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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course aims to cultivate an appreciation of the commentaries and influences on contemporary civilization by European and American writers of fiction. The short story and/or the novel will be studied in terms of structure, plot, setting, character development, point of view, tone and style which, in concert, will provide a deeper understanding of the author's vision.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on film as a mode of literary expression and developing a baseline knowledge of the techniques and devices of literature, selected films are viewed and discussed as works of literature. Only films which were created as films - that is, not based on books or works of drama - are considered. This is not a "film" course, and techniques relating to film are not studied.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the works of distinguished science fiction writers from Jules Verne to the present. Novels and short stories by writers such as H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Robert Heinlein, Arthur Clarke and Ray Bradbury will be read and discussed. Discussions will be aimed at determining the specific characteristics of the genre and its relationship to fantasy and traditional fiction.
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3.00 Credits
Readings in all genres of African American literature, and these reading will cover historical periods that include the pre-enslavement of Africans, the Colonial Era, the enslavement, and Reconstruction/Post Reconstruction. This covers the period from 1400s to the early 1910s
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3.00 Credits
Readings in all genres of African American literature, and these reading will cover historical periods that include the Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights/Protest Era, The Black Aesthetic Movement/Black Arts Movements, and the New Black Aesthetic Movements/Contemporary Period. This covers the period from 1920s to the present.
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3.00 Credits
This course will analyze the image of women in literary works by female and/or male authors. The instructor will select one of several possible formats to follow, such as thematic (e.g., women as mothers, wives, mistresses, shrews, temptresses, and heroes). The class will discuss themes, characters, structure, imagery, and point of view, all in relation to women's roles.
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3.00 Credits
The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with works of literature and their adaptations into films. Both forms will be discussed and studied as expressions of human experiences. The emphasis of the course will be on the literary work; typically, the film will be viewed and discussed as an adaptation of that work.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to familiarize the student with what some of our best writers are doing today; possible emphases include journeys into the mind and the effects of electronic media. Such writers as Kerouac, Ginsberg, Barthelme, Baraka, Pynchon, Barth, Bellow and Oates may be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to Creative Writing entails the study of the craft of creative writing. Over the course of the semester, students will learn to identify and discuss the characteristics of literary creative writing, compose basic works of creative writing, employ effective editing and revision skills, and use a standardized vocabulary to justify aesthetic literary judgments. Class enrollment is limited to 20 students.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a general introduction to the comedies, histories, and tragedies of Shakespeare. The aim of the course is to enable the student to appreciate Shakespeare's dramatic ability, his skill with language, and his insights into humanity.
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