An introduction to the study of drama, presented from a theatrical as well as a literary point of view, with the emphasis on the changing nature of dramatic convention and the relation of plays to their historical background. PRIOR TO FALL 2010: Course credit exclusions: GL/DRST 2610 3.00, GL/DRST 2612 3.00, GL/EN 2610 3.00, GL/EN […]
Examines responses by various authors who consider race and racism as they inhere across genres in literature and literary study from the opening of the twentieth century to today.Course credit exclusions: AP/EN 2013 6.00.Open to: all English (EN) Majors/Minors students eligible to take 2000-level courses according to LA&PS regulations, or "by permission".Not open to Non-EN […]
What is gender? Is it something biologically determined or socially constructed? Could it be both? Why is it something we can take for granted? And how does sexuality fit in? Issues of race, ethnicity and belonging will be placed alongside discussions of queerness, masculinity and power. We will examine the possibility of gender resistance and […]
This course explores the representation of legal issues in literature, by analyzing how authors thematize justice and injustice (social, economic, political, racial, via depictions of crime, policing, state power and individual resistance). It also explores when and why literature has become a focus of legal concern (libel, obscenity, pornography), resulting in bans, censorship, or special […]
CROSSLISTED COURSE: AP WRIT 1006 An introduction to the fundamental principles governing the production and reception of four principal literary forms in English: poetry, prose fiction, prose non-fiction and drama. Extensive consideration is given to the form's ties to the parallel concept of genre.Course credit exclusion: AP/PRWR 1006 3.00 (prior to Fall 2012). PRIOR TO […]
This course advances students' training in comparative literary analysis, research and writing. It introduces students to intertextual relationships between old forms and new that exemplify literary movements and influences as well as canon and counter-canon formation.Prerequisite: AP/EN 1001 3.00 or permission by the department.
An introduction to the study of, and writing about, literature. Through short readings (essays, stories, poems and plays), students learn to observe, understand and evaluate how literary texts work. Through specific attention to the technical language of literature, the mechanics of writing and the preparation of an essay, students learn to write effectively about literature.