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Familiarizes students with African American literature from the late 19th century through the Harlem Renaissance and on to later 20th century and contemporary writing. Formerly ENG 255 Introduction to African American Literature II. 3 credits
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This course introduces students to the study of African American literature, including the vernacular tradition, the New Negro Renaissance of the early twentieth century, periods of realism and modernism in the late 1940s and early 1960s, the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, and newer voices at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century. Students will practice literary analysis and study the literary techniques and genres belonging to this literature, as well as the ways in which the texts attempt to reinvent, disrupt, or challenge traditional European/North American literary traditions and criticisms. Many of the texts will engage the meaning of race, the forced migration of Africans to the Americas, racism and black resistance to it, institutionalized enslavement and strategies for survival, economic oppression, the celebration of blackness, and the literary achievements of black authors. Biographical, historical, and political contexts will be examined as ways to enrich the reading of the texts. 3 credits General Education Requirement: Knowledge and Inquiry
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Explores the cultural images and realities of contemporary women and their lives. Print, film, television, short fiction, and artifact will be used to document cultural rates. Cross-tallied with WST 250. 3 credits General Education Requirements: Capstone Seminar
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Examines largely contemporary writings by writers representing the diverse cultures in the US with a consideration of the ways in which difference or ""the other"" may be constructed. Formerly ENG 200 Multicultural US Literature. 3 credits Core Area II: Understanding the Self and Society
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Considers film as ""composed realism"" and provides a sociological overview of the American family as portrayed in films such as Ordinary People, Crooklyn, My Family (Mi Familia), Moonstruck, Fiddler on the Roof, and others. Formerly ENG 306 The American Family on Film. 3 credits
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Introduces students to the study of literature written by authors of African descent in Europe and the Americas and explores the development of an international and multicultural consciousness with Africa and the Diaspora as its referents. Formerly ENG 204 Literature of the African Diaspora. 3 credits FLC Area II - Literature Cluster
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Explores traditional and experimental poetry by African American writers. Formerly ENG 203 African American Poetry. 3 credits
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Examines texts that have emerged as part of the electronic revolution and the combination of art forms. The course will consider blogs, independent films, ""fan fiction
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Examines representations of the figure of the female warrior, from the Amazons to G.I. Jane, in fiction, film, drama, and television. Formerly ENG 218 Women Warriors in Film and Fiction. 3 credits
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Introduces the study of prose fiction, both classic and contemporary, in its multicultural contexts, with attention to form, theme, major figures, and historical contexts and influences. Formerly ENG 205 Stories and Their Writers. 3 credits FLC Area II - Literature Cluster
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