1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
FL 121 Humanities Literature
3c-0l-3sh
Introduces the student to works, authors, and genres of general literary significance in the Western tradition. Not organized historically but trains the student in the critical reading and appreciation of literature from the present and other periods. Authors, works, and themes are studied with respect to cultural context, aesthetic form, and thematic significance. Taught in English. Substitutes for EN121.
FL 391 Selected Works from the Medieval Period
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
Comparative study of selected works of major importance per se and as representative of major themes of medieval European literature. Also listed as EN391.
FL 392 Renaissance/Baroque/Classical
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
Literary works representing various genres from both periods are studied and compared for their themes, motifs, and stylistic features, applying principles set forth in H. Wolffin’s Renaissance and Baroque.
FL 393 Romanticism
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
Study of the principal authors and works of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe and the unique national characteristics of the Romantic movement in lyric, drama, and prose. Also listed as EN393.
FL 394 Nineteenth-Century European Novel in Translation
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
A survey of major nineteenth-century European novels in translation (excluding English), emphasizing the rise of realism and naturalism and the cultural, historical, social, and artistic relationships between the various national literatures. Also listed as EN394.
FL 395 Selected Writers from 20th-Century Europe
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
Comparative study of selected works of major importance per se or as representatives of major trends in twentieth-century literature. Also listed as EN395.
FL 396 The Literature of Emerging Nations
3c-0l-3sh
Prerequisites: EN/FL121 or EN122, EN202
A comparative study of a selection of literature written in major European languages but originating in the nations of the developing world. Works will be mainly prose fiction (although essay, theater, and poetry may be included) and reflect a diversity of geographical, cultural, and prior colonial circumstances. Also listed as EN396.
FL 421 Language and Society
3c-0l-3sh
Considers salient facts of language and its role in society and culture. Language families, linguistic change, and reciprocal influences of culture and language are presented.
FL 482 Independent Study
var-1-3sh
Prerequisite: Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and provost's office
Students with interest in independent study of a topic not offered in the curriculum may propose a plan of study in conjunction with a faculty member. Approval is based on academic appropriateness and availability of resources.
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