3 crs. 3 hrs.
This course will focus on a specific theme, concept, cultural milieu, or major author to be announced in advance.  Topics for the following semester will be made available by the English Department during registration.  Each section of the course will cover in-depth a single special topic, such as one of the following:  the Harlem Renaissance, Literature and the Environment, Utopian and Dystopian Literature, Literature and Medicine, The Beat Generation, Literature of the Working Class, Satire in the 18th Century, Censorship and Literature, Literature of Immigration, War in Literature, Madness and Inspiration in Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, and Women in Shakespeare.

Students should contact the English department to find out what the topics are each semester.

Prerequisites: (ENG 101 and ENG 201) or ENG 121