English 150-18 Introduction to Literature
Spring 1996

The goal in this course is to explore different forms of literature written by women and men from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, social classes, and historical periods. This will include the development of English Literature, Modernism, Feminist Literature and Literature From a Cross-Cultural Perspective. We will also examine different schools of literary criticism as well as examine several writers in depth.

1. Handouts
   
2. Links to Specific Authors
   
3. Other Resource Material
   
1. Handouts
   
   1. Course Outline
      
   2. Course Bibliography
      
   3. Richard Varron's Thesis Paper
      
   4. Indo-European Languages
      
   5. History of English Langauge
      
   6. History of Literature in North America
      
   7. Wasteland Notes
      
   8. Modernism Notes
      
   9. African American Literature Handout
      (UPDATED: APRIL 7,1996 to include Post-1900
      African American Literature)
      
      
   10. African-American & Latino/A Literature (Readings)
       
   11. History of Puerto Rican Literature
       
   12. Chain of Being
       
   13. "Femme Noire"- Leopold Senghor
       
   14. Native American History
       

   15. Links to Specific Authors

       1. Richard Varron's Poems
       2. T.S. Eliot
       3. Tori Amos - 1991 version of Confessional Lyrics
       4. Alantis Morissette - 1995 version of Confessional Lyrics
       5. Notes by Dr. Christina Hoff-Sommers- Who Stole Feminism
       6. Response to Who Stole Feminism by various Feminist Organizations
       7. Anne Sexton's Works
       8. Carolyn Forche's Homepage (Director, MFA Program George Mason University)
          (also contains links to online Poetry Resources)

   16. Other Resource Material

       1. General Resources
          
       2. Women's Literature
          
       3. Cross-Cultural Literature
          

       General Resources

       These are some general sources of information that may be of help in finding works of literature and literary analysis. This may help you in your assignment to find works of literature.
       1. WPC Library Reference Page
       2. Links to other WPC course based Web pages
       3. WPC Political Science Dept Guide to Writing papers
       4. Census Data
       5. Collection of Maps
       6. Eagleton Institute (NJ Polling Data)
       7. Literature Resources on the Net
       8. Music Lyrics -- Take a look at some lyrics and compare with the poems we are reading
       9. Example of Hypetext English Class at Rutgers
       10. Rutgers English Dept Home Page - Includes links to many other resources
       11. Literature Sources on the WEB
       12. Post Modern Cultural Reviews --North Carolina University
       13. English as a Second Langauge Resources

       Women's Literature

       These are more specific works that may help you in writing your paper on writing by women. There are links from these sites to many other sites, but these at least are a starting point.
       1. Women's Writing Project 1330-1830 (Brown U.)
       2. Online Reviews of Literature by Women
       3. Feminist Research Agenda in Youth Literature
       4. Women in Greek Mythology

       Cross-Cultural Literature

       As we examine writing by different cultural groups, some of these sources may be of use. There is a wide selection of African-American writing by the authors we will be covering in class. You may want to look at some of their other writings.
       1. Online African American Literature
       2. Latino Literature Homepage
       3. Chicana Literature (U. of Texas)
       4. Asian-American Literature Home Page
       5. Native American Resources

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