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3.00 Credits
A study of the history of African American literature. The course begins with early writings by slaves (these may include Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Jacobs); moves through the nineteenth century to study the Harlem Renaissance writers of the early twentieth century (including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston); continues into the twentieth century to investigate post-World War II works (by such writers as Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansbury, and Gwendolyn Brooks); and ends with investigating contemporary African American texts (these may include novels by Toni Morrison and movies directed by Spike Lee). Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Offered fall even-numbered years. Fulfills national diversity requirement.
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A study of literature written by American Indian authors, beginning with the cultural traditions and influences within oral literature, then moving through the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This exploration continues through the works of the twentieth century, surveying poetry, fiction, and non-fiction by authors such as N. Scott Momaday, Gerald Vizenor, Wendy Rose, Paula Gunn Allen, Leslie Marmon Silko, Luci Tapahonso, Louis Owens, Sherman Alexie, Louise Erdrich, and Montana American Indian authors D'Arcy McNickle and James Welch. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Offered spring even-numbered years. Fulfills National Diversity requirement.
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This course is designed to introduce students to the study of mythology as a major source of meaning in literature. It begins with a comprehensice definition of myth and moves on to explore its characteristic features, the functions it serves in different societies, and the major archetypal myths that human societies, ancient and modern, have developed - creation myths, the hero/heroine myth, the quest myth, the initiation myth, myths of paradise and the underworld, and so on in Greece, the Middle East, Japan, Egypt, the Americas, Africa, Nothern Europe, and the Pacific Islands. Representative works studied include The Orestia, The Odyssey, Native American folktales, The Mabinogi, The Ramayana, The Poetic Edda, Amaterasu, Central American myths, and African folktales. Prerequisites: ENWR 102 and ENLT 215. Offered spring semester even-numbered years. Fulfills Global Diversity requirement.
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A study of the dramatic and poetic art of William Shakespeare. Plays from both the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods will be selected to illustrate the development of the author's style and theatrical conventions, with representation from the histories, the comedies, the Roman plays, the tragedies, the problem plays, and the late romances. Students will develop their critical faculties by applying a variety of recent approaches to Shakespearean scholarship. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. The ENLE 200 requirement is waived for Performing Arts majors and minors of junior or senior status. Spring semester. 98
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Covers the basic elements of writing-grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, paragraphs; also concerned with audience, voice, and techniques for generating and organizing ideas into an essay, as well as introduction to the library. Score on national exams determines placement. No pass/fail; does not satisfy CORE. Every semester.
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4.00 Credits
A preparation for students to write within the larger academic community. It includes techniques of library research, a formal research paper, and a combination of lectures and small-group classroom instruction. Score on national exams (and diagnostic essay when necessary) determines placement. No pass/fail registrations. A required CORE course. Every semester.
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3.00 Credits
Study and practice in advanced exposition and argumentation. Emphasis on methods of expository writing and on accurate, mature expression. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 or consent of instructor. Spring semester. Fulfills writing intensive requirement.
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3.00 Credits
After some preliminary instruction in the basic elements and techniques of creative writing, students in "Introduction to Creative Writing" create original works of poetry and fiction and polish them in workshops with the other members of the class. The course is open both to those who have not had a poetry or fiction writing course in college. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Each semesters. Fulfills writing intensive requirement.
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3.00 Credits
The study and practice of writing for business and administrative settings. The student learns to write various kinds of messages (informational, bad news, persuasive, difficult situations, sales/solicitation) and to use various formats (memos, letters, reports). Students also work collaboratively on group writing assignments. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 or consent of instructor. Each semester. Fulfills writing intensive requirement. Fall semester, odd-numbered years.
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3.00 Credits
The study and practice of writing for the sciences and technology. Introduction to the practice of writing functional prose to produce technical definitions, process analyses, descriptions of mechanisms, technical proposals, laboratory reports, field reports and formal research reports. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 or consent of instructor. Each semester. Fulfills Writing Intensive requirement.
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