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LIT-2390
3 hours
Survey of American Literature to 1900
–Fa, Sp
Study of prominent American authors from colonial times to
1900. Although this course may be taken for general education
credit, it is primarily designed for majors.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition
LIT-2430 Survey of British Literature to 1800
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
Study of various English authors from the Anglo-Saxons to
1800. Although this course may be taken for general education
credit, it is primarily designed for majors.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
LIT-2440
3 hours
Survey of British Literature from 1800 to Present
–Sp
Study of noteworthy English authors from 1800 to the present.
Although this course may be taken for general education credit,
it is primarily designed for majors.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400
Composition.
LIT-3170 American Literature: 1820–1865
–Sp
3 hours
Intensive study of American authors who are representative of
the literary traditions of Romanticism and Transcedentalism and
their influence on a period of history often called the American
Renaissance. Authors may include Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller,
Whitman, Dickinson, Douglass, Jacobs, Stowe, Poe, Hawthorne,
Melville, and others. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used
as a substitution for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2390 Survey of American Literature to 1900.
(even years)
LIT-3180 American Literature: 1865–1914
–Sp
3 hours
Intensive study of American authors who are representative of
the literary traditions of Realism and Naturalism, with attention
to their influence on developments in American history between
the Civil War and World War I. Authors may include Twain,
Howells, James, Wharton, Piatt, Jewett, Freeman, Chesnutt,
Crane, London, Dreiser, Norris, Alcott, and others. Upper-level
literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general
education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2390 Survey of
American Literature to 1900.
(odd years)
LIT-3200
3 hours
Methods of Teaching Integrated Language Arts
–Sp
This course is designed to explore the various methods and
materials essential to teaching language arts in the secondary
classroom.Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a
substitution for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: EDUC-2000 Introduction to Diverse Learners,
currently enrolled
in EDSE-3100 Principles of Teaching Adolescent
and Young Adult, or permission of instructor.
LIT-3230 Directed Readings
–Fa, Sp
1–3 hours
Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by
providing primary and secondary material in preparation for an
independent study of a major writer, literary genre, or literary
period. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a
substitution for the general education literature requirement.
LIT-3240 Directed Writings
–Fa, Sp
1–3 hours
Students will work in close consultation with a faculty member
on the creation and production of a significant project in one of the
following genres: poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. Upper-level
literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general
education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: any 3000-level
creative writing workshop.
LIT-3310 The English Novel
–Fa
3 hours
Reading and critical analysis of representative novels written
in English. Authors include Fielding, Barnes, Rushdie, Gordimer,
and Greene. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as
a substitution for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090 Literary Analysis and LIT-2430 Survey of
British Literature to 1800 or LIT-2440 Survey of British Literature
from 1800 to Present; or permission of instructor. (
even years)
LIT-3320 Renaissance Literature
–Sp
3 hours
A study of Metaphysicals, Milton, and other selected
Renaissance writers. Upper-level literature courses cannot
be used as a substitution for the general education literature
requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090 Literary Analysis; LIT-2430
Survey of British Literature to 1800; or permission of instructor.
LIT-3330 18th Century British Literature
–Fa
3 hours
Study of British writers from the Restoration through the Age
of Johnson. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as
a substitution for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090 Literary Analysis; LIT-2440 Survey of British
Literature from 1800 to Present; or permission of instructor.
LIT-3340 British Romantic and Victorian Literature
–Sp
3 hours
Study of British romantic and victorian literature and culture.
Authors may include Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Jane Austen,
George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, Wilkie Collins,
Christina Rossetti, Bram Stoker, and others.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090
Literary Analysis, LIT-2440 Survey of British Literature from 1800 to
Present, or permission of instructor.
(odd years)
LIT-3350 Shakespeare
–Fa
3 hours
Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets.
Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution
for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite:
LIT-2090 Literary Analysis; LIT-2430 Survey of British Literature to
1800; or permission of instructor.
LIT-3380 Contemporary British Literature
–Fa
3 hours
Study of representative and significant 20th century British
writers, especially those reflective of modern ideologies. Upper-
level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the
general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090
Literary Analysis; LIT-2440 Survey of British Literature from 1800 to
Present; or permission of instructor.
LIT-3400
3 hours
Contemporary Studies in World Literature
–Sp
Study of contemporary literature outside the American and
British traditions. Writers may include Chinua Achebe, Nadine
Gordimer, Duong Thu Huong, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki
Murakami, V.S. Naipaul, Moniru Ravanipur, Jose Saramago,
Tatyana Tolstoya, Luisa Valenzuela, Gao Xingjian, and others.
Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for
the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: major
status or permission of the instructor.
(even years)
LIT-3420 American Novel
–Fa
3 hours
Study of the historical development of the American novel
and an analysis of the writings of major American novelists from
Cooper to Roth. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used
as a substitution for the general education literature requirement.
Prerequisite: LIT-2090 Literary Analysis; or permission of instructor;
or major status.
(odd years)
LIT-3430 Literature of the American South
–Sp
3 hours
Study of the literature of the American South, covering its
historical development, its major themes and authors, and its
contemporary status. Upper-level literature courses cannot
be used as a substitution for the general education literature
requirement.
Prerequisites: major status or permission of the
instructor.
(even years)
LIT-3440 Multiethnic American Literature
–Fa
3 hours
A survey of literature produced by writers from diverse ethnic
groups, including (but not limited) to Native American, African
American, Chicano, Jewish, and Asian American. Upper-level
literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general
education literature requirement.
Prerequisites: LIT-2090 Literary
Analysis, LIT-2390 Survey of American Literature to 1900.
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Course Descriptions
LIT-2390 – LIT-3440