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Alternate Fall Semesters Studies major works of fiction, drama, film, and poetry produced in China, Japan, and India. Special emphasis will be given to the religious, artistic, and social ideas that inform the works and us. This course meets the CLAC I Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Offered Each Semester. Studies the image of legendary sports figures and their tales in fiction and nonfiction from a variety of contexts, cultures, and time. Using art, film, and literature as a basis of comparison, the course will examine the problems that beset the athlete, interfering or stimulating growth and maturity. Focus will be on several key areas of interpretation: biography, myth, legend, psychology, history, and philosophy. This course meets the CLAC I Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Offered Periodically. Traces the birth and development of the concept of the man-made Frankenstein monster from its inception in the novel by Mary Shelley to the film by Kenneth Branagh. The manner in which the tale has been adapted to different times and cultures and its effect on these cultures will be stressed. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Spring Semester Examines the history, theory, and research regarding the uses and meanings of dreams. Practical application of group dream work theory to explore how dreams help solve personal, interpersonal, creative, and workplace problems. Specific topics include: remembering and recording dreams, dream language, common dream themes, traditional and contemporary dream theory and interpretation methods, modern dream and sleep research, dream group practice, paranormal dreams, and writers’ uses of dreams. Major writing projects include a dream journal, individual dream interpretation, and analysis of a recurrent dream motif. (Same course as PSY 2700). Prerequisites: Six (6) credits of English and three (3) credits of 1000- level Psychology.
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Offered on Demand Begins with classes on how to enjoy poetry with students sharing poems. The reading and analysis of twentieth-century and contemporary American poetry provide a springboard for writing in both traditional and experimental forms. This course meets the CLAC I Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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3.00 Credits
Alternate Fall Semesters Compares cinema and novel techniques in the depiction of specific themes. Conditions of setting, foreshadows, elements of plot and character, and dramatic action, are definitions applied to the works under study. Course focuses on different and similar ways in which film and novel handle universal themes. This course meets the CLAC I Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Offered Periodically Focuses on classic short stories that have been translated to screen. Examines different or similar ways in which film and short stories handle universal themes. A critical approach to how and why short tales often better adapt to the screen. Stories will be read and film interpretations compared. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Fall Semester Focuses on the different or similar ways in which film and drama handle universal themes (e.g., class struggle and revolution). The approach is thematic and critical, not historical. Conditions of setting, foreshadows, elements of plot and character, and dramatic action, are definitions applied to the works under study. This course meets the CLAC I Literature requirement. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Offered Periodically Examines the theme, image, and metaphor of ghosts and apparitions in film and literature. From Shakespeare to Dickens, nearly every major writer has used spirits, poltergeists, and haunting to explain the meaning of life. Conditions of setting, foreshadows, elements of plot and character, and dramatic action, are definitions applied to the works under study. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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Fall Semester Focuses on the images and roles of women in select films, by both male and female directors, from the 1950s to the present. Students will investigate the themes and issues of women’s narratives and how they are presented in the medium of film as well as the way in which the representation of women in film has contributed to both the construction and dismantling of prevailing gender stereotypes of women. Also considers feminist film theory and criticism including an analysis of prescribed gender roles, the cinematic ‘male gaze’ and the construction of the body for the male gaze in films. Prerequisite: Six (6) credits of English at the 1000-level.
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