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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course traces the historical development of the English language from its Indo-European origins down to present day U.S. speech, with a special emphasis on the various contemporary American dialects. In studying this long evolution of our native tongue, students will be introduced to modern linguistic techniques and terminology. Some field work in local dialects will be required.
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3.00 Credits
In literature and film, Appalachia has often been depicted as "hillbillyland."Most of us are familiar with the stereotypes of Ma and Pa Kettle and Lil' Abner. The course attempts to sift and sort through books (histories, fiction, nonfiction, poetry) and films (including TV shows like The Beverly Hillbillies) for a more accurate and complete account of Appalachian life and people. The course explores the changing attitudes of our country-and its artists-toward the people of the Appalachian Mountains. It also attempts to correct a literary history that has not been kind to the writers of the Southern Highlands.
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4.00 Credits
This introductory course features major plays by Shakespeare with an emphasis on their place in the theater. We shall also consider historical context, language, genre, and theoretical influences on recent criticism. Plays representing early and late periods such as Twelfth Night, I Henry IV, Hamlet, Measure for Measure, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Winter's Tale, may be included. Also listed as THEA 262.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special Topics Seminar
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Independent Study
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4.00 Credits
Students will write and revise poems through extensive practice and revision, as well as exposure to traditions, theory, prosody and esthetics, and method and craft. The course will focus on both practice and process - the tools needed to complete a successful poem, as well as the lifelong process that writers hone to tap into emotional experience and articulate it honestly. Workshops will be central, and students must be willing to read their own work and comment on the work of others. Prerequisite: WRIT 221 or permission
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4.00 Credits
Students learn and practice a wide variety of nonfiction forms, including personal essays, memoir, lyrical essays, literary journalism, nature and science writing, analytical meditation, and prose short shorts. The course will be coupled with readings by historical and contemporary nonfiction writers. Students will be responsible for writing and rewriting several essays. Workshops will be central, and students must be willing to read their own work and comment on the work of others. Prerequisite: WRIT 221 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
Students learn how to write and perfect short fiction through the study and practice of techniques employed in fiction. The course will include the reading of short fiction by both established and new writers. Students will be responsible for writing and rewriting several original short stories and completing a number of writing exercises. Workshops will be central, and students must be willing to read their own work and comment on the work of others. Prerequisite: WRIT 221 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the craft of playwriting through investigation of the work of professional playwrights and creation of original scripts. Students should expect to produce a set amount of writing every week, to participate in workshop-style writing exercises, and to read portions of their weekly writing aloud, as well as to respond to their classmates' work. Classic and contemporary plays will provide models for study and critique while students' own writing is in progress. Prerequisite: WRIT 221 or permission.
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4.00 Credits
Screenwriting is an introduction to the practice of writing for film. Students will learn the vocabulary and format of creating screenplays, study screenplays that have been produced as films, examine films with an eye toward the interpretation of the screenplay, and write and workshop their own work. The class will look both at original screenplays and at screenplays that adapt literature to film. Prerequisite: WRIT 221 or permission.
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