COURSES

Comparative and World Literature

ENGL 240  Literature and Empire 3.0; 3 cr.
A course that focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts with explicit and/or implicit connections to the ideology of British imperialism. Authors may include Kipling, Forster, Orwell, Conrad and Lawrence. Annually.

ENGL 241  Cultural Cross-Currents 3.0; 3 cr.
A course that selects for study a specific theme or idea found in two or more national literatures. Textual comparisons serve to determine differences as well as similarities in cultural responses to common issues and concerns. Annually.

ENGL 242  Modernism and Post-Modernism 3.0; 3 cr.
A course that examines selected works of twentieth-century modernism and post-modernism, which are considered against a cultural, historical, and artistic background. Major writers studied might include Joyce, Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Beckett, Nabokov, and Garcia Marquez. Annually.

ENGL 243  Post-Colonial Literature 3.0; 3 cr.
A course that focuses on texts writing back to the metropolis in the era of de-colonization. Novels by authors from Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America are studied in the contexts of neocolonialism, nationalism, and post-colonial cultures and politics. Annually.

ENGL 244  Special Topics in Literature 3.0; 3 cr.
A course that varies in content and focuses on varied topics such as women writers, black writers, the epic, Arabic literature in translation, and other similar topics.  May be repeated for credit. Annually.
 
ENGL 290  Tutorial 3-6 cr.
Directed reading and discussion in a selected topic, along with the writing of assigned papers.  Prerequisite: an average of 80 or above in the major. Offered on demand.

ENGL 292  Seminar for English Majors in Literature 3.0; 3 cr.
Topics and approaches will vary depending on the instructor.  Prerequisite: senior standing. Annually.