The study of the formal strategies of poetry. Course includes reading, discussion, analysis and writing. The study of the formal strategies of novels and shorter fictional works. Course includes reading, discussion, analysis and writing. A survey of the history of film and the development of cinematic technique.
Course includes reading, viewing, discussing, analysis and writing.
This course surveys American writing focusing on distinctive authors and literary movements from the Civil War period up to the 20th century. This course surveys American writing focusing on distinctive individual authors and literary movements from the beginning of the 20th Century up to the present. Students explore the ways in which the culture of a particular time and place influences and is influenced by the literature of that time and place. May include, but is not limited to, service learning, original research, and travel abroad. Faculty sponsor approval required.