LIT 272 Literature of the United States
Bearer
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1:00-4:15PM
Counts as Literary History and towards US Studies Minor
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to acquire a broad-based, foundational knowledge and understanding of American literature since 1800. Emphasis will be placed on formulating a coherent understanding of the texts, contexts, concerns, and problematics which have influenced the American literary tradition since the early nineteenth century.
LIT 367 British Theater – London: For more information, see For more information, see http://jeangraham.pages.tcnj.edu/british-theatre-2016/ or contact Dr. Jean Graham (graham@tcnj.edu) or Dr. Lincoln Konkle (konkleli@tcnj.edu).
Students will read and attend 7-8 British dramas. Students will read some reviews by drama critics and critique the productions. They will also tour some sites of dramatic and literary interest. The course typically studies several Shakespearean plays, several plays taken from young adult or children’s literature, and one play that is “experimental” in its literary form or dramatic presentation.
LIT 367 fulfills a “literary history requirement” in the English Liberal Arts and English Secondary Teaching majors. It does NOT meet the pre-Restoration literary history requirement. LIT 367 carries no prerequisite and is open to all majors. It meets the “literary, visual, and performing arts” requirement in the Liberal Learning sequence. It meets the “Visual or Performing Arts” requirement for School of Education majors.
LIT 370/HIS 354 The History and Literature of Apartheid in South Africa:
https://cge.tcnj.edu/winter-2015/south-africa/
The course will focus on the phenomenon of apartheid in South Africa. We will briefly cover the pre-colonial and colonial histories of South Africa, and the origins of the apartheid system, and then focus mostly on the rise and effects of apartheid, ending the course with an examination of what post-apartheid South Africa looks like. This course is interdisciplinary, and over these three weeks, you will read both historical accounts and arguments regarding apartheid in South Africa as well as short stories and novels written during this period. Some questions we will consider are: What is the relationship between historical accounts and literature? Who has the authority to narrate history, and what differences do we see in literary and historical accounts? What narratives do the museums and memorials in South Africa privilege? Which ones do they silence?
LIT 367 fulfills the world literature requirement for all English Secondary Education majors, the geographic breadth requirement for all History majors, the history requirement for International Studies students specializing in diplomacy or international trade, and course requirements for the African Studies minor. It also fulfills Civic Responsibility and Liberal Learning requirements in Global Perspectives, Social Changes in Historical Perspective, and Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts, and Race and Ethnicity. LIT 370/HIS 378 carries no prerequisite and is open to all majors.
For more information, contact Dr. Mindi McMann (mcmannm@tcnj.edu) or Dr. Matthew Bender (bender@tcnj.edu).