A study of the development of Southern literature from the colonial beginnings to the present. Principal works of various Southern writers are studied to determine the nature and techniques of this regional literature and to view its prominent station in national literature. Includes tragedy and comedy from the classical Greek period. Plays will be selected from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Eighteenth Century English Literature .
Much time is spent on close reading of the text.
Library readings and a term paper are required. A course intended to develop in the student the ability to produce fluently and competently, as well as to analyze professionally, the various forms of expository writing. Required for certification in English. The Romantic Movement in American Literature . A study of the characteristics of the American Romantic Movement in literature and a survey of representative writers of the period.