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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. Reading and discussion of major literary works of the eighteenth and nineteenth century, including those in the popular tradition. Topic changes regularly. Offered every semester.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. Reading and discussion of major literary works of the twentieth century, including those in the popular tradition. Topic changes regularly. Offered every semester.
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Prerequisite: Sophomore standing. An introduction to a variety of feminist theories and approaches with emphasis on the arts, philosophy, politics, and media. Offered every Spring. Cross Listed With: MS - 335
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291. Examination of principal plays in the light of recent and contemporary criticism. Offered every semester.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291 ; and either ENGL - 250 or ENGL - 260. An examination of the craft of writing as an artistic activity that links writers and readers with social issues and civic goals. Focusing on the confluence of rhetoric and semiotics, this class examines traditional notions of rhetoric and persuasion within a contemporary context. An advanced writing course, students research and write on issues of social and personal import in which they offer arguments into topics such as gender, law, race, environmental issues, popular culture, and other aspects of contemporary culture. Offered every Fall.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291 ; and either ENGL - 250 or ENGL - 260. An in-depth study of literary prose from the dual perspectives of writer and critic. Students write essays, fiction, and literary criticism and analyze each of these forms in traditional classroom and workshop settings. The class looks at issues of prose from the inside out, focusing on issues of style, structure, usage, and revision. Typical writing assignments include fairy tales, short stories, personal essays, new journalism and cultural criticism. Students also work as editors, pouring over their own and others' manuscript with an eye on style and revision.
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4.00 Credits
What makes literary fiction "fiction" What makes it "literary" Why do we read and write it What are our expectations of it In this course, we will focus on an exploration of the various technical, stylistic, aesthetic, ethical, and formal aspects of literary short fiction, novellas, and novels. Students wil read a diverse range of short and long fiction, which may include writings by Woolf, Duras, Doctorow, Wideman, Chekhov, Wharton, and Carver, and will respond to the writings both critically and creatively.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 or ENGL - 291 , and ENGL - 192. An introduction to Poetry as a Genre. Students will be required to read classic examples of narrative, dramatic and lyric poetry, as well as poems from the Romantic period to present day. This course examines the development of poetry and explores issues of rhetorical structures, closed and open forms, prosody, diction and audience. requirements will include writing assignments of both the creative and analytical varieties, as well as exams.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 or ENGL - 291 , and ENGL - 192. A history of the development of Drama as a Genre, from antiquity to present day. Students will be required to read examples from a range of dramatic periods and styles, which might include Greek Tragedy, Elizabethan Comedy, French Farce, Restoration Comedy, Realistic Dramas, Social Dramas, Absurdist Theatre and Experimental Theatre. Requirements will include writing assignments of both the creative and analytical varieties, as well as exams.
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Prerequisites: ENGL - 290 and ENGL - 291 ; and either ENGL - 250 or ENGL - 260. This course focuses on the political and social questions surrounding writing and publishing. Students study issues of censorship, racism, sexism, and social responsibility both within the publishing world and recent literatures. The course looks at how novels, poems, essays, and columns have altered and influenced contemporary culture, exploring the responsibility of the writer to his or her audience.
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