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Workshop to help imaginative students get their thoughts on paper. Assignments are short and personal, designed to break through "writing block" and uncover talent that might otherwise be neglected. Offered each semester.
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A course in beginning playwriting in which students will study the basic processes involved in writing a play. Students will be required to learn the art of dialogue and its use in the play, as well as writing short scenes and other exercises as they apply to playwriting. In order to enhance the craft of playwriting, students will read a number of plays, both historical and contemporary, in addition to seeing an occasional play, either at the College at Old Westbury or in New York City. At the end of the semester selected students' scenes will be given a reading by actors. Offered annually. Prerequisite: Introduction to Creative writing or an allied course.
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In this workshop-style class, students will explore various forms of scriptwriting. Projects will include stage plays, film scripts, and teleplays. Scripts will be read aloud and critiqued in class; students will participate not only as writers, but as readers and critics. The semester will culminate in an on-campus reading of student- written work. Offered in Spring only. .
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Film is arguably the predominant artistic medium in the world today. How this has occurred will be our focus as we examine both the historic and the artistic contexts of the cinema, giving special attention to the cross-cultural implications of each. Representative landmark films of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States will be screened for study, evaluation, and criticism. Offered periodically.
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This course will introduce students to major films directed by Africans and produced after independence in the early 1960s. The films reflect the aspirations the Africans have had to create their own images on their own cultures and social changes. In a first phase, African cinema was primarily concerned with the threat of Western assimilation and the glorification of the liberation struggles. Then, films began protesting state corruption, patriarchy and the violence of the present age. The new "post-engagement" African cinema encompasses a number of movies that are personal, fragmented testimonies on daily life. Many of them were made by women. Films to be screened include "Peasant Letter" (Safi Faye, 1975), "Sankofa" (Haile Gerima, 1993), and "Hyenes" (Djibril Diop Mambety, 1992). Offered Spring only.
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Successful completion of this course satisfies the Humanities & Languages upper-division writing requirement for 3 of its degree programs: Comparative Humanities, Language & Literature, and Philosophy & Religion. The components: First students will focus on the individual disciplines that make up the Humanities and will go on to discuss the nature of interdisciplinary thinking. A workshop component will then take students through the research process in preparation for the Senior Seminar. Offered annually.
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Basic for students who have decided to concentrate in Language & Lliterature. Subjects to be covered: What is literature? In what way is it conditioned by the society and culture in which it is produced? What kinds of themes and techniques does it use? Readings from representative schools of criticism (linguistic, historical, Freudian, Marxist) will illustrate some of the varied approaches to literary study and the terminology each entails. Offered annually.
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Provides basic perspectives for studying Language and Literature. Topics to be considered include such questions as "what is literature?" "In what ways is it con- ditioned by the society and the culture that produced it?" "Who, if anyone, sets standards for what is beautiful, or good literature?" Readings from representative schools of criticism (structural and post-structural, historical, freudian, Marxist and Feminist) will assist students in developing their own interpretive styles and approaches. Offered annually.
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From Coca-Cola to the Moon! This course will examine the rise of American science, technology, invention, and industry during the period between 1880 and 1970. The major theme of the course will be the United States' climb from a scientific and technological backwater to a position of world leadership. The invention of Coca-Cola in 1886 and the 1969 moon landing will form the chronological framework of the course. Topics will include the development of patent medecines; the electrification of the continent; development of mass communication and transportation; role of advertising; the effects of technology on mass consumption and the shaping of culture; and the effects on science and technology of the world wars, the Cold War, and the Space Race. Offered periodically.
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