A study of Shakespeare's dramatic art and poetic style through a representative selection of plays. Students may earn degree credit for only one of ENGLISH 221 and 222. (Gen.Ed. AL)

American literature written by and about ethnic minorities, from the earliest immigrants through the cultural representations in modern American writing. (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)

Topic Title: Foundations and Departures in Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Non-Fiction (499-seminar)

Literature that deals with our relationship to society. Topics may include: the utopian vision; the notion of the self, politics and literature. (Gen.Ed. AL, DG)

An introduction to the literatures of Native peoples of North America. Major and recent writers, and their narrative forms, considered in relation to oral and mnemonic traditions and in the larger context of "world literatures." (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)

Writer's workshop with emphasis on poetry. May be repeated by candidates for the M.F.A. for a total of 24 credits.

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Primarily for nonmajors. Introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American culture, with a wide historical scope and attention to diverse cultural experiences in the U.S. Readings in fiction, prose, and poetry, supplemented by painting, photography, film, and material culture. (Gen.Ed. AL, DU)

Writer's workshop with emphasis on fiction. May be repeated by M.F.A. candidates for a total of 24 credits.

Seminar-sized course in literary and rehtorical criticism. Organized around themes, it stresses analysis from critical and theoretical perspectives that sharpen understanding of texts, their contexts, and our reading of them.

This course fulfills the Junior-Year Writing Requirement. See the English Department course description guide for various sectional sub-titles and descriptions.