This is a survey of outstanding literature of the Western World from Homer to the Renaissance. There will be selections from, as well as complete works of, such authors as Homer, the Greek dramatists, Virgil and Dante. This course surveys literature extending from Neo-Classical to Modern literature. Selections include the authors Racine, Moliere, Swift, Flaubert, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevski. Junior or Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
Students bring writing assignments from other courses to correct and rewrite.
This is an opportunity to improve writing skills, and to successfully meet the deadlines for turning in writing assignments. This course surveys highlights of African-American literature. Writers include Douglass, Washington, DuBois, Hurston, Toomer, Bontemps, Hughes, Walker, Wilson, and Morrison. This course provides an overview of contemporary Spanish American writers who depict the character, philosophy, social problems, attitudes towards human dignity, and the respect for human rights in Spanish-speaking countries. Such widely known and respected writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazer, Juan Rulfo, Luisa Valenzuela, Rosario Ferre, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others are studied.