Works of established writers are analyzed and discussed. This course is a prerequisite to all 3000 level courses. Students using 2030 to repeat either 2010 or 2020 will need to submit a Repeat Card obtained from Office of the Registrar in the Ellington Lobby. Genres include poems, essays, journals, diaries, short stories, novels and other expressions of our national heritage. Literary history provides a background for the study.
Literary history provides a background for the study.
The choice of works will be made after class has been surveyed. Some attention will be given to the life and times of Shakespeare. The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of short stories. The student is guided individually and as a member of a group in the writing and analysis of poems. The role of mythology in literature from the Golden Age of Greece to that of contemporary popular culture, including the function of folklore stories, music, and legends.