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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to writing in three genres: fiction, poetry, and drama. Special attention given to techniques of characterization, dialogue, diction, phrasing, plotting, narration, description and prosody. Includes a writing project designed by each student.
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3.00 Credits
This is an entry level course to learn to write about literature, with special emphasis on literary criticism and critical approaches. The course begins with forms of writing about literature for the general public?book and film reviews, personal essays, diaries and journals. The course then moves to careful reading and close textual analysis, with written forms to include explication and interpretation based on primary texts from a variety of authors and genres. Finally the course includes basic critical approaches to reading literature, such as feminist, formal, cultural studies, biographical, and psychological. Students compile a portfolio of writing by the end of the course. Required of all lit. majors, and fulfills one of the advanced writing requirements for all English majors. Usually taken in the sophomore year. Does not fulfill the A&S Literature requirement. Pre-requisite: IN 151 or consent.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students investigate the role of writing in various professions and develop problem solving strategies for writing effective letters, memos, case studies, summaries, reports and resumes. This course emphasizes conciseness, clarity and persuasiveness. Pre-requisites: Interdisciplinary 150 and 151, Communication 100 and sophomore standing or above.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to basic methods of news reporting and writing. Students learn Associated Press style basics and an introduction to journalism ethics while writing the basic types of news stories: obituaries, advances, follow-ups, breaking news, controversy and research-based. Focuses on print journalism, but also addresses broadcast newswriting.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in literature that focus on a particular topic. Offerings vary semester to semester and include such topics as gender roles in literature, death and dying, the Holocaust, ethnic voices in America, the Nobel Prize in literature, and science fiction. Recommended as a general education course.
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3.00 Credits
Students read and study a large variety of adolescent literature generally taught in middle and high school classes, examining issues related to the reading and teaching of adolescent literature, including the relationship of adolescent literature to ?classic? literature. Students explore the depiction of ?young adulthood? in these texts and the relation of ?young adults? to other groups, the differences among young adults, and the role of family, education, media and other social institutions in young adult life. Recommended for all Education majors, especially English Education majors.
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3.00 Credits
Study of major American writers from beginnings to 1900, including Bradstreet, Franklin, Poe, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Douglass, Stowe, Whitman, Dickinson and Twain. Examines these writers in cultural, intellectual and historical context.
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3.00 Credits
Study of modern American writers, including such figures as James, Chopin, Fitzgerald, Cather, Hemingway, O?Neill, Faulkner, Williams, Steinbeck, Eliot, Frost, Plath and Walker. Examines these writers in cultural, intellectual and historical contexts of the 20th century
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3.00 Credits
From Phillis Wheatley to Edward P. Jones, from spirituals to folk tales, from slave narratives to postmodern novels, students study major African American authors, literary forms, and themes in their social, historical, and cultural contexts. Topics and authors may vary from semester to semester. Fulfills College of Arts and Sciences literature requirement and university culture track requirement; if cross-listed, fulfills U.S. Studies requirement. Pre-requisite: Interdisciplinary 150 and 151.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to American writers from diverse cultural backgrounds. The course will examine culturally specific questions, as well as cross-cultural issues of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Topics and authors may vary from semester to semester. Course may include authors such as Toni Morrison, Zora Neale Hurston, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Sherman Alexie, Audre Lorde, Richard Rodriguez, Philip Roth, Maxine Hong Kingston.and/or N. Scott Momaday. Fulfills College of Arts and Sciences literature requirement and university culture track; if cross-listed, fulfills U.S. Studies requirement. Pre-requisite: Interdisciplinary 150 and 151.
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