Prereq: –
U (Spring)
2-0-4 ; Can be repeated for credit

Focuses on works that caught the popular imagination in the past or present. Emphasizes texts that are related by genre, theme or style. Books studied vary from semester to semester. May be repeated once for credit so long as the content differs. Topic for Fall: Detective Fictions. Enrollment limited.

M.L. Roholl

Prereq: –
U (Spring)
2-0-4 ; Can be repeated for credit

Examines the work of major prize-winning writers or filmmakers. Texts and authors are chosen that have won such prestigious literary awards as the Nobel Prize, the Booker Prize, or the National Book Award, or films that have been feted at major international film festivals. Authors and works vary from term to term. May be repeated once for credit so long as the specific works studied differ. Topic for Spring: Nobel laureates–Derek Walcott and Seamus Heaney.

TBA

Prereq: –
U (Fall)
2-0-4 ; Can be repeated for credit

Intensive study of a single major literary work or a very small set of related literary works. Emphasizes texts that encourage close analysis in a way that cannot easily be integrated into the regular literature curriculum. Content varies from term to term. May be repeated once for credit so long as the works studied differ.

A. Bahr

Prereq: –
U (Fall)
2-0-4 ; Can be repeated for credit

Close examination of a coherent set of short texts and/or visual works. The selections may be the shorter works of one or more authors (poems, short stories or novellas), or short films and other visual media. Content varies from term to term. May be repeated once for credit so long as the works studied differ.

J. Hildebidle

Prereq: –
U (Fall)
3-0-3 ; Ends Oct 24

Introduces rudiments of Latin to students with little or no prior knowledge of the subject. Aimed at laying a foundation to begin reading ancient and/or medieval literary and historical texts. Latin I and Latin II may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-Elective. Enrollment limited to 20.

Staff

Prereq: 21L330 or permission of instructor
U (Fall)
3-0-3 ; Starts Oct 27

Introductory Latin subject for students with some prior knowledge of basic grammar and vocabulary. Intended to refresh and enrich ability to read ancient and/or medieval literary and historical texts. May be taken independently of Latin I with permission of instructor. Latin I and Latin II may be combined by petition (after completion of both) to count as a single HASS-Elective. Enrollment limited to 20.

Staff