Longer works by such writers as Virginia Woolf, Doris Lessing, Edith Wharton and Eudora Welty and a wide selection of shorter pieces by various authors, mainly 20th century. An introduction to literature by American ethnic writers. Includes representative works by Native American, African-American, Hispanic and Jewish writers. At least two novels by major ethnic authors are examined. A literary study with awareness of Shakespeare as theater.
Class attends one or more performances of Shakespearean plays.
462 Modern Drama 3 Study of representative plays with attention to values and ideals expressed by playwrights from Ibsen to the present, including Shaw, Eliot, Synge, O'Neill, Beckett, Pinter, Albee. 472 Modern Poetry 3 Representative American and British poets of the 20th century. Open to juniors and seniors by permission of the department.