COURSES OF STUDY
125
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2014-2015
EH 310 Development of the Novel (1
)
An examination of the novel as a genre from its origins to its later
forms. Emphases on common motifs, the development of fictional
elements such as characterization, plot, and point of view, and the role
of the author. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 2)
EH 325 Natural, Wild, and Free: American Environmental Literature (1)
An investigation of American environmental literature and nature
writing. The course gives particular attention to literature and film that
examine the consequences of human activity on natural systems and
engage in conversations about human connections to the environment,
nature, wilderness, conservation, and preservation. Prerequisite: EH 102
or 208.
EH 329 Slavery and the Literary Imagination (1)
An exploration of American slavery through literary representations of
the “peculiar institution.” The first half of the class focuses on pre-1900
works, including slave narratives, abolitionist fiction, and post-bellum
recasting of the institution by southern apologists. In the second half,
students will read a variety of modern writers trying to come to terms
with the legacy of slavery and employing literary forms unimaginable
to their nineteenth-century counterparts. Prerequisite: any 200-level
literature course. (Category 1)
EH 330 Major Authors (1)
A focused study of the works of one to three authors. Recent offerings
have included Dante, Hawthorne, Hemingway, Morrison, Woolf, and
Yeats. With the permission of the English faculty, students may enroll
more than once for credit, providing that the focus of the course is
different. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 2)
EH 349 Literature and the Arts (1)
A survey of the relationships among the art forms of a particular
culture or historical period. Emphasis is placed on how literary works
influenced or were influenced by larger cultural movements manifested
in music, painting, sculpture, and architecture. Fulfills the pre-1900
requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course.
(Category 1)
EH 350 Chaucer (1)
A reading of the
Canterbury Tales
and other selected major poems of
Chaucer in Middle English. Also listed as HON 350, this course may
be counted by Honors Program students toward fulfillment of their
course requirements. Fulfills the pre-1900 requirement for the major.
Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 3)
EH 351 Medieval British Literature (1
)
Studies in British prose, poetry, and drama of the Middle Ages. Fulfills
the pre-1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any 200-level
literature course. (Category 3)
