The Bible will be read as an expression of man's literary creativity. Examination of literary genres, themes, and styles in the Old and New Testaments. The study of selected modern novels, in the Western and non-Western traditions, with particular attention to the various genres. Works will be studied through various comparative categories that may include genre, period, movements, and interdisciplinary approaches. Comparisons with non-Western literatures.
Spanish majors prepare assignments in Spanish.
Conducted in English. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only. Not available for graduate credit. Major developments in literary analysis and interpretation since 1900, among them Russian Formalism, new criticism, structuralism, poststructuralism, reception theory, psychoanalytic theory, Marxist criticism, feminist criticism.