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Spring 2007. BELINDA KONG. Most of us can trace our roots to a place other than the one of our current residence. This place may be generations or continents removed from us, but nonetheless we feel an attachment toward it. We call this place "origin," and the phenomenon of being dispersed fromorigin is given the name "diaspora." Considers fiction written in English by Asian-descendedauthors, exploring how diasporic writers negotiate the tensions between their land of descent and their place of dwelling. Focuses on forms of displacement as a consequence of war. Authors may include Salman Rushdie, Timothy Mo, Kazuo Ishiguro, Joy Kogawa, Changrae Lee, Ha Jin, Wendy Law-Yone, Lan Cao, L¨º Thi Diem Thúy, and Vyvyane Loh. (Sameas Asian Studies 317.) Prerequisite: One first-year seminar or 100-level course in the English Department or one course in Asian Studies.
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Fall 2006. CELESTE GOODRIDGE.
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Fall 2006. PETER COVIELLO.
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Spring 2007. MARK FOSTER. Violence and interracial sex have long been conjoined in U.S. literary, televisual, and filmic work. The enduring nature of this conjoining suggests there is some symbolic logic at work in these narratives, such that black/white intimacy functions as a figural stand-in for negative (and sometimes positive) commentary on black/white social conflict. When this happens, what becomes of "sex" as a historically changing phenomenon when it is yoked tothe historically unchanging phenomenon of the "interracial" Although counter-narrativeshave recently emerged to compete with such symbolic portrayals, i.e. romance novels, popular films and television shows, not all of these works have displaced this earlier figural logic; in some cases, this logic has merely been updated. Explores the broader cultural implications of both types of narratives. Possible authors/texts: Richard Wright, Chester Himes, Ann Petry, Lillian Smith, Jack Kerouac, Frantz Fanon, Kara Walker, Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, Octavia Butler, John R. Gordon, Kim McLarin, Monster's Ball, Far From Heaven, and Sex and the City. (Same as Africana Studies 339 and Gender and Women's Studies 339.) Prerequisite: One first-year seminar or 100-level course in the English Department. Note: This course fulfills the literature of the Americas requirement for English majors.
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THE DEPARTMENT.
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Fall 2006. HILARY THOMPSON. Spring 2007. ELIZABETH MUTHER. Practice in analytic and critical writing, with special attention to drafting and revision of student essays. Assignment sequences allow students to engage a variety of modes and topics that build toward the developed expository essay. Practice in grammar as well. Does not count toward the major or minor in English.
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Fall 2006. ANTHONY WALTON. Intensive study of the writing of poetry through the workshop method. Students are expected to write in free verse, in form, and to read deeply from an assigned list of poets. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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Spring 2007. MARGOT LIVESEY. Begins with an examination of some technical aspects of fiction writing. In particular, considers those that we tend to take for granted as readers and need to understand better as writers, e.g. point of view, characterization, dialogue, foreshadowing, scene, and summary. Students read and discuss published stories, and work through a series of exercises to write their own stories. Workshop discussion is an integral part of the course. Admission based on writing samples. Not open to students who have taken English 69. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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Spring 2007. MARGOT LIVESEY. Presumes a familiarity with the mechanics of fiction and, ideally, previous experience in a fiction workshop. Uses published stories and stories by students to explore questions of voice and tone, structure and plot, how to deepen one's characters, and how to make stories resonate at a higher level. Students write several stories during the semester and revise at least one. Workshop discussion and critiques are an integral part of the course. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
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Every spring. Spring 2007. PETER LEA. An introduction to aspects of geology and hydrology that affect the environment and land use. Topics include watersheds and surface-water quality, groundwater contamination, coastal erosion, and development of landscapes. Weekly labs and field trips examine local environmental problems affecting Maine rivers, lakes, and coast. (Same as Geology 100.)
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