LIT 110 Introduction to Literature: Poetry
3 credits

This course is an introduction to the critical study of a wide range of poems chosen to introduce students to the formal elements of poetry and to develop appreciation for all kinds of poetry. (3 lecture hours)

LIT 111 Introduction to Literature: Novel
3 credits

This course is an introduction to the critical study of the novel through the close examination of several selected novels.  (3 lecture hours)

LIT 112 Introduction to Literature: Drama
3 credits

This course is an introduction to the critical study of the drama as a literary genre. (3 lecture hours)

LIT 113 Introduction to Literature: Heritage Studies in Ethnic Literature
3 credits

An introduction to the multicultural literature of the United States, this course acquaints students with representative creative works — fiction, poetry, and drama — by ethnic Americans who have traditionally not been part of the dominant culture: African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanics and Native-Americans.  (3 lecture hours)

LIT 114 Introduction to the Film as Literature
3 credits

In this course the film is approached through almost the same formal methods of analysis and study as those commonly used for the novel. The primary emphasis is interpretative. (2 lecture hours and 2 laboratory hours)

LIT 120 Introduction to Children’s Literature
3 credits

This course examines children’s literature as rich and culturally complex works of fiction. Students enrolled in the course begin to understand historical development and social construction of literature for the young (pre-school to adolescent) as written by adults. Texts from a variety of literary forms and periods: fantasy; contemporary realism; historical realism; folk and fairy tales (oral culture and literary); poetry; and picture books are read and analyzed. Students learn various approaches to determine literary meaning, form and value including relevant literary theory.  (3 lecture hours)

LIT 147 Women in Modern Literature
3 credits

Major literary works—novels, short stories, drama, and poetry—by important 19th- and 20th-century women writers are covered in this course, which also includes a close scrutiny of literary criticism relevant to women writers and a study of the varied literary styles and techniques of women writers. (3 lecture hours)

LIT 150 Creative Writing: Fiction
3 credits

Students learn the structure and elements of fiction and the writing process, produce fully developed works of fiction and demonstrate an understanding of the critical terminology of creative writers. Basic elements, character, dialog and point of view are discussed. Students learn by reading well-written short stories and participating in thought ful discussion and written exercises. (3 lecture hours)

LIT 151 Creative Writing: Poetry
3 credits

Students will learn the structure and elements of poetry and the writing process, produce fully developed works of poetry, and demonstrate an understanding of the critical terminology of creative writers.  (3 lecture hours)

LIT 201 Survey of English Literature: Anglo-Saxon through the Neoclassical Age
3 credits

This course is the first semester of a two-semester chronological survey of English literature from the Anglo-Saxon period to modern time. Emphasized are the artistic value of literature and an understanding of the swing of the literary pendulum as a reflection of the times, revealing the relation of literature to life. This course surveys the Anglo-Saxon Period, Middle English Period, the Renaissance, the 17th century and the Neoclassical Age.  (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111

LIT 202 Survey of English Literature: Romantic Movement through the Contemporary Period
3 credits

The second semester of the sequence surveys the Romantic Movement, the Victorian Age, Edwardian Literature and the Contemporary Period. (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111

LIT 210 Survey of American Literature: Colonial Era to Civil War
3 credits

The first of a two-semester chronological survey of American literature, this course treats the period from 1607 to 1865. By study of earlier writers like Edwards and Franklin and 19th-century literary figures such as Poe, Hawthorne, Thoreau and Whitman, students explore developing cultural attitudes and the treatment of the American experience in literature.  (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111

LIT 211 Survey of American Literature: Civil War to Present
3 credits

The second of a two-semester chronological survey of American literature, this course covers the period from 1865 to the present. Through study of writers such as Twain, James, Crane, Frost and Hemingway, students explore literary trends from romanticism to modernism. (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111

LIT 220 Literary Masterpieces I
3 credits

This introductory-level course is designed to acquaint students with the masterpieces of Western literature which created the traditions for and deeply influenced literary development. Content includes a variety of genres and writers from Classical times to the Renaissance. (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111

LIT 222 Shakespeare
3 credits

This serves as an introduction to Shakespeare as a literary and dramatic writer, through a study of Shakespeare’s plays in their context of Elizabethian/Jacobean theatre, ideas, culture, and politics, modern critical debates and changing styles of production.  (3 lecture hours)
Prerequisite: COM 111