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4.00 Credits
A concentrated exploration of a particular period, genre, or theme in the African American literary tradition. Topics range from Slave Narrative to the Harlem Renaissance to Black Arts Poetry and Drama. Prerequisite: English 200, FS ENG 201 or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
A study of children's literature, with focus on its cultural and theoretical underpinnings. Among the concerns addressed may be the definitions of "childhood" and "adolescence" the genre helps construct or undermine; the impact children's literature can have on notions of gendered, ethnic, class, and national identity; the formal variations of archetypal tales; the genre's role in authors' careers. Specific topics may include fairy tales (their cultural history and contemporary transformations); multicultural children's literature; the contemporary young adult novel; and children's verse. Prerequisite: English 200 or FS ENG 201 or permission of the ins
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4.00 Credits
Theory and procedures used to account for the assets, liabilities, and equity of corporate enterprises. Prerequisite: Economics 170.
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4.00 Credits
Methods and systems used by various enterprises to develop estimates of costs and techniques for controlling costs of operation. Prerequisite: Economics 170.
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4.00 Credits
An inquiry into the nature of the English language, its origins and evolution with an emphasis on the social, political, and cultural dynamics involved in language change. Prerequisite: English 200 or FS ENG 201.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of 20th-century theories of literature and criticism organized around essays from the fields of literary criticism, critical theory, and cultural studies. Critical "schools" studied might include Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Reader-Response Criticism, New Historicism, Marxist Criticism, and Feminist Criticism. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201 and at least three additional English courses or permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
(also listed as Political Science 391) A team-taught course that examines the intersection of politics and literature in a given situation. While the specific topic may change from year to year, the course seeks to transcend the disciplinary borders between Political Science and English by exploring the vital connections between "system" and "story" at a given historical moment. The course may be taken for credit in either Political Science or English. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor
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4.00 Credits
An advanced study of the craft of fiction through the reading and writing of short stories and/or novellas and novels. Attention focuses on the writing, re-writing and criticism of longer works. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, English 205, a writing sample, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced study of the craft of poetry through writing, reading and responding to poems. Emphasis is on prosody, on developing voice and subject through an examination of poetic devices, and on creating thematic unity both in individual poems and in the group of poems each student is expected to produce by the semester's end. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, English 206, a writing sample, and permission of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
An advanced study of particular issues in journalism such as investigative reporting, editorial writing, journalistic ethics, and new journalism. Topics vary from year to year, but the course may be taken only once for credit. Prerequisites: English 200 or FS ENG 201, English 207, and permission of the instructor.
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