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Poetry, prose, and drama in China and Japan from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The works will be in English translation.
The major/minor novelists and their works, especially those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The novels are in English translation.
An examination of a variety of European and American literary and critical texts and films dealing with the Holocaust and its aftermath.
An introduction to the evolution of Chinese film in its cultural, literary and historical context. It examines moderization, cultural conflict, war, revolution, and gender roles against a backdrop of Chinese history and politics.
An interdisciplinary study of language use, text analysis, and evaluation. The course will provide students with the ability to investigate and evaluate structural features of language and to identify the strategies used by different writers based on style and cultural backgrounds.
An interdisciplinary study of language use, text analysis, and evaluation. The course will provide students with the ability to investigate and evaluate structural features of language and to identify the strategies used by different writers based on style and cultural backgrounds.
The role of language and culture in the formation of philosophical assumptions about gender differentiation in society.
The role of language and culture in the formation of philosophical assumptions about gender differentiation in society.
Exploration of creative works by younger Africans whose primary socialization took place in Europe (Great Britain, France, Germany) and in the United States. Their contribution to African culture as well as to Western cultural life in the Western World.
African literature from its ancient oral traditions to the European colonial period based on works of African authors written in English and English translations of the African works.
African literature from its ancient oral traditions to the European colonial period based on works of African authors written in English and English translations of the African works.
African literature since the independence of the African people from European colonial rule.
African literature since the independence of the African people from European colonial rule.
Survey of modern African literatures in French and/or Portuguese language with focus on the novel.
Literary and philosophical texts of various historical periods that trace changes in how human beings understand their non-human environment.
Literature of Western Europe (Italian, French, Spanish, Germanic, and English) 1450-1600, with emphasis on literary types and prevailing ideas.
The rise and development of Romanticism in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with reading of selected literature and criticism.
Early Romanticism: 1750–1830, with readings of selected literature and criticism.
Middle to late romanticism: 1820 -1900, with readings of selected literature and criticism.
Comparative Literature
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