ENG 633 Twain, James, Crane, Dickinson and Their Age Examination of the major and minor works of Twain, James, Crane, Dickinson and their contemporaries within historical, political and cultural contexts. Analysis of representative texts by T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Allen Ginsberg, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Robert Duncan, Frank O'Hara, Amiri Baraka, Diane Wakoski, and others. ENG 635 Twentieth-Century American Fiction Examination of the works of American moderns from Faulkner, Fitzgerald and Hemingway to Thomas Pynchon, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, among others, with a consideration of the contemporary trends that their work has engendered. A study of the variety of dramatic modes ranging from the traditional through the most experimental employed by American playwrights, beginning with O'Neill. Canterbury Tales A study of the Canterbury Tales with special attention to the tales as a reflection of Chaucer's times.
Emphasis is placed on Chaucer's language.
Also considered are some of Chaucer's other works, such as Troilus and Criseyde. ENG 640 Shakespeare's Tragedies and Romances A close study of selected tragedies and romances, with an emphasis on their historical context and in light of contemporary critical theory. Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories A close study of selected comedies and histories, with an emphasis on their historical context and in light of contemporary critical theory. Contemporaries A study of plays selected to illustrate the development of English drama from the early reign of Elizabeth through the accession of James I. Dramatists include Jonson, Marlowe, Kyd, Dekker, Greene, Chapman, and Webster. ENG 644 Liberty and Law in Milton's Epics Discussion of the universal mythology of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained and of their background in turbulent seventeenth-century England.