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3.00 Credits
A study of selected works by significant African-American writers. The forms studied include the novel, the short story, drama, the autobiography and poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to issues and ideas in Caribbean literature. Poetry, prose, short stories, plays and criticisms from English, Dutch, French and Spanish speaking islands will be discussed. Students will be introduced to ideas in magical realism, creolization, pastoralism and assimilation as they appear in the stories of the people. By using structural, feminist, reader response and new historicism analysis, students will discuss the presentation of the African diaspora. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
This course critically examines selected examples of popular culture and popular art including fiction, non-fiction, music and film. Emphasis is placed on how print and electronic media transmit and circulate popular culture. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
A course in which the student examines the relationship between films and literature. Direction in the reading of literary works, the viewing of films based on these works, and the comparison and contrast of the two. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
The Hudson River Valley has produced a rich body of literature which includes poetry, nonfiction, short fiction and novels. Students will read selected works from this literature, including fiction by Cooper, Irving, T.C. Boyle, William Kennedy and non-fiction works by landscape painters, landscape artists, naturalists and travelers in the region. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
A study of Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Readings include tragedies, histories, comedies, romances and sonnets. Shakespeare's work is examined both in relation to Elizabethan/Jacobean culture and history and as it has been received and understood through the present. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
The literature of creative non-fiction is a course in which the student reads and evaluates a wide variety of writing forms and styles in the literature of fact. Creative non-fiction includes selections of literary diaries and journals, literary memoirs, personal essays, literary journalism, nature writing, literary travel writing, science essays and creative cultural criticism. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or permission of the department.
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3.00 Credits
A study of American novels, poetry and short stories written from 1945 to present, chosen for both their literary excellence and their multi-cultural perspectives, including such writers as Morrison, Mason, Silko, Roth, Cheever, Plath, O'Connor, Bellow, Rivera, Sonchez, Tan and Hong-Kingston. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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3.00 Credits
Designed for Honors students, this course includes the works of significant contemporary international authors from countries such as those in Africa, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and Latin America. The genres studied may include poetry, novel, short story, autobiography, memoirs and essays. Writing, discussion and independent research are emphasized. Prerequisites: ENG 101 and 102 or permission of the department.
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with a selected literary question chosen for its significance, its potential for contributing to the intellectual development and literary understanding of the participants, and with geographic and/or cultural areas defined by the College as meeting its definition of 'Global Perspective'. Prerequisite: ENG 102.
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