The principles of American literary realism as exhibited in the major works of Howells, James, Twain, Crane, Chopin, Gilman, Norris, Wharton, Dreiser, and others. Combination may vary. An intensive study of major American writers from 1900 to 1950. American experimental and innovative literature from 1950 to the present, including existential, Black, women's, and social criticism works. Focus on Native American identity and contributions to the American culture.
Emphasis is on regional authors and unique genres.
Alternates between British and American poets, including Yeats, Auden, Smith, Eliot, Pound, Bishop. British poetry and prose from the beginning of the Middle Ages to 1500, excluding Chaucer. Intensive study of The Canterbury Tales plus selected readings from Chaucer's other works. A study of British writers of the 16th and 17th centuries, focusing on such writers as More, Sidney, Spenser, Jonson, Donne, Browne, and Milton. Renaissance tragedies and comedies, focusing on the works of such playwrights as Marlowe, Jonson, Middleton, and Webster.