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A continuation of Playwriting I. Students will be required to write longer, more complex scenes of human interaction and depth. Technique and style will be emphasized. One of the most important ingredients of the course will be rewriting reinforcing the adage that, "Writing is rewriting. " A wider variety of plays will be read, analyzed and critiqued. At the end of the semester, a one-act play is to be completed. Each play that is deemed ready will be given a reading before an invited audience. As often as possible, professional playwrights, actors and directors will address the classes. The course will continue the practice of reading and seeing as many plays as possible. The class will be strictly limited to 20 students. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: Playwriting 1, or some previous experience in playwriting.
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A beginning course in television and film writing. The students will learn the basic steps in writing for television and for feature films. Students will learn the craft through writing scenes, reading television and film scripts and through extensive audio-visual aids. They will also be rewuired to watch specific television dramas and motion pictures and assess them. By the end of the semester, students will complete a 20 to 30 minute television or film script. Class size will be limited to 20 students. Offered every annually. Prerequisites: Intro to creative writing, Playwriting 1,Reading and Writing the short story, or some allied course.
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4.00 Credits
Western civilization has often treated sin and sexuality as synonymous. Through selected readings in Western literature, the course will examine whether the attitudes toward sexuality have changed over the centuries. Readings from some non-western traditions will also will be included to provide different perspectives from the classical period to the 20th Century. Offered once every two years. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
Literature of the Anglophone Carribean, from oral song and James' MINTY ALLEY to Naipaul, Walcott, and writers of the Carribean diaspora. The complexities of the relationship between colonizer and colonized, the transformation of that relationship by "the unmasking of imperial fictions," and the evolution of new forms of discourse will govern the selection of texts. Offered periodically. Prerequisite: EMS
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4.00 Credits
A social and cultural history of women in Renaissance Europe, based on recent studies of the history of women and on recent translations of texts by women from Latin and Italian, as well as the recent publication of texts by women from England. All texts used have been published during the past ten years-many for the first time since their original appearance centuries ago. Offered periodically.
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4.00 Credits
From 1918 through 1945, Europe was dominated by the appearance and regression of totalitarian dictatorships This course examines their roots in late 19th Century culture, economics, and society, and in the catastrophe of World War I. It focuses on the treaty of Versailles, the Revolution and the consolidation of the Soviet state, the peace movement and internation relations during the 1920s, the Depression, the rise of Fascism and Nazism, and World War II. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
Withcraft has generally been associated with women . The course examines the relationship between women and witchcraft in order to uncover the roots and assess the consequences of this association. It begins with a look at the anthropological record, focuses on the early modern witch presecutions and concludes with an examination of the survival of witchcraft beliefs and their relationship to women in the present. Offered periodically.
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An examination of the socializing power of major American myths: self-reliance, melting pot, frontier, progress, stereotyped family, romantic love, inferiority of minority groups. The course combines history, literature and cultural study, ranging from cotton Mather and Ben Franklin to Alice Walker and "Miami Vice". Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
A discussion of the way African kings, chiefs, headmen and elders dispensed justice among their subjects and in their communities. Conventional prison systems did not exists in traditional African societies. This, however, does not mean that there was no system in place to discipline offenders. The course focuses on the integration of authority and status on the one hand, and cultural norms and values on the other. The role and extent of physical coercion or threat to obtain compliance is examined. The residue of the traditional practices in present day Africa's legal systems is identified. Students will be able to understand the problems encountered by the incarceration approach within the African context. Offered periodically.
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