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3.00 Credits
The experience of ethnic groups in America's pluralistic society, as expressed in novels, short stories, poetry, drama, autobiography, and film. Groups studied may include Asian Americans, Black and Native Americans, Hawai'ians, Hispanics, and White Ethnics. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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A course that involves student with the literary genres of poetry, fiction, and drama. While short works by several well-known authors writing about Hawai'i are examined for historical perspectives (Captain James Cook, Mark Twain, Jack London), the emphasis is upon contemporary writers who make Hawai'i their subject. Ozzie Bushnell, Aldyth Morris, Maxine Kingston, Eric Chock, Darrell Lum, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Cathy Song, and Marie Hara are among the current Hawai'i writers studied. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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Great works from the past to present that have merited enduring worth through relevance to the human condition. The course includes works by Poe, James, Borges, LeGuin, and others. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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An introduction to the critical analysis of film. Examines narrative form in movies from a variety of theoretical perspectives. The course also explores how cinematic narratives are affected by changes in aesthetics, culture, economics, politics, and technology. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the genres of nonfiction film - documentary, docudrama, and historical features - and to the theory, history, and ideology of fact-based film. The focus is not a given film's historical accuracy so much as the writers' and directors' strategies of representation,which profoundly affect the audience's perceptions. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
This class offers a general introduction to popular, art, indigenous and nonfiction films focused on Hawai'i and the Pacific. Particular emphasis is given to the shifting cultural and rhetorical contexts of films, and to their social impact on the Pacific region and beyond. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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An introduction to the literary genre known as biography: its nature, purpose, uses, relationship to history and to fiction, and varieties of format. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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Great travel writers take you not only on an exterior journey to places and people described freshly and vigorously, but also on an interior journey as the authors' adventures challenge them to reevaluate their philosophies of life. This course will introduce you to the development of travel writing from the early Greek historian Herodotus, through explorers such as Marco Polo to the modern era of travelers who seek to learn about other cultures. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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An introduction to the myths of ancient Greece and other cultures. The course focuses on the identification of mythic motifs, and on the significance of myth in human cultures. Students will also explore modern approaches to understanding myth's relation to the psyche, society, history, art, and literature. Pre: WRI 1200 and either WRI 1150 or any 2000 level ENG or LIT course
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3.00 Credits
An examination of competing approaches to the analysis of texts. The course reviews both perspectives that emphasize differences between rhetorical and creative texts, as well as perspectives that collapse generic categories. Attention may be given to traditional and contemporary Euro-American approaches as well as to alternative minority, indigenous, and non-Western approaches. Pre: HUM 3900 and two upper-division ENG, LIT, or WRI courses; or consent of instructor. Concurrent registration acceptable for one of those three courses.
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