2011-2012 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

Page 256 2011–12 Undergraduate Catalog Introduction Admissions Academic Information Academic Departments Course Descriptions Financial Information Appendix Index LIT-2350 Christian Motifs in Film –Sp 3 hours Study of depictions of Christ and Christ-figures as well as other Christian motifs in film. This course will provide a detailed introduction to the characteristics of the Christ-figure and its most common manifestations in film. The course will focus on viewing and evaluating films containing Christian motifs such as redemption, sacrifice, sin, and faith. This course may not be used to fulfill the general education literature requirement. It may, however, be used to satisfy the general education humanities elective requirement. 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: LIT-1990 First-Year Seminar. 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 19th Century British Literature –Sp 3 hours Study of the major Romantic Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Arnold, and Tennyson. 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-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 Studies in Contemporary 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) Course Descriptions | LIT-2350 – LIT-3420