205 Literature of War Students will study novels, plays, short stories and poetry dealing with war, from classical times to the present, with a look to the future. Emphasis is on European and American works but some international readings are included. The course may be taken for 2 or 3 credits and may only be taken once. Films, film clips, documentary specials, fiction, poetry and scholarly articles will be used. 207 Literature of the Asian American Experience Asian-American writers from different ethnic backgrounds will be studied in this course.
Emphasis is on twentieth century writers.
This course is a study, intended for women and men, of the tradition of literature by women and its relationship to movements and periods of the mainstream male-dominated canon. It also includes a look at the relationship between woman as writer and woman as subject in literary history. The ways in which selected American writers have used the figure of the athlete as the center of their literary creations will be examined. While the works used will be placed in their cultural and historical settings, the primary emphasis of the course will be imaginative literature. 222 Literature of Fantasy Students will study varied types of fantasy stories and novels including myth, folktales, horror fiction, heroic fantasy, and magical realism, emphasizing the techniques, conventions, themes, and values of this genre.