Course Category: MA Active
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Sherlock, Science, and Ratiocination
This course focuses on Edgar Allan Poe and Conan Doyle and how their works blended scientific method, mystery, and imagination to create the modern literature of detection.
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Shakespeare and the Middle Ages
The course examines Shakespeare’s Comedies in the context of their medieval literary sources, his Histories in light of Tudor views of the recent medieval past, and his Tragedies in the context of medieval beliefs and cosmologies.
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Science Fiction Part II
Join award-winning scholar Dr. Amy H. Sturgis as she explores the ways in which the literature of science fiction over time has asked the question: “What if?”
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Science Fiction Part I
Join award-winning scholar Dr. Amy H. Sturgis as she explores the ways in which the literature of science fiction over time has asked the question: “What if?”
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Old Saxon: Heliand and Genesis
Read and translate the major works of Old Saxon literature in this language seminar.
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Norse Myths and Sagas
This course provides an introduction to the myths and sagas of medieval Scandinavia.
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Modern Fantasy II
This course explores fantasy literature written over the past 60 years with an examination of the works of six modern fantasy authors.
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Modern Fantasy I
This course explores fantasy literature written within the past 50 years, with an examination of the works of six top modern fantasy authors: Peter Beagle, Ursula Le Guin, Neil Gaiman, Jim Butcher, Garth Nix, and George R. R. Martin.
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Literature, Film, and Technoculture
This course surveys a range of literary and cinematic narratives that explore the growth, acceleration, and consequences of modern technoculture. Works of literature will be placed alongside films and embedded historically within debates and developments.
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Literary Copernicus: The Cosmic Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft
This course explores the work of H.P. Lovecraft and his impact on literature and popular culture. Students will study the foundations of Lovecraft’s writing, the meaning behind his works, along with his cosmic vision and legacy.