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4.00 Credits
In Creative Writing, students will be required to read and respond to (in writing and discussion) various short stories and poems, by both published and student writers, and to produce a portfolio of new and original fiction and poetry, including some revision.
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Through an exploration of ways that authors have written about gender and sexualities and have gendered and sexualized their writing, students will learn that gender and sexuality operate as analytic categories which inform not only the representation of characters and behaviors, but also textuality itself: the construction of plots, the mobility of syntax, tropes, and schemas, and the designs of language on the reader.
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A survey of poetry, fiction and nonfiction across centuries and cultures. We will examine the philosophies that underpin ideas of nature, culture and "the wild"; and examine the nature and place of creative literature in addressing environmental issues. Cross Listed With: ENVA - 235
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. An introduction to the Writing Emphasis, this course explores the art of writing poetry and short fiction. Students will be required to read and respond to various assigned writings in order to further develop their critical skills; to become familiar with a diverse selection of writing styles, techniques, and forms; and to prepare for the student workshop. At the end of the semester, each student will hand in a portfolio of original and revised writings. Offered every semester.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. An introduction to the Writing Emphasis, this course introduces students to the various genres of writing required in the major. It also lays the groundwork and prepares students for future academic and professional expectations by means of the close study and practice of writing. Students will read and write essays, literary criticism, cultural criticism, fiction and poetry. Topic focus changes annually. Offered every Spring.
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Intensive reading and analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama in the British tradition from the medieval period to the present. Introduction to the great themes and movements in British literary history; acquisition of a basic vocabulary for literary analysis in the context of practical criticism. Offered every semester.
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Intensive reading and analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama in the American tradition from the colonial period to the present. Introduction to the great themes and movements in American literary history; acquisition of a basic vocabulary for literary analysis in the context of practical criticism. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. Reading and discussion of major literary works from the Medieval period through the Renaissance, including those in the popular tradition. Topic changes regularly. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
This course will explore the social, spiritual, and aesthetic elements in Medieval writings that speak to the intellectual, moral, and spiritual responses of individual faith and society at large. Our readings will allow us to discuss how Medieval writers, especially women writers, express spirituality, hope, compassion, self-sacrifice, and justice. We will examine the elements of spirituality in the following general themes: mysticism, history, gender, and literary conventions. The course will end with explorations into the ways writers and filmmakers represent and appropriate Medieval faith in our contemporary world.
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This class explores the place of writers and writing in Eastern European culture, concentrating on central Europe from World War II through contemporary post-Communism. We will focus both on analysis of literary texts and on the intersection of literature and politics.
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