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(Alternate years 2009-2010) This course surveys literature in English predominantly of the British and North American traditions from 1800 to the present. Emphasis is placed on the relational nature of texts representing both British and North American traditions resulting in awareness of transatlantic influences of both literary and contextual readings. In addition, the course acquaints students with rudimentary tools of literary scholarship including awareness of textual and historical scholarship and interdisciplinary and intercultural influences. Prerequisite: One literature course.
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(Alternate years 2010-2011 A study of the imaginative tales of the Greeks and Romans (selections from Metamorphoses, the Oedipus Cycle, The Iliad, The Odyssey, and other works) and the uses of that mythology in Western literature. Students will read Greek and Roman versions of ancient myths and trace the transformation and interpretation of those myths in various texts—plays by Shakespeare and other dramatists, as well as modern novels and poetry. Prerequisite: EN 101; can be taken concurrently. 300 level by consent of instructor; upper division credit available for students who complete a major project. Satisfies the Core Studies requirement for a Humanities elective in literature and is required for students completing the English major.
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This introductory literature course is an exploration of the city in fiction, poetry, and essay. It focuses primarily on American literature, on both the majority and minority experience of the city, including Hispanic, African American, Asian American, and Native American literature, though some non-American pieces will offer contrasts. Themes of community, isolation, diversity, utopia, and dystopia will be examined in print and film. What is and is not “the city” in its modern American conceptualization? The modern metropolis, its complex representations, and its diverse cultures will be of special interest to Business, Social Science, and Education students. The course meets the TSPC requirements for multi-cultural awareness. Prerequisite: EN 101; may be taken concurrently. 300 level by consent of instructor; upper division credit available for students who complete a major project. Satisfies the Core Studies requirement for Humanities elective in literature.
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(Alternate years 2010-2011)Introduces students to the historical, technical and aesthetic development of film, with special emphasis on examining the mythology underlying various genre, and learning how to determine a film’s thematic statements in light of its worldview. May be taken for Fine Arts credit as DR 250/349 or EN 250/349 for Literature Core Studies credit. 300 level is available by consent of instructor and requires an additional major project.
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Principles and strategies of creative writing techniques in the genres of poetry and fiction. Students will become acquainted with local and national writing and publishing resources. For the final project, students will work in one genre (poetry or fiction,) to complete a manuscript for submission to Warner Pacific’s literary magazine, Rocinante. Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill either Communications or participatory Fine Arts Core requirements. Prerequisites: EN 101, 200 or transfer equivalency.
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A workshop approach to the writing of nonfiction articles and other nonfiction forms for periodical magazines. Students will write to foster inquiry into topical issues, writing about lives, places, events, and ideas, whether scientific, ethical/philosophical, or historical. Repeatable to a total of six semester credits. May fulfill either Communications or participatory Fine Arts Core requirements. Prerequisites: EN 101, 200 or transfer equivalency.
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(Alternate years 2009-2010) An in-depth study of selected sonnets and major plays, including comedy, history, and tragedy. Required of English majors. Prerequisite: One Literature course or consent of instructor.
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A general introduction to the principles of modern language study, including modern linguistic criteria and methodology. Special emphasis on the study of English structure and modern grammars. Required of English majors. Prerequisite: Sophomore class standing.
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(Alternate years 2010-2011) This introductory course acquaints students with critical lenses through which we perceive various “texts” in our world. Students will learn about critical approaches used prior to the post-modern movement, but the majority of the class time will be spent applying critical strategies promoted within the last fifty years to films and texts—both literary and non-literary. The strategies are broken into three main categories: emphasis on the text, emphasis on the source, and emphasis on the receiver. Prerequisite: EN 101.
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(Alternate years 2009-2010) This course begins by introducing basic principles of perception and visual interpretation, then moves into study of the dependent processes of visual communication and rhetoric in media and film studies, cultural studies, art, literature, electronic media, and the public spectacle. Some study will also be dedicated to the design of visual form and visual communication both in traditional and electronic formats. Prerequisites: Two Communications courses.
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