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This course exposes students to poetry from different countries and cultures, to important aspects of poetic language, and to diverse poetic forms. Students will read, discuss, and write about poetry, and strive to understand what poetry portrays of human experience. Students will also write poems about their own experience. In doing so, students will learn how poems are built or structured. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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Critical analysis and evaluation of literary works by and about women produced in diverse socio-political contexts. Emphasis upon the relationship between the text and its cultural setting and upon other, non-traditional critical perspectives, including feminist perspectives. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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The application of Jungian, Freudian, and other psychological theories and insights to selected short stories, novels, and poems to promote more penetrating appreciation of characters’ motivations and actions and the literary work in general. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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A critical study of one of the most popular literary forms of our time, designed for armchair detectives. Starting with Poe, Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and other classics in the field, the course traces the development of the detective story from its puzzle-solving beginnings to the modern psychological novel of crime and detection. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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Close reading and analysis of a diverse selection of literature written for children including short fiction, novel, and poetry. Emphasis on the use of critical theories in investigating diverse interpretations of the texts and in exploring revelatory connections between the literature and contemporary human experience. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I
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Reading, analyzing, discussing, adapting, and retelling selected multicultural folktales transcribed from the oral tradition. Emphasis on the importance of motifs, narrative structure, recurring global themes, cultural and ethnic specificity, as well as the morphology of the tales. Identification of cross-cultural story techniques will build the story repertoire; diverse oral performance techniques will enhance motif and character analysis. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I
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This course will survey science fiction works from various genres such as poetry, the novel, and the short story. It will provide students with a historical overview of the field of science fiction by exposing them, through readings and lectures, to works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Titles chosen will reflect their importance in the literary development of science fiction over the last two centuries. The essence of the course will consist of close readings and analyses of the texts for their artistic qualities as well as their representations of social trends and ideas. Students will learn how to do research on the Internet, as it is one of the foremost domains of current cyber fiction. One section of the course will deal with the history of science fiction in the cinema. Students will come away from the course with an understanding of hard science fiction, utopias and dystopias, cyber fiction, the pulps, fantasy fiction, the Golden Age, and speculative fiction. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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An examination of literature in which 20th century North American working-class writers explore working-class life. Emphasis upon the investigation of broad themes, such as the role of work in the shaping of values and identity and the impact of work upon human relationships. Multi-ethnic and multi-racial perspectives; issues of gender and sexuality. Attention given to the sociocontexts in which works were produced. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I
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This course aims to involve the student in the thinking of seminal writers who struggled to define human beings’ relationship to the natural world. The approach is both literary and historical. It is historical in that it begins with the overwhelming effect that the fecundity of the new world had on writers and ends with the effect that profound environmental problems are having on thinkers who use the techniques and form of expression usually identified with writers of creative and imaginary literature. Students will read essays, fiction, and poetry. Some videos and media presentations will be viewed. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I
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This survey course will introduce students to African American literature from Colonial America to the present. Various genres, representative works, and major writers will be examined in terms of development, theme, structure, and context. This will be a study of African American literature as both artistic and cultural expression. Prerequisite- Corequisite Prerequisite: ENG 110 College Writing I.
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