Prerequisite(s): WRT 105A or WRT 106A with a final grade of C- or better. An introduction to various literary genres: poetry, drama and fiction. Specific syllabus at the discretion of the instructor. Emphasis on the literature of western Europe and the United States. Focus on literature and its relation to society. Satisfies SEEDS Literary and Artistic Analysis student learning outcome in alignment with Educated Citizenry value.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 107B, ENG 107A, WRT 107, WRT 108, or WRT 109 with a C- or higher. (Also AFS/WMS 222) Selected poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, and essays by African-American authors, with emphasis on literary excellence. Authors range from Phillis Wheatley to Frederich Douglas, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, and Ishmael Reed. Lecture, discussion.
Writing Intensive Aesthetic Appreciation. Selected works in English literature with emphasis on historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, including material from Beowulf to Boswell. Lecture and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a final grade of C- or better. Selected works in English literature with emphasis on historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, including material from Beowulf to Boswell. Lecture and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. Writing Intensive Aesthetic Appreciation. Selected works in English literature with emphasis on historical, cultural, and aesthetic values, including material from the romantic period to the Second World War. Lecture, discussion.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 107B, ENG 107A, WRT 108, or WRT 109 with a C- or higher. (Also AFS/WMS 222) Selected poetry, drama, fiction, autobiography, and essays by African-American authors, with emphasis on literary excellence. Authors range from Phillis Wheatley to Frederich Douglas, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Alice Walker, and Ishmael Reed. Lecture, discussion.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. (Also WMS-223WI) WRITING INTENSIVE Aesthetic Appreciation. This course focuses on literature in English written by women. We study themes and techniques common to the literature by women while studying the gender studies subjects they treat. From the late Middle Ages until the present, we examine texts that challenge beliefs of female inferiority, promote a women's perspective on gender and allow for discussion of self esteem, motherhood, privacy, and women's power.
(Also AFS/WMS 226) WRITING INTENSIVE. Varied works of literature that illustrate how different races, ethnic groups, genders, and classes view themselves and each will be studied. Included are works of Philip Roth, Mary Gordon, Ishmael Reed and Alice Walker.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. (Also REL-227) Selected poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction that explore such topics as faith, the nature and presence of God, death and immortality, spirituality, sin, and salvation. The course invites students to examine and reflect on the interrelationship of literary expression and a theological understanding of the world.
Survey of Latin American literature from the sixteenth century to the present. Emphasis is upon literary discourses that reflect and shape the diverse array of Latin American cultural identities throughout the region. (ALSO LAC 232)
Prerequisite: WRT 105/105A, WRT 106/106A, or WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. This course is designed as an intensive study in English grammar, punctuation, and usage. After reviewing the intricacies of English grammar, students will be required to apply their knowledge by revising and editing their own written work.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 109. This course, "Canonical Back Talk: Classic Plays and Contemporary Responses," explores the dynamic between Western canonical plays and their modern counterparts that "talk back" to them. We'll examine four key pairings: Sophocles' Oedipus the King with Luis Alfaro's Oedipus El Rey, Shakespeare's Hamlet with James Ijames' Fat Ham, Strindberg's Miss Julie with Yaël Farber's Mies Julie, and Brecht's Mother Courage with Lynn Nottage's Ruined. While we spend 3/4s of the semester exploring these pairings, the last 4 weeks of the course culminates in an immersive final project- a project that will heighten your aptitude for experiential learning. In this project, you'll select two connected plays, design a production approach (with costumes, scenic elements, music and blocking) highlighting their relationship, and perform scenes for friends, family, and community that demonstrate their thematic evolution. This experiential component directly bolsters your NACE career readiness skills: critical analysis as you interpret theatrical relationships, cultural literacy through understanding diverse perspectives, communication through articulating artistic choices in your written statement, project management as you bring your vision to life, adaptability in reimagining plays for new contexts, and research capabilities as you explore historical connections. Whether you're new to theater or have some experience, you'll develop valuable professional skills through this course. Satisfies SEEDS Creative Expression student learning outcome in alignment with Educated Citizenry and Engagement, Agency, and Leadership value.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. A study of the genre of poetry with emphasis on formal innovations and evolution of the art form. Focus will vary according to instructor's discretion. Formerly Modern Poetry.
(Also WMS 258) WRITING INTENSIVE. Spooky crumbling castles and things that go bump in the night are not all there is to gothic literature. This course examines the ways in which this literary genre delves into the human psyche to explore all the dark impulses that arise from the human soul. The course also looks at ways in which gender and sexuality figure into both the writing of this literature and the attitudes that it expresses. Students learn to examine fiction through a literary critical lens.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a minimum grade of C- or higher. Study of Caribbean literature with emphasis upon the oral and literary traditions of the English-speaking Caribbean. Consideration is also given to creole Caribbean languages and the ways in which they have shaped the development of Caribbean literatures and cultures. Satisfies SEEDS Analyzing Cultures and Societies student learning outcome in alignment with Diversity and Intercultural Competency value. Mutually Exclusive with LAC 264.
Writing Intensive Aesthetic Appreciation. An historical and cultural survey of major American figures of the 19th century, including new research on women and African-American figures. Writers may include Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson, Poe, Hawthorne and Frederick Douglass.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a minimum grade of C- or higher. An historical and cultural survey of major American figures of the 19th century, including new research on women and African-American figures. Writers may include Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Melville, Dickinson, Poe, Hawthorne and Frederick Douglass. Satisfies SEEDS Literary and Artistic Analysis student learning outcome in alignment with Educated Citizenry value.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107 with a final grade of C- or better. Writing Intensive Aesthetic Appreciation. A study of literature of the United States in the first half of the 20th century. Writers may include Faulkner, Cather, O'Neil, Elliot, Pound, Hughes, Hurston and Hemingway.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107, WRT 108, or WRT 109 with a final grade of C- or better. WRITING INTENSIVE, Aesthetic Appreciation. This course examines the relationship between literature, film, and theory. More specifically, it examines how literature and film can encapsulate crucial aspects of theoretical text, enriching and expanding our experience and understanding of it.
Prerequisite(s): WRT 108 or WRT 109 with a minimum grade of C- or higher and a 200-level literature course with a final grade of C or better, or the consent of the Instructor. Distinguished writers of African, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-Latin and African-American heritage. Emphasis is upon the theory and practice of diaspora and how it has shaped the literary voices of writers of African descent. (Also AFS 363WI)
Prerequisite(s): WRT 107, WRT 108, WRT 109, and a 200-level literature course. A capstone course for English majors in the Literature Concentration. Students will read the work of one major writer, or the work of 2- 3 related major writers whose works form a coherent field of study. Possible writers include Jane Austen, the Bronte Sisters, Willa Cather, Gabriel Gasrcia Marquez, Herman Melville, Toni Morrison. As topics change, this course may be repeated for credit.