2021-2022 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

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. LIT-3170 3 hours Studies in American Literature: 1820–1865 –Sp Intensive study of American authors who wrote within the historical context of years 1820-1865. Authors may include Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Whitman, Dickinson, Douglass, Jacobs, Stowe, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, and others. (even years) LIT-3180 3 hours Studies in American Literature: 1865–1914 –Sp Intensive study of American authors who wrote within the historical context of the years 1865-1914. Authors may include Twain, Howells, James, Wharton, Hopkins, Jewett, Freeman, Chesnutt, Crane, Johnson, DuBuis, Wells, Dreiser, Norris, Alcott, Zitkala-Sa, 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-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. 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. (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. (odd 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) LIT-3510 Modern American Literature –Fa 3 hours Study of major American authors of the 20th century. (odd years) LIT-3520 C.S. Lewis and The Inklings –Sp 3 hours Study of Lewis’ contributions in the fields of literature, criticism, and apologetics. Special attention will be placed on understanding Lewis’ personal and intellectual development, his relationships with contemporary scholars and writers, and his continuing influence. (odd years) LIT-3530 Graphic Novel –Fa 3 hours This course will focus on the emerging literary form of the graphic novel. Students will be introduced to the history and development of sequential art as well as the narrative techniques and conventions used in graphic novels, manga, bandes dessinees. Students will read a broad selection of representative works. 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-3540 American Women Writers –Sp 3 hours Study of American Women writers between 1790 and 1940, covering diverse women writers, genres, themes, and current scholarship. Authors may include, but are not limited to Murray, Rowson, Child, Sedgwick, Kirkland, Fuller, Farnham, Cary, Cooke, Sara Payson Willis Parton (Fanny Fern), Cummins, Warner, Beecher, Keckley, Stowe, Wilson, Alcott, Jacobs, Southworth, Davis, Evans, Ruiz de Burton, Phelps, Stoddard, Harper, Freeman, Winnemucca Hopkins, Jackson, Woolson, Jewett, Chopin, Pauline Hopkins, Austin, Zitkalla-SA, Sui Sin Far, Wharton, Larsen Fauset, Cather, and Hurston. (even years) LIT-4100 Studies in Integrated Language Arts –Sp 3 hours This course is designed to explore the various methods and theories essential to the teaching of English language arts. In this course, students will discuss and practice with theories of Backward Design, Long-term Planning and Assessment, 21st Century Skills, and High-leverage practices as they are specifically demonstrated in writing, reading, speaking, listening, and language development. Prerequisite: EDUC-2050 Teaching Diverse Learners, currently enrolled in LIT-3100 Principles of Teaching Adolescent and Young Adult, or permission of instructor. LIT-4220 English Seminar –Sp 3 hours Research seminar designed to help the student synthesize the skills emphasized in the English major. Required of all senior English majors. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general education literature requirement. Capstone course. LIT-4230 Independent Study in Literature –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general education literature requirement. LIT-4310 Literary Theory –Fa 3 hours A study of theoretical literary contexts. Special consideration will be given to economic, political, psychological, linguistic and cultural contexts. LIT-4420 European Novel –Sp 3 hours Study of the 19th- and 20th-century influences on the novel from Dostoevsky to Camus. (even years) LIT-4450 Milton: Poetry and Selected Prose –Fa 3 hours A study of Milton’s early poetry, Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , Samson Agonistes , and selected prose works. (even years) LIT-4490 Special Topics –Fa, Sp 1–3 hours Investigation of such literary phenomena that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest. Upper-level literature courses cannot be used as a substitution for the general education literature requirement. Page 272 2021–22 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Course Descriptions LIT-3090 – LIT-4490 ENGLISH, LITERATURE, AND MODERN LANGUAGES