Summer Calendar - St. Francis Xavier University

ONLINE SPRING COURSES DATES DESCRIPTIONENGL 298.66Selected Topics:Introduction to CreativeWriting: Short FictionCRN 14250A. SimpsonApril 24 - June 18 This course will introduce students to short fiction and give them apractical tool kit for developing their own short story writing.Students will through writing, reading and revising their ownwritten work, through critiquing the work of their peers andthrough reading and discussing aspects of short fiction. Throughoutthe course, the following subjects will be covered: planning andintroducing the story, developing rounded characters and writingeffective dialogue, developing plot and structure, considering thesignificance of setting and details, choosing point of view,considering the elements of fictional time, sharpening and clarifyinglanguage, ending the story, and revising it for stronger impact. Thecourse will run as a workshop, so student participation will beconstant throughout. As part of the application process studentsare asked to submit a sample of short fiction, double spaced(minimum two pages, maximum three pages). Each student is alsoasked to submit a cover letter explaining his or her interest in thecourse and mentions any fiction writing done to date. The letter,together with the writing sample, may be submitted as an e-mail (toasimpson@stfx.ca by April 16, 2012). Three credits. PrerequisiteENGL 100 or 110.ENGL 340A.66Shakespeare: NarrativePoems, Comedies andSonnetsCRN 14251J. PopeESCI 171.66Understanding the Earth ICRN 14252C. MurphyApril 24 - June 18April 24 - June 18This upper-level, three credit survey course on Shakespeare’s worksincludes the narrative poems, a representative selection ofcomedies, and the Sonnets. After an overview to the cultural,religious, and political environment of the late 16 th century inEngland, we proceed with a reading, discussion and analysis ofVenus and Adonis (1593), and the Rape of Lucrece (1594), beforewe launch into the Comedy of Errors (1594), followed by aMidsummer Night’s Dream (1594-1596), and As You Like It (1598-1600). The course concludes with a reading of the Sonnets.Prerequisite: ENGL 100 or ENGL 110. Three credits.This course explores the Earth around us, the processes that haveshaped the past and the present, and the implications for ourfuture. With an understanding of Earth's dynamic nature, we willcover topics on continental drift and plate tectonics, origins ofvolcanoes, earthquakes and mountains; and explore thecomposition and structure of solid Earth to its deep interior. Therelationship between the hydrosphere, (freshwater and ouroceans), and the geosphere, (solid Earth), will include discussionson ocean basin development, ocean water chemistry andcirculation, El Niño, the hydrologic cycle, and both surface andgroundwater resources. Three credits.18