In this course, we will study the myths of the ancient Greek world, with special emphasis on the impact these myths have had on world literature, art, and music. The class will be comprised of short lectures, oral work, and discussion groups of various description. A final project, either by groups or individuals, will be presented during the last week of class. ENGL321 or equivalent. Students will study consequential works of English, American, and world literature as a prologue to a lifetime of reading.
Advanced writing is a course in critical reading, critical thinking, research, and writing.
Focuses also on the student's ability to write analytically about the readings. An introductory literature course emphasizing relationships of the poets, their influence on each other and on those who followed them, and their place in American literature. Compares and contrasts the American vernacular voice with modern European idiom, the democratic image of society with the poet as a privileged visionary, and the poetry of social conscience with a poetry of metaphysical rumination. Special attention to the types and structures available to the poetry writer. Examines major issues and subdisciplines in the systematic study of language, including dialects, prescriptivism, and language abuse, style, historical change, usage and definitions of standards, and the differences between speech and writing.