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131. Writing for Publication. An intro duction to the practice of writing for the print media, especially the daily press; methods of identifying topics and fashion ing articles fit for publication. The course develops students' skills at writing on a variety of everyday subjects. Staff 205. Literary Questions. This course pro vides students with an introduction to the theory and methodology of literary study by focusing on three questions: What is a literary text? How do we read a literary text? How do we write about a literary text? By considering the rhetorical, aes thetic, and ideological issues that deter mine literary value, students examine their assumptions about literature. Staff 210. English Literature I. A survey of lit erature from Beowulf to Milton; major writ ers, movements, and forms are viewed in their historical contexts. Normally closed to seniors. Staff 211. English Literature II. A survey of lit erature, chiefly poetry, from the Restora tion through the nineteenth century; major writers, movements, and forms are viewed in their historical contexts. Nor mally closed to seniors. Staff 212. American Literature and Its Back grounds. A study of American prose and poetry from the colonial period to the ear ly twentieth century. Normally closed to seniors. S taff 213. Modern and Postmodern American Literature. This course introduces stu dents to poetry and prose by representa tive writers of American modernism and by others who contributed diversity and multiple perspectives to twentieth-century American literature. Normally closed to seniors. Staff 215. Science Fiction: The Shape of the Future. Introduces students to imagina tive depictions of the future, particularly those that envision and evaluate the possi ble consequences of modern technological achievements and scientific theories. Some ENGLISH attention given to the literary imagination or Utopian visions of scientists such as Ba con and Darwin, but the course focuses on imaginative literature. Ms. Byrd 216. Film and Literature. Through a com parative study of films based on highly re garded plays and novels, as well as a number of autonomous films, the course seeks to define both the affinities and the distinctive capacities of the two art forms. Mr. Martin 217. Madness in Literature. As a way in which writers have explored the bound aries between the imaginary and the real, madness has been a frequent subject of se rious literature over the centuries. The course analyzes "mad" characters in nov els, plays, short stories, poems, and films. Staff 219. Literary Women. This course ex plores the insights offered by literature by and about women in the context of certain concerns for instance, self-discovery and self-definition, the relationship between the individual and society, and the influ ence of social and political structures on the artist. Ms. Byrd, Ms. Upton 220. Satire and the Comic Absurd. An ex ploration of comic and satiric traditions from the earliest times to the present, with some emphasis on modern and contempo rary texts and on authors influenced by the Theater of the Absurd. Mr. Woottey 223. Plays in Performance: Stage and Film. This course compares stage and screen productions of selected plays. Stu dents read scripts and, through in- and out-of-class screenings and live perfor mances, examine different realizations of each script. This performance approach addresses questions of interpretation and adaptation in the context of historical cir cumstances and the artistic demands of lit erature, stage, and screen. Mr. O'Neill, Mr. Smith 225. Contemporary Fiction. An encoun ter with fiction of the last decade and with 105
ENGLISH social, philosophical, and literary ques tions raised both by the texts themselves and by the activity of reading. Ms. Blake, Mr. Smith 227. Introduction to Theater. Using analy tical and hands-on approaches, this course introduces students to significant dramatic texts and to the principal craft areas in thea ter. Readings include plays from different eras of theater history; projects involve act ing, directing, and design. There are lec tures, discussions, visits from outside thea ter professionals, and writing assignments. Mr. O'Neill, Ms. Westfall 228. American-Jewish Literature. A course exploring American-Jewish litera ture's roots in Eastern European and Sephardic traditions, its place in the American literary canon, and its relation to international Jewish writings. Readings from Anzia Yezierska, I. B. Singer, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Philip Roth, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Levine, Tillie Olsen, and others. Guest speakers, films, and supplementary nonfiction works provide historical, philosophical, religious, and political background. Staff 235. Literature and Human Experience. An examination of a significant social or cultural problem as reflected in literary texts. Topics vary from semester to semes ter and will be announced during the reg istration period. May be taken more than once with different content. Staff 240. Introduction to the Study of Film. An introductory course designed to devel op basic analytical skills for the study of film. Students learn the technical and crit ical vocabulary of film studies and work with films representing a variety of styles, genres, and periods. Readings help stu dents to develop a practical understand ing of how movies work and a range of critical approaches to the study of film. Lecture/screening. Mr. Rotella 246. Black Writers. An introduction to black American writers, the course ex poses students to a variety of genres, to 106 diverse reading strategies, to the social and historical roots of African-American experience, and to the interplay between classic texts and popular media. Ms. Blake, Mr. Washington, Mr. Smith 250. Advanced Writing. Intensive practice in a variety of approaches to the writing of nonfiction, with emphasis on exposition. Allied readings. [W] Ms. Falbo 255. Creative Writing. Intensive work shops in the writing of poetry and fiction. Writing exercises and allied readings. Pre requisite: permission of instructor. [W] Ms. Upton 300. Chaucer. A study of The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde and an intro duction to the language and culture of me dieval England. Prerequisite: English 205, 210, 211, or 212, or permission of instruc tor. [W] Ms. Van Dyke 301,302. Shakespeare. An introduction to Shakespeare a study of representative plays and nondramatic works in the light of our knowledge of Elizabethan life and thought. Prerequisite: English 205, 210, 211, or 212, or permission of instructor. [W] Mr. Smith 303. British Writers. A study of one, two, or three British or Irish writers in some depth (for instance, Yeats/Joyce, Keats/ Shelley, Dickens/Woolf)- Prerequisite: English 205,210,211, or 212, or permission of instructor. [W] Staff 304. American Writers. A study of one, two, or three American writers in some depth (for instance, Hemingway/ Faulkner, Twain/James). Prerequisite: English 205, 210, 211, or 212, or permission of instructor. [W] Staff 320. The English Language. An introduc tion to linguistics, with a focus on English and its development from the beginning to the present. Prerequisite: English 205, 210, 211, or 212, or permission of instruc tor. [W] Ms. Van Dyke
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