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LIT CS 15 - Literature Colloquium
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Students receiving credit will present talks in their field on material arranged in consultation with the instructor. Credit assigned by the instructor will reflect the extent and quality of participation.



LIT CS 101 - Writing: Verse
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Practice in the writing of original verse.



LIT CS 102 - Writing: Narrative Prose
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Practice in the writing of fiction.



LIT CS 103 - Writing: Expository Prose
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Practice in the writing of essays and criticism.



LIT CS 105 - Literature Symposium
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
A continuing series of lectures, readings, and presentations by faculty, guest writers, and other professionals in the literary fields.



LIT CS 110 - Genres
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Emphasis on the development of literary forms, represented in the work of major authors, essential traditions. Exploration of ways genre directs and,discovered by a topic, takes individual shape. Intensive reading, substantial exposition.



LIT CS 111 - Literary Structure: Chronological
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Emphasis on periods and influences: intervals during which literary production especially corresponds with or responds to activity in the culture at large. Extensive reading and exposition.



LIT CS 112 - Literary Structure: Nonchronological
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Logical, analogical, cyclical, and repetitive schemes.



LIT CS 113 - Subjects and Materials
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Emphasis on style and content of literary texts: critical investigation of how matter and manner work together in serious literature. Extensive reading and exposition.



LIT CS 114 - Themes and Motifs
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Emphasis on structure and meaning in literary texts: analytic focus on principles of representation, and on recurrent features, in the literature studied. Extensive reading and exposition.



LIT CS 199 - Independent Studies
(1-6) STAFF
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Serious independent study in literature with consenting faculty member.