2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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. (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. (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. (odd years) LIT-3320 Renaissance Literature –Sp 3 hours A study of Metaphysicals, Milton, and other selected Renaissance writers. (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. (even years) LIT-3400 3 hours Contemporary Studies in World Literature –Fa 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. (even years) LIT-3420 American Novel –Sp 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. (odd years) LIT-3440 Multiethnic American Literature –Sp 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. (even years) LIT-3460 Contemporary East Asian Literature –Fa 3 hours This course introduces students to contemporary literature from East Asia focusing primarily on works in translation from China, Japan, and Korea. (odd years) LING-4220 Senior Research in Linguistics –Sp 1 hour This course is the second of two components (LING-4210, LING-4220) of the capstone experience for the major in linguistics. In these courses, students will acquire skills for conducting research in linguistics and will put into practice the theories and concepts learned while completing independent research in the field. This course focuses on completing the study and writing the findings in preparation for professional publication or presentation. Prerequisites: LING-2070 Introduction to Linguistics; LING- 3080 Linguistics for Language Learning; LING-3082 Phonetics; LING-3090 Sociolinguistics; LING-3100 Principles of Language Acquisition; LING 4210 Senior Research in Linguistics I. Literature (LIT) LIT-1990 First-Year Semina r–Fa, Sp 3 hours This course will provide instruction in the close reading of and the analytical writing about literary texts. Prerequisites: ENG-1400 Composition. LIT-2090 Literary Analysis –Fa, Sp 3 hours Introductory study of contextual analysis. This course is primarily intended for adolescent and young adult integrated language arts and English majors as preparation for upper-division literature courses. Prerequisite: LIT-1990 First-Year Seminar 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, Sp 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 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. (odd years) 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. 2019–20 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Page 289 Course Descriptions LING-4220 – LIT-3460 ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES