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A careful study of selected literature by contemporary American and/or British authors. Selections may include short stories, poetry, drama, and the novel. Focus is on both artistry of language and on the impact of the author's thinking on contemporary culture. Literature includes major selections from minority authors.

A study of historical and contemporary theories of criticism, from Plato and Aristotle through New Criticism, structuralism, deconstruction, New Historicism, and other modern approaches. Theory is applied to selected works to test contribution and validity and to aid students in developing an eclectic and valid theory of their own.

Intensive linguistical study of the grammars of modern English.

Close reading of complete text of Paradise Lost and other works. Analysis will give attention both to the religio-political environment of the English Civil War and Commonwealth and to Milton's special place as a Renaissance and Reformation man who belongs to the small circle of great epic writers.

A literary and linguistical study of Chaucer's work, including The Canterbury Tales (read in Middle English). Focuses on Chaucer's themes, era, and style, and on the semantics, phonology, morphology, and syntax of Middle English.

Designed to provide an occasional course emphasizing a specific author or group of authors for advanced students. Examples: a study in Walter Scott, Charlotte Bronte, or Charles Dickens. Selected critical literature integrated with text analysis. May be repeated under different authors.

Designed to provide an occasional course emphasizing a specific author or group of authors for advanced students. Examples: T.S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, or World War I poets.

Independent study (directed by faculty) in a focused area of British or American literature. Prerequisite: Permission of Division.

A study of "firsts"--reading in Colonial writings, including voyage and travel logs, polemical works, sermons, histories, biographies, diaries, journals, almanacs, and poetry, followed by study of the independence documents and the beginnings of belles letters: Romantic poetry, essay, short story, drama, and novel.

Intensive study of Melville's work from Typee to Mardi to Moby Dick to Billy Budd. His milieu, his friendship with Hawthorne, his aesthetics, his life revealed in The Melville Log, are considered in relation to his work, but the emphasis is on critical reading of five novels.

Designed to provide an occasional course emphasizing a specific author or group of authors for advanced students. Offered as a study in Mark Twain, a study in Henry James, a study in Longfellow/Lowell/Holmes. May be repeated under different topics.

Designed to provide an occasional course emphasizing a specific author or group of authors for advanced students. Offered as a study in Robert Frost, modern novelists, and postmodern retellings. May be repeated under different topics.

Leads English majors in a culminating experience of literary analysis. Through class discussion, reading, research, writing, and portfolio development, students will review explorations and connections made in their IWU coursework and then cast a vision for how they might implement what they have learned into constructive life skills.

A careful study of selected literature focused on culture and diversity issues that deal with such topics as "ethnic Literature," "Racial Identity and Literature", "Social Construction of Race," "Religion and Culture," and "Age, Identity, and Coming of Age Literature." Focus is on both artistry of language and on the impact of the authors' portrayal of racial and cultural issues.

A careful study of selected literature focused on gender issues dealing with such topics as "Women and Literature," "Sexual Identity and Literature", and "Social Construction of Gender." Focus is on both artistry of language and on the impact of the authors' portrayal of gender issues.

An intensive, individually-designed independent study in language, literature, or writing. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing with a 3.0 grade-point average. Permission of Division.