Summer 2013 Credit Courses: Literature

The most recent syllabi available can be found in the Liberal Studies Syllabus Bank.

NEW! Shakespeare’s History Plays
Neither comic nor tragic, but with elements of both comedy and tragedy, Shakespeare’s history plays stage the recent past, the era leading up to his lifetime. In this course, students read a sequence of history plays—Richard II and Henry IV, part I and II—with an eye to the ways they explore such characteristic Shakespearean concerns as the meaning of acting, the nature of kingship, and the development of a modern political world.
ALI3195.70 / 4 credits
ALI9195.70 / noncredit option / $625
Lee Schlesinger
Mon.–Fri., 1–4:20 p.m.
Session III (Intensive): June 10–28
Social Sciences Building Room 1003 

Short Fiction
An examination of the “middle genre,” encompassing the novella and the short novel. Readings provide ample opportunity to sample works embodying the intensity of short fiction and some of the expanded characterization and plot development of the novel. Readings include works by several significant 19th- and 20th-century authors from many countries.
Note: This course is 100% online; please visit www.purchase.edu/online for details.
ALI3400.70 / 4 credits
ALI9400.70 / noncredit option / $625
Melissa Febos
Session IV (Intensive): July 8–26

Gothic Literature
Addresses the question “What is the gothic?” by tracing such themes as horror, imprisonment, madness, vampires, and ghosts in literature and film from the late 18th century to the present. Readings in such Gothic classics as The Castle of Otranto, Northanger Abbey, and The Turn of the Screw are complemented by the viewing of such films as The Bride of Frankenstein.
ALI3497.45 / 4 credits
ALI9497.45 / noncredit option / $625
Hyunyoung Cho
Mon. & Wed., 1–4:35 p.m.
Session II: June 10–July 24
Library Room 1014 

Updated April 25, 2013