2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

talk, slang, swearing, etc.) and linguistic imperialism.Looks at the ways in which languageshapes and is shaped by society and individualidentity. Looks at the implications of sociolinguistictheory on the teaching of both first andsecond languages and the role of the Englishfor Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) specialistas an advocate for immigrant childrenand their families. Students are required toundertake some original data collection andanalysis. Springs. Last offering Spring 2008.(QUAN)(QRCO)EN 3030 Practicum inPublication3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Practical applicationof the theories and techniques studied inJournalism and/or Creative Writing. Studentswork on campus-based publications such asThe Clock and Centripetal at tasks rangingfrom writing and reporting to copy-editing andlayout. May be repeated for up to six creditswhen students work in a different role or at adifferent publication. Pass/No Pass. Springs.Prerequisite(s): (EN 2700 or EN 3670) and permissionof the instructor.EN 3090 Technical Communication 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on technicalcommunication for business, science,social science, government and the professions.Topics include designing communication forspecific audiences; writing proposals, reportsand instructions; exploring the ways technologyis used as both a medium and a subjectof technical communication; exploring variousforms and media of professional writing.Important for people interested in professionalwriting. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): EN1200. (TECO)EN 3100 Fiction Workshop 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on theprocess of imaginative writing. Instructionis guided by the students’ individual interests,strengths and needs. While the principal, traditionalforms of fictional narrative writing areexplored, including the sketch, the short story,novella and novel, students are encouragedto discover and reflect their voice in the formmost suitable. Experimentation is encouragedin both conventional and divergent narrativemodes. Springs. Prerequisite(s): EN 2700.EN 3120 Advanced Composition 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on thedevelopment of clarity, force and fluency,especially in the writing of expository, criticaland argumentative prose. Falls and Springs.Prerequisite(s): EN 1200.EN 3130 Non-Fiction Workshop 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on theanalysis and writing of nonfiction. Topicsmay vary from semester to semester. Falls.Prerequisite(s): EN 1200.EN 3140 Poetry Workshop 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses onthe analysis and writing of poetry. Falls.Prerequisite(s): EN 2700.EN 3260 Fiction into Film 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature/Film. Focuseson reading novels and short stories and viewingfilms made from them, focusing on thepotentialities and limitations of each art form.Spring of even years.EN 3270 Gothic Fiction 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses onGothic Fiction from the 18th C. to the present.Emphasis on the techniques and themesused to evoke the realm of the irrational andthe nightmarish terrors that lie beneath theorderly surface of the civilized mind. Fall ofeven years.EN 3280 Drama into Film 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature/Film. Focuseson reading plays and viewing films made fromthem and on the potentialities and limitationsof each art form. Spring of odd years.EN 3290 Postcolonial Literature 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses on representativeworks by some of the major writersfrom modern postcolonial countries, includingthose located in Africa, India, South andCentral America and the South Pacific. Fallof even years.EN 3300 The Craft of Screenwriting:Reading and WritingScreenplays3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing/Film. Students readand analyze a number of critically acclaimedscreenplays, watch the filmed versions of thosescreenplays and then begin writing their own,focusing primarily on a few specific types ofscenes. The second half of the class will essentiallybe run as a workshop, with student scenesbeing read and critiqued by class members.Fall of even years. Prerequisite(s): EN 2610.EN 3350 Lost Generation[s]: Voices ofAmerican CountercultureMovements3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Explores thevoices of four major waves of lost generationwriters: those of the original Lost Generationof the 1920’s; those of the Beat Generation ofthe 1950’s; those of the Hippie/Woodstockgeneration of the 1960’s; and those of the(Punk Rock) “Blank Generation” of the late1970’s-early 1980’s. Attempts to uncover thematicsimilarities among the works. Exploresthe styles and tones of the writers and artistsinvolved. Ends by seeking out our newestpotential voices of further “lost generations.”Fall of odd years.EN 3370 Canadian Literature 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses on representativeCanadian literary works, chieflyfrom the 20th century. Fall of odd years.EN 3450 Women Writers 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses on writingby women. Authors vary for each offering.Spring of odd years.EN 3510 Currents in GlobalLiterature3 creditsFocuses on global literature. Centers on a particulartheme of the instructor’s choosing andinvestigates how this theme interacts with thehistorical events and literary trends. Springs.(GACO)EN 3560 Genre3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses on oneof the major literary genres (drama, poetry, thenovel, the short story and the essay), offeredon a rotating basis. Repeatable with differentgenre. Fall of odd years.EN 3570 Topics in Film 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Film. Topics in film studies.May be repeated for credit with a different topic.Falls. Prerequisite(s): EN 2610.EN 3590 The Filmmaker’s Vision: AnIntroduction to FilmAnalysis3 creditsAdvanced Study in Film. Studies film as anart - parallel to poetry or painting or music.Analyzes the means by which good filmmakersmove audiences to feel, to think, to experiencecertain aspects of life and becomes familiarwith film art (particularly the roles playedin that art by the director, the editor and thecinematographer). Stresses the humanisticqualities of the film experience and how it canconnect to our own “real life” personal experiences.Spring of even years. Prerequisite(s):EN 2610.EN 3600 The Power of the Pen:Connections Between Writingand Wellness 3 creditsAn appreciation for the healing power of writingis as old as writing itself. Whether one readsor writes, the benefits for spiritual, social, intellectualand emotional health are enormous.The writing might be a journal or poetry; onemight write an angry letter, to a newspaper oran acquaintance, and then find that the veryact of writing has moved one to a new placeCoursesPlymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008 261