This course is the study of women in society as portrayed by playwrights from ancient Greece to modern Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif. This course presents literature as representative of the main artistic trends from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth century, including Mannerism, Baroque, Rococo, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Expressionism. It will allow the student to recognize in literature some of the same values or artistic approaches which are comparable in the other fine arts. This course is a consideration of the literary history and major writers of the American South, with particular emphasis on writers of the twentieth century. This course examines advanced topics in the writing of fiction, with special attention to contemporary trends in the genre.
Some attention is paid to publishing.
In addition to writing short fiction, students read extensively and analyze contemporary fiction. This course is an extensive reading in Shakespeare s comedies and late romances with attention to the idea of comedy in the Renaissance. This course covers the plays of Shakespeare dealing with the English monarchy, examined as great works of literature, as enduring drama, and as revelations of Tudor attitudes. This course surveys works of drama from the Golden Age of Greece to the moderns such as Beckett and Pinter. The course includes close readings of the plays as well as discussion of production values also.