3 credits Writing expository and argumentative prose is the focus of this course. Students read and discuss prose essays which present significant issues and respond to them in scholarly form and language. Specific projects include writing a research paper and reading, discussing, and writing about a 20th century novel. Offered fall semester. This course presents masterpieces in each of these forms which students read, discuss, and write about in their journals and in critical essays.
Some research is required.
Offered spring semester. Special attention is given to the roles of silence, complicity, and personal responsibility. Students complete a three-part project in which they investigate an aspect of the Holocaust. Guest speakers and films complement the material. Literary Voyages Honors 3 credits Exploration of the theme of the voyage as presented in selected literary works representing various cultural perspectives, using Homer s The Odyssey as the archetypal voyage poem.