Next Quarter - Summer 2008

30A — Major Works of European Literature: Classical
James Donelan
SESSION A: June 23 - Aug 1
MTW 11:00-12:25, Psych 1920
Section R 2:00-3:20, Phelps 1420, Enroll: 01289
Section R 12:30-1:50, Phelps 1440, Enroll: 01297
A survey of European literature. Classical and medieval literature from Homer to Dante.

30B — Major Works of European Literature: Renaissance
James Donelan
SESSION B: Aug 4 - Sept 12
MTW 12:30-1:55, Phelps 3515
R 11:00-12:20, Phelps 1445, Enroll: 01313
R 12:30-1:50, Phelps 1445, Enroll: 01321
A survey of European literature. Renaissance and Neoclassical literature from Petrarch to Diderot.

30C — Major Works of European Literature: Modern
Linda Kick
SESSION B: Aug 4 - Sept 12
MTWR 3:30-4:45, Girvetz 1119, Enroll: 01339
A survey of European literature. Romantic and modern literature from Rousseau to Solzhenitsyn.

31 — Major Works of Asian Literatures
Yan Liang
SESSION B: Aug 4 - Sept 12
MWF 3:30-4:50, Phelps 1444, Enroll: 05495
DAn introduction to the diverse literary traditions of Asia through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on East, South, and Southeast Asia varies.

34 — Literature of the Americas
Danielle La France
SESSION A: June 23 - August 1
MTWR 2:00-3:30pm, Girvetz 2119, Enroll: 01347
An introduction to the diverse literary traditions of the Americas through an examination of selected works. Regional focus on North America, the Caribbean, and Latin America varies.

113 — Trauma, Memory, Historiography
Elisabeth Weber
SESSION D: June 23 - July 11
MTWR 2:00-4:05pm, HSSB 1215, Enroll: 15487
Prerequisite: upper-division standing.
How do individuals, communities, cultures, nations remember and/or forget, preserve and/or erase traumatic events?

122A — Holocaust Representations
Susan Derwin
SESSION D: June 23 - July 11
MT RF 2:00-4:05, Girvetz 2128, Enroll: 01370
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. Same course as German 116A.
Close reading of post-Holocaust literature. Taught in English.

186A — The Zombie: Colonialism, Literature, Film, and Theory
Kieran Murphy
SESSION A: June 23 - Aug 1
MWF 5:00-7:05pm, HSSB 1210, Enroll: 17335
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. From box-office smash hits to fantastic literature, from an anthropological puzzle to a philosophical concept, the zombie begs the questions: where does it come from, how did it come into being? The course will investigate the appearance of zombies in literature and film and will examine historical and social context of this phenomenon.

186B — Minority Literature
Mary Seliger
SESSION A: June 23 - Aug 1
MTWR 9:30-10:35, HSSB 3201, Enroll: 15537
Prerequisite: upper-division standing. This course will explore American literature by looking at narrative strategies and genres employed by twentieth century writers of minority literature. We will concentrate on literary expression in the context of minority experiences and identities meeting at the crossroads of American history and legal culture. We will examine three landmark Supreme Court cases when evaluating how do the law and the literature engage in a dialogue with each other? Through an examination of the geographical constructs of space and place, we will also explore issues of race, assimilation, identity, and national belonging by making a comparative examination of representative works of Asian American literature, African American literature, Chicano literature, and Native American literature. Representative texts that we will read include Place: A Short Introduction, Farewell to Manzanar, Native Son, …And the Earth Did Not Devour Him, Tracks, and Ceremony.

191 — Fantasy and the Fantastic
Suzanne Braswell
SESSION D: June 23 - July 11
MTWR 5:00-7:10pm, Girvetz 2115, Enroll: 01404
Course explores works that manipulate our conceptions of space and time, undermining our sense of reality. Works by Balzac, Poe, Merimée, Stevenson, James, and Borges.

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