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LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES
AUTHOR STUDIES. Each section focuses on one or two individual authors whose work has had a sustained impact on literary culture. Authors studied vary from semester-to-semester, as well as from instructor-to-instructor. Students should expect to engage in sophisticated discussion of literary topics ranging from contemporary criticism to literary biography, including the global contest of an author's work. The course requires substantial writing and research. AUTHOR STUDIES: JAMES JOYCE: James Joyce has been recognized as one of ht most important writers of the twentieth century and the novel, “Ulysses” one of the greatest literary achievement of that time. During the first part of the course we will read and discuss “The Dubliners,” and ”Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” A significant portion of the semester will be devoted to close reading and discussion of Joyce’s masterpiece, “Ulysses.” The class will also consider Joyce’s contributions to and influence on Irish history and culture as well as his influence on modern literature. AUTHOR STUDIES: DANTE: This course aims at introducing students to late medieval culture, using Dante, its foremost literary artist, as a focus. Attention is directed at medieval poetics, historiography, art and music in addition to political theory, religious, and social development of the time. The course emphasizes the continuity of Western tradition, especially the classical background of medieval culture, and its transmission to the modern world. Students study the Divine Comedy both as a mirror of high medieval culture and as a unique text that breaks out of its cultural bounds. Students will be engaged in close reading and discussion of Dante’s Vita Nuova and the Divine Comedy and will search for answers as to why after seven centuries the Commedia remains central to the European literary tradition. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course Literature Department Course Attributes: WRITING INTENSIVE Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate Prerequisites: FOR LITR 319 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: CRWT 102 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. and Course or Test: LITR 200 to 299 Required Courses: 1 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: LITR 101 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: LITR 203 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. )

LITR 319 - AUTHOR STUDIES

AUTHOR STUDIES. Each section focuses on one or two individual authors whose work has had a sustained impact on literary culture. Authors studied vary from semester-to-semester, as well as from instructor-to-instructor. Students should expect to engage in sophisticated discussion of literary topics ranging from contemporary criticism to literary biography, including the global contest of an author's work. The course requires substantial writing and research. AUTHOR STUDIES: JAMES JOYCE: James Joyce has been recognized as one of ht most important writers of the twentieth century and the novel, “Ulysses” one of the greatest literary achievement of that time. During the first part of the course we will read and discuss “The Dubliners,” and ”Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,” A significant portion of the semester will be devoted to close reading and discussion of Joyce’s masterpiece, “Ulysses.” The class will also consider Joyce’s contributions to and influence on Irish history and culture as well as his influence on modern literature. AUTHOR STUDIES: DANTE: This course aims at introducing students to late medieval culture, using Dante, its foremost literary artist, as a focus. Attention is directed at medieval poetics, historiography, art and music in addition to political theory, religious, and social development of the time. The course emphasizes the continuity of Western tradition, especially the classical background of medieval culture, and its transmission to the modern world. Students study the Divine Comedy both as a mirror of high medieval culture and as a unique text that breaks out of its cultural bounds. Students will be engaged in close reading and discussion of Dante’s Vita Nuova and the Divine Comedy and will search for answers as to why after seven centuries the Commedia remains central to the European literary tradition.
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours
0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours

Levels: Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Online Course

Literature Department

Course Attributes:
WRITING INTENSIVE

Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels:
Undergraduate

Prerequisites:
FOR LITR 319

General Requirements:
( Course or Test: CRWT 102
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently.
and
Course or Test: LITR 200 to 299
Required Courses: 1
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
and
( Course or Test: LITR 101
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )
or
( Course or Test: LITR 203
Minimum Grade of D
May not be taken concurrently. )

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