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3.00 Credits
This course has several unique features that should make it more challenging and interesting to the honors-level student. 1) Opportunity to gain broader perspective by synthesizing information from many disciplines (vs. the compartmentalized nature of traditional study), 2) philosophical overtones and general pitching of course to the level of ideas, 3) exposure to the idea of paradigm shifts in historical studies and 4) using geographic location as a starting and reference point for academic inquiry. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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Studies in English literature from Beowulf in the 8th century through Pope in the 18th. Although the major approach to the course is historical, attention also focuses on issues of class, race, and gender whenever relevant. Readings include novels, essays, and poetry. Students write interpretive essays. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Offered fall semester.
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Studies in English literature from Blake in the late 18th century through T.S. Eliot in the 20th. Although the major approach to the course is historical, attention also focuses on issues of class, race, and gender whenever relevant. Readings include novels, essays, and poetry. Students write interpretive essays. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Offered spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of Anglophone literature(s) produced by key Chicano, Mexican, Asian-American, Asian-Canadian, Caribbean, Native-American and Native-Canadian authors. Focus is on the relationship between the cultures that these authors come from and the dominant white northern European culture that emerged from the early conflicts in the settlement of the American continent. A broad range of cultural and historical viewpoints are exposed through the diversity of the readings and attendant discussions. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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The development of the short story as a literary form. Reading, discussion, and analysis of short stories by major writers such as Chekhov, Gilman, Joyce, Hemingway, Wright, O'Connor, Baldwin, Carver, Oates, and others, in relation to their social and intellectual milieu. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Offered most semesters.
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Examination of political, social, and economic visions of America based on a selection of literature from the "discovery" of America to the present (Columbus, Bradford, Franklin, Douglass,Clemens, Yezierska, Fitzgerald, Ellison, Miller, Kingston, etc.) Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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The development of modern drama from Ibsen to the present. Studies include critical reading, discussion, and writing about plays as they relate to particular social and intellectual contexts. Attention focuses on issues of class, race, ethnicity, and gender whenever relevant. Readings include novels, essays, and poetry. Students write interpretive essays. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II.
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4.00 Credits
Ten days of intensive study with Cambridge University professors and an on-site, Westchester Community College Honors instructor. Students register for two specialized seminars in Literature Summer School at Cambridge and attend two classes per day, in addition to morning plenary and evening lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by the Westchester Community College instructor. Certificate of Completion from Cambridge University; four Westchester Community College Honors English/Humanities credits. Class hrs. 4. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II, and Honors permission.
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3.00 Credits
An appreciation of Shakespeare's plays as poetry and theatre, Shakespeare's development asdramatist and poet, the intellectual milieu of Elizabethan England and its influence on Shakespeare's use of dramatic forms and techniques. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
Three-week intensive study with Cambridge University professors and an on-site Westchester Community College Honors instructor. Students register for two specialized seminars in Shakespeare Summer School at Cambridge and attend two classes per day, in addition to morning plenary and evening lectures. All written work is submitted to and graded by the college instructor. Certificate of Attendance from Cambridge University. Class hrs. 4. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II and Honors permission.
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