A broad array of twentieth-century texts from around the world that focus on ways of surviving and remembering war. Includes a comparative study of representations of war experiences by women and by men. Poetry, short stories, novel, biography and autobiography will be chosen from writers such as Sassoon, Owen, Hemingway, Remarque, Camus, Hallie, Brittain, Keegan, Alvarez, Paton. 302 Literature for Children 3 An exploration of all types of literature for children. The characteristics and history of various types of literature are studied along with strategies for involving children in every genre.
Special attention is given to the study of multi-ethnic literature.
First-year students not eligible. While relying on works typically classified as young adult literature, the course will also look at literary classics found within the curriculum for middle, junior and senior high classrooms. Models of literary criticism employed within the study of these works shall center on reader-response theory. 351 Renaissance 3 New literary impulse and forms in poetry, drama, essays, character writing, sermons and emblems from 1525 to 1660. Includes Wyatt, Raleigh, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Bacon, Jonson, Fuller, Quarles, Donne, Herbert and especially Milton.