Students will write a paper on a theoretical aspect of biography and prepare a biographical or autobiographical project. Chaucer Selections from The Canterbury Tales , Troilus and Criseyde , and other works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Shakespeare Selected comedies, tragedies and histories with their literary and historical background. Writing A survey of significant motion pictures with emphasis upon the techniques of film making and film reviewing. The critical analysis of films from India and East Asia.
Emphasis is on contemporary films from China and Japan.
I A study of authors and literary works from the beginning Anglo-Saxon times through the 18th century. A study of authors and literary works of the 19th and early 20th centuries. I A comprehensive survey of American literature from Puritan times through Melville. A comprehensive survey of American literature from Whitman through modern times. An examination of each historical period to discover the structure of the language, its spelling, vocabulary, syntax, and the influences of social conditions upon it.