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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Survey of representative texts in literary criticism from Plato to the mid-19th century.
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3.00 Credits
Study of major documents, theoretical concerns, and dominant trends in literary criticism from the mid-19th century to the present.
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In-depth critical exploration of selected theories to explain the sources of women's roles in society. A multidisciplinary approach will be employed to account for the social, economic, political, and cultural status of women in contemporary societies. Cross-listed as WOST 301 and PHIL 244.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of the ways language use both reflects and shapes social identities. Areas for consideration include gender, race, age, class, status, power, and nationality.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of the origins and changes of the English language, from Old English to present-day American English. Areas for consideration include the changing speech sounds, word and sentence structures of English; etymology and new word formation; and the interrelationships between English and the political and social history of its speakers.
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Study of and written responses to a broad variety of texts written for, by, and about adolescents. Examination of the adolescent experience as it is depicted in the literature, with an emphasis on multicultural education, cultural diversity, and the educational system. Students will discuss and prepare to teach adolescent literature to children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
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Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of fiction writing. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary fiction. Permission of instructor. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 362.
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3.00 Credits
Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of poetry. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary poetry. Permission of instructor. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 362.
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3.00 Credits
Students will be required to explore issues of form and theory relevant to both poetry and prose and to write in both genres. Sample topics for poetry might be the implicit politics involved in writing in form in the 21st century, the complex issues surrounding the use of the lyric "I" in poetry, and the question of what different genres and modes of poetry can do (theorize, express, authenticate, narrate, etc.); sample topics for prose might include the distinctions that are made between genre and literary fiction, the question of what responsibilities, if any, a fiction writer has when he/she writes, and the sometimes complicated implications that point of view can have for narrative.
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3.00 Credits
The course focuses on the issues surrounding "fact" vs. "opinion" in journalism, including discussion of concepts such as objectivity, truth, and the importance of background, context and balance. Students will gain experience with techniques appropriate to presentation of opinion and critical commentary such as columns, editorials, cartoons and critical reviews of the arts as well as learning how to thoughtfully critique such work.
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