The course will include screenings of a substantial number of films and film clips, readings, and essay exams. By the end of the course, students will have become familiar with major strategies and debates in feminist film criticism, as well as important developments in film and TV history. They will also produce an extended case study of a star of their choice. Previously taught as ENG 496. Read Malcolm X and Harry Potter while tutoring for credit at the school or community program of your choice.
Classes focus on fantasy and social justice, gender, visual culture, and youth violence.
Previously taught as ENG 410. Youth Literature and Service Learning. The ideal class will be an engaged intellectual dialogue between students and the professor through interpretations of the assigned texts. Authors may include Sui-Sin Far, Willa Cather, Meena Alexander. This course introduces students to popular sung narratives in the Anglo-American tradition with emphasis on the songs themselves and their modes of popular dissemination, both oral and printed.