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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course studies and analyzes outstanding classical, contemporary and multicultural literature for children and adolescents, arranged by genre. Students are given an overview of the evolution of the literature from its cultural roots in myth and legend to its present role as a reflector of modern society.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to autobiography in the context of literary debate: Why do we read autobiography? How do we classify autobiography, as non-fiction or fiction? Works by both men and women of many cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds will be included. Students will examine the various styles, elements, as well as the recurring themes in autobiography, while working on their own "reflections of the self." This course includes a considerable amount of writing and qualifies as an advanced writing course in the Writing and Literature Program.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course will study and analyze selected novels, short stories, poems, and plays of postcolonial writers from Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia, the English-Speaking Caribbean, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. The course will examine the ways in which postcolonial writers transcend a British imperial legacy of colonialism to redefine their own distinctive social and cultural worlds.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course examines how science fiction literature envisions the impact of machine technology on the individual and society. The human/machine interaction will be traced from early myths to contemporary science fiction, including works by Asimov, Clarke, Delaney, Gibson, Lem, Orwell, Vonnegut, and Zelazny.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
In this course works reflecting the experiences of U.S. Latino/a writers in English are analyzed. Students will read, discuss, and write about fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama by writers such as Julia Álvarez, Rudolfo Anaya, Gloria Anzaldúa, Roberto Fernández, Tato Laviera, Achy Obejas, Abraham Rodríguez, Jr., and Piri Thomas.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201; or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
Representative works reflective of the collective experiences of Asian American writers are analyzed. American writers are analyzed. Fiction, poetry, drama and nonfiction written from Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Japanese, Korean, and South-East Asian cultural perspectives are discussed.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys fiction, poetry, and drama from writers throughout the Middle East, beginning in the late 19th century and concluding in the present time. English translations of well-known literature from the Middle East, a region defined as the countries of southwest Asia and northeast Africa, are considered in the context of such recurring themes as cultural/national identity, colonialism religion (e.g. Islam, Judaism, Christianity), gender relations and class conflict.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
The goals of this course are to stimulate an appreciation for, and an enjoyment of, poetic masterworks mainly of the 20th century. This course includes critical reading and writing; its approach is an in-depth study of poetry which has universal significance. Writers studied include T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, Langston Hughes, Theodore Roethke, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Sylvia Plath.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on 20th and 21st century texts within the area of Queer literature and by Queer literary artists. It covers a variety of literary and critical texts in order to introduce students to classics of Queer Literature as well as lesser-known masterpieces. The aim of this class is to expand students’ conceptions about literature, sexuality, and gender and lead them to critically investigate sociallyconstructed ideas about gender and sexuality. Students will examine and analyze the manner in which the authors and texts subvert and challenge sexual and cultural norms.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on a specific theme, concept, cultural milieu, or major author to be announced in advance. Topics for the following semester will be made available by the English Department during registration. Each section of the course will cover in-depth a single special topic, such as one of the following: the Harlem Renaissance, Literature and the Environment, Utopian and Dystopian Literature, Literature and Medicine, The Beat Generation, Literature of the Working Class, Satire in the 18th Century, Censorship and Literature, Literature of Immigration, War in Literature, Madness and Inspiration in Literature, Gay and Lesbian Literature, and Women in Shakespeare.
Prerequisite:
ENG 101 and 201, or ENG 121
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