707. Theory and Methodology of American Literary Studies. (3 s.h.)

An examination of the major approaches to the study of American literature over the past fifty years, emphasizing methodologies and underlying theoretical assumptions and demonstrating the ongoing debate over the nature of American literary study.

710. Modern Literature: Background and Movements. (3 s.h.)

Introduction to the intellectual traditions and principal movements of twentieth century world literature, including representative major writers.

712. Twentieth Century American Poetry. (3 s.h.)

We will study early modernist poetries up to about 1930 treating a variety of figures. Emphasis will be placed (1) On poetics, (2) on the poets' many interactions and affiliations, (3) on the ways ideologies and debates emerge in poetic texts, and (4) on contemporary critical interventions studying modernism.

713. Twentieth Century American Fiction. (3 s.h.)

The craft of fiction: a study of contemporary American fiction through analysis of the fictional strategies selected by the author. We will focus on writers whose work reflects America of the millennium, from the invaders of cyberspace to those crossing sexual frontiers.

716. British Literature: The 1920s. (3 s.h.)

Early Modernism as illustrated by the leading writers and movements of the decade.

724. African American Literature of the Twentieth Century. (3 s.h.)

Considers the emergence of African American Studies as a field with literature as a sub-field. Rhetoric that were paramount at the outset of the century will be examined, with particular emphasis on how at the end of the century critical approaches to African American literature are in transition.

735. Twentieth Century World Fiction, 1900-1945. (3 s.h.)

Rilke, Biely, Proust, Joyce, Kafka, Mann, Svevo, and Sartre.

740. Epochs of Literary Criticism. (3 s.h.)

A comprehensive survey of major critical schools and approaches from classical beginnings to early modern developments. Emphasis is on the changing relations between critical theory and literary practice within the culture in each period.

743. Philosophy of Literary Criticism. (3 s.h.)

A study of problems that arise from reflection on the critic's tasks of describing, interpreting, and judging literary works. Among the topics to be considered are the language of poetry, metaphor, style, form in literature, symbolism, truth, criteria of evaluation, obscenity.

750. World Drama. (3 s.h.)

Survey of world drama including plays representing: the Classical Age; the Middle Ages; the Renaissance in Italy, Spain, and England; the French, neo-Classical period; the Romantic epoch in Germany and France; the Modern Age.

760. Advanced Textual Analysis. (3 s.h.)

A study of complex texts, analyzing the discourses of disciplines, professions, and public institutions.

790. Poetry Workshop. (3 s.h.)

For English: Creative Writing majors. Intensive discussion of student poetry and the work of established poets whose concerns are related to those of the students. Frequent individual conferences.

791. Fiction Workshop. (3 s.h.)

For English: Creative Writing majors. Intensive discussion of student fiction and the work of established fiction writers whose concerns are related to those of the students. Frequent individual conferences.

799. Preliminary Examination Preparation.(1 s.h.)

Advanced Seminars

815. Sixteenth Century Studies. (3 s.h.)

Various literary, intellectual, and critical traditions, including Spenser and other major authors, movements, forms, themes, or critical procedures.

816. Seventeenth Century Studies. (3 s.h.)

Seminar with varying content, from Donne, Jonson, and Bacon to the Restoration.

825. Studies in Victorian Prose and Poetry (3 s.h)

Students will examine women's writing on women, learn the bibliographical and research techniques needed to tap the primary sources available in Philadelphia libraries, and place the materials in historical context.

827. Studies in Victorian Novelists. (3 s.h.)

Principal works of Dickens, Thackeray, or George Eliot.

835. Studies in Major 20th Century Poets (3 s.h.)

Mainly post-World War II United States long poems, late modernist and contemporary - with the goals of offering introductory reading of complex works acknowledging some underread works and considering the poetics of the long poem, its textuality, and its cultural meanings.

838. Studies in Modern British Fiction. (3 s.h.)

Variable content: individual authors (Woolf, Joyce, etc.) or special topics.

840. Studies in American Literature Since 1900. (3 s.h.)

Studies in fiction, drama, and poetry, with an emphasis on those writers who were breaking with earlier traditions: Frost, Pound and the Imagists, Eliot, Hemingway, Dos Passos, O'Neill, Cummings, Stevens, Wilder.

850. Studies in Literary Criticism. (3 s.h.)

An intensive analysis of current trends in critical theory and method, in the context of their philosophical, literary and historical backgrounds. Special emphasis is given to the various purposes of contemporary critical activity.

899. Pre-Dissertation Research. (1-6 s.h.)

Advanced seminar

902. Independent Study. (3 s.h.)

904. Master's Manuscript Tutorial. (3 s.h.)

For English: Creative Writing majors. A tutorial in which the creative manuscript required for graduation is developed. Related readings. Weekly conferences. Two semesters are required.

940. Intensive Study of Single Authors. (3 s.h.)

Advanced scholarly exploration of the problems of interpreting the work, the life and the past and present critical and cultural contexts of single authorial figures.

974. Literature and Society. (3 s.h.)

Advanced investigation of social, sociological and historical frameworks for studying literary production and for debating the nature of "literature."

975. Media Studies. (3 s.h.)

A variable-content seminar devoted to an exploration of a topic in media studies, such as a film or television genre, a national cinema, the work of a particular director or a critical and theoretical issue of current debate.

990. Master's Essay. (1 s.h.)

For doctoral candidates who select the M.A. option.

999. Dissertation Research. (1-6 s.h.)

Dissertation seminar for doctoral candidates.

GEOGRAPHY AND URBAN STUDIES

Direct inquiries to: Chair, Graduate Committee, (215) 204-7692, 309 Gladfelter, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

Graduate Faculty

Carolyn Adams, Professor and Dean of College of Liberal Arts, Ph.D., Washington University; David Bartelt, Professor and Chair, Ph.D., Temple University; Sanjoy Chakravorty, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California; Roman Cybriwsky, Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; Melissa Gilbert, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Clark University; Robert Mason, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University; Michele Masucci, Assistant Professor Ph.D., Clark University; Rickie Sanders, Associate Professor, Ph.D., The Ohio State University; Anne Shlay, Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; Marilyn Silberfein, Professor, Ph.D., Syracuse University; Gerald Stahler, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Temple University; William J. Young, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Tennessee.

Affiliated Faculty

David Elesh, Associate Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., Columbia University; Barbara Ferman, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., Brandeis University; Judith Goode, Professor of Anthropology, Ph.D., Cornell University; Michael Hooper, Associate Professor, Political Science, Ph.D., University of Illinois; Kenneth Kusmer, Professor of History, Ph.D., University of Chicago; George Rengert, Professor of Criminal Justice, Ph.D., University of North Carolina; William Stull, Professor and Chair, Economics, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Morris Vogel, Professor of History, Ph.D., University of Chicago; Conrad Weiler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Ph.D., Syracuse University; William Yancey, Professor of Sociology, Ph.D., Washington University.

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