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3.00 Credits
In this writing intensive course, we will explore and analyze nonfiction and memoir essay-writing elements (dialogue, setting, narration, structure, theme, conflict, resolution, etc) through critical reading of creative nonfiction essays. By discussing and critiquing creative nonfiction and our own writing using workshop sessions to explore our classmates' writing goals, we will hone creative and critical writing analysis techniques. We will develop an understanding of creative nonfiction and memoir by applying these techniques to our own writing and in discussion of our peers' work. In this course, we will learn to express our new understanding of creative nonfiction writing techniques by applying informed and critical responses to diverse and contemporary nonfictional pieces. By practicing creative nonfiction writing exercises, creating our own nonfiction pieces, examining writing elements through critical reading responses and exams, and by investigating opportunities and tendencies in our own writing through revision, we will examine the writing process. We will also explore current creative nonfiction writing trends and publication possibilities. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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This course introduces the skills and approaches of literary studies through the exploration of novels written in or translated into English. Students will read works representing a variety of voices and viewpoints, analyzing novels using a range of critical frameworks. In addition, students will examine the social and cultural contexts in which assigned novels were written, developing an understanding that literature can reflect, critique, and even shape its cultural moment. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the skills and approaches of literary studies through the exploration of short stories written in or translated into English. Students will consider the short stories' historical contexts, critical commentary, and cultural significance, while learning to analyze short stories in terms of meaning, structure, and style. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to dramatic literature. The course will cover the concepts of dramatic form and terminology necessary for thematic and literary analysis of the genre. Special emphasis will be given to drama in its historical, social, and cultural contexts. In order to understand this art form more fully, the class will study and discuss a sampling of plays that exemplify different kinds of dramatic structure and various time periods. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
In this introductory literature course, students will analyze poetry with a focus on the formal aspects of meter and poetic structure. This course introduces various traditional and free verse poetic forms while considering how form influences meaning or theme. Students will learn to interpret poems in relation to the social and political contexts in which they were written. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
In this writing course, students craft creative nonfiction by analyzing its elements through critical reading. Students will hone analysis techniques through discussion and critique of published creative nonfiction and students' own original work in class workshops. Students will demonstrate understanding of creative nonfiction writing techniques through analyzing classic and contemporary examples of creative nonfiction and original creative nonfiction created by students in the class. Students will explore the writing process through creation and revision of their own short creative nonfiction works. Students will respond critically to creative nonfictional works in texts and work produced by peers through reading, discussion, group work, workshops, and writing. Students will explore current creative nonfiction writing trends and publication possibilities. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
In this writing course, students will practice the writing process through creation and revision of their own original poems and will explore current poetry writing trends and publication possibilities. Course activities include reading, writing, and discussion, along with critical and evaluative analysis of classic, contemporary, and international poetry as well as work written by students. Students will participate in guided peer workshops and will complete critical reading responses, writing exercises, and exams. Students will learn poetry writing craft, techniques, and theory through reading, discussion, and writing practice, and will demonstrate understanding of the elements of poetry writing through their own creative and critical writing. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 Composition 1 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goal Area 6) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
Some of the most compelling contemporary American literature has been written by first and second-generation immigrants to the United States. This course will cover a number of works that explore the difficult process of cultural adjustment for writers of various racial and ethnic groups. The course will cover the larger narrative of coming to America but also focus on particular literary, socio-cultural and historical issues. Students will discover how language and narrative strategies are employed by writers to create the stories of their lives: intergenerational conflicts, difficulties tied to language, and the formation and re-formation of racial and ethnic identities as writers confront the demands of a new country and life. Immigration and naturalization laws at various moments in US history and how those laws have influenced contemporary literature will be discussed. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 Composition 1 with a grade of "C" or better.) (MnTC: Goals 6 & 7) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course examines American literature as a multi-voiced body and considers the contributions to that body by writers of color. Under consideration are writings by Native American, Asian American, African American and Latino authors. Particular attention will be given to issues of race, gender, ethnicity, class, and sexuality, and how these issues are reflected in the complicated construction of identity. As a means of considering how various racial identities are constructed and expressed in literature, contemporary and recently-published work by writers from these groups will be read. In order to provide appropriate context for readings and discussions, the class will consider relevant cultural and social histories of these writers as well. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 Composition 1 with a grade of "C" or better) (MnTC: Goals 6 & 7) 3C/3/0/0
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on analysis of literature and film. Students will read literature and explore visual texts and then their film counterparts. Students will discuss the themes and values expressed in select literature and films and examine how these texts and films affect them as viewers. The class will include limited discussion of film terminology and techniques that filmmakers use. (Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1711 with a grade of "C" or better) (MnTC: Goal 6) 3C/3/0/0
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