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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. A workshop course designed to encourage and develop a student's creative talents principally in the sketch and short story. Class discussions will analyze and criticize manuscripts submitted by students.
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Prerequisite: GPA of 3.5 or permission of instructor. Designed for students who have a genuine interest in developing their imaginative writing abilities in both fiction and poetry, this course will be conducted as a workshop whose primary purpose is to evaluate student manuscripts. Class time will, in addition, be spent discussing the techniques and sensibilities of various contemporary poets and fiction writers. Students will be expected to distinguish between sentiment and sentimentality, between popular and "literary" fiction, between poetry and light verse, between "raw" experience and experience which has been artistically transformed. 30 pages of fiction, 15 full pages of poetry (or some combination of the two) and a 3-5 page analytical paper will comprise the minimum writing requirements for the course.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111- English I and ENGL 248 - Creative Writing I or permission of instructor. This course consists of advanced work in creative writing with emphasis on revision and completion of extended pieces.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. Technical Writing and Communication is designed for students majoring in science, engineering, or other technical fields. The course will provide students with an overview of the technical writing and communication field and students will complete assignments that reflect the kinds of writing tasks they will be expected to perform in their fields.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This interdisciplinary course will examine both the history and the literature of the Vietnam War. It explores both the antecedents of the war, in terms of European colonialism, Vietnamese nationalism, and American foreign policy, as well as pivotal moments such as the gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964 and the Tet Offensive of 1968. It will study the history of the war, the literature born out of this war and the relationships between this literature and this conflict. Finally, it will consider the war's legacy: its consequences and lessons, and the relevance of this legacy today. Students may take this course for credit in English or History.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. A study of forms and types of dramatic expression through reading plays, viewing films, and listening to recorded plays, the course encourages students to explore types of dramatic expression from works performed in ancient Greece through those performed in modern New York City. In addition to the literary aspects of plays, students also learn about the historical development of the theatre.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 111 - English I. Business Writing and Management Communication skills are vital to career success. This course provides Business Writing instruction with a public speaking component. Students work in teams to prepare formal consulting reports on global communication solutions for multi-national corporations. The course features lessons in professional writing, such as resumes, business letters, memos, proposals and short and long reports; career development exercises; oral presentations; and international/cross-cultural business communication activities. RVCC 2008-2009 Catalog ? For updated information, visit www.raritanval.edu 167
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. The course traces the evolution of the novel from the late nineteenth century to the present focusing on its response to modernity, especially in terms of changing social conditions caused by modern technology and new notions of the mind, time and language. Writers such as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, and Toni Morrison may be featured. Students analyze and write about the works and explore the basic components of the genre.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This course will examine the evolution and scope of the Victorian novel, from its literary antecedents in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth centuries, to its successors in the modern era. It will progress from a study of what makes a novel quintessentially "Victorian" into an examination of the ways in which various authors utilize Victorian attitudes and sensibilities to enhance a particular theme or ideology, criticize a prevailing belief or precept, and/or convey a cautionary warning.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 111 - English I. This course explores how women's roles have been traditionally defined in literature and how writers have questioned, resisted, and/or subverted these traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Assigned texts may include novels, memoirs, poetry, and film, from a variety of cultural and historical contexts. The course will analyze themes such as voice, identity, empowerment, family, violence, the body, and the intersections between gender, race, class, and sexual orientation.
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