2010-11 Course Catalog - Century College

in RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of ‘C’ or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of ‘C’ or higher.An Introduction to African LiteratureENGL 2057 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 08Africa’s literary backdrop is as vibrant andvaried as the gamut of peoples, cultures,languages, and histories that make up theworld’s second largest continent. In this coursestudents will retrace the major developmentsof African literature from the oral to thewritten, thereby exploring the different themesand the diversely rich approaches used by thepractitioners of these different forms. From theepic of Shaka Zulu to the enthralling novels ofLinus Asong, African literature offers excitinginsights to the interplays of orality and literacy,of the ancient and the modern.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.Middle Eastern LiteratureENGL 2058 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 08This course, intended for all students, willanalyze and explore Middle Eastern literaturein the post-colonial era. It will examine majorrepresentative works of poetry, fiction anddrama written by well-known Middle Easternauthors representing a variety of MiddleEastern countries, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia,Algeria, Sudan, Lebanon, Palestine and Israel.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.Women in Literature: British & ColonialENGL 2061 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 08This college literature course intended for allstudents will discuss, analyze, and interpretworks written in English by women in Englandand the British Empire.Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1021 with agrade of “C” or higher.Women in Literature: AmericanENGL 2062 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 09This college literature course intended forall students will explore literature writtenby American women in their own distinctliterary tradition, perspectives, and themes.Works are considered as a reflection of theirtimes, including social, ethical, political, andeconomic conditions.Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1021 with agrade of “C” or higher.Women in Literature: World VoicesENGL 2063 3 CreditsMnTC: Goals 06 & 08This college literature course intended forall students will analyze and explore literaryworks by contemporary women writers fromsix major regions of the non-Western worldsuch as the Caribbean, Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia,and East Asia. Readings include translatedshort stories, poems, plays, and novels.Students are encouraged to better understandan increasingly interdependent world and beexposed to some intellectual and psychologicalchallenges posed by values and ways of lifethat are very different from their own.Prerequisite: Completion of ENGL 1021 with agrade of “C” or higher.Children’s LiteratureENGL 2071 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college course intended for all studentswill analyze and explore the literature writtenfor children. Students will explore the historyof children’s literature, children’s poetry,picture books, realistic and fantasy novels aswell as criteria for evaluating these works.Selections may include works by E. B. White,J. K. Rowling, Mildred Taylor, and ChristopherPaul Curtis.Prerequisite: Assessment score placement inRDNG 1000 or above, or completion of RDNG0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Graphic Narratives: Comics as LiteratureENGL 2072 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college literature course intended for allstudents will analyze and explore selectedgraphic novels and other comics. Students will7 Course Descriptionsstudy the literary and formal design elementsof the works selected and consider the uniquefeatures of this medium. Selections mayinclude works by Lynda Barry, Daniel Clowes,Will Eisner, Neil Gaiman, Scott McCloud, AlanMoore, Marjane Satrapi, and Art Spiegelman.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or higher, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.Short NovelENGL 2073 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college literature course intended for allstudents will analyze and explore selectedshort novels. Authors may include HenryJames, Conrad, Chopin, Wharton, JamesJoyce, or Faulkner.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.Science Fiction and FantasyENGL 2075 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college literature course intended forall students will analyze and explore sciencefiction and fantasy literature. Authors mayinclude Mary Shelley, H.G. Wells, AldousHuxley, Tolkien, and LeGuin.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.MysteryENGL 2077 3 CreditsMnTC: Goal 06This college literature course intended for allstudents will explore mystery literature. Themystery story may include works by Poe, ConanDoyle, Sayers, Chandler, and Hillerman.Prerequisite: Assessment score placementin RDNG 1000 or above, or completion ofRDNG 0090 with a grade of “C” or higher.Recommendation: Completion of ENGL 1021with a grade of “C” or higher.651.779.3300 145