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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent This .course .is .an .introduction .to .the .short .story: .themes, .forms, .history .of .the .form, .individual .writer's .techniques. .Students .read .and .discuss .short .stories .and .become .more .independent .critics .of .them. .In .addition, .as .with .the .study .of .all .literature, .students .can .understand .many .aspects .of .life .and .themselves .better .as .a .result .of .the .deep .exposure .to .characters .and .cultures .different .from .their .own. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 This .survey .course .explores .the .history, .nature, .and .structure .of .the .short .narrative, .documentary, .and .experimental .film. .The .course .compares .and .contrasts .literature .to .film, .noting .how .each .medium .deals .with .theme .and .structure. .Many .films .from .the .DVC .collection, .including .some .showing .the .lives .and .stories .of .members .of .American .subcultures .and .cultures .around .the .world, .along .with .new .releases .from .major .short-films .distributors, .will .be .viewed, .discussed .and .written .about. .CSU, .UC .(credit .limits .may .apply .to .UC .- .see .counselor) .
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: eligibility for ENGL 122 This .course .focuses .on .the .reading, .critical .study, .critical .analysis, .and .discussion .of .contemporary .poetry. .Postmodern .American .poetry .is .emphasized, .although .consideration .will .also .be .given .to .contemporary .world .poetry .and .other .poetry .written .in .English. .Earlier .traditions, .such .as .modernism, .will .be .briefly .discussed. .Historical, .social, .cultural, .and .psychological .contexts .will .be .provided. .Consideration .will .be .given .to .the .forms, .functions, .and .definitions .of .the .poetry .studied. .Students .should .reach .a .heightened .awareness .and .understanding .of .language .and .artistic .excellence. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent Study .of .the .language, .structure, .characterization, .and .philosophy .of .Shakespeare's .plays; .the .historical, .social, .and .artistic .forces .which .helped .to .shape .his .works .during .the .Elizabethan .and .Jacobean .ages; .the .relationship .between .Shakespeare's .work .as .literature, .examined .by .close .analysis .and .as .performing.arts, .experienced .in .theater, .film, .opera, .or .television. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 - 5.00 Credits
5-3 .units .SC May be repeated three times Variable hours Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent This .course .focuses .on .the .reading, .critical .study, .critical .writing .and .discussion .of .a .special .literature. .Consideration .will .be .given .to .the .literature's .forms, .functions, .and .definitions. .Also .of .concern .will .be .the .literature's .significance .in .terms .of .historical,.social, .cultural, .and .psychological .contexts. .CSU .
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: eligibility for ENGL 116/118 This .course .examines .language, .literature .and .the .arts .from .a .multi-cultural .context. .Students .will .read .stories, .drama, .poetry .and .essays .that .reflect .a .broad .range .of .cultural .view .points; .they .will .observe .and .analyze .relevant .print .and .visual .media; .they .will .compare .and .consider .such .artistic .forms .as .architecture, .music, .fashion .and .painting .in .the .context .of .compared .cultures. .Attention .will .be .devoted .to .understanding .the .linguistic .or .attitudinal .challenges .posed .by .cross-cultural .communication. .The .course .will .be .helpful .to .American-born .students .seeking .a .wider .cultural .perspective .and .to .International .students .and .other .advanced .ESL .students .in .their .acculturation .and .language .development .efforts. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent This .course .introduces .students .to .a .variety .of .literary .works .from .the .Asian .American .culture, .which .are .significant .in .illuminating .the .Asian .American .cultural .experience. .Readings .are .chosen .for .their .literary, .historical, .cultural, .philosophical .and .psychological .importance. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 Students .will .focus .on .the .literary .traditions .and .cultures .of .Native .Americans, .and .through .the .study .of .various .oral .and .written .literary .works .(such .as .ceremonies, .songs, .myths, .folk .tales, .oratories, .autobiographies, .poetry .and .prose) .will .examine .issues .important .to .Native .peoples, .such .as .cultural .identity, .language, .self-determination. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent This .course .is .a .study .of .the .major .works .of .fiction .and .poetry .by .black .writers .in .Africa .and .America, .spanning .three .hundred .years. .Students .will .gain .an .awareness .of .main .themes, .concepts, .and .characteristics .of .the .literature. .Emphasis .is .on .the .development .of .concepts .and .skills .that .will .enable .the .student .to .study .the .literature, .make .comparisons, .and .draw .conclusions .about .the .nature .of .its .development, .its .origin, .and .the .influence .of .rhetoric, .religion, .philosophy, .history, .music, .or .other .arts .on .literature. .CSU, .UC
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3.00 Credits
3 .units .SC 54 hours lecture per term Recommended: ENGL 122 or equivalent The .course .focuses .on .the .literature .of .Latin .American .cultures. .Through .analysis .of .poetry, .fiction, .drama, .music .and .film, .students .will .explore .political, .social, .historical, .and .psychological .elements .that .comprise .the .voices .of .Latin .Americans. .CSU, .UC
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