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553./453. The Seventeenth Century. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Survey of prose, poetry and/or drama of the 17th century.
Emphasis varies.
554./454. Restoration and Early Eighteenth Century. (3
to a maximum of 12) ∆
Studies in literature and culture on topics such as Restoration
comedy and heroic tragedy, early eighteenth-century satire
and major authors such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn,
Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe and Jonathan Swift.
555./455. Middle and Late Eighteenth Century. (3 to a
maximum of 12) ∆
Studies in literature and culture 1735–1800 on topics such
as eighteenth-century theater, the development of fiction, the
construction of difference and the representations of the relationship
between England and the rest of the world.
556./456. British Romanticism. (3 to a maximum of 12)
[3 to a maximum of 6] ∆
Studies in the literature and culture of early 19th-century
Britain; the Wordsworth circle, the Keats-Shelley circle,
Romantic women writers and special topics such as British
Culture in the 1790s and Romantic Theory.
557./457. Victorian Studies. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Studies in the literature and culture of the Victorian era;
recent offerings have included Dickens, the Bronte’s; and
special topics such as Sensation; Detection and the Detective
Novel; Victorian Sexualities; and Race, Class and Gender.
558./458. Modern British Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and nonfiction prose of
early 20th-century Britain and Ireland, including the works of
Conrad, Yeats, Eliot, Forster, Joyce, Shaw and Woolf.
559./459. Irish Literature. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Survey of the prose, poetry and drama of Ireland. Alternates
between surveys of modern and postmodern Irish literature
and special topics or single author courses such as on Yeats
or Joyce.
emphasis on ethnic, regional, gender, and linguistic identity
from nineteenth century to the present.
566./466. African-American Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
An introduction to traditional and/or contemporary African-
American texts. Topics have included Survey of the African-
American Novel and Toni Morrison.
568./468. Topics in American Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Intensive study of special topics in American Literature.
Offerings have included Literature of the Civil War, 19th-
Century American Literature and the Visual Arts, Southern
American Literature and American Women Writers.
570./470. Modernist Literature. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose
of the early 20th century in the United States, Britain and
Ireland, with some consideration of the international influence
of and upon these literatures. Course content varies from
semester to semester.
571./471. Twentieth-Century Drama. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
The study of drama and dramatic form from 1880 to the present.
Most often taught as Modern Drama (1880–1950, Ibsen
and Strindberg to Beckett and Williams) or Contemporary
Drama (1950 to present, Beckett and Williams to new plays
of recent years).
572./472. Contemporary Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose
of the post-1945 era in the United States and Britain, with
some consideration of the international influence of and
upon these literatures. Course content varies from semester
to semester.
573./473. Postmodernism. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Studies in experimental literary works and theories from
World War II to the present. May be repeated for credit as
emphasis varies.
ARTS AND
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560./460. Early American Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 6) ∆
Taught alternately as the literature of European Exploration of
America or Colonial and Revolutionary America.
561./461. American Romanticism. (3 to a maximum of
12) ∆
Survey of the prose and poetry of mid-19th-century America,
including writings by the Transcendentalists, Hawthorne, Poe,
Melville, Stowe, Whitman and Dickinson.
562./462. American Realism and Naturalism. (3 to a
maximum of 12) ∆
Survey of the prose and poetry of turn-of-the-century America,
including writings by Mark Twain, Henry James, Crane,
Wharton, Norris and Gilman.
563./463. Modern American Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Survey of the poetry, fiction, drama and non-fiction prose of
American literature from 1900–1945, including works by writers
such as Cather, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O’Neill,
Frost, H.D., Hughes and Stevens.
564./464. Advanced Studies in Native Literatures and
Rhetorics. (3 to a maximum of 9) ∆
In-depth investigation of specific topics in Native literatures
and rhetorics. Special attention paid to the range of criticism,
critical theory, research opportunities, methodologies
and pedagogical problems inherent in American Indian and
indigenous textual production.
565./465. Chicana/o Literature. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Advanced study of Chicana/o literature, literary history,
criticism, theory, novels, short stories, poetry, and film, with
574./474. Contemporary Southwestern Literature. (3 to
a maximum of 12) ∆
This course presents and analyzes major texts in post-war
literature of the southwestern U.S., emphasizing the cultural
exchanges among Native, Hispanic and Anglo literature and
culture.
579./479. Postcolonial Literatures. (3 to a maximum
of 12) ∆
Survey of Postcolonial literatures and theories emanating
from the Indian subcontinent, Africa and other countries
recently independent from the British Empire.
580./480. Topics in British Literature. (3 to a maximum
of 9) ∆
Intensive study of special issues and themes, literary movements
and single authors in British Literature.
581. Chaucer. (3 to a maximum of 6) ∆
Studies in the Canterbury Tales, Parliament of Fowls, House
of Fame and other Chaucerian poems, together with a study
of the history, philosophy and theology of the time. There will
also be discussions of relevant contemporary critical theory.
Emphasis varies.
582. Shakespeare. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Intensive study of the major dramatic and non-dramatic works
of William Shakespeare. Emphasis varies.
583. Milton. (3 to a maximum of 12) ∆
Intensive study of the works of John Milton. Emphasis varies.
UNM CATALOG 2006–2007 Symbols, page 611.