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Course Descriptions
ENG201 Shakespeare
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course is an introduction to Shakespeare’s early
dramatic literature with an emphasis on the timelessness
of his ideas and themes, the formal demands of drama,
and the development of the artist. The plays for this term
are drawn from early histories and comedies.
ENG202 Shakespeare
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course is an introduction to Shakespeare’s
middle period, with an emphasis on the timelessness of
his ideas and themes, the formal demands of drama, and
the development of the artist. The plays for this term are
drawn from middle comedies and tragedies.
ENG203 Shakespeare
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course is an introduction to the dramatic
literature of Shakespeare’s later period with an emphasis
on the timelessness of his ideas and themes, the formal
demands of drama, and the development of the artist.
The plays for this term are drawn from the later
comedies, tragedies and romances.
ENG204 Survey of English Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course discusses the literary documents and
authors of the British Isles from Anglo-Saxon beginnings
through the sixteenth century. It will also treat the
surviving Celtic materials and their influence on British
literature. The study will focus on, but is not necessarily
limited to, characteristic works and major figures of
the period.
ENG205 Survey of English Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course discusses the literary documents and
authors of the British Isles from the sixteenth century
through the early nineteenth century. The study will focus
on characteristic works and major figures of the period.
ENG206 Survey of English Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course discusses the literary documents and
authors of the British Isles of the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries and the historic context.
ENG240 Native American Literature -
Criticism and Genre
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course is designed to 1) introduce students to
important statements and authors and their works;
2) present these works in a historical and culturally
specific context and link context to changes in a genre;
3) encourage students to trace themes of race, war,
holocaust, Imperialism, generational responsibility,
ecologies, class, power, and gender in literature by
Native American authors; 4) deepen students'
appreciation and understanding of significant
contributions to American life; 5) introduce students to
the persistence of folk arts, Native American cultural
losses and cultural "recoveries," myths, and historical
movements; 6) guide students in explorations of the role
of "race," identity, and voice as discovered and
represented in literary texts; 7) encourage students to
define in critical terms "culture," "aesthetics," and
"university"; 8) introduce student discussions about
self-identity and the creative process.
ENG253 Survey of American Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Introduction to the development of American
Literature from the colonial beginnings through the
Romantic period. Special attention is given to helping
students develop a sense of what is "American" in
literature and thought.
ENG254 Survey of American Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Introduction to the development of American Literature in
the middle and latter parts of the nineteenth century (late
Romanticism, Realism and Naturalism). Special attention
is given to helping students develop a sense of what is
"American" in literature and thought.
ENG255 Survey of American Literature
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Introduction to the development of American Literature of
the twentieth century. Special attention is given to helping
students develop a sense of what is "American" in
literature and thought.
Southwestern Oregon Community College 2006-07 Catalog www.socc.edu Course Descriptions 183