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3.00 Credits
This course studies major writers and literary movements from the early years of discovery to the Civil War, emphasizing the emergence of American landscape, character, and theme. The course will include such writers as Bradstreet, Edwards, Franklin, Jefferson, Poe, Bryant, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and other voices. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor. Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course studies major American writers and literary movements from the Civil War through the aftermath of World War II, emphasizing both changing and enduring values in American literary and intellectual thought as expressed through the works of such writers as Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Crane, Jewett, Cather, James, "The Lost Generation," Frost, Hughes, and others. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor . Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in this course will examine the rise and development of Modernism and its impact on the individual and society. Students will read the works of such 20th century writers as Josef Conrad, Ernest Hemingway, T.S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Robert Frost in order to develop an appreciation for the depth of adventure and the breadth of imagination of American and British literary expression in the first decades of the 20th century. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor. Offered in the spring semester in odd-numbered years. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
A course in understanding and appreciating poetry. Students learn to recognize the many elements and uses of language and forms that create a successful poem. Students also work, through reading and writing assignments, toward a better appreciation of the deep beauty, awakening insights, and universal themes found through the experience of poetry... "The woods are lovely, dark and deep...". Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor . Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an exploration and appreciation of Biblical excerpts of literary value. Myths, narratives, psalms, parables, and more will be studied as early forms of creative expression and an allusion base for much of the literature of later centuries. Well-known Biblical figures such as Adam and Eve, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job, Ruth, Samson, and others will be analyzed for their archetypal impact in the literature of later centuries, including our own. The figure of Christ will also be analyzed as an archetypal model for art and literature. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor. Offered in the fall semester in even-numbered years. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
With its long and complex history, and ever-evolving interaction between the printed word and the visual image, the nature of what happens to literature in the hand of filmmakers cannot be reduced to such commonplace statements as "the book is always better than the movie." This course will explore a selection of the major critical frameworks for viewing the exchange between literature and film, focusing on genre connections between the fictional worlds of Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain, the theatrical world of David Mamet, and the cinematic world of film noir in the first phase. The second phase will look at theatrical biography and the biopic, independent filmmaking and cultural/mythic intentions. Finally, students will compare levels of adaptation by looking at a classic short story in the hands of a master film director. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor . Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine works of literature by women writers in the 19th and 20th centuries. Students will read autobiographical novels, fiction, poetry and other genres that reveal themes, social issues and changing roles of women. The course typically includes writers like Sylvia Plath, Alice Walker, the Brontes, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Tillie Olsen, Kate Chopin, Virginia Woolf, and selected contemporary writers. Readings and assignments vary according to instructor. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes selected myths, sacred texts, legends, epics, fairy and folktales and other materials basic to a deeper understanding of the literature of Western Civilization. Emphasis is primarily on Greek and Roman Mythology, with comparisons made to other mythologies such as Middle Eastern, Celtic and Norse mythologies, as well as the use of fairy and folktales motifs found within mythology. Creation stories, pantheons, hero stories, goddess myths, and epic works and legends such as The Iliad, The Odyssey, The Aeneid, and the Holy Grail provide a necessary core of course content. Prerequisite: ENG 112 or permission of instructor. Offered in the fall semester in odd-numbered years. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the subject of baseball as seen through examples of a variety of literature; poetry, short stories, essays, novels, myths and legends, sports columns, and plays will serve as the literary vehicles through which baseball is explored. The course also shows baseball as the mirror of American history, psychology, and sociology. By more deeply understanding baseball, the reader comes to a more profound awareness of the American character, the American experience, and the timelessness of the American dream. Authors such as Carl Sandburg, Ring Lardner, Damon Runyon, Donald Honig, Marianne Moore, August Wilson, John Updike, Don DeLillo, Annie Dillard, and others will be among the selections. Offered every spring semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requirement.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys children's literature in the age-range preschool through 4th grade, including picture storybooks, books to begin on, folktales, poetry, fantasy fiction, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and informational non-fiction. Emphasis is placed on selection criteria, literary criteria, and literary appreciation. Several children's novels are included. The textbook is about children's literature, while outside and reserved reading brings students to actual children's books. Assignments cover reading about literature, analyzing children's books, creative writing and projects, and composing a final book project. Prerequisite: ENG 111 or permission of instruc tor. Offered every fall semester. Fulfills general education literature elective requiremen
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