A study of selected works from the Holocaust to the present. Analyzes the major characteristics of worldwide modern Jewish and Israeli literature. Includes such authors as Weisel, Malamud, Bellow, P. Roth, Ozick, Singer, Oz, Yehoshua and Appelfeld. May be used for study abroad.

Students will examine the language, images, symbols, and literary structures of the Bible (New King James version or equivalent). Students will also actively explore the ways in which the Bible has shaped the literature of English- speaking cultures. Students will read substantial portions of the Old and New Testament and will critically interpret the book as they would any other literary text. The will also discuss the Bible's historical context.

In this introductory course, students will be assigned readings representative of a broad range of literary genres such as fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non- fiction. These readings will cover a variety of literary movements, historical eras, and cultures include selections from the western canon. Written analysis of literary works will be required. Students will be provided with opportunities to practice critical interpretation. LIT2000 is a writing credit course with. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2000 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

A survey of the development of the short story, to include analysis of short stories by authors that reflect a diversity of cultural perspectives. This course may include a wide variety of Western canon authors such as Alexie, Atwood, Baldwin, Bechdel, Borges, Calvino, Camus, Carver, Cather, Chekhov, Chopin, Crane, De Maupassant, Erdrich, Faulkner, Fuentes, Hawthorne, Hemingway, Hurston,quez, O'Connor, Oates, Poe, Silko, Walker, among others. LIT2020 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2020 meets the International/ Intercultural competency requirement.

Students will read a chronological survey of poets from the Renaissance to the present with focus on backgrounds and periods. They will recognize the major themes of poets and complete basic written analyses of techniques used in various representative works of poetry. Students will be introduced to the conventions and elements that work to create a poem and make meaning and explore the relationship of poetry to the human experience. Texts may be selected from the poetry of various cultures and time periods, such as Romanticism, Modernism, New Formalism, the Imagists, the Black Arts Movement, the New York School, the Beats, Confessional Poetry, Performance Poetry, Concrete Poetry, Language Poets, or other movements and forms, but must include selections from the Western canon. LIT2030 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2030 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

This course involves readings of a selection of ancient, medieval, and early renaissance works; recognition of the major characteristics in the literatures of various periods; and basic written analysis of selected works. Readings will draw from the Western Canon and other world literary canons. Authors may include Homer, Sappho, Plato, Sophocles (Greece); Confucius, Lao Tzu (China); Boccaccio, Dante (Italy); Cervantes (Spain); Chaucer, Shakespeare (England); Tertullian (Rome); Omar Khayyam (Persia); Tertullian (Roman North Africa), Ibn Battuta (Morocco), and others. Excerpts may also be included from the Aztec Codices, the Old and New Testaments, the Koran, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Kebra Nagast (a 14th- century Ethiopian Christian epic), or the Arabian Nights. LIT2110 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2110 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Students will read a selection of literature from the mid-renaissance to the present. They will recognize the major characteristics in the literature of various periods and complete basic written analysis of selected works. Texts will be selected from major literary figures in the Western canon and across the world, such as Moliere, Voltaire, Rousseau, Franklin, Equiano, Wollstonecraft, de Gournay, Tolstoy, Gandhi, Camus, Lessing, Eliot, Achebe, Neruda, Garcia- Marquez, Erdrich, Kincaid, and Lahiri Significant authors as well as themes, literary genres, and historical and philosophical movements will be examined through world literature masterpieces. LIT2120 is a writing course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2120 meets the International/Intercultural competency requirement.

Introduction to Afro-Caribbean Literature is a broad survey course that includes African, Caribbean, and African American authors connected by the colonial experience. Students will study writers who write in English, or whose works have been translated into English, from the 17th century to the present in terms of their critical, social, political, and historic contexts. Although the course looks at writers of the African diaspora, the works of Caribbean authors are emphasized and selections from the Western canon will be covered. LIT2190 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2190 meets the International/ Intercultural competency requirement.

LIT2310 is a writing and survey course of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature from the 19th century to the present. This will also include consideration of how horror elements may be integrated into speculative fictions. Students will examine work that cover such topics as the future, technology, science, other worlds, paranormal life forms and occurrences, aberrant psychology and imaginary and intercultural authors which may include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Octavia Butler, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Peter Straub, N.K. Jemison, Nalo Hopkinson, Samuel Delany, Ted Chiang, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Pinborough, Paolo Bacigalupi, Owl Goingback, Bryan D. Dietrich, Marge Simon, Steven Erikson, and Lord Dunsany. Analysis of genre permeability and the ability to recognize genre elements are integral to developing critical thinking skills and refine analytic approaches. The course will include basic written analysis of theme, structure, and style. LIT2310 is a writing credit course. Students must earn a minimum grade of C to meet the requirements of the Gordon Rule for writing. LIT2310 meets the International/ Intercultural competency requirement.

A broad survey of and critical introduction to children's literature, from picture books to young adult novels. This literature may be in the form of realistic fiction, traditional and modern fantasy, mythology and fairy tales, poetry, and/or nonfiction. Topics covered may include genre, literary value, ethnicity, family dynamics, book awards, pedagogy, and censorship. Students will analyze texts from an array of authors across the world, including but not limited to: A.A. Milne, Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, Sara Pennypacker, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, Norton Juster, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Judy Blume, Laurie Halse Anderson, Richard Peck, JK Rawling, Walter Dean Meyers, Matt de la Pena, Margarita Engle, Meg Medina, Nikki Grimes, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Andrea Davis Pinkney.

A discussion and analysis of mystery fiction by investigation of the plot, characters, settings, themes, styles, motifs, and development of some of the most representative authors of detective, police, procedural, spy, and other mystery thriller fiction. Specifically traces the history and conventions of British and American traditions, placing them in context with the past and present of the genre. Includes an analysis of classic" mystery fiction, and possibly further analysis of contemporary authors and styles that reflect the diversity and complexity of the genre today, as well as television and film. Includes authors such as Poe, Christie, Doyle, Collins, Hammett, Mosley, Leonard, Highsmith, and Flynn.

An exploration of the ways literature represents and perpetuates sex roles and stereotypes. Readings include drama, short stories, novels, and poetry from classical to contemporary. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENC1101

Literary topics of special interest to students. Course offerings may be in such areas as western literature, the study of the greater novels, or ethnic literature. Class discussions may also include films.