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Literature and Culture |
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LIT & CULTURE |
| CLASS CODE: |
ENG 442 |
CREDITS:
3
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| DIVISION: |
LANGUAGE & LETTERS |
| DEPARTMENT: |
ENGLISH |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: |
This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. |
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| CATALOG DESCRIPTION: |
Examines the interdisciplinary relationship between literature and one of the following significant cultural areas: myth, philosophy, humanities, psychology, economics, or politics. (Culminating class for English Majors/Literary Studies Emphasis.) |
| DESCRIPTION: |
Examines the interdisciplinary relationship between literature and one of the following significant cultural areas: myth, philosophy, humanities, psychology, economics, or politics. (Culminating class for English Major/Literary Studies Emphasis.) |
| TOPICS: |
Topics vary according to the specific approach: myth, philosophy, humanities, psychoogy, economics, or politics. |
| OBJECTIVES: |
- Read texts representing a cultural period--literature, history, philosophy, etc.
- Explore the relationship among literature and other cultural texts representing that period.
- Learn methods of inquiry in another relevant discipline.
- Write an interdisciplinary paper on a literary text and its cultural milieu.
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| REQUIREMENTS: |
Readings in primary literature; readings in secondary historical, cultural, and theoretical sources; short analysis and summary papers; a significant senior paper modeled after published examples of literary criticism. Requires 20 pages of edited prose. MLA documentation. |
| PREREQUISITES: |
English Major core classes. |
| OTHER: |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: |
August 2001 |
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