Core readings are based on several major units corresponding to significant periods of literary history. Presented with their historical setting and supplemented by numerous shorter pieces, these readings build on and extend students' awareness of their cultural tradition. The course provides instruction and practice in the writing of careful critical analyses of texts. This course considers the possibilities and limitations of aesthetic valuation of film. Films are studied intensively from the viewpoint of narrative technique, image, camera movement, sound, social ideology and historical significance.
Aesthetic impact is weighed against ethical issues.
Representative films studied are Renoir's Rules of the Game, Ford's The Searchers and Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will . Introduction to Professional Writing. It combines analysis and praxis in composing and executing various messages in formats including letters, memoranda, reports, proposals, and oral presentations. It also emphasizes audience analysis, organizational strategies and motivational appeals, style and language choice, format and appearance. Current issues include communication ethics, intercultural communication, electronic communication technologies in the workplace.