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3.00 Credits
TT 9:30; T 8:30 KARLIS This is a course about the artistic aspects of literature. Students consider the nature of art-what it is, what it does, why it matters. The course analyzes a variety of works drawn from three genres-the short story, poetry, and drama. Topics may include censorship, public funding for the arts, and contemporary critical theory.
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3.00 Credits
TT 11:00; TH 10:00 ROMANOW This section of Literature and the Visual Arts focuses on 21st century world youth film and literature, and the ways in which these texts serve to reflect the concerns and rapid changes of the new century. This course will explore the idea of youth as a central notion that opens up representations of gender, race, nationalism and culture, and the inherent differences in the ways in which the adolescent body is constructed and mediated through contemporary film and literature to be seen as a vehicle of local realities, political change and globalization.
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3.00 Credits
TT 4:00; TU 5:30 ROMANOW This section of Literature and the Visual Arts focuses on 21st century world youth film and literature, and the ways in which these texts serve to reflect the concerns and rapid changes of the new century. This course will explore the idea of youth as a central notion that opens up representations of gender, race, nationalism and culture, and the inherent differences in the ways in which the adolescent body is constructed and mediated through contemporary film and literature to be seen as a vehicle of local realities, political change and globalization.
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10.00 Credits
Introduction to the ways in which literary works represent a particular aspect of society, such as work, education, aging, or war. Close analytical reading of literary works with special attention to a writer's social milieu and choices of form (including figurative language and representations of speech), and how readers in varying social contexts have read and used the work.
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3.00 Credits
TT 9:30; TU 11:00 SARNO In this course we will read and discuss memoirs, short stories, novels, plays and poetry - paying careful attention to the concept of responsibility and how it relates to an author, a character, a parent or a member of society. We will also review and respond to the artistic and life choices that are presented in these literary works. Student ideas, interpretations and responses matter; class participation constitutes a major component of this course. John Cheever once said that, "Literature has been the salvation of the damned .has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps.save the world." We will explore the role of literature. Does it guide and instruct Or does it merely reflect the actions of a societ Finally, we will investigate the reasons why authors write and in so doing, discover that these artists are not people who live 'outside' of society, but in most cases remain integral members of it - 'rubbing shoulders' with us. In addition to the assigned readings, your writing assignments will also focus on film adaptations, documentaries, musical compositions and performances by guest speake Works by Turgenev, Dubus, Hansberry, Letts, Tolstoy, Merullo and others will be assigned. Political correctness will not be necessary; respect, sensitivity and appreciation of others' opinions will be mandatory.
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3.00 Credits
TT 12:30; TH 11:30 SARNO In this course we will read and discuss memoirs, short stories, novels, plays and poetry - paying careful attention to the concept of responsibility and how it relates to an author, a character, a parent or a member of society. We will also review and respond to the artistic and life choices that are presented in these literary works. Student ideas, interpretations and responses matter; class participation constitutes a major component of this course. John Cheever once said that, "Literature has been the salvation of the damned .has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps.save the world." We will explore the role of literature. Does it guide and instruct Or does it merely reflect the actions of a societ Finally, we will investigate the reasons why authors write and in so doing, discover that these artists are not people who live 'outside' of society, but in most cases remain integral members of it - 'rubbing shoulders' with us. In addition to the assigned readings, your writing assignments will also focus on film adaptations, documentaries, musical compositions and performances by guest speake Works by Turgenev, Dubus, Hansberry, Letts, Tolstoy, Merullo and others will be assigned. Political correctness will not be necessary; respect, sensitivity and appreciation of others' opinions will be mandatory.
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3.00 Credits
After reviewing changes in the media landscape over the past 20 years, impact on the news coverage and on our way at looking at the world, we'll focus on how a paper or a TV newscast is put together on a daily basis. We will assess how reporters and editors' deadlines and pressure bear consequences on how the news is selected, reported, written or produced. We will study how they deal with access to information, censorship, bias, and accuracy especially in times of controversy. We will review the news coverage of 9/11 terrorist attacks and during the Iraq War from America, European & Middle Eastern standpoints as well as what it says about us. Finally, we will analyze the relationships between media, multiculturalism and identity as well as foreign news and media. This course relies on daily newspaper readings, concrete exercises, and writing & interaction with guest lectures. By looking carefully at the way top-ranked papers and networks go about their business, we will become more skillful, rigorous, efficient & critically self-aware readers & viewers. This course will help students improve their writing & analytical skills. This course is an Intermediate Seminar in the General Education Program. MWF 2:00 - 2:50 Herron
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3.00 Credits
TT 11:00 TOMLINSON OLD CATEGORY: D
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3.00 Credits
TT 8:00 O'CONNELL SATISFIES CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT OLD CATEGORY: D* NEW CATEGORY: ** This course examines the New England tradition in literature and culture from the 17th century to the near present, emphasizing works written from the mid-19th century, when writers contested differing versions of native grounds, reinventing the New England image and idea in their works. Writers articulated visions of a renewed New England, revised New England's Puritan past and redefined the covenant of purpose, piety and passionate expression which has characterized the life and literature of New England. Readings from Andrew Delbanco, ed. Writing New England: An Anthology from the Puritans to the Present (Belknap, Harvard University Press) and other writings posted on course website.
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2.00 Credits
This survey course examines the writings of African-Americans who have made unique contributions to the African-American literary tradition. The course explores these writings in terms of their socio-historical context, making use of analyses of character, plot, and symbolism. It gives particular attention to the writers' roles as social critics. Among the writers whose work may be considered are Frederick Douglass, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Leroi Jones, Ernest Gaines, George Jackson, Alice Walker, and Toni Morrison.
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