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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Through a combination of course readings, writing exercises, and creative compositions, this course helps students engage the conventions of three literary genres-fi ction, poetry, and creative non-fi ction-from the standpoint of a writer. Students begin learning to channel artistic expression in order to communicate intended effects to audiences. Refl ective essay assignments help students to articulate the nature of their own learning in the course. Students learn to participate effectively in a workshop setting by responding orally and in writing to the work of their peers. At the end of the course, students will have completed successful works in all three genres and will be fully prepared to benefi t from upper division writing courses. Prerequisite: 104. G5, G9, W
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. General overview of American literature from Native American myths and legends to Emily Dickinson. The survey includes such works as Anne Bradstreet's poetry, Jonathan Edwards' sermons, Washington Irving's short stories, works by Hawthorne, Melville, Thoreau and Whitman, and Margaret Fuller's essays. Prerequisite: 104. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. General overview of American fi ction and poetry from the post-Civil War to the post-World War II era, including works by such canonical authors as Twain, James, Hemingway, Frost, Eliot, Stevens, Faulkner. Attention will also be given to infl uential African-American, Native American, and women writers such as Hughes, Baldwin, Hurston, Cather, Erdrich, Plath. Prerequisite: 104. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Study of the literature of the minority groups of the United States, including works by African American, Native American, Asian American, and Hispanic American authors. Prerequisite: 104. D, G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Overview of Early, Medieval, Renaissance, and Eighteenth Century Classics: Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Everyman, Utopia, Doctor Faustus, Shakespeare's Sonnets, and more. Prerequisite: 104. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Overview of important British Romantic, Victorian, Modern, and Post-modern writers. Prerequisite: 104. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Literature and the Healing Arts is an English course which examines the universal concerns of health, sickness, death, and healing through the lens of literature. Analyzing selected poems, short fi ction, novels, and essays, students will examine the literary themes addressing issues of suffering, sickness, healing, medical practices, death and dying, and grief. They will also explore how literature can play an important role in healing or caregiving, especially in aiding medical personnel in additional means of understanding the needs of patients as unique individuals, communicating with people who have limited medical knowledge, and expressing compassion and empathy in the face of tragedy and grief. While the course benefi ts anyone interested in literature and the healing arts, it will be especially useful for students planning careers in the medical fi eld. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Sophomore English majors survey literary genres, build research skills specifi c to English, practice close reading, and apply two to three theoretical approached to interpreting texts. Students analyze literary criticism and integrate MLA style with other conventions of literary analysis. Students also plan their remaining curriculum within the major. Prerequisite: 104.
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3.00 Credits
3 Cr. Course traces the cultural and historical concepts of work and working people beginning in Colonial America and Victorian England and ending with contemporary American fi lm. Authors include Terkel, Melville, Lewis, Miller, and Marx. Prerequisite: 103. G6, G9
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3.00 Credits
1-3 Cr. Courses offered on topics of interest to English students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by instructor. Restricted to students with freshman and sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. G6, G9
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