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COURSES OF STUDY
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2014-2015
EH 355 Romance: Medieval to Gothic to Modern (1)
A survey and analysis of the development of the genre of romance from
its English origins in the Middle Ages to contemporary popular fiction.
Special attention is given to modern methods of analysis. Prerequisite:
any 200-level literature course. (Category 1)
EH 360 Shakespeare (1)
Studies in the major Shakespearean genres: tragedy, comedy, history.
Fulfills the pre-1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any
200-level literature course. (Category 2)
EH 361 Renaissance Poetry (1)
Non-dramatic poetry of the Tudor and Stuart periods, 1485-1660.
Fulfills the pre-1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any
200-level literature course. (Category 3)
EH 365 The Elegiac Mode: Love and Loss in the Literary Imagination (1)
A survey of elegiac literature from classical times to the present.
Informed by recent developments in elegy studies, this course examines
the elegiac mode as a genre evolving historically and thematically
which wrestles deeply with issues of love and loss, praise and
lamentation, mourning and consolation, life and death. Literature
studied will primarily include poetry, prose, and drama, but will also be
attentive to elegiac hybridity as expressed in musical, visual, and digital
texts. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 1)
EH 375 Satire (1)
A study of the forms and techniques of satire including, but not limited
to, selections from Classical and Augustan literature. A secondary
emphasis is placed on the visual and performing arts. Prerequisite: any
200-level literature course. (Category 1)
EH 380 Romantic Prose and Poetry (1)
The critical study of major British writers of the Romantic period.
Fulfills the pre-1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any
200-level literature course. (Category 2)
EH 381 Victorian Prose and Poetry (1)
A study of major British writers of the Victorian period. Fulfills the pre-
1900 requirement for the major. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature
course. (Category 1)
EH 384 Literature of the American Indian (1)
Studies in literature by and about North American Indians. Prerequisite:
any 200-level literature course. (Category 3)
