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3.00 Credits
Contemporary Research Methods
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3.00 Credits
Eastern offers a unique 3-week faith-based course on gender studies. Drawing students from around the country, this gender studies course, focusing on literature/writing, allows students to live in community and explore what it means to live in a gendered society. Topics include women in politics, differing masculinities, women in the global community, gender in the church, constructions of gender and race, gender and violence. This course is offered by-yearly during Summer I session, in Oceanwood, Maine.
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1.00 Credits
Readings in English
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3.00 Credits
This course reviews the history and current practices of literary criticism and theory, which is the systematic study and analysis of literature, from Plato to the present. Students will learn 1) to discuss the concepts and terms produced by foremost authors who have shaped literary movements; 2) to practice the basic skills of writing within several contemporary approaches to literature, some of which may include New Criticism, Feminism, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, and Cultural Studies. This course is designed to increase and broaden a student's analytical and interpretive skills as well as to offer a basic foundation in theory for courses in graduate school.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the development of Shakespeare's art and thought within the context of the Early Modern Period. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
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3.00 Credits
A study of Chaucer in the context of other medieval writers (Malory, Langland, the Pearl Poet, etc.) with attention to continuities from the Old English period. Recommended for juniors and seniors.
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to introduce students to some of the great works and writers of Irish literature as well as considering samples from Celtic mythology and Irish folklore, the course will go on to concentrate on literature written from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary period. In the course of the semester questions surrounding various constructions of Irish identity will be raised and the class will consider how these questions are reflected in the poetic, dramatic, and fictional productions of primarily modern and contemporary Irish writers.
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to introduce students to some of the great works and writers of Scottish literature. Starting with a brief overview of Scottish history, language, and culture as well as considering some examples of Scottish mythology and Scottish folklore, the course will go on to concentrate on literature written from the time of Robert Burns(late 18th century) to the contemporary period. In the course of the semester, questions surrounding various constructions of Scottish identity are reflected in poetic and fictional productions of primarily modern and contemporary Scottish writers.
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3.00 Credits
Students in this advanced writing course will be introduced to publication, including traditional avenues, options in self-publication, and ebook applications. They will practice crafting cover letters, managing submissions of their own work, and learn what to do in the face of rejection letters. In addition to refining their fundamental skills for the field- introducing the development of publishable writing samples- the course provides an opportunity for students to reflect on the cultural role of publishing and the contemporary emergence of the "virtual" publishing environment. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in ENGL 245, ENGL 299, ENGL 340, ENGL 341, ENGL 343, or ENGL 344.
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3.00 Credits
Focusing on award-winning novels from non-Western countries, this course examines a number of cultural issues-social, political, and religious-that shape, empower or challenge personal identity and nationalcharacter. We will explore many of the following questions: What is the impact of European colonization on native people? What cultural conditions allow a character to achieve his or her aims or possibilities? How can economic, social, and spiritual alienation be overcome? Finally, we will notice that these authors are interested in the power of fiction not only to invent but to alter current social realities.
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