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  • 3.00 Credits

    A general introduction to language with special emphasis on the nature and structure of linguistic systems, the representation of meaning in language, and social and biological aspects of human language. Topics include study of the origins and defining characteristics of language; the relationship between language and culture; the causes and impact of language variation; children's acquisition of language; and the manipulation of language, especially in the media and in advertising. J. Devine
  • 3.00 Credits

    Investigates the interaction of language and gender by raising questions about society and culture in relation to language use. Systematic examination of the following topics: the historical roots of both beliefs and practices related to gendered-language differences in speech and writing; differing structural and functional characteristics of the language used by women and men; the development of these differences in early childhood and their personal and social purposes; and the language behavior of men and women in cross-cultural contexts. J. Devine
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to enhance the student's capacity to read novels and short stories. Explores fundamental techniques of fiction, such as symbol and myth, irony, parody, and stream-of-consciousness, within both conventional and experimental forms. Recommended preparation for advanced courses in fiction. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) The Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    Designed to bring the general student into a familiar relationship with the language and structure of poetry. General readings from the whole range of English and American poetry-from early ballads to contemporary free forms-introduce students to representative poets and forms. Recommended preparation for all advanced courses in poetry. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) The Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    The study of drama as literature. Reading of plays from different historic periods, focusing on modes of comedy, tragedy, romance, tragicomedy, and melodrama. Introduction to the varied possibilities of form, such as expressionism, naturalism, and the absurd. Recommended preparation for advanced courses in drama. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) The Department
  • 3.00 Credits

    Study of selected films that demonstrate the development of various rhetorical or expressive techniques in the history of the movies. The course offers practical approaches to film as a medium of communication and as an art by examining a historical and international array of films, both English language and subtitled, by such masters as Griffith, Eisenstein, Chaplin, Stroheim, Lubitsch, Murnau, Pabst, Lang, Clair, Sternberg, Renoir, Carne, Hitchcock, Wells, Ford, DeSica, Rossellini, Ozu, Bergman, Antonioni, Ray, Truffaut, Resnais, Tanner, and others. Lab fee: $25. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) R. Boyers
  • 3.00 Credits

    An introduction to the study of women and literature, with particular attention to the various ways literary works have helped construct and also question differences between femininity and masculinity. Matters considered include defining basic terms (character, plot, genre, author, sex, gender) and exploring the relations among those terms. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) C. Golden, S. Kress, or S. Mintz
  • 3.00 Credits

    Selected comedies, histories, and tragedies. Primarily for nonmajors. (Fulfills humanities requirement.) V. Cahn, K. Greenspan, or D. Swift
  • 3.00 Credits

    A chronological exploration of literature by African-Americans from the early 1700s to the present, focusing on changes in the content and style and the reasons for those changes, as well as on specific writers. (Designated a Cultural Diversity course; fulfills humanities requirement.) M. Stokes
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduction to a selected topic in literature and/or language, with an emphasis on questions of form. May be repeated with a different topic. (Fulfills humanities requirement; EN228C designates a Cultural Diversity course; EN228E designates an early period course; EN228H designates an honors course; EN228N designates a non-Western course; EN228W designates a writing-intensive course.) The Department
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