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LIT-2130 Dramatic Literature
–Sp
3 hours
Survey of major dramatic works from Greek to modern day
playwrights, emphasizing the relationships among themes and
dramatic construction amid various cultural and historical contexts.
Can be applied to meet English or Communication requirements,
but not both.
Prerequisite: major status or permission of instructor.
LIT-2300 Introduction to Literature
–Fa, Sp
3 hours
Emphasis on developing the ability to read critically and
analytically representative examples of literary genres through use
of appropriate criteria.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition.
LIT-2330 World Mythology
–Fa
3 hours
Study of mythologies, the theories of myth and myth making,
and the incorporation of myth in selected literary works.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition.
LIT-2340 Western Literature
–Fa, Sp, Su
3 hours
Survey of major works of Western literary tradition from Homer
to T.S. Eliot.
Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition.
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-3090 Literary Research and Recovery
–Sp
3 hours
This course will introduce students to current trends in literary
scholarship that emphasize the (re)discovery, evaluation, and
recovery of formerly marginalized writers and genres. The course
could include, but is not limited to, an introduction to primary
research related to 19th and early 20th-century periodicals, literary
biographies, literary bibliographies, and original manuscripts or
previously published texts maintained in the Cedarville University
archives.
Prerequisites: ENG-1400 Composition; LIT-2090 Literary
Analysis; and LIT-2390 Survey of American Literature for Enlighs
and Integrated Language Arts majors; for any major other than
English and integrated language arts, permission of the instructor.
LIT-3100
3 hours
Contemporary Young Adult Literature
–Sp
A study of contemporary young adult literature, addressing
issues of interpretation, analysis, and personal response with an
emphasis on literature that reflects a diversity of gender, race, and
ethnicity.
Corequisite: major status or permission of instructor.
LIT-3170 American Literature: 1820–1865
–Sp
3 hours
Intensive study of American authors who are representative of
the literary traditions of Romanticism and Transcendentalism 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-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.
2017–18 Undergraduate Academic Catalog
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Course Descriptions
LIT-2130 – LIT-3380
ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES