Intermediate Writing Covering more advanced skills in academic research and academic writing, this course also fulfills the College writing requirement. The course is required for the writing minor. This course fulfills the General Education Requirement for a course in literature by focusing on critical approaches to poetry, fiction, and drama. A broad survey of world literature, this course fulfills the General Education Requirement for a course in literature by focusing on selected works of literature in translation, from Gilgamesh to contemporary poetry. This course also satisfies the 200 level literature requirement in the English major and literature minor.
Students engage in collaborative learning in a number of group projects and presentations.
Dante Designed to fulfill category 2 in the English major, this course focuses on the literary analysis of major works by Dante, including The Divine Comedy , The Vita Nuova , and lyric poems. Significant attention is given to historical and cultural issues, but the primary focus of the course is on literary and intellectual traditions. Nonetheless, a study of Dante inevitably involves questions that engage the civic and moral imagination. A research paper is required. Focusing on the literary analysis of selected plays by Shakespeare, this course also covers genres and historical periods.