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ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2015-2016
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)
EH 385 Contextual Studies in World Literature (1)
A study of world literature within its cultural contexts. At present, the
focus of the course is the Irish, Harlem, and American Indian literary
renaissances. The course analyzes the Irish Renaissance within Celtic-
Catholic contexts, the Harlem Renaissance within its Atlantic African
contexts, and the American Indian Renaissance within its indigenous
tribal contexts. 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 3)
EH 389 Contextual Studies in American Literature (1)
A critical examination of selected American writing within its cultural
contexts. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 1)
EH 390 Twentieth-Century British and American Poetry (1)
The critical study of major British and American poetry of the twentieth
century. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course. (Category 1)
EH 392 Contemporary Fiction (1)
An examination of trends in British or American fiction since World War
II, including the impact of postmodernism, neorealism, and the belated
recognition of minority writing. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature
course. (Category 4)
EH 394 Contemporary Drama (1)
A critical examination of the principal plays, playwrights, and theories
of contemporary drama. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature course.
(Category 4)
EH 395 Contemporary International Fiction (1)
A sampling of recent non-Anglo-American fiction; may include postcolonial
literatures, such as African- and Latin-American fiction, as well as Japanese,
Chinese, Indian, and other Asian fiction. Prerequisite: any 200-level
literature course. (Category 4)
EH 396 Contemporary Poetry (1)
A study of recent poetry and poetics. Prerequisite: any 200-level literature
course. (Category 4)