Course Description
Specific literary period from an international perspective, with emphasis on theoretical problems in periodization and the relationship of literature to other cultural institutions.
Athena Title
LITERARY PERIODS
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
The course objectives are to engage students in advanced study of a specific literary period from an international perspective; to consider the theoretical problems of periodization in general and those specific to the delineation of the period under consideration; to analyze the relationship between literary texts of the period to other artistic and cultural works; and to afford graduate students the opportunity to develop professional skills in critical analysis, oral expression and written communication.
Topical Outline
The period covered will vary with the instructor. Periods that may be covered include: the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque, Classicism, the Enlightenment, Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Topics within a given seminar will generally be generated by the specific works under analysis.