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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
World Literature Survey I examines classic literary texts from the beginning of literary civilizations through the 17th Century. In close readings of myths, epics, lyric poems, novels, and plays, students will traverse cultural and linguistic boundaries and explore the political, socio-cultural, and religious origins of world masterpieces.
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3.00 Credits
Representative literary works from various periods and cultures after the year 1600 are examined to familiarize students with a variety of literary traditions and how they probe tensions, conflicts, and connections within and across societies and cultures. Most works are read in translation.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to literary texts by African Americans and their significant literary contributions to America's diverse cultural history. The course also studies the thematic and narrative discourse of African American Literature from its beginnings in the African oral tradition to the Harlem Renaissance to the present.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on literary texts that address, reflect on, and construct a wide range of sexual identities. The course is particularly designed to introduce students to literary works from various genres, time periods, and cultures, with major emphasis on LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) identities.
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3.00 Credits
Literature and the Environment explores the vital relationship between literature and environmental values and examines how the earth's land and seascapes shape human attitudes toward non-human nature and, conversely, how human attitudes have shaped non-human nature.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines literature written by women across cultures and time periods. A thematic exploration of literature by women allows a cross-genre exploration of texts as well. The course may focus on poetry, novels, and short stories, as well as critical articles and/or excerpts of articles/books written by contemporary feminist theorists.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to Shakespeare's plays and poetry through an examination of his language, the cultural contexts of his time, and contemporary and modern instances of reception and performance.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to the writing of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and drama. Students will generate and revise rough drafts in each genre; learn the formal similarities and differences among them; read and discuss exemplary poems, prose, and plays; and further develop critical thinking and writing skills.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an exploration of how movies create meaning, audiences, and how they mirror and create the cultures of which they are a part. Readings of classic and popular film texts will form the foundation of the exploration.
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3.00 Credits
This course examines the several areas of language study: history of the language, phonology and morphology, grammars (traditional and modern), and contemporary American usage, dialects, lexicography and semantics.
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