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Prerequisite: EN 121 Offers students an understanding and appreciation of all aspects of the theatre. Provides them, under the instruction of a professional theatre company and on the premises of a theatre, with knowledge of the processes involved in transforming the play from the printed page to the stage. Course format and supervision are under the direction of the professional staff of an active, performing theatre company in consultation with the English and Speech department. (G6: Arts)
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course The basic elements of screenwriting are taught: story concept, three-act structure, character arc, scene development, and dialogue. Students study the structure and scenes of successful movies and are assigned writing exercises devoted to scene development and dialogue. They formulate individual projects, from pitching a story to preparing a beat sheet to writing the screenplay. (G6: Arts)
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Students read significant texts from America's cultural development against the background of a narrative of United States history through the Civil War. The course surveys a wide variety of literature, from firsthand accounts of slavery to philosophical sources of the U.S. Constitution to early documents in the debate over the role of women in society. (G10: American History)
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Students read and interpret literary texts in order to understand the evolution of America's self-images since the Civil War. They explore the cultural context of particular works and how identity manifests itself in literature. Themes examined include regional and ethnic diversity between 1865 and World War I; modernism and expatriation in a context of alienation, loss of faith, and new scientific questions between 1918 and World War II; the civil rights and women's movements through 1980; and multiculturalism, postmodernism, and the implications of technological development and globalization in the last twenty years. (G10: American History)
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Students examine selected texts from major periods of Indian literature with a focus on the historical context. Throughout the readings, they consider how the interactions of mythical ancient stories, history, culture, and religion are represented. (G7: Humanities; G9: Other World Civilizations)
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Prerequisite: EN 121 An examination of the evolution of civil rights rhetoric in the history of the United States. Students study civil rights speeches and the political, social and cultural events that surrounded them. Speeches are analyzed using Aristotle's logic, emotion, and ethics.
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3.00 Credits
Variable Credits (3 Credits Maximum) Prerequisite: Approval of dean
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Students analyze business situations in order to write effective letters, memorandums, and reports. They also learn various strategies to help elicit appropriate responses from specific audiences. A variety of techniques, including collaborative writing and case studies, may be used. Students are guided in techniques of business-style research and documentation and gain strategies for using available technology in completing writing tasks.
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Selected poetry and plays are presented from a variety of historical, theatrical, and critical perspectives. Students explore Shakespeare's works in relation to the Elizabethan and Jacobean times in which they were produced. They also consider the works' continuing appeal to readers and audiences of theatre and film. (G7: Humanities)
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Prerequisites: EN 121 or equivalent, and one additional college-level English or Speech course Emphasizes innovative literary techniques and themes of alienation and social criticism in works by such modern authors as Dostoyevsky, Kafka, T.S. Eliot, Ellison, Sartre, Camus, and Beckett, and by authors from Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Recommended for students with a background in literature. (G7: Humanities)
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