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List of Courses
* All credit hours are based on the current term, this may vary for previous terms.
| ART101 - Arts And Society I |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code: HSS 101
Global Perspectives in the Fine Arts, The course is an introductory survey of the methodical and practical integration of various research designs and methodologies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It sustains and develops students? abilities and interests and offers an opportunity for close engagement with fine art study, theory and practice. Students examine art as a social process and social context/s in which art is made, circulated and engaged, and what art can tell them about their own social and spiritual issues and institutions. The course content will balance thematic approaches from both Eastern and Western traditions. Within the context of human expression in the visual arts, commonalities and distinctions will be explored within cultures across the globe. Historical and contemporary art will form the basis for investigating the built form (architecture), experimental art (multi-media installation, performance, sound), and diverse methods of making visual art. Works by current artists, architects and multi-media artists will be presented.
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| ART102 - Arts And Society II |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code: HSS 102
Islamic Art, The course examines the interface between Islamic art, law and society from early Islam to the modern period through a series of themes and debates in Islamic discourse. Topics explored are the socio-legal definition of the ?artist?: how market demands informed intellectual property; the formation of the city and urban space through charitable institutions; the function of patronage and financial and political power; the relationship between gender and piety; and the impact of war and trade on artistic production. The course invites students to write a case study of the city state of Abu Dhabi and its emergence as a patron of the arts.
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| ART201 - Drawing 1 |
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This course is an introduction to the materials, techniques and subject matter of observational drawing. Traditional subject matter as well as experimental tools and techniques will be taught. Electronic and time-based media are integrated as tools that augment the learning profile of contemporary drawing skills. Students will gain mastery and confidence in the fundamental techniques of drawing as primary means of documentation, communication and self-expression within the larger context of visual arts. Students will discover how a variety of materials and production techniques in drawing can promote strong perceptual and conceptual development.
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| ART301 - painting 1 |
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This course will introduce students to the foundational construction and design of painting. It will investigate the character and actions of various paints and techniques, both traditional and contemporary, on a variety of surfaces. The pluralistic view of painting as a discipline will engage the students in pushing the boundaries of the medium with a variety of conceptual, technical and aesthetic concerns. A section of the course will focus on expanding painting in relation to new technologies while continuing to explore the infinite physical properties of the medium.
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| ART302 - 3-D Design |
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This course is the foundational study of fundamental 3-D design principles and techniques. Within the course framework, students will develop “hands-on” knowledge of actual materials by completing a series of design projects in clay, plaster, wood and metal. Constructive, subtractive and diverse techniques will be taught. New technologies and cross media interactions and fabrication will align the student with current practices in sculpture today.
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| ART303 - Digital Photography |
(3 credit hours) |
In this course, students will learn to take artistic digital photos. A photographer is someone who combines the compositional skills of an artist, the analytical mind of a scientist and the observational soul of a poet. Students will combine these three as they study traditional photographic composition and interpret images taken with the digital camera. Rules of composition, light, exposure, colors, etc. will be reflected on, and theories of artistic expression will be discussed and employed. . Image capture with a digital camera will be further altered in the digital darkroom of Adobe PhotoShop CS, Lightroom, and other appropriate software.. Students learn to change the expression of their photos and combine different images in creating works of art. As a final product students will create a portfolio with ten photos including detailed descriptions of their work.
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| DRA260 - Practical Intro. toTheatre-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 335
Drawing first from the classic repertoire and then exploring the modern theatre, students will read a selection of works that will first expose them to the ways in which writers have envisioned their plays and the societal contexts from which these plays emerged. The next challenge will be to research how these plays were directed and the responses garnered by either reviews or by critical analysis. This approach will be complimented by the staging of certain scenes from the selected plays in order to give students a practical experience as to how the text is transformed from literature to performance.
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| DRA265 - Approaches to Drama-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 345
What are the seminal dramatic texts of the 20th century? What are the social, political, topical and cultural issues that have been expressed through the dramatic medium? What is the connection between the text and the execution of the dramatic material and how does a play provide the bridge between a society and its analysis of itself? This course will explore both the theoretical and practical component aspects of these questions. Drawing first from the classic repertoire and then exploring the modern theatre, students will read a selection of works that will first expose them to the ways in which writers have envisioned their plays and the societal contexts from which these plays emerged.
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| DRA360 - Fundamentals of Stage Prod-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Ols code/no. : ENG 455
This course takes place in the first semester of the fourth year and covers preparation for production from script selection and writing to the technical aspects of production progressing towards performance. It is primarily the preparatory course for the practicum and will include the roles involved in stage production, the writing of scripts as educational material, full-scale production or traveling theatre for schools. There will be visits to theatres to see theatre in action if it can be arranged.
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| DRA365 - Drama in Education-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 375
To paraphrase Plato, play is the foundation of all education. Thus, in creating a culture whereby the tenets of educational theatre can be more fully realized within the UAE and the university? both as a profession and as an academic discipline ? this course will examine the fundamentals of both theatre-in-education (TIE) and drama-in-education (DIE). Students will explore how social, topical, political and cultural issues, be they historical or contemporary, can be illuminated and made three-dimensional though the use of recreation, mimesis, role-playing and drama.
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| DRA370 - Playwriting & Perf. in Arab W. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 385
This course will use the work of contemporary Arab playwrights, in translation, to illustrate the playwriting process. There will a strong emphasis on interpretation through dramatic reading and performance. Visits to Sharjah Theatre Festival and/or other performance venues will be arranged.
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| DRA460 - Practicum Drama -TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 460
This the culmination of the sequence of courses and involves the real-life outcomes in terms of planning, production, performance and self-evaluation, reflecting the gamut of skills and knowledge acquired by the student throughout the Drama Track. Specifically it builds on Fundamentals of Stage Production.
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| ENG210 - College Reading and Writing ` |
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Building on the knowledge and skills you developed in language and literacy oriented courses in UGRU, General Education, this course offers you an intensive introduction to university-level reading and writing, defined more broadly as “speech acts,” and including verbal presentation and practice. It emphasizes comprehension (reading and listening for understanding), classification (identifying elements, strategies, and disciplines), and articulation (speaking and writing to communicate knowledge). Assessments will include quizzes, in-class writing, short essays, and presentations.
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| ENG250 - English Grammar & Usage |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. & name : ENG 350 Basic Grammar & Usage
This course is designed to activate the beginning student's passive language base and make him/her more conscious of the basic formal workings of grammar in English. Emphasis is on grammar use in oral and written communication.
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| ENG300 - Critical Reading in the Discp. |
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This course is a reading and speaking intensive course that will require you to review, study, analyze, and discuss complex texts appropriate for intermediate university study: principally key scholarly texts from various disciplines organized around a theme. You will annotate, summarize, analyze, and evaluate the structure, content, logic, and usefulness of a variety of texts typical of university study (essays, articles, studies, surveys, and reports) in short, task-specific written assignments and more extensively in discussion, debate, and presentation. Through practice and instruction in academic language, you will advance your proficiency in English.
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| ENG310 - Writing for research |
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In this course, you will learn and apply the concepts and conventions of academic research: choosing a topic, developing a workable thesis, finding and evaluating appropriate data and sources, mapping and outlining, drafting and revising, and rigorously documenting all borrowed material. That is, you will learn to be a researcher or scholar: producing knowledge through critical thinking, careful reading, and integration of your own ideas with the work of others. Discussing and then developing your ideas in writing, you will advance your proficiency in English.
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| ENG312 - Cultur. Litcy:ENG in the world |
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This course will support your English language and literacy training by helping you engage, through both inquiry and critical analysis, important “texts” in English cultural and important movements in English cultural history. These may include works of art, poems, musical compositions, television shows, and even more public traditions that help you understand the heritage and situation of English in the world. It will challenge you to think about why English matters, and how it is changing as it is embraced around the world through globalization. Individual and group projects will give you opportunities to try out a critical vocabulary for engaging a range of objects, and the work of the course will culminate in a thesis-driven project.
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| ENG450 - Public Speaking and Debate |
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This course provides training and practice in delivering fluent, articulate public presentations—speeches and debates—that target public, scholarly, and professional audiences. Researching, organizing, delivering and critiquing individual and small group presentations are core elements of the course. You are strongly encouraged to develop a body of work within the thematic and topical limits of course activity that demonstrates critical thinking about your field of study and projected profession or related disciplines.
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| ENG454 - Writing for the Workplace |
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Incorporating key elements of technical and professional writing, this course focuses on developing, organizing, writing and editing materials appropriate for professional and/or advanced academic use. You will learn and practice the core elements of effective writing for a variety of professional purposes, and be able to demonstrate the ability to a) write critically for purposes unique to your career objectives and b) present that material in context-appropriate ways, either for presentation or circulation. This course is designed for students who have clear career goals and are expecting to enter professional life within the year.
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| ENG692 - Directed Read in Elizab. Drama |
(3 credit hours) |
This course will serve as a guide to key texts of Elizabethan drama, as well as major texts and approaches of criticism in that field, concentrating on the works of Shakespeare and Marlowe. The selection will focus on how these texts illuminate the social, cultural, and cross-cultural dimensions of Elizabethan drama.
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| ENG693 - Directed Read in 19c Lit.Jou. |
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This course will provide a guided exploration of literary journalism as a developing genre in nineteenth century Britain and the USA. Primary readings will include selections from prominent authors and periodicals. Special attention will be given to the social context and the social function of the genre, as well as on the relationship between writers and their reading public.
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| ENG694 - Directed Read in 20 c Lit.Jou. |
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This course will provide a guided exploration of literary journalism as a genre in and beyond twentieth century Britain and the USA. Primary readings will include selections from prominent authors and periodicals. Special attention will be given to the social context and the social function of the genre, as well as on the relationship between writers and their reading public.
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| EWR215 - Advanced Composition-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 360
Students consider writing and reading strategies, starting with the concrete, then progressing from representation to image. The student will study composition and rhetoric, theory of composition, essays that express contingencies of the theme (representations of global economy), and documentaries. Written language is complemented by oral language in various stages of the process and in editing. Concentration is on transition from narrative to argument.
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| EWR380 - Creative Writ. Non-fictio-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 380
This course will expose students to various forms of biographical and autobiographical writings, as well as to the concept of the bildungsroman. The major products of this course will be a personal diary, as well as a family history and/or a biography of someone beyond the student?s personal circle of acquaintances.
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| EWR390 - Creative Writing:Fiction |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 390
This course will encourage students of English to explore and develop their talents as creative writers. The UAE has a strong tradition of fiction, poetry and story telling, and this course will endeavour to draw out both students? excellent sense of historicity and their innate ability in fiction and poetry. The process of discovering how fiction is created will provide them with a more intimate knowledge of the English language and empower them to express themselves more fully.
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| EWR395 - Tech. & Prof. Writing-TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 370
Students start with the assumptions of personas in the worlds of business, government, society, health, law, education etc. They will learn to write texts via assuming the reality of a profession or business that they wish to pursue. The memos, letters, job applications, reports, and feasibility studies that they write will grow out of the company, agency or organization they fictitiously represent. Students will learn the relationships between texts and the existential actualities of human life, politics, societies and events.
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| EWR480 - Practicum Writing -TA- |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 440
The Practicum in Professional Writing is in effect the capstone of all the Thematic Applications (Writing) courses. It is a supervised working-and-learning experience in professional writing, editing, correspondence, and research under the supervision of a University faculty member and an employer (a participating company and/or governmental agency). A minimum of 12, maximum of 20 hours a week of a student?s time is expected during the academic semester.
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| FIL240 - Intro.to Film&Visual StudiesTA |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 315
This course will introduce visual language, focusing on formal structures of film such as photography, framing, camera movement, staging, mise-en-scene, literary design, sound design, editing, acting, and scenic art design. It will also address the use of film as a conveyor of cultural information through genre, gender representation and film movements, using basic film theories.
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| FIL245 - Film &Culture: World Cinema TA |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 365
This course will provide an overview of national film traditions around the world and how they reflect the concerns of their respective societies on a social, political and cultural level. National cinemas will be viewed historically, theoretically, and critically, and will focus on Third World Cinemas and the major film industries.
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| FIL340 - Developing Ideas for Film TA |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 325
Students will learn to draw on personal experiences to create characters and stories. They will also analyze and apply the art of adaptation. The skills developed in the course will be utilized to generate short film scripts.
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| FIL345 - Principles of Screenwriting TA |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 415
Students apply the aesthetic and cultural principles previously covered and produce their own scripts. Emphasis will be on cultivating a creative identity, further developing story ideas, and generating short scripts, completing the pre-production for future script filming.
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| FIL350 - Cinema in the Arab World TA |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 395
This course, designed to be delivered in conjunction with the Program of Arabic Language and Literature, will provide an overview of Arab societies as they are reflected in their cinematic traditions historically, theoretically and critically.
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| LIT150 - Introduction to Literature |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 200,320
This course introduces beginners to the three major genres of literature: poetry, fiction, and drama. It acquaints them with the basic concepts and terms with which to discuss literature. The course covers a wide selection of texts from all periods.
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| LIT200 - Writing about literature |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. &n name: ENG 463
This course emphasizes the techniques and methods essential to writing a thoughtful, carefully written, and well-designed essay. It comprises three main foci in terms of the principal structural states of the unified essay: the beginning, the body, and the conclusion.
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| LIT220 - Survey of British Literature |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 330
This course is designed to introduce students to English literature from the Elizabethan period through the twentieth century and will focus on the development of various literary genres, as well as on the works of the most significant literary figures.
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| LIT240 - Survey of American Literature |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 340
This course is designed to introduce students to American literature from the 17th through the twentieth centuries, focusing on major figures, differing literary genres, and shifting definitions of national identity.
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| LIT300 - Meth.ofRes. in literary study |
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Old code/no. & name: ENG 410 ( Methods of Research )
This course is intended to make students knowledgeable and effective at using the computer and library resources for producing a complete research paper. The focus of this course is also on other areas of professional writing, such as descriptive and analytical bibliography, note-taking, editing and rewriting of manuscripts, literature reviewing, and the ethics of documenting a paper.
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| LIT320 - Elizabethan & 17th Century Lit |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 431
This course acquaints students with the various forms of literature produced by the major dramatists (e.g. Shakespeare), poets (particularly the Metaphysical poets), and prose writers (e.g. Sidney and Bacon) as well as with the cultural background of Elizabeth Literature.
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| LIT325 - Restoration & Enlightenment L. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 432
This course acquaints students with works by the major writers of the period from 1660 to 1800 and highlights major literary forms characteristic of the period such as the epic (Milton), the comedy of manners (Congreve), and satire (Swift, Pope).
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| LIT330 - Romantic & Victorian Lit. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 441
This course introduces students to the romantic Movement and the literature of the Victorian period, including poetry, fiction, and essays.
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| LIT335 - 20th Century British Lite. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 442
This course examines key writers of this century, with an emphasis on thematic and stylistic analysis and with an attempt to understand the ways in which literature in the last century responded to critical cultural, economic and political forces.
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| LIT340 - 19th Century American Lit. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 451
This course examines key writers of this century, with an emphasis on thematic and stylistic analysis and with an attempt to understand the ways in which literature in the last century responded to critical cultural, economic and political forces.
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| LIT345 - 20th Century American Lit. |
(3 credit hours) |
Old code/no. : ENG 452
This course focuses on major writers whose texts appeared in the Twentieth Century and on the genres and movements within which they worked.
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| LIT365 - Modern World Literature |
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Old code/no. : ENG 461
This course examines twentieth-century and contemporary literature originally produced in languages other than English. Students will have access to primary texts in English translations.
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| LIT370 - Anglophone Lite. outside UK&US |
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Old code/no. : ENG 462
This course examines twentieth-century and contemporary literature produced in such locations as Ireland, India, the Caribbean, Canada, Africa, by writers who are both participating in and reacting against the conventions and assumptions of English and American literature.
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| LIT410 - Criticism and Theory |
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Old code/no. & name: ENG 400 ( Introduction to Criticism/Writing About Literature)
This course introduces students to major issues in literary criticism and trains students in practical criticism of specific literary texts. Students will read a variety of short literary works , as well as critical responses to these works, and will focus on writing critical essays of their own. Emphasis is on developing linguistic, critical, and analytic competencies.
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| LIT420 - Senior seminar Major writer |
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Old code/no. & name: ENG 420 Major (British/Amer.) Writer
This course concentrates students' efforts on the work of one major British or American writer to be selected by the instructor each time the course is offered. The course is designed to enable students to do extensive research on a well-defined body of work and use that research to produce an extensive and original final paper.
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| LIT610 - Classicism in Literature |
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This course will provide encounters with forms of literary classicism in various periods and traditions. Students will first of all become acquainted with the roots of classicism in Greek and Roman antiquity, and then with the roles of Classical heritage in European classicisms, neoclassicisms and anti-classicisms from the Renaissance onwards. This will be supplemented by investigations of classicisms in non-European contexts such as Arabic or Chinese culture.
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| LIT620 - Literary Renaissances |
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This course will provide encounters with literary renaissances In various epochs and civilizations. Students will first of all become acquainted with the characteristics of the West European Renaissance and its reflections in the English literary tradition. They will then move forward to investigating the idea that such a literary renaissance is not unique to Western Europe through examining similar intellectual and literary phenomena in different countries and cultures, such as China and the Muslim civilization. The attempt will also be made to examine more modern literary renaissances, like the Irish renaissance and the Harlem renaissance.
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| LIT630 - Schol. Appr.to Liter. Journ. |
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This course is to explore a range of different scholarly perspectives on literary journalism, drawing on print and online sources, as well as on direct communication with experts in the field, and with academics with other specializations and from other disciplines who can bring their particular expertise to bear on the genre in question. The class will ideally result not only in a comprehensive survey of approaches and methods, but in the location of spaces for innovation, and hence in inspiration for the student's doctoral dissertation.
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| LIT635 - Mapping the Colonial |
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This course will examine the discourse that shapes both anti-colonial and postcolonial literary identities. It will examine further the nature and character of imperialism and colonialism: texts that reflect similar tensions between those with and those without power. Cultural criticism may figure prominently here, in conjunction with more obvious theoretical schools and figures. Class presentation and lengthy critical essay or two essays will be required.
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| LIT637 - Directed Read. in Orientalism |
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The aim of this course is to explore the field of orientalism from an interdisciplinary perspective that includes historical, social, philosophic, political, as well as literary and artistic dimensions. The focus of the course, however, will be on how Western writers of different epochs have reflected the Orient in their works, and what theoretical issues these reflections, in turn, raise for discussion.
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| LIT640 - Modernisms East and West |
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This course will be based on a comparative study of the rise and development of modernism in the 20th century, both in the West and in the East. From this perspective, it challenges the conventional assumption that modernism is born and is strictly confined to the West. Once the parallel study of modernism in the East and in the “developing world” generally is accomplished, it is hoped that a new understanding of modernism, as a global literary movement, is reached.
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| LIT645 - Dir. Read in Vict. non-Fiction |
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This course is based on readings from key texts of Victorian non-fiction, essential for understanding the period and its literature, by figures like Carlyle, Mill, Darwin, Ruskin, Arnold, and others.
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| LIT646 - Dir. Read. in Selected Authors |
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This is a course that is open in its choice of readings from authors selected through agreement between the student and the faculty member to serve the focus of the research interests of both.
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| LIT691 - Directed Read in Vict.Poetry |
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In this course, we will study the major writers, texts, and movements of Victorian poetry, and link these to significant socio-historical issues: the advent of evolutionary science, the growth of industry, gender debates, and the decline of empire, with an overarching interest in orientalism.
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| LIT693 - Dir.Read in Elizab non-fiction |
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This course will serve as a guide to key texts of Elizabethan non-fiction, such Holinshed’s Chronicles, and Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy, as well as translated texts like Plutarch’s Lives and The History and Description of Africa by Leo Africanus. The focus of the course will be on how these works were appropriated by the Elizabethan dramatists, principally Shakespeare.
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