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4.00 Credits
A survey of selected films whose directors have contributed to the resources of the medium, as well as a study of technical and aesthetic considerations that distinguish film from other arts. Reading assignments in film history, techniques, scripts, and special research projects. When Offered: Spring term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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An exploration of the use of fiction to propagate ideas about ideal or nightmarish societies. This course examines the artistic techniques employed in this distinct tradition and the unusual interplay between fiction and reality that this popular genre represents. Students work toward the design of their own utopian scheme in short story or other form. This is a communication-intensive course. When Offered: Fall term alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
A survey of black films of the 20th century and an analysis of the plot, theme, cultural construction, characterization, moral-,philosophical implications, black images, and historical context to black life and national conditions. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to black authors and their literary contributions and an analysis of their relationship to black thought and culture. Various forms of literature, such as folk tales, poetry, short story, prose, and essay, will be presented with emphasis on literary style and content as influenced by the social environment of the periods of America's historical development from 1619 to the present. Students will write about these works in class, including a 30-page (typed) critical research paper outside of class. Workshops, lectures, oral reports, and group discussions will be the methodology for each class session. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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A study of outstanding short stories from 19th-and 20th-century Europe and America, usually including works by such writers as Boccaccio, Flaubert, Chekhov, Borges, Ellison, Faulkner, Hemingway, Chopin, Joyce, Kafka, O'Connor, and Welty. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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A survey of the work of modern dramatists such as Shaw, Ibsen, and O'Neill, as well as more contemporary playwrights such as Miller, Williams, Brecht, Beckett, Orton, and Stoppard. When Offered: Offered on availability of instructor. Credit Hours: 4
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A study of works of literature written by women, featuring such writers as Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf, and including the work of selected contemporary writers. This is a communication-intensive course. When Offered: Fall term annually. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
Readings and projects adapted to the needs of individual students. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
Experimental courses tried out in one or two terms. Credit Hours: 4
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the ongoing dialogue between science/technology and literature through the reading of landmark works about science and fictional works that describe scientific ideas and methods. Topics include artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and cyborgs. When Offered: Offered alternate years. Credit Hours: 4
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