Modern British Drama

Intensive study of major British and Irish dramatists from the 1890s to the 1950s, such as Pinero, Jones, Shaw, Wilde, Granville Barker, Synge, Yeats, Gregory, O'Casey, Coward, Eliot, Beckett, and Pinter. Close readings of plays; consideration of the relationship between popular and experimental forms, intellectual issues, and cultural and social contexts.

Mod Novel 1945-Prsnt

Close reading and analysis of novels to achieve an awareness of the aesthetic and social characteristics of the modern novel and a critical appreciation of the possibilities and varieties of point of view, time, and psychology in literary modernism. (Gen. Ed. AL)

The Romantic Poets

Poetry of Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, and Byron read in detail. Political, religious, and psychological frames of critical reference brought to bear in order to define the consciousness of English romanticism and its contribution to modern poetry.

Creative Writing Fiction

A seminar in writing short stories and other fiction for students who demonstrate familiarity with the basis of scene and story. Students write regularly, read and criticize one another's writing, read in contemporary fiction. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 354 with a grade of 'B' or better.
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