1990-1991 Academic Catalog

LIT-230 Introduction to Literature-W 5 hours Emphasis on developing ability to read critically and analytically representative examples of literary genres through use of appropriate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Compo– sition II. LIT-231 World Literature-A, W, Su 5 hours A survey of major works of the Western literary tradition from Homer to Joyce. Prerequi– site: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-233 Mythology- W 5 hours A study of mythologies, the theories of myth and mythmaking, and the development of myth to modem times. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-237 Major British Authors-Sp hours A study of the major British authors. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. Does not count toward a straight English major. LIT-238 Major American Authors-W 5 hours A study of the major American authors. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. Does not count toward a straight English major. LIT-320 Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature-A 3 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to the teaching of compo– sition and literature on the secondary level. LIT-323 Directed Readings 1-4 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. LIT-329 British Literature: Beginnings through Renaissance-Sp 5 hours A study of major canonical writings from Old, Middle, and early Modem periods. Pre– requisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-330 British Literature: From Renaissance to Romanticism - W 5 hours A study of the metaphysicals, Milton, Pope, Swift and Johnson. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-331 The English Novel- W hour A reading and critical analysis of representative novels of the period from Richardson to Hardy. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. (odd years) LIT-334 Nineteenth Century English Literature-Sp 5 hours A study of the major Romantic and Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, and Tennyson. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduc– tion to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-335 Shakespeare- W 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of inst:rnctor. LIT-336 American Realism and Naturalism -Sp hours American literature from 1865-1900, with emphasis on the local color movement; Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-337 Contemporary American Literature - Sp 5 hours A study of post World War I writers whose works reflect the dominant thought patterns and values of the 20th century. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. (even years) LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature-A 5 hours A study of representative and significant 20th century British writers, especially those reflective of modem ideologies. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-339 American Romanticism- W 5 hours A study of American writers from 1830-1865, emphasis on Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-342 American Novel - W 4 hours A study of the historical development of the American novel, and an analysis of the writings of major American novelists from Cooper to Faulkner. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Intro- duction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. (even years) LIT-413 Dramatic Literature-Sp 4 hours Emphasis upon the relationships among styles, theory, criticism, and dramatic construc– tion. Can be applied to meet English or speech requirements, but not to meet both fields. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-421 Literary Criticism-Sp 3 hours A study of major critical theories from ancient times to the present. Prerequisite: 200 or 300 level literature course. Required for all secondary and English majors. LIT-422 English Seminar- W 3 hours Designed to help the student synthesize his major areas of study. Required of all senior English majors. LIT-423 Independent Study in English 1-4 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated European Novel - W 4 hours A study of the 19th and 20th century influence on the novel from Balzac to Camus. Prerequisite: LIT-230 Introduction to Literature, major status, or permission of instructor. (odd years) Karen a English graduate and assistant editor at Moody Monthly, earned her masters degree in journalism from Drake University.