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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Seeks to balance a study of the traditionally received literary canon with literature representing ethnic, religious, racial and/or cultural diversity. Focuses on works representing various ethnic and/or cultural groups in America, on works representing international cultural diversity and/or on works representing the so-called 'majority' viewpoint regarding cross-cultural insights and experiences. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Involves reading fiction, poetry and drama organized around a particular theme, such as 'Literature of the American Southwest,' 'Environmental Literature,' or 'The Literature of Social Change.' Emphasizes reading, writing, speaking and listening. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Introduces drama in the Western literary tradition, emphasizing the conventions, types and literary elements of the genre. Approaches the genre from a chronological, thematic or multicultural perspective, and offers opportunities to improve competencies in critical thinking and writing. Dramatists Sophocles, Shakespeare, Moliere, Ibsen, Shaw, Beckett, O'Neill and Wilson are studied. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the novel and/or novella. Emphasizes the beginning and subsequent history of the genre, including a broad range of American, English and Continental writers. Improves writing and analytical skills. Includes study of such authors as Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy, Herman Melville, Henry James, Franz Kafka, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Introduces short fiction drawn from a broad range of American, English and Continental writers. Emphasizes the beginning and subsequent history of the short story. Improves writing and analytical skills. Includes the works of such writers as Henry James, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Joyce Carol Oates, James Baldwin, Kate Chopin, Jorge Luis Borges and Toni Cade Bambara. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210; Cross listing(s): HO 348J.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces poetry drawn from a broad range of traditional and contemporary American and English poets, as well as non-English-language poetry in translation. Emphasizes the various themes, forms, and literary elements that characterize the genre. Improves competencies in critical thinking and writing. Includes study of one or more kinds of poetry (lyric, narrative, epic, etc.).
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the meaning and function of myth and its application to literature as symbol, metaphor and structure. Examines such works as Homer's Iliad, Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, selections from Milton's Paradise Lost as well as modern poems and short stories using myth as reference. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210; Cross listing(s): WS 321 HO 348S.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces the narrative, metaphorical and symbolic functions through which myth communicates the sacred truths of a culture. Emphasis on Graeco-Roman and Judeo-Christian themes that inflect the Western literary tradition. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Surveys significant works of American literature from first exploration to the end of the Civil War. Examines representative authors literary works, styles and movements within a historical context. Includes authors such as Bradstreet, Poe, Hawthorne, Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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3.00 Credits
Introduces in English translation significant poetry, short stories, novels, and drama from a broad range of world literature. Explores both universality and the diversity of cultures, themes, forms and structures. Emphasizes different literary paradigms and methods for appreciating and analyzing these literary works. Prerequisite(s): CCS 200 EN 210;
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