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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as COM 336 An examination of dramatic literature and theatrical innovation in America from roughly the Great Depression to the present. Along with developments in dramatic realism, the emergence of sub-genres such as expressionism, surrealism, and the absurd will be studied in relationship to both their European counterparts and the social and cultural climate of America in the last two-thirds of the 20th century. Playwrights under investigation will include, as examples, Rice, Odets, Wilder, Barry, Hellman, Miller, Williams, Albee, Hansberry, Simon, Mamet, and Shepard. Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills the Genre requirement for English Literature majors.)
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Reading and discussion of poets who have come into prominence since World War II: Brooks, Lowell, Bishop, Plath, Hughes, Rich, Tomlinson, and others. Attention is given to developments in form and to important postwar movements, such as the Beats and the Confessionals, as well as to attitudes and themes that give significance to the term "contemporary." Offered in alternate years. (Fulfills the Genre requirement for English Literature majors.)
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Reading and discussion of Irish literature written in the English language from the beginning of the Irish Literary Revival (late 19th century) to the present: Yeats to Seamus Heaney, Joyce to John McGahern. Readings include drama, the novel and short story, poetry, and nonfiction. Historical developments and cultural background, as these influenced the work and are reflected in it, will also be considered. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of mid-19th century American literature, approximately 1830 C1860, highlighting the burst of artistic and intellectual creativity that culminated in the masterpieces of Poe, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Melville, and Whitman. The influence of the Transcendentalist Movement on the literary, philosophical, social, and political climate of the period will be emphasized, including utopian and reformist efforts as well as the search for a national cultural identity. Writers to be studied, in addition to those named above, may include Fuller, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, Longfellow, Douglass, Lowell, and Alcott. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous Course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 347.)
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of American literature from the Civil War to the turn of the century, emphasizing American writers' responses to the political, social, economic, intellectual, and theological upheaval characterizing the post-Civil War era. Literary reactions to the war itself and to Reconstruction will be examined, along with emerging issues such as industrialization, urban growth, regional nostalgia, and Darwinian thought. Writers to be studied typically include some of the following: Dickinson, Whitman, Stowe, Howells, Crane, James, Twain, Adams, Freeman, Jewett, Gilman, Sinclair, Norris, Wharton, and Robinson. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous Course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 346 or ENG 348.)
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA A study of American literature in the first half of the 20th century, emphasizing contributions of American writers to Modernism. Readings drawn from a variety of genres will illustrate the richness and diversity of the era, which was characterized above all by rapid social change. The cultural impact of significant political events and social or artistic movements will be examined, e.g., two world wars, the Great Depression, the Jazz Age, the Women's Suffrage Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Armory Show, expatriatism. Writers to be studied typically include some of the following: Dreiser, Wharton, Lewis, Anderson, Hemingway, Stein, Sandburg, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hughes, Hurston, Cather, Eliot, Williams, O'Neill , Pound, Millay, Stevens, H.D., Porter, and Ellison. (Fulfills the Chronological Contiguous Course requirement for English Literature majors when paired with ENG 335 or ENG 347.)
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual Listed as Com334 Investigation of the principles basic to theatrical directing; play analysis for production, problems in staging, and the role of the director as collaborator, motivator, and creator. Consists of discussions, demonstrations, and exercises by members of the class and others. Planning and direction of scenes in laboratory situations. Offered every year.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course covers the main elements of English composition theory starting from ancient rhetorical theories to contemporary, modernist, postmodernist, cognitive, and expressive theoretical frameworks. This course will also touch on present-day threads of composition theory, including feminist rhetoric, deconstruction, and alternative literacy; it will also explore current issues in the study and teaching of English composition. Offered every year. Prerequisite: Completion of ENG 185 or permission of instructor or chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA The student is guided through all phases of the production of technical documents, including research and visual presentation of information. The focus of the course, however, is on clear and effective technical writing. As such, writing and editing assignments are designed to help the student appreciate the special requirements of technical communication. Documents covered include feasibility studies, scientific papers, and technical manuals. Through these assignments, the student learns to apply a variety of word-processing technologies and desktop-publishing capabilities. At the same time, the student also works one-on-one with the instructor to custom-tailor part of the course load in a specialized field of his/her choosing. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: Completion of Core/LS writing requirement
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA The course will introduce students to the literary discourse of what is called ethnic literature. "Ethnic" denotes more than just a group of people with common origin; it describes a group of people united or connected by shared experiences. The course will examine such topics as ethnicity, identity, discrimination, gender, and assimilation in the experience of different ethnic groups as represented in the works of Gordon, Baldwin, Erdrich, Howe, DiDonato, Neale, Gioseffi, Kingston, Morrison, and others. It will emphasize the contributions of prominent racial and ethnic groups to the American cultural and literary scene. The course will vary from year to year and may focus on one or two authors or a particular movement. However, despite the variations, students may take the course for credit only once. (Fulfills Comparative/Ethnic/National requirement for English Literature majors.)
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