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An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American cultures, their historical development and contemporary status. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of specific aspects of the American experience, the course will examine the constructed nature of American self-perceptions and of U.S. history. The course contextualizes U.S. cultures within the Americas and the global arena. Particular course emphasis is selected by the instructor.

The study of major texts from origins to the present in British literature. Will include divergent approaches to texts, the historical development of the literatures, and the relationships between literature and other disciplines.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Readings include epics from the oral and written traditions and romances from several traditions.

The study of major texts from origins to the present in American literature. Will include divergent approaches to texts, the historical development of the literatures, and the relationships between literature and other disciplines.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Analysis of drama and film as theatrical and cinematic works through various thematic and critical approaches. Includes screening of films.

An introduction to the methodologies of studying American cultures, with a special focus on popular and mass cultures. Particular course emphasis will be determined by the individual instructor, but topics will stress the multiplicity of American cultures. While literary works will make up the majority of the class texts, the course will utilize an interdisciplinary approach integrating materials from fields such as history, anthropology, women's studies, ethnic studies, geography, sociology, music, and art.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. The course teaches analysis of varying narrative styles and approaches and the relationship of narrative to culture.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Students will develop skills in reading poems both as literary works and as cultural artifacts.

Texts and Contexts is a writing-intensive course designed to introduce students to the process of research-based writing intended for a range of audiences and rhetorical situations. Students will undertake a series of writing projects that engage writing process elements, from completing pre-writing strategies; to locating, assessing, integrating, and properly citing research sources; to drafting, revising, and proofreading final copy. Through reading like a writer, students will learn to evaluate and construct logical arguments and to explore questions related to the contexts of writing, such as audience, genre, and historical or political moment. The course will culminate in a significant research-based writing project

Readings from among various fiction genres, intended to reflect the growth of and influences in American fiction from its beginnings to the present; specific focus is chosen by the instructor.

A survey of mystery writers from Edgar Allan Poe to P.D. James, exploring their techniques with the genre and the methods of their detectives.

Historical and generic survey of science fiction through representative works and major authors; examination of its relationships with other types of literature.

Historical, comparative, and generic survey of fantasy fiction through representative works and major authors; examination of its relationships with other kinds of literature.

In this course, students read a selection of foundational texts from within the Western tradition and its Others. They will learn how to identify, analyze, and evaluate the various claims and concepts elaborated from within it and about it. More specifically, they will gain insights into how the western tradition was formed, how this formation hinged on the inclusion and exclusion of certain (changing) others, and how its legacy continues to inform the geocultural and geopolitical present. At the same time students will learn how to differentiate between the various linguistic and cultural singularities that make up the umbrella term Western Civilization, thus becoming aware of problems of transmission and translation as well as of the logic of generalization as such. The interdisciplinary focus of the course will moreover allow students to synthesize and integrate these questions within a more widely conceived framework than can be provided within their own respective majors.

Through drama or film, students will explore significant questions and issues related to being human.

An examination of major works by African American novelists, poets, dramatists, filmmakers, musicians, and essayists in terms of the intellectual and political concerns of their periods and locations. Cross-listed with ETHN 240.

Study of works by and about Latinos, including poetry, novels, film, drama, music, and essays. Focus on culture of people of Hispanic descent living in the United States, including Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Dominican Americans, and Cuban Americans, with some consideration of the ongoing relations between U.S. Latinos and Latin America. Cross-listed as ETHN 241.

Study of a variety of works, including traditional tales, novels, poems and memoirs, produced by American Indians from historical beginnings to the present. Cross-listed with ETHN 242.

A study of the ways in which writers and others use the written word as a form of social critique and to effect social change.

Study of ways to approach and understand film as a medium of art and communication. Emphasis on building a working vocabulary of basic film terms through screening, discussion, and analysis of feature and shorter films.

Examination of sections of Old and New Testaments as works of literature, history and religious thought. Emphasis on major themes, motifs, and critical techniques.

An exploration of the historical construction of American gender, ethnicity/race, and class; their present status; and their literary and cultural representations. Focusing on intersections between these categories of identity, the course will utilize an interdisciplinary approach, integrating materials from fields such as literary studies, history, gender studies, ethnic studies, geography, sociology, music, and art.

Variable-content course; topic announced in the online Course Offerings each semester.