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LIT 212: Literature of the African World
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Literature of the African World is a critical examination of exciting literary voices from Africa, the Caribbean and North America. Authors, such as Wole Soyinka, Ngui wa Th iong’o, Buchi Emecheta, Derek Walcott, Leopold Senghor, Michelle Cliff , Louise Bennett, Toni Morrison, Octavia Butler, Alice Walker, Gloria Naylor, Reginald McKnight and August Wilson, give the course its unique fl avor. Th e readings in short fi ction, prose, poetry and drama, which explore thematic concerns such as tradition vs. modernity, colonialism, rites of passage, and oral narrative traditions, enable students to gain an indispensable diasporic perspective that will enlarge their view of themselves, their world and literature. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 219: The Word as Weapon
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS Is the pen mightier than the sword? An examination of the writer’s approach to correcting society’s ills. Reading in satire, invective, polemics, burlesque, lampoon and muckraking by such writers as Swift , Dickens, Mark Twain, Sinclair Lewis and Joseph Heller. Students also write satires of their own. Prerequisites: ENG 102 or ENG 201, and one of the following: LIT 230, LIT 231, LIT 232, or LIT 233
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LIT 223: African-American Literature
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of the writing of African-Americans from colonial times to the present, with special attention to infl uential African-American writers such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Toomer, Hughes, Wright, Brooks, Ellison, Baldwin, Baraka and Malcolm X. Readings in novels, plays, autobiographies, short stories, poems, folktales and essays will explore a wide range of African-American aesthetic responses to life in the United States. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 230: Classical Literature
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of early or fundamental literature in a variety of cultures. Close readings and analysis of epics, lyrics, dramas and sacred texts, with an eye to literary form and style as well as content. Discussion of appropriate literary concerns, such as heroism, divinity, sacrifi ce, duty and justice. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 231: Medieval and Early Modern Literature
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of literature from 600 through the 17th century. Close readings and analysis of sagas, romances, plays and poetry, with an eye to literary form and style as well as content. Discussion of appropriate literary concerns, such as faith, courtly love, loyalty, power and loss. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 232: Modern Literature
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of literature from the 18th century to the present. Close readings and analysis of fi ction, drama and poetry, with an eye to literary form and style as well as content. Discussion of appropriate literary concerns, such as reason, freedom, idealism, materialism and alienation. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 233: American Literature
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A study of American literature from its beginnings to the present. Close readings and analysis of American fi ction, poetry, drama and nonfi ction, with an eye to literary form and style as well as content. Discussion of appropriate literary concerns, such as liberty, individualism, utopianism, race and success. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 283: New York City in Film
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A survey of signifi cant fi lms and major fi lmmakers on the special topic, New York City in Film, through an examination of the cinema as an art form shaping and refl ecting the changing perception of its society. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 284: Film and Society
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A survey of signifi cant fi lms and major fi lmmakers on the special topic, Film and Society, through an examination of the cinema as an art form shaping and refl ecting the changing perceptions of its society. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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LIT 290: Special Topics
3.00 Credits
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
3 HOURS, 3 CREDITS A single-semester course dealing with an announced topic, theme, or author. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 201
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