In addition, the course examines the period as a forerunner of the Black Awareness Movement of the 1960s. Genres include histories, journals, essays, Native American legends, captivity narratives, slave narratives, short fiction, the novel, and lyric poetry. Genres include essays, short fiction, drama, poetry, and the novel. Instruction and practice in the writing of drama, including planning scenarios, presenting scenes in class workshops and drafting a play, with emphasis on critiquing of student's work by instructor and peers. Particular attention is given to the way literature is adapted into film and the way such adaptations produce different results with similar content.
Students attend weekly staff meetings and edit and publish the quarterly magazine.
Enrollment is by permission of instructor only. Does not fulfill the publications practicum for journalism and public relations majors. Emphasizes literary and cultural history and developing literary styles. 5 hrs Readings in British literature from the Restoration through the Romantic and Victorian Eras. Emphasizes developments in Neoclassical verse and satire, in Romantic and Victorian verse, in literary prose, and the novel.