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3.00 Credits
3 credits Students write their own poetry, fiction, and drama, and critique each others' writing in workshops. They study the form and theory behind the genres with examples from noted writers. The course sharpens students' analytical skills, increases their appreciation of the genres, and gives them opportunities for self-expression. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Creative Writing Minor Requirement, Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3 credits Applying aesthetic, historical, psychological, and/or cultural perspectives, this course looks at how autobiographical texts reflect different ideas of selfhood, language, authority, voice, and community, Students read and analyze autobiographical works written by others and have the opportunity to write autobiographical pieces. Readings may come from sources ranging from formal autobiographies to informal journals by authors such as Jean Jacques Rousseau, Henry Thoreau, Lorraine Hansberry, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Basho, Leonardo DaVinci, Sylvia Plath, James Joyce, Annie Dillard, Gertude Stein, and Virginia Woolf. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Creative Writing Minor Elective, Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3 credits This course is administered by the director of the Italy Program. This course examines various ways that journal writing can be used by writers and artists to explore and develop ideas, with attention paid to the relationship between the verbal and the visual. Students keep a journal throughout the semester. During in-class writing exercises students practice techniques for improving their writing and rework sections of their journals. At the end of the semester they select material from their journals to develop into more formal pieces of writing for a broader audience. The class also looks at examples of artists', authors', and travelers' journals, such as those of Frida Kahlo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Dan Eldon, Jack Kerouac, Thomas Wolfe, and Paul Gauguin. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II and Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective, or Liberal Arts Elective
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3 credits The Vietnam War was a watershed episode in American history that remains controversial even in the post-9/11 world. Emerging as a complex phenomenon of the Cold War era, the Vietnam War eventually caused intense debate and conflict in the U.S. at a time when society was facing numerous challenges. To investigate some of the many questions that the war raised, this course examines the background and trajectory of the war, as well as the influence that it had in the years that followed. Among the topics covered are the "domino theory," antiwar protests, the role of the media, the Missing-in-Action and Prisoner-of-War issues, and intercultural conflict. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective, or Liberal Arts Elective, or Social Science; Art Education Diversity Course
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This class will introduce students to writing for young readers. We will explore the story and novel formats appropriate for children aged 4-17 by reading picture books and middle grade and young adult novels. Students will write and workshop a story in each category, as well as be responsible for keeping a review journal of outside readings. As a class, we will discuss the creative writing process and focus on point of view, character development, plot, setting and theme, as they relate to children's writing. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Creative Writing Minor Elective, Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course introduces the medium of the film (cinema) as a mode of communication and as an art form. Recognizing the complexity of the medium, the course will use an interdisciplinary approach. Among the topics considered in relation to the study of film are communications theory, aesthetics, psychology, business, politics, and national experience. The course is international in scope and covers such historical movements as Expressionism, the Film Noire, New Wave, and other important genres. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will explore gender issues in literature throughout history and across cultural lines. Different writers' portrayal of the spectrum of sexual roles will be studied. Some questions touched on will be the effects of society and physiology on gender, the effects of stereotyping, how gender issues affect individual men and women and society as a whole, how gender roles vary in different cultures, and current controversies concerning literary portrayal of sexual roles. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course students read plays and write analytical papers. They also study the plays from the inside, by learning the parts and acting them. Plays studied may range from Sophocles, Aristophanes, and Shakespeare, to Ionesco and Beckett. This class touches briefly on the intersection between drama and theater, for example the sets of Picasso for the plays of Cocteau. Some brief public performances may be arranged. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course explores fundamental concepts, issues and processes in the performing arts, providing students with first-hand experience in this medium of expression. Over the course of the semester, students study, rehearse and produce a one-act play for performance before the Montserrat community, under the direction of the instructor.? In-class work includes lectures and demonstrations designed to deepen students' understanding of the performing arts and of dramatic literature.? In addition, students are required to complete formal and informal writing assignments related to the play and to their work in the class. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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3.00 Credits
3 credits In this course students read modern novels and short stories (i.e., fiction from the 20th and 21st century). They analyze these works with reference to the forms and techniques of fiction and the meaning of structural decisions and values of society. Prerequisites: English Composition I and II, Art History I and II Fulfills: Humanities Elective or Liberal Arts Elective
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