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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 A cross section of Modern Fiction is explored to discover what theories, techniques and concerns define a work of literature as "modern." Often American and British authors are emphasized, but international writers (in translation) complement such semester reading. Recent classes have focused on such writers as Conrad, Kafka, Lawrence, Faulkner, Lessing, Roth, Garcia Marquez, DeLillo, Munro, Carver and Oates. Fulfills literature requirement for AA degree
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 In this course students will read and discuss imaginative literature (e.g. stories and poems) about changing gender roles and choices in the modern historical period, from the Victorian Age to the present day. The female literacy tradition in English will be supplemented by literature from many other world cultures in order to achieve a broader perspective. Literature will be addressed with a focus on the roles of men and women as they move through the various critical stages of the life cycle. A single text will be supplemented by other materials. Writing and an independent final project are required.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 102 concurrently An interdisciplinary course with special emphasis on the relevant sociological principles impacting views of U.S. Latino/a and the way in which their artistic production, in the form of literature, reflects the lived realities of the three major ethnic subgroups (i.e. Chicano/a, Cubano/a, and Puerto Rican).
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and ENG 102 A critical study of the works of several contemporary African-American writers, including Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Langston Hughes, Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Malcolm X, Alice Walker and Toni Morrison. The course will focus on analyzing major themes and styles and consider the development of this genre in the context of the historical, political and sociological issues.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 The course looks at a wide variety of children's literature to understand the ways it reflects a child's world and inner conflicts, as well as contemporary cultural attitudes. Explores such genres as traditional and oral literature (fairy tales and folk tales), modern fantasy, realistic fiction, historical fiction and poetry. Fulfills literature requirement for AA degree.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 or permission of Discipline Chairperson Courses numbered so students may enroll for a workshop more than once. A workshop approach to writing fiction and poetry involving group critique, teacher response and revision. Emphasis on developing skills and creativity. Some reading of published contemporary short stories and poetry.
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4.00 Credits
(Cross-listed with ART 244) 4Credits, 4 Hours An exploration of major artists and writers of the nineteenth century, whose works provide the roots of Modernism. Romanticism in its various manifestations-including revolutionary art, gothic art, outsider art, and the art of the natural world-will be studied through paintings, architecture, novels, short stories, plays, and poems. Three classroom hours and one hour online assignments and discussion.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 4 Hours Courses numbered so students may enroll in a poetry-writing workshop more than once. At each term's end, students submit a manuscript consisting of seven to ten poems which best represent the quality and progress of their work.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits Prerequisite: Permission of Discipline Coordinator Students in this course are placed with a local business appropriate to student's career goals and interests, or individual engaged in activities. It is expected that the student will spend at least 135 hours at the internship site. Varied assignments in specific tasks provide work experience and hands-on training under the combined supervision of a member of the industry and a college faculty member. This course may be used to satisfy one of the general electives required for any degree.
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3.00 Credits
3 Credits, 3 Hours Prerequisite: ENG 101 and 102 Students read selected significant works of literature and view the films, which have been based on them. Discussion focuses on comparison of print and film versions, centering on plot, characterization, theme, mood, setting, point of view and style. The course will deal with such works as Passage To India, Fahrenheit 451, The Overcoat, House of The Spirits, An American Tragedy, The Heiress, To Kill a Mockingbird, The English Patient, Woman In the Dunes. Meets literature requirement for AA degree.
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