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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course aims at fostering appreciation for the language of literature, as well as for literature as an examination of human experience and values. Students read short stories, poetry, drama, and one or two novels. The readings for the course illustrate a variety of cultural perspectives. Students are required to write a series of interpretive essays. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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This course fosters appreciation for the forms and content of American literature as an imaginative exploration of the nation's experience and values. It is a representative survey of American fictional and non-fictional prose and verse. Students read a variety of writers and genres from all periods of American literature, 1600 to the present. Students are required to write a series of interpretive essays. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the literature of Caribbean women. Readings highlight Caribbean women's heroism, grassroots activism, courage and struggles in their own words from their own perspectives. Through a variety of readings, students will gain knowledge and an understanding of the struggles, difficulties and triumphs in the lives of Caribbean women. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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This course introduces students to the academic study of culture. Novels, songs, movies and other cultural artifacts will be analyzed in the context of race, class, gender, ethnicity, etc. The students will read the writings of literary and cultural critics and learn to write and present their own analyses. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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In this course, students examine children's literature in its historical, cultural and literary contexts. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for children from infancy through adolescence are examined in the light of cultural and historical ideas about children and their development. Special attention is given to ways in which issues of culture, ethnicity, race, and gender are represented in children's literature. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to a variety of literature from Central and South America and the Caribbean. Special attention is given to the ways in which literary works reflect Latin America's political turmoil, social tensions, and remarkable cultural history. All works are taught in English translation. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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In African-American Literature, students read a variety of fictional and non-fictional prose and verse by African-Americans from the eighteenth century to the present. In addition to oral literature, autobiographies, slave narratives and letters, the course surveys poetry, drama, the short story, and the novel. The material is treated in both literary and non-literary contexts in order to foster understanding and appreciation of the African-American experience. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the Latino literature of the United States being written in English. Although writers from various Latino backgrounds will be studied, the course will primarily examine the literature of the Chicano, Cuban-American, and Nuyorican writers who write from an American perspective. Topics such as identity, assimilation, bilingualism, and growing up in America are analyzed while exploring this new literature. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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The many changes in women's autobiographical works of the 20th century now make it possible to explore contemporary issues of and about self in rewarding and challenging ways. Students will read a richly diverse selection of 20th century women writers across cultures. This course develops an understanding of the female experience through women's autobiographies and participants' writings including students' autobiographical essays. Discussions will be focused on literary techniques and the genre of autobiography. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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An introduction to science fiction through a range of novels and short stories. Special attention will be given to ways in which science fiction imagines the impact of scientific and technological change. Prerequisite: ENG 101
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