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This course examines the process of writing imaginative| literature; it combines lectures, discussions, and workshops. After lectures on selected topics, students read and discuss models of professional writing as well as their own works. Class time is occasionally used for performing writing assignments. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101
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Children's Literature studies the major genres in the field: folklore; picture storybooks; fantasy; minority literature; historical fiction; and realistic fiction. A critical study of the texts will emphasize literary and cultural interpretations. English and American works will dominate but will be supplemented by some European texts, particularly folklore. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 Corequisites: ENG-102
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This course emphasizes the principles and mechanics of technical writing; it is designed to fit the needs of undergraduates and those already in business and industry. Technical Writing especially stresses the importance of communications in business and industrial life: correspondence, reports, preparation of company publications and technical articles, research techniques, and oral technical presentations. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-102
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This course is a study of selected masterpieces in English Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Age of Reason. Authors, such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Pope, Swift, and Defoe, are studied with an emphasis placed on the ideas that helped to shape Western Civilization. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 Corequisites: ENG-102
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English Literature II is a continuation of English Literature I. This course is a study of selected masterpieces in English Literature from the Romantic Age to the present. Authors, such as Wordsworth, Keats, Dickens, Hardy, Yeats, Eliot, Lawrence, and Beckett, are examined. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 Corequisites: ENG-102
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In this course, students will read The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of the Lord of the Rings, and also view and discuss the films that have been based on the three volumes of the trilogy. They will analyze these works critically and in the process learn about a variety of subjects that interested Tolkien and influenced his fiction: historical linguistics, medieval literature, and mythology. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101
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This course covers a broad survey of Irish literature, which includes fiction, drama and poetry. Students will explore the works of major Irish literary figures such as Yeats, Joyce, Synge, Swift and O'Casey. In addition, students will study the relationship between class, gender, religion and identity through the works of less known writers such as Seamus Heaney, Eavan Boland, Brendan Behan, and Nuala NiDhomhnaill. The development of Ireland's literature within the framework of its history will be thematic to the course. Another important theme of this course will be the presenting of Ireland's historical, cultural and social background linking literature to nationalism. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 Corequisites: ENG-102
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This course is designed for those students who are interested in perfecting their critical and analytical thinking skills through the study of theoretical models. Masterpieces of literature representative of various epochs, nationalities, and literary genres from ancient times to the sixteenth century form the core of this course. Honors World Literature explores the relationship people have to their world in such works as Homer's Odyssey, the poetry of Li Po and Tu Fu, Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book, Dante's Inferno, and the drama of Shakespeare. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101
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World Literature II is a continuation of World Literature I. Masterpieces of literature from the sixteenth century to the present are studied with the emphasis on humanity's changing views as the modern world develops. These views are studied through the works of such writers as Moliere, Voltaire, Flaubert, Dostoevski, Lu Hsun, and Achebe. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 Corequisites: ENG-102
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for those students who are interested in perfecting their critical and analytical thinking skills through the study of theoretical models. Masterpieces of literature representative of various epochs, nationalities, and literary genres from the sixteenth century to the present form the core of this course. The idea of humanity's changing views as the modern world develops is a theme of the course. Works of Moliere, Voltaire, Flaubert, Dostoevski, and representative twentieth century authors are studied. Lecture ( 45.00) Prerequisites: ENG-101 or ENG-101H
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