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, U)

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

Advanced study of Shakespeare within the frame of specific topics which will vary from semester to semester.

The cultural life of 19th-century America in selected poetry and prose by Hawthorne, Thoreau, Douglass, Cooper, Whitman, Poe, Melville, and Lincoln. Emphasis on the symbolic and ethical idealism of selected ante-bellum poetry and prose, and on the themes of Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Manifest Destiny, Jacksonian democracy, and slavery.

Not available at this time.

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)

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)

Writing in the various modes of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay. Analysis of student writing in class and in tutorial; development of critical skills.