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Concentration Areas for 2003-2004

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1. Literary Theory and Criticism

Note: Courses listed in Course Group IV are included in the concentration area.

English 14 Intro to Criticism 03X

English 16 Old and New Media 04W

English 17 Intro to New Media 04S

English 71.1 Alexander Pope 04W

2. Genre

Drama

English 24 Shakespeare 03X, 03F

English 26 English Drama to 1642 04W

English 47 American Drama 04S

English 65.1 Gender/Power in Shakespearean Comedy 04W

English 70.2 Hamlet 04S

Poetry

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 03F

English 23 The English Renaissance 03F

English 27 The Seventeenth Century 04S

English 40 American Poetry 03X

English 50 American and British Poetry Since 1914 04W

English 60.1 Asian American Poetry 03F

English 67.5 Bob Dylan 04S

English 67.6 Robert Frost 04S

English 70.1��?? John Milton 03F

English 71.1 Alexander Pope 04W

Narrative

English 19 Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Epic and Saga 04S

English 32 The Rise of the Novel 04W

English 38 The 19th Century English Novel 03F

English 41 American Prose 03F

English 42 American Fiction to 1900 04W

English 48 Contemporary American Fiction 04W

English 53 Twentieth-Century British Fiction 03X

English 55 Twentieth-Century British Fiction: WWII to Present 04W

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature 03F

English 63.3 The Rhetoric of Literary Character 04W

English 67.1 American Fiction in the 1920s 03F

English 66.2 Henry James 04W

English 70.2 Arthur and Others: Romance in Medieval England 04W

English 71.2 Charles Dickens 04W

English 72.2 James Joyce 03F

3. Literary History

Note: Courses for this concentration area are usually drawn from Course Groups I, II, and III.

English 14 Introduction to Criticism 03X

English 60.3 Ruins, Ridicule and Resistance: An Introduction to Irish Literature 04S

English 74.1 In Search of Robin Hood and Maid Marian 04S

4. Period Study

Note: Students pursuing period study should select four courses from any one of the historical course groups (Course Groups I, II and III). Students may choose to have these four courses form a more precise focus such as medieval literature or Victorian studies

5. National Traditions and Counter-Traditions

English 19 Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian Epic and Saga 04S

English 30 Order and Disorder in British Neoclassicism 03F

English 34 Romantic Literature: Writing and English Society, 1780-1836 04S

English 40 American Poetry 03X

English 41 American Prose 03F

English 42 American Fiction to 1900 04W

English 45 Native American Literature 04S

English 47 American Drama 04S

English 48 Contemporary American Fiction 04W

English 49 Modern Black American Literature 04S

English 50 American and British Poetry Since 1914 04W

English 53 Twentieth-Century British Fiction 03X

English 55 Twentieth-Century British Fiction: WWII to Present 04W

English 60.3 Ruins, Ridicule and Resistance: An Introduction to Irish Literature 04S

English 66 Henry James 04W

English 67.1 American Fiction in the 1920s 03F

English 67.2 The Powers of Horror: Sublimity, Exoticism, and Monstrosity 03F

English 67.3 Performing National Identity: Representation of Blacks/Jews... 04W

6. Multicultural and Colonial / Postcolonial Studies

English 45 Native American Literature 04S

English 49 Modern Black American Literature 04S

English 58 Introduction to Postcolonial Literature 03F

English 60.1 Asian American Poetry 03F

English 60.4 Asian American Performance 04S

English 60.3 Ruins, Ridicule and Resistance: An Introduction to Irish Literature 04S

English 67.2 The Powers of Horror: Sublimity, Exoticism, and Monstrosity 03F

English 67.3 Performing National Identity: Representation of Blacks/Jews... 04W

English 72.2 James Joyce 03F

7. Genders and Sexualities

English 20 Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales 03F

English 23 The English Renaissance 03F

English 26 English Drama to 1642 04W

English 63.2 Here and Queer: Placing Sexuality 04W

English 65.1 Gender and Power in Shakespearean Comedy 04W

English 70.1 John Milton 03F

English 70.2 Arthur and Others: Romance in Medieval England 04W

8. Cultural Studies and Popular Culture

English 17 Introduction to New Media 04S

English 60.4 Asian American Performance 04S

English 63.2 Here and Queer:Placing Sexuality 04W

English 67.3 Performing National Identity: Representation of Blacks/Jews... 04W

English 67.4 Bob Dylan 04S

English 74 In Search of Robin Hood and Maid Marian 04S

9. Creative Writing

10. Independent Proposal