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LANG 296 -- European Languages & Cultures: The French Case (3) This course presents the cultural and linguistic characteristics of contemporary France. French society will be studied as a nation forged by a diversity of cultures. The focus will be placed upon both the economic and political integration and development of such diverse cultures and also their resistance to such integration. France, as a European nation, will be identified as a nation struggling with attractive poles; homogeneity and heterogeneity. Fall.
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LATN 101 -- Elementary College Latin 1 (3) Introduction to Latin. Students will learn to read classical Latin passages, many of which will be from authentic Roman writers of the Golden Age of Latin literature. The selections will be a medium by which historical events and social aspects of the period can be examined. The course will introduce the basics of Latin grammar and its influence on the development of the Romance languages. Students will come to appreciate how Latin is alive and well in the extensive etymological roots of English vocabulary. Some time will be spent on deciphering ancient inscriptions as well as recognizing mottos and other uses of Latin in our society. Students will use Sharpley's Beginner's Latin text (from the Teach Yourself Language series} with audio cassettes and also Unit I of the Cambridge Latin Course. Fall.
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LATN 103 -- Elementary College Latin III (3) Latin 103 is designed to be the culminating course in the introductory exploration of the Latin language. It will build on the grammar and vocabulary mastered in Latin 101 and 102 and extend these basic concepts with further work from Wheelock's Latin Grammar on-line. The focus will be on developing strategies for handling a variety of sight passages for comprehension and translation that might be used to demonstrate a "reading knowledge of Latin" as part of a graduate program in classical archaeology, anthropology or art. Background information on Roman culture and civilization will continue to be incorporated to enhance understanding of the literature being examined. Assumes completion of LATN 102.
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LITR 100 -- Introduction to Literature (3) Introduction to elements of literature through the study of its various forms: poetry, drama, and fiction. Practice in writing about literature and in techniques of close reading and critical thinking. This course cannot be taken if credit has been received for LITR 110. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: FC credit.
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LITR 120 -- Film Foundations (3) An introductory course that looks at aspects of film history, criticism, and production. It provides an overview of the moving picture as both popular culture and serious art form, and looks at its various elements. Students will have a chance to view and critique films and to participate in a creative project related to filmmaking. Fall and Spring. Gen Ed: AC credit. Cross listed with COMM 120.
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LITR 200 -- Literary Traditions (3) Provides an introductory survey of some of the major works, writers, and periods of Western literary history. The course covers classical works of Mediterranean origins through literature of the present day, and may include examples from British, American, and Western European cultures. Fall and Spring.
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LITR 201--Patterns of Literature (3) Provides experience in recognizing and responding critically to one or more common narrative (or other structural) strategies, including topics, plot structures, character types, and other recurrent patterns used in literature across historical, linguistic, and geographic boundaries. Examples include (but are not restricted to): guest/hero narratives, travel narratives, lyric poems, captivity/liberation narratives, coming-of-age stories, formal comedy, formal tragedy, star-crossed lovers, "Cinderella" stories, etc. Fall and Spring.
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LITR 300 -- Literary Analysis & Research (3) Provides an introduction to advanced literary criticism. In addition to reviewing the basics of literary criticism (e.g., interpretation supported by close reading), the course will introduce and examine a number of different methods of reading, analyzing, and writing about literature, including feminist, Marxist, post-colonial, and new historical approaches. The course will also focus on using scholarly research to write about literature, and it will introduce students to the specialized terms that scholars us when talking about literature. Fall and Spring.
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LITR 301 -- American Writers (3) Studies in American literature. Authors, themes, periods and/or regions vary from semester to semester. Yearly. Formerly LITR 318. Gen Ed: AC credit.
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LITR 302 -- British Writers (3) Studies in British literature. Authors, themes, periods and/or regions vary from semester to semester. Yearly. Formerly LITR 319. Gen Ed: AC credit.
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