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4.00 Credits
An English course, Philadelphia in Literary and Cultural Context explores the rich array of expressions about Philadelphia, focusing on diverse writers from different periods, including William Penn, Elizabeth Drinker, Philip Freneau, Edgar Allan Poe, George Lippard, and Frank Webb. Students will interpret literary, historical, and cultural texts through interdisciplinary methods, read archival materials about the city, and engage in weekend fieldwork by visiting sites such as the National Constitution Center, the Edgar Allan Poe House, and Eastern Shore Penitentiary. The course culminates at semester's end with a researched project that examines some of the area's metropolitan heritage. Prerequisites: EN 199 or proof of some background in literary or historical analysis for transfer students and other exceptional cases.
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4.00 Credits
Study of the less often heard, but no less significant or eloquent, voices that comprise the American literary and cultural heritage. Explores the relationship of the texts to the intellectual, historical and social conditions that produced them. Will likely include readings from 20th and 21st century authors such as Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison, Sherman Alexie, Edwidge Danticat and Sandra Cisneros.
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4.00 Credits
This intermediate-level course examines Black vernacular texts by authors such as Lucy Terry, Harriet Jacobs, W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Ntozake Shange and considers the impact of history, society, and culture on representative works of poetry, narative, and drama. Prerequisites: EN101 and 102 (or EN107).
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4.00 Credits
This survey course endeavors to include short stories that reflect different historical moments in the African American community as both it and the nation evolved. Changing literary movements and cultural fashionings will also be addressed. Beginning with African and African American folk tales, the course will include classic stories by such writiers as Charles Chesnutt, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Wright. It will also include contemporary practioners such as Edward P. Jones and Alice Walker. Prerequisite: EN101
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4.00 Credits
Study of selected comedies, tragedies, histories and romances by William Shakespeare. Emphasizes systematic literary and dramatic criticism. Offered in 2006 and alternate years.
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A Creative Writing course, Writing Poetry & Fiction II: A Theoretical Approach explores the practices and works of successful fiction writers and poets, including Mary Oliver, Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Richard Hugo, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott, and Annie Dillard. Students will discuss assigned readings, engage in hands-on exercises to improve upon various technical areas of the writing process, utilize a variety of writing theories and techniques in assignments, and participate in workshops for student writing. The course culminates at semester's end with a required portfolio of students' individual works. Prerequisites: EN 101 and EN 102, and EN 212.1, or proof of some formal background in creative writing for transfer students and other exceptional cases.
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4.00 Credits
One-half writing workshop, one-half performance workshop, this course looks at how we can translate our own written work into a stage performance. First, we hold a traditional poetry workshop, discussing both published and student-produced writing. In the second half, we look at various vocal and theatrical techniques to bring the written word to life. Readings include works of Frank O’Hara, Sonia Sanchez, Saul Williams, Ntozake Shange, as well as those of current performance artists. The semester ends in a final public performance.
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