Students receive intensive practice in the analysis of grammar and syntax. Variety in dialects and in audience expectation is addressed as well as repeated drill in recognizing the most common deviations from written and spoken Standard English. Some emphasis is placed on punctuation and spelling. Oral skills and interview skills are also studied. An introduction to literature.
Emphasis is placed on developing skill in analytical writing about literature.
Topics are announced in the semester schedule. May be repeated when topics vary. This course studies the diversity of women s experiences, cultural heritage, racial identification, geographical background, sexual identity, religious practice, and class privilege as they are presented in the fiction, nonfiction, poetry and plays of both western and nonwestern authors. Students should develop an understanding of the history of women s literary traditions and of the significant writers from each period. This study of children s literature surveys the field from traditional origins to modern times.