This course is designed to give the student an appreciation of the literary masterpieces which contributed to the major intellectual and cultural movements in America during the last century. Students study such authors as Dickinson, Emerson, Franklin, Hawthorne, Irving, James, Melville, Poe, Thoreau, Twain, and Whitman. A chronological survey of the major works of English literature written since the Romantic Era just before 1800. Includes such major authors as Blake, Wordsworth, Keats, the Brownings, Yeats, Conrad, Joyce, Eliot and Thomas, addressing their themes and ideas, as well as how these writings reflect the times in which they were written.
Students read a modern British novel or play of their choice.
A survey of Shakespeare's histories, tragedies, comedies and selected sonnets with their historical and literary context and a consideration of their relevance to contemporary culture and values. An introduction to the significant poetry of England and America in the 20th century, with the major emphasis on contemporary poems. Explores the broad range of human experience inherent in the study of film as art. Using a number of films drawn from various genres, examines film from historical, social, technological and aesthetic perspectives. Emphasizes the oral tradition, development of protest literature and major contemporary writers.