ENG 447 - Topics in Comparative Literature

Prerequisite, ENG 256. Other prerequisites vary according to topic. See instructor or syllabus. This course analyzes key themes, motifs, and principles which integrate philosophy, psychology, politics, sociology or the history of ideas with literature. Recent themes have included Poetics of the Novel; Writers Writing from the Margin, Women in Love and Other Emotional States; Poetry or Prose? This course can be used to satisfy the diversity distribution requirement for English majors. May be repeated for credit with a different focus. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits