from the turn of the 19th century through 21st century. Class inquiry focuses on the effects of empire, colonization, neocolonialism, and globalization presented in these texts.

An advanced study of representative examples of the novel. Selected novels may include both novels written in English and novels translated into English.

A study of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies within their cultural contexts, with special attention paid to rhetorical analysis and theatricality, as well as coverage of the political, philosophical, and religious implications of the plays.

An advanced literature course: period and topic of study selected by the faculty member.