2019-2020 BSC Catalog

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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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 395 GP 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. A Global Perspectives designated course. Prerequisite: any 200-level
literature course. (Category 4)
EH 396 Contemporary Poetry (1)
A study of recent poetry and poetics. A service-learning integrated course. Prerequisite:
any 200-level literature course. (Category 4)
EH 400 Studies in Culture and Text (1)
A theoretical study of texts from a perspective of cultural criticism. Recent offerings have
emphasized modernism and postmodernism. 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: at least three 300-level literature courses, one of which must be
EH 300. (Category 5)
EH 410 Studies in the Novel (1)
A theoretical study of the novel. The focus of the course may change each time it is
offered: for example, gender and the novel, the modernist novel, the novel and
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2019-2020