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This course examines Shakespearian themes which have intense relevance to today's divided society: sexism, racism, anti Semitism, colonialism, and gender fluidity. Texts will include such plays as Othello, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, as well as some of the sonnets. Students are required to write a reading journal, analytical essays, and a research paper. Most writing is done outside of class. The course stresses training in quotation, citation, and research methods. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EC II placement.
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This course introduces in translation, writers from the Latino Carribean basin, including Alfaro, Astrius, Carpentier, Dario, Garcia Marquez, whose writings explore the clash between indigenous and African cultures with the imposition of old world values (economic, political and religious/mythological). Short stories, poems, and one full length novel will be read and examined from critical and literary perspectives. Interpretive essays and one research paper will be assigned. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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This section will explore a variety of psychological themes such as development and aging, family dynamics, addictions, neurosis and psychosis in literary works by a selection of writers from different cultures. Themes will also be considered from the perspective of relevant psychological literature. Interpretive essays and a research paper are required. The course stresses training in quotation, citation, and research methods. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EC II placement .
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4.00 Credits
Uses a variety of readings to explore potential future societies as postulated by such authors as Orwell, Huxely and Asimov. Students improve their ability to read and think critically and to write summaries, critical analyses and a research paper based on their readings. Reading selections are discussed at length and are compared to one another in terms of style, content and theme. Offered periodically. Prerequisite:ECII placement.
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Readings in Vonnegut, Updike, Bellow, McCarthy, Marshall, and Doctrow will expose students to the contemporary American novel. Analysis of the novel as a literary form will acquaint students with form and structure. Biographical and historical factors examined as influences on content and form. Interpretive essays and a research paper are required. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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This lecture/discussion course will focus on trends and themes in modern American poetry in the context of the search for an American poetic voice. Poets range from Whitman to Walker and include Frost, Harper, Hughes, Komunyakaa, Sarton, Sexton, Wilbur, Wright, and others. Formal analysis and biographical factors will be studied. Students will also become involved in “found poetry” and practice poeticforms. Interpretive essays and a research paper are required. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EC II placement.
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This course examines the role of humor in satire and social commentary in Twentieth Century America through a survey of the novels, short stories, essays, articles, and cartoons of such American humorists as James Thurber, S.J. Perlman, Robert Benchley, Woody Allen, Jules Pfeiffer, Charles Addams, and Gary Trudeau. Students will compare the various modes and styles of humor and will write reaction papers to the works read. They will try their hands at writing humorous commentaries on issues of the day. A research paper on the humorist of each student's choice, will conclude the semsester. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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4.00 Credits
Explores recurring themes and modes of expression in the Pan-African world, ranging from the role of the oral tradition in traditional African societies to African-American rebellion as expressed in contemporary writing and music. Interpretive essays and a research paper are required. The course stresses training in quotation, citation, and research methods. Offered every year. Prerequisite: EC II placement.
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4.00 Credits
See EL2239 Horror Literature.
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4.00 Credits
Selections from Blake, Burns, Wordsworth and Coleridge, as well as some other lesser-known writers will be examined and explored from social and formal perspectives. Excerpts from critics of the era and the writings of the anti-Romantic critics will be reviewed. Interpretive/analytic essays and a research paper are required. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: ECII placement.
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