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4.00 Credits
This course introduces students to a range of scholarly methods used to interpret literary works. While each section of the course may focus on a different theme or on a different group of primary texts, all sections aim to encourage students to recognize and to apply a variety of literary critical methods. In addition, students learn the citation and formatting conventions most commonly employed in the field of literary study.
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4.00 Credits
African-American drama is a tradition that has unique themes and forms with sources in African ritual, language, gesture and folklore; the Southern Baptist church; the blues; and jazz. Students examine plays, read essays, view videos and listen to music to discover the qualities that make this drama a vital resource of African-American culture and an important social and political voice. Playwrights include Amiri Baraka, Adrienne Kennedy, George C. Wolfe, Alive Childress, Ntozake Shange, Ed Bullins and August Wilson. Also offered as Performance and Communication Arts 255 and U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies.
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This course concentrates on Native American fiction in English, most of it produced in the 20th century. It suggests some of the subjects and themes common to Native American literature in general and examines some of the forms and techniques used to treat them. Writers represent a broad spectrum of Native American cultural groups and may include Louise Erdrich, Linda Hogan, John Joseph Mathews, N. Scott Momaday, Leslie Silko and James Welch. Also offered through Native American Studies and through U.S. Cultural and Ethnic Studies..
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4.00 Credits
A course for students who have successfully completed the First- Year Program and who want further work in writing and revising expository essays. Students write for a variety of audiences and in a variety of forms, including everything from personal narratives to the academic essay. The course addresses both rhetorical and formal concerns: organization, voice, prose rhythm, clarity. Prerequisite: First-Year Program or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who want to explore nature writing - the intersection of self and the natural world. We explore how this genre combines the observational, scientific "eye" with the personal, narrative "I" through readings in nonfictianthologies, novels and/or memoirs. Students write essays on nature and the environment that reflect different objectives within the genre, such as the political essay, the literary field study and the personal essay. Students also keep a "naturalist'sjournal." Discussion of the readings is interspersed with workshop sessions. Also offered as Environmental Studies 295 and through Outdoor Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An extension and intensification of English 244. Students are expected to work independently on the preparation of two feature-length screenplays. Workshop format emphasizes the revision and editing process. Prerequisite: English 244. Also offered as Performance and Communication Arts 306 and through Film Studies.
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4.00 Credits
An exploration of the evolution of the modern short story with special emphasis on the American tradition from World War I to the present. Representative authors include Chekhov, Joyce, Kafka, Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Porter, Cheever, Baldwin, Updike, Barthelme, Carver, Oates, Munro, Cisneros, Alexie. Prerequisites: two lower-level English courses.
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4.00 Credits
The students' own writing provides much of the material for this course, although essays by contemporary writers are read and studied. Students are given opportunities to use non-fiction topics and forms of their own choice. Special attention is paid to problems of voice and narrative method, in particular to the role of narrators in mediating what is observed. The revision and editing process is also emphasized. Prerequisite: English 243. Also offered through Outdoor Studies.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to newspaper and magazine feature writing. In addition to writing shorter features of various types, students produce a representative profile, which involves locating an individual who represents a newsworthy group or issue, researching the issue, conducting several interviews with the subject, with experts in the field and with acquaintances of the subject, and combining all this into a long feature. Prerequisite: English 201.
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4.00 Credits
Building upon the craft techniques acquired in English 241, Techniques of Fiction, students encounter authors who challenge basic assumptions about the nature of fiction through writing narratives that experiment with the givens of traditional story forms. Discussion of student-produced manuscripts in a workshop setting is one of a number of pedagogies employed. Emphasis is on writing improvement through increasing awareness of the technical dynamics of the short story genre and through cultivating an understanding of contemporary idioms and the uses of the imagination. Prerequisite: English 241.
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