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fiction, bildungsroman, and roman a clef. Students will examine the various
elements that shape the way we read fictional texts: aesthetic and cultural
ideologies, narrative theories, structure, narrative voice, character
development, setting, fictional experimentation, historical and political contexts,
and literary theories including reader response. Students may explore many
fictional works, or they may focus on the dissection of a single, monumental
work.

ENGL 711 SPECIAL TOPICS IN POETRY
Former course number 511
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course offers an intensive study poetry, including the literary traditions of
America and/or Great Britain and prosody. The focus will be on texts written in
English, but students may study some works in translation, consider non-
Western poetics, and discuss hybrid forms. The course will investigate the formal
techniques of poetry as they reflect both aesthetic and cultural ideologies.
Additionally, an understanding of the literary and historical traditions of poetry
will provide context for the work.

ENGL 712 SPECIAL TOPICS IN DRAMA
Former course number 512
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course provides an intensive study of drama. Students will examine the
various elements that shape the way we respond to drama: aesthetic and
cultural ideologies, dramatic theories, act and scene structure, character
development, setting, staging, and historical and political contexts and
traditions.

ENGL 713 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WOMEN LITERATURE
Former course number 513
Prerequisites: None
Credits: 3
This course offers an in-depth, cross-cultural study of selected women’s literary
expression and representation encompassing the genres of fiction, non-fiction
prose, poetry, orature, and film. These works will be grouped under the following
topics: early Western feminist though; women’s autobiographical writing; the
literature of women in migration; post-colonial and post-slavery women’s
writing; women’s orature; and women’s representation in film. Students will

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