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  • ENG 217: Perceptions of the Holocaust

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    Examination of various authors' perceptions of the Holocaust from the points of view of both victims and perpetrators. Consequently, many forms of behavior during a low point in human history are studied. Students read widely in Holocaust literature. There are guest speakers when available. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 217H: Holocaust Studies- Honors

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course studies the Holocaust in particular and racism in general. It examines a number of major questions such as, "How could a 'cultured' people, the nation of Beethoven, commit sucbarbaric crimes?" Special attention is given to the roles of silence, complicity, and personal responsibility. Students complete a three-part project in which they investigate an aspect of the Holocaust. Guest speakers and films complement the material. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Offered fall semester.
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  • ENG 219: Fiction Into Film

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course approaches film as literature, one of the most popular and important forms of storytelling in our culture today. Students learn about the elements of fiction that link filmmaking to traditional literature as well as the technical and artistic features that make film so distinctive. By examining the heroes, stories, and cultural values at work in the movies, students learn how to become more informed, critical, creative viewers of fiction film. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 220H: Literature Into Film- Honors

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course explores film as a form of literature. Students study the similarities and differences between filmmaking and other forms of storytelling. They learn about the element of fiction common to movies and traditional literature as well as the technical and aesthetic features that make cinema so distinctive. By examining the heroes, stories, and cultural values at work in the movies, students learn how to become more informed, critical, creative viewers of feature films. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisite: ENG 101 Composition and Literature I and acceptance into the Honors program.
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  • ENG 221: Literature and Society

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    An elective course that explores interrelationships between literature and its social and cultural context. Selected readings include fiction as well as related non-fiction that serves as a key to interpreting literature. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 222: Writing Projects Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course is an opportunity for students to develop their own writing while helping other writers in a supportive student-centered environment. Students keep individual journals, work on a variety of writing projects of their own choosing (fiction or non-fiction), and contribute to a publication of their best writing. They work in small response groups, learning how to give constructive criticism while coming to understand what their writing means to a variety of readers. All students receive practical training and experience in tutoring. The seminar meets two to three hours a week for tutor training, reading, writing, and discussion. In addition, each student is scheduled for two hours of tutoring experience a week in the Writing Center. Class hrs. 3; Tutoring hrs. 2. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 224H: Great Books- Honors

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    This course offers students the opportunity to read and to engage in intensive study and discussion of classic literary texts-works of enduring influence that stand among the sources of our intellectual tradition and have shaped the development of Western culture. Readings may include the works of Homer, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Aristophanes, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Dante, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Moliere, Voltaire, Goethe, Shelley, Austen, Flaubert, Dostoevski, Tolstoy, Joyce, Woolf, Hurston, Camus, Ellison, Achebe. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II and Honors permission.
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  • ENG 225: World Literature I

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    World Literature I is an introduction to acknowledged classics and lesser known masterworks from antiquity to modern times. Interrelations among works in their historical and cultural contexts guide our study. Selections in poetry, drama and fiction are drawn from a wide range of authors and eras, with emphasis on issues students raise through their own reading and inquiry. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 227: Contemporary Global Literature

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    An in-depth exploration of the best contemporary poetry, drama, and fiction. Emphasis is on the close study of texts and authors, in particular those works that present provocative comparisons across cultures and history. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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  • ENG 239: Modern Irish Literature

    3.00 Credits
    SUNY Westchester Community College

    Explores the literature of this small nation, which has made a significant contribution to modern world literature. Focus is on major modern writers (James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, John Synge, Sean O'Casey) and contemporary writers. Readings are organized to reflect modern history and culture of Ireland. Class hrs. 3. Prerequisites: ENG 101, 102 Composition and Literature I & II. Not offered every semester.
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