Lawrence Tech - Humanities - Language and Literature Course Descriptions

LLT1213 WORLD MASTERPIECES 1
Prerequisite: COM1103 or COM1075. Exploration of the great works of world literature and art in their historical contexts so that students may discover the variety and development of human thought and feeling in various cultures. Works of the Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance periods in Europe as well as Asian and Middle-Eastern works that have influenced the West, in the forms of poetry, drama, fiction, visual art, and music. A writing-intensive course requiring outside papers and essay tests. Approximately 80 percent of the course is devoted to the study of literature. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT1223 WORLD MASTERPIECES 2
Prerequisite: COM1103 or COM1075. A continuation of World Masterpieces 1. Works of the Neoclassical, Romantic, Modern, and Post-Modern eras in Europe and North America, as well as those from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Works selected may include poetry, drama, fiction, the visual arts, and music. A writing-intensive course requiring outside papers and essay tests. Approximately 80 percent of the course is devoted to the study of literature. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2613 GERMAN 1
Prerequisite: 0. An introduction to basic German grammar and vocabulary includes easy reading and oral drill. No credit for LLT2613 without the completion of LLT2623. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2623 GERMAN 2
Prerequisite: LLT2613. Further study of German grammar and vocabulary. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2713 JAPANESE 1
Prerequisite: 0. Beginning study of the Japanese language introducing the hiragana and katakana syllabaries and the acquisition of vocabulary, idiomatic phrases, and grammar. A survey of Japanese history to 1185 A.D. No credit for LLT2713 without the completion of LLT2723. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2723 JAPANESE 2
Prerequisite: LLT2713. Continuation of the study of Japanese language and history, stressing completion of the hiragana syllabary and progress in the katakana syllabary. Continued acquisition of vocabulary, idiomatic phrases, and grammar. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2913 SPANISH 1
Prerequisite: 0. Spanish vocabulary and grammar; with oral and written work. Aspects of Hispanic culture and civilization. No credit for LLT2913 without the completion of LLT2923. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT2923 SPANISH 2
Prerequisite: LLT2913. Continuation of Spanish vocabulary and grammar, with oral and written work. Aspects of Hispanic culture and civilization. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3113 ENGLISH LITERATURE TO 1800
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. A survey of masterpieces of English poetry, prose, and drama from Beowulf through the late Middle Ages; the Elizabethan era; the 17th century, including the metaphysicals and Milton; the Neoclassical period; and the rise of the novel in the 18th century. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3123 ENGLISH LITERATURE 1800-1914
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Continues the survey of English literature. The first half emphasizes the poetry of the major Romantics (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats). The second half takes up the crisis of conscience in society, art and religion that characterizes the Victorian period. Here, the emphasis falls on major non-fiction writers as well as poets. A Victorian novel may be included. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3213 AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1900
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Critical study of significant American writing. Works are selected for literary merit and to reveal developments in American culture from the early English settlers’ arrival to the 20th century. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3223 AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1900 TO PRESENT
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Great American essays, short stories, poetry, plays, and novels and their historical and cultural influences. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3513 THE NOVEL
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. survey of the novel as an art form and as social history. Authors may range from Cervantes through Dickens, Flaubert, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, and Rushdie. Representative authors are chosen to illustrate particular narrative techniques as well as each period’s concerns. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3523 WOMEN IN LITERATURE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Literature by and about women from the classical period to the present. The rise of patriarchal society and its effects on culture. The significance of cultural changes, as reflected in literature, for women and society. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3533 CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. A study of contemporary world literature presented within a social, cultural, and political context. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3543 MODERN POETRY
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. A survey of major 20th century poets, worldwide. Aesthetic, philosophical and psychological questions form the basis for discussion and analysis. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3613 LITERATURE AND ART
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. The close connections between literature, painting, architecture and music, and how the various arts express the spirit of the times and help to shape it. Classical, romantic, realistic, and other trends are traced. Emphasis on literary work. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3623 LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. The relationship between literature and science from 1660 to the present, including literature as commentary on science. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT3643 LITERATURE INTO FILM
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. The metamorphosis of selected literature into film. Objective is to recognize the essence of each medium and to question the influence of literature and film on social and cultural thought. Lect. 3 hrs. Course fee. 3 hours credit

LLT3713 DRAMA: HISTORY AND THEORY
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. All aspects of the theater, including play content, historical development, staging, costume, make-up. Reading and performance of world drama; viewing and criticism of live productions. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4113 EARLY SHAKESPEARE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Shakespeare’s early career in its historical context. Church drama and the morality play are discussed as the tradition from which Renaissance theater developed. Representative works by the playwright’s contemporaries may be included. Emphasis on selected Shakespearean comedies, early tragedies and history plays to 1599. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4123 LATER SHAKESPEARE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. The second half of Shakespeare’s career in its historical context. The playwright’s work as it changed from the period of the major tragedies early in the 17th century to the romances composed before his death in 1616. Works by later contemporaries may be included. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4513 SEMINAR IN LITERATURE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223, and Junior standing or permission of department chairperson. Intensive study of a literary topic determined by the instructor. Assigned readings and class discussion culminating in a major paper written under the instructor’s guidance. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4523 CREATIVE WRITING
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. The application of creative writing techniques through experimentation with various literary genres: poetry, fiction and drama, and critical evaluation. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4533 LITERARY CRITICISM
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. A historical approach to the examination of the classic texts of literary criticism with opportunities for students to apply the principles of criticism to selected literary works. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4634 GERMAN 3
Prerequisite: LLT4623. A continuation of German language study, with emphasis on vocabulary development, pronunciation, reading and conversational skill. Lect. 4 hrs. 4 hours credit

LLT4644 GERMAN 4
Prerequisite: LLT4634. The translation of technical articles in chemistry, physics, or mathematics. If desired, students may also select readings from contemporary literature. Lect. 4 hrs. 4 hours credit

LLT4734 JAPANESE 3
Prerequisite: LLT4723. Continued practice in spoken and written Japanese, with background from modern social and cultural history. Lect. 4 hrs. 4 hours credit

LLT4744 JAPANESE 4
Prerequisite: LLT4734. Continuing expansion of skills in spoken Japanese, combined with appropriate readings in Japanese literature and other aspects of Japanese culture. Lect. 4 hrs. 4 hours credit

LLT4833 SPANISH 3
Prerequisite: LLT2923. Review of essential grammatical structures and further training in spoken and written Spanish; introduction to Spanish literature. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4843 SPANISH 4
Prerequisite: LLT4833. Development of oral and written proficiency, with emphasis on business and professional use; further study of Spanish literature. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4903 SENIOR THESIS IN LITERATURE
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Supervised writing of an essay that demonstrates depth and breadth in the analysis of literature. Students will give a public presentation of their Senior Thesis. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4913 MYTHOLOGY
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Examination of the origins and cultural significance of this oldest form of literature with emphasis on commonality of themes and continued influence in modern society. Readings in classical, Norse, Native American, and African myths. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4923 MODERN WORLD LITERATURE
Prerequisites: LLT1213, 1223. Modern masterpieces of world literature and their influence on present social, cultural, and political thought. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit

LLT4991-3 DIRECTED STUDY IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Study of a special topic under the direction of a member of the department. 1 - 3 hours credit

LLT5991-3 DIRECTED STUDY IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Directed study with reports from students who wish to undertake individual readings and study on approved topics. 1 - 3 hours credit

*Note: The following course is graduate level.

LLT8013 LITERATURE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
The impact of the built environment on the minds and feelings of the people who create and live in it. Imaginative writing, discursive literature, and narrative art forms from biblical time through the 20th century. Selected literature gives a strong personal sense of what it is like to inhabit man-made structures of varying scale and complexity, and to live in an environment created by an agglomeration of buildings. While exploring the psychological impact of the built environments as expressed by the best writers, students also become aware how structures may influence demographic and social change. The symbolic dimension of the built environment. Lect. 3 hrs. 3 hours credit