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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course may focus chronologically on such American writers as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson; or, it may be organized thematically on topics such as Puritan religious tradition (Bradford, Edwards, Hawthorne, Dickinson); attitudes toward the natural world (Cooper, Thoreau, Emerson); dissonant voices (Stowe, Thoreau, Twain, Whitman, Jacobs); or liberation and limitation (Jefferson, Douglas, Jacobs, Melville). Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
This course may focus chronologically on such American writers as Eliot, Frost, Hemingway, Faulkner, and O'Neill; or, it may be organized thematically on topics such as the city in literature (Yezierska, Wharton, Dreiser, Crane, James); pioneers and immigrants (Cather, Rolvaag, Curran, Mangione); small town (Anderson, Robinson, Lewis, Cheever, Carver); dissonant voices (Baldwin, Kerouac, Cummings, Miller, Eliot); or southern voices (Faulkner, Glasgow, O'Connor, Williams, Mason, Gaines). Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Provides a less-than-thorough but more-than-cursory introduction to short stories. A Variety of short fiction from across the world will be read and discussed for their intrinsic meanings and artistic value. Analysis might focus on the literary components of a short story such as setting, character, point of view, and symbolism; or emphasis might be on a sense of place and culture, from Chekhov' s Russia to Faulkner' s American South, from Mishima' s Japan to GarciMarquez' s Latin America, or from Gordimer' s South Africa to Raymond Carver' s contemporary North America. Thcourse is intended to help students develop an appreciation of this unique literary form and the human need to share stories. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Provides both an overview of the established "greats" (Yeats, Eliot, Frost, Stevens, Williams, and Lowell) and an exploration of the lesser-known poets of the early twentieth century (1918-1940). Emphasis is on the poem as an auditory as well as an intellectual experience. The course is also geared toward learning about the movements of the time while grounding our reading and interpretations in the historical context leading back to the poets' nineteenth century predecessors. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
A study of the modern novel and more recently published novels that cover themes relevant to contemporary issues, styles developed and refined in the 20th and 21st century, and writers admired throughout the world. Included are authors such as Joyce, Wolfe, Katka, Garcia Marquez, Mahfouz, O'Brien, Morrison, and Erdich. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Centers on weekly student writing of poems, short stories, plays, or personal essays. Specific projects will be determined by individual and group interests. Group discussion of works-in-process will help the individual to achieve a significant creative writing project for the semester. Examples of creative excellence will be read and discussed, with some attention to critical and aesthetic theory. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Designed for transfer students planning to major in the liberal arts, as well as others interested in developing a clear, efficient prose style. This course will emphasize the techniques of academic research, including formulating research questions, using sources, constructing arguments, planning and drafting essays, and revising effectively. Course work will focus on student writing, but may include analysis of non-fiction prose chosen by the instructor. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on developing the specific, clear and lucid prose required in a professional writing environment. Students will attend to various types of writing that reflect the communication demanded of business, science, and other professional careers. Students will employ computer and multimedia technologies to prepare many of the assignments in the course. The semester will culminate in a major report that studies a particular problem that student groupsor individuals have researched within their own disciplines. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Students will apply techniques of critical analysis to works written for young readers. Students interested in sharpening the analytic skills they have developed in English 102 will find a rich field of inquiry in literature written for children, while those with an interest in psychology will find that analysis of course texts can deepen their understanding of human development. Future teachers will have the chance to build up a repertoire of texts to share with their own pupils, and students who have young children in their lives will learn to look at books they share with children from a new perspective. No matter what their specific interests, all students will have the opportunity to reflect back upon their own childhood reading experience as they revisit texts which were meaningful to them once upon a time. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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3.00 Credits
Designed to explore cultural perspectives through Asian-American literature in the context of American experience, the course will sample well-known works of fiction, drama, or poetry by Asian Americans and encourage students to reflect on their own cultures and values through the unique perspectives of these writers. Representative works and writers may include Amy Tan, Chang-Rae Lee, Ha Jin, Lisa See, Gish Jen, Maxine H. Kingston, Shawn Wong, as well as David H. Hwang, Wakako Yamauchia, and Velina H. Houston. Students can expect to leave this class with not only greater knowledge of Asian America but also a deeper understanding of what it means to be a pluralistic society. Prerequisite: ENG 102
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