20000

Consists of critical readings of timeless and timely works of imaginative literature in translations. Principal aim is to bring students into contact with their western traditions. Substantial time spent on Greek mythology, as well as such authors as: Cervantes, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Hamsun, Ibsen, Chekhov, Camus and Garcia Marquez. Stresses the skills of perceptive inferential reading and makes use of the interpretative essay incorporating insightful response.

Survey of the major genres of literature (short story, poetry, drama) with emphasis on the organizational principles that give artistic structure or integrity. Intensive studies of such elements as characterization, plot, setting, tone, symbolism, etc conducted.

Survey of important literature from colonial times through the mid-19th century. Emphasis on key American Renaissance writers such as Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson.

Survey of major literature from late 19th century to 1945. May include such figures as Twain, James, Chopin, Hemingway Anderson and Faulkner.

Development of basic writing skills. Practice of written language in argument, persuasion and critical analysis. Course objectives designed to meet individual students' needs.

This course challenges students to think at higher levels of integration and synthesis and to incorporate those ways of thinking in their writing. Students will learn to evaluate sources of information and to effecitvely present an academic argument in their writing.

Surveys major British authors from the beginnings through the 18th century. Helps examine individual works and their relationship to their historical-cultural contexts.

Surveys major British writers from the 19th century to the modern period. Approaches works of various authors in their respective cultural-historical contexts.

Examines steps of the writing process from sight to insight: perceive, identify, analyze, discover, write, re-write and edit. Critical thinking, library research, peer conferencing, and the art of argument integral to the course.

Engages in primary analysis and response to significant literature from antiquity through the Renaissance.

Engages in primary analysis and response to significant literature from the era of Confucius and the Enlightenment through the late nineteenth century.

Engages the student in primary analysis and response to significant literature from late nineteenth century Modernism through post-colonial and post-modern configurations.