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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for qualified students of language backgrounds other than English who have a good command of English but who wish to attain a more sophisticated level of proficiency. It includes readings of expository prose and literary works with emphasis on American cultural patterns.
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Intensive practice in syntax and composition for students of language backgrounds other than English who wish to develop greater facility in expressing ideas in a variety of written forms. Students will write extensively outside of class.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on critical reading, thinking, and writing skills. Practice in writing full-length argumentative and persuasive essays or literary analyses challenges students to engage all skills emphasized in the course. To further encourage deep critical thinking and more textured and sophisticated college-level writing, texts used may be interdisciplinary in nature and will be organized around a central theme of the instructor's choice and expertise.
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3.00 Credits
In nineteenth- and/or twentieth-century American literature, a survey through the study of a pervasive theme and related image pattern as it translates into a mythology that shapes the American imagination. One of the following themes may serve as the focus: The American Innocent, The American Pioneer, The Virgin Land, The American Dream. Prerequisite: EN 105, ID 220 or EN 211, or with permission.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the major works of British literature from Beowulf to 1700. The course includes a history of the English language, as well as study of a range of nonfiction, fiction, poetic, and dramatic works. Prerequisite: EN 105.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the major works of British literature from Johnson to the present. Prerequisite: EN 105.
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3.00 Credits
A study of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Emphasis is on developing the critical skills necessary to interpret the text in its original Middle English. Prerequisite: EN 105, ID 220 or EN 211, or permission of instructor.
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A study of the major British novelists of the nineteenth century, with a particular concentration on a specific theme or sub-genre each time such as the bildüngsroman, the domestic novel, the industrial novel, etc. We read novels by such writers as Shelley, Austen, the Bront?s, Dickens, Gaskell, Thackeray, Eliot, Hardy, and Butler. Prerequisite: EN 105, ID 220 or EN 211, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to writing the short story, drama, and poetry. While the course is introductory, the workshop discussion should be useful to students at any level. Prerequisite: EN 105.
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3.00 Credits
Each student will be part of a weekly workshop sharing her poems and ideas with other members of the class. Each will explore different genres of poetry through reading canonical and contemporary poetry. A manuscript of work will be developed during the semester and culminate in a portfolio of original work. Prerequisites: EN 105, 209A.
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