2006-2008 HBU Catalog - Houston Baptist University

ENGL 3332 American Literature IIPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.This course examines American literary trends after the Civil War, including Realism,Naturalism, and Modernism. Writers under consideration include Twain, S. Crane, Frost,Stevens, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. For English majors or by permissionof the instructor.ENGL 3334 Literature and Culture of the SouthwestPrerequisites: 1313 and 1323.The course addresses the way the American West has shaped American culture andpopular culture. It examines the Frontier Myth, Manifest Destiny, Regeneration throughViolence, America’s cowboy archetype, the “savage” archetype, and the Americandream. Students read literature written by authors from a variety of cultures, includingAnglo, Mexican-American, and Native American. Students view television showsand films to examine how popular culture has created and enforced stereotypes. Thecourse is designed for non-majors seeking upper level elective credit or to fulfill SmithCollege requirements..ENGL 3335 African American Literature IPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.The study of African American literature from the period of slavery to 1900. Includespoetry, folk tales, gospels, spirituals, slave narratives, and essays..ENGL 3336 African American Literature IIPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323The study of 20th century African American literature, beginning with Booker T.Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. Also includes the Harlem Renaissance, Black ArtsMovement of the 1960’s, and the study of representative novels of the century..ENGL 3338 War in LiteraturePrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.This course acquaints students with the representation of war in fiction and film. Studyincludes selected literature, films, and documentaries on the Civil War, World War I,World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War..ENGL 3342 Women’s LiteraturePrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323.This course acquaints students with literature by and about women from the medievalperiod to the present. Through the study of various literary genres, students willlearn that the issues that concern women transcend time, place, race, religion, andethnicity.ENGL 3363 Film StudiesPrerequisites: ENGL 1313 and 1323 or their equivalents.An introduction to the art of film. Students are provided with a methodology anda vocabulary for understanding film and are encouraged to consider how differentdirectors guide and shape our perceptions of reality, how different genres generatetheir own unique vision of the world and of humanity, how the multi-media aspectsof film affect us as viewers, how film provides us with a record of cultural valuesand cultural change, and how screen writers, actors, directors, and cinematographerstranslate literary genres into visual terms. This course may not be used as a Humanitiesselection in the Smith College requirements. It may be used for elective credit.272 / Courses