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3.00 Credits
Students develop interpretive strategies in a variety of genres by reading major texts from a variety of periods and cultures. The course emphasizes understanding the purpose of literature in a culture and in one's personal growth. Prerequisite: ENG101
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1.00 Credits
Students will read and write poetry, assessing the effects of style, technique and words choices that they, their fellow students and published poets have made in their poetry.
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3.00 Credits
Students examine various aspects of persuasion while continuing to develop an effective, lucid style. Prerequisites: ENG101 & Sophomore standing
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1.00 Credits
A workshop course in the nature and techniques of fiction writing. Students will read from an anthology in order to find models for their own writing, as well as read and critique one another's work. At the end of the course, students compile their writing into a portfolio with introduction.
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3.00 Credits
Close reading of 20 to 25 plays in their historical and theatrical context. Special emphasis is on form, themes, conventions, devices and mythological background. Prerequisite: ENG101 (May be taken concurrently)
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3.00 Credits
Students read representative prose fiction, including both short stories and novels of American, English, continental or minority writers of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The student's awareness of the distinction of this genre is increased through a study of various fictional modes, forms, conventions, and styles. Prerequisite: ENG101 (May be taken concurrently)
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3.00 Credits
Students explore the development of the novel into a major genre, the form being related to social, cultural and intellectual backgrounds. Critical analyses of works by novelists such as Cervantes, Defoe, Fielding, Goethe, Shelley, Austen, Balzac, Flaubert, Dickens, Eliot, Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Joyce, Woolf, Mann, Camus, Achebe, Morrison, Coetzee, and others. Prerequisite: ENG101
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3.00 Credits
Students read selections that highlight contemporary American ethnic and minority perspectives. The readings in fiction, drama, and poetry broaden students' understanding and appreciation of the rich variety within the American experience. Prerequisite: ENG101
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a study of the principles and phenomenon of language through an introduction to the fundamentals of linguistics, the phonetics, morphology, syntax, and semantics, followed by an examination of English Language from 900 to present. Prerequisite: ENG101
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3.00 Credits
Students examine medieval lyrics, narratives, and romances, with emphasis on the work of Chaucer. Readings in significant works of selected Renaissance writers include Sidney, Spenser, Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Marvell and Milton. Shakespeare excluded. Prerequisite: ENG101
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