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Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
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)
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)