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  • English 245: Basic Journalism

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. A study of the principles and techniques of journalism-especially newspaper journalism-specifically, the definition of news and the varying policies governing the selection and presentation of local, national, and international stories. Against the background of a critical appraisal of current practices, students write, edit, and evaluate news reports and feature stories.
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  • English 248: Writing for the Media

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. An introduction to the content, styles, and formats of media scripts. The course emphasizes the differences in media writing compared with more familiar forms of writing, the role of the script as text in producing media programs, the styles of writing used (journalistic, dramatic, polemical, and emotive) , and the technical requirements for scripts used to focus the work of directors, actors, camera, and sound technicians, editors, and mixers in creating a media product. Also listed as Communication Arts and Sciences 248. Prerequisite: English 101 or 102.
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  • English 262: Business Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F and I. A course introducing students to the kinds of writing and computer presentations that are required in business-related fields. Students collect examples of and practice composing the types of professional communication that they are likely to craft on the job. The class is conducted as a workshop; students consult with each other and with the instructor. Each student submits several projects. The class also includes a group report (with written, multimedia, and oral portions) , in-class writing and computer exercises, and the use of word-processing and presentation software. Prerequisite: Completion of English 101 or 102 with a grade of C+ or above.
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  • English 265: Feature Journalism

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    S. A course in the art of writing feature stories. The course pays particular attention to the process by which specialized information from various fields-government, science, engineering, medicine, law, religion, and business-is prepared for public comprehension. English 245 is recommended but not required as a prerequisite.
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  • English 275: The Craft of Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. A course in the foundational principles and practices of writing. Students compose in a variety of written genres, exploring composition from two perspectives-how texts are constructed and what they accomplish. From these two perspectives, students will consider the two classical categories of written genres: poetics (the study of belletristic writing) and rhetoric (the study of persuasive writing) This is a foundational course for students who are interested in advanced study of writing. Prerequisite: English 101 or 102 or approval of the instructor.
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  • English 283: African-American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F and S. A chronological survey of major writers and works of African-American literature. Readings will include fiction, poetry, and drama, with special attention paid to historical and cultural contexts.
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  • English 285: Russian Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    S. A study of major Russian writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Authors to be read include, but are not limited to, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Bulgakov, Akhmatova, and Solzhenitsyn. Special attention will be paid to spiritual and moral issues, which are of central importance in the Russian literary tradition.
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  • English 290: Literature and Women

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. Readings will emphasize poems, stories, plays, essays, and literary criticism written by women; these readings will include both the established (e.g., Jane Austen, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton, and Charlotte Bronte) and the recovered (e.g., Anne Lock, Aphra Behn, Charlotte Smith, and Zora Neale Hurston) In addition to focusing on the many contributions made by women to literary culture, this course will examine male and female representations of the feminine experience as well as the issue of gender and its implication for literature.
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  • English 295: Special Topics in Literature:Asian-American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. A survey and examination of the prose, poetry, fiction, and drama of Asian-American authors. The course will include attention to considerations of form and genre within the American literary tradition and will further investigate how the Asian-American experience, as delineated in the literature, both illuminates and complicates dynamics of ethnicity, class, and gender in American culture. Students will consider how the rapid growth of Christianity among people of Asian heritage affects Asian- American identity and literature.
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  • English 296: Film as a Narrative Art

    3.00 Credits
    Calvin University

    F. In-depth examination of the art of narrative film, focusing each semester on one or more directors, genres, or styles of filmmaking. The course pays particular attention to narration and narrative structure, characterization, conflict, setting, and point of view and also acquaints students with literary adaptation and with the contribution of film image and sound to narrative development. The course emphasizes the development of student skills in writing about film. Also listed as CAS 296.
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