Literature Degrees in the USA

...of the course will be weighted as follows (though I reserve the right to alter this weighting somewhat-this generally works to your advantage)...

...and should ideally help to stimulate a discussion through arguments and questions. Finally, there will be one 20-page essay, a portion of which you...

...of poets and their work as generally extraneous to the work of the sciences. Yet poets have long reflected upon and have sought to embody in their...

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...After learning the basics of grammar and vocabulary, we will read not just excerpts from the great Beowulf but also heartrending laments...

...European scientific advances and home-grown ventures like the Wilkes Exploring Expedition to Antarctica and the Pacific inspired new endeavors in cartography...

...take an active and informed part in discussions. As well as occasionally leading off discussions, I will assign each of you a piece of Milton criticism...

...classroom must be clearly stated in all written work submitted. All ideas, arguments, and direct phrasings taken from someone else's work must be identified and properly footnoted...

...someone else's work must be identified and properly footnoted. Quotations from other sources must be clearly marked as distinct from the student's own...

...I listen. As you will soon realize, this latter expectation is a challenge for me. I promise to do my best. You can help by being exceedingly pro-active in discussion...

...we may note that Billy Wilders film, Sunset Boulevard, derives more from stories of vampires and possession than it does from social comedy...

...CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015. ISBN: 9781516986583. Glasse, Hannah. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy: The Revolutionary 1805 Classic...

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...Questions to consider will include: How has ethnic writing changed American culture and renovated forms of literary expression? What are the varieties...

...For a list of readings, please refer to the Readings page. There will be no final exam. Plagiarism—use of another's intellectual work without acknowledgment—is a serious offense...

...fantasy offered in Spring 2008 which assumes that participants will have read the poem at least once. I've waived the limit of 15 participants...