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RH 131 Freshman Composition |
Pre: None |
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Examines selected pieces of writing which are used
as models for student composition. Emphasizes the
use of evidence and methods of argumentation.
Required of all students. (May not be counted for an
Area Minor in Language and Literature.) |
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RH 132 Creative Writing |
Pre: None |
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Encourages student experimentation with various
forms of fiction such as parables, poems, short
stories, plays, etc. Stresses development of student
creativity. |
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RH 230 Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
Pre: None |
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Examines the thought processes necessary to organize
speech content. Analyzes components of effective
delivery and language. (May not be counted for an
Area Minor in Language and Literature.) |
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RH 239 The Film |
Pre: None |
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Studies major cinematic devices--narrative,
camerawork, editing, staging, sound, and
acting--through which films communicate. Examines
ideology implicit in films. |
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RH 330 Technical Communication |
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Pre:
Junior class standing or consent of instructor |
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Discusses the preparation and presentation of
engineering reports, both oral and written. (May not
be counted for an area minor in Language and
Literature.) |
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RH 331 Contemporary Issues and Writing |
Pre:
None |
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Stresses practice in various forms of exposition,
including emphasis on rhetorical theory and
persuasion techniques.
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RH 332 Horror Literature |
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None |
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Examines the history, theory, causes, elements,
terminology, and reader reception of horror
literature. Texts include works by authors from
various literary periods and cultures. |
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RH 431 History of the American Novel |
Pre: None |
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Studies the novel form in America from its early
examples into the twentieth-century. Emphasizes
influential novels such as Stowe's Uncle Tom's
Cabin, Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and
Lewis' Babbitt, placing more recent novels into this
historical context. |
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RH 434 The Mystery Novel |
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None |
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Examines the genre of mystery writing and the
variety of topics, themes, authors, and issues
inherent in this form. Emphasizes the process of
critical thinking and problem solving. |
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GL 237 Science Fiction
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Pre:
None |
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Analyzes literary techniques used for displacing
historical reality into cross-cultural perspective
to create science fiction. Emphasizes science
fiction's humanistic usefulness in examining human
values from an "extra-species, extra-terrestrial"
perspective and in assessing the effects of
technology on varieties of belief structures and
social institutions. |
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GL 334 Utopian Thought and Literature |
Pre:
None |
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Studies varieties of utopian thought from a
cross-cultural perspective. |
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GL 437 Japanese Society Through Film
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Pre:
None |
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Discusses Japanese society and values through
selected films. Covers filmmakers such as Kurosawa,
Mizoguchi, and Ozu.
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SL 232 Major American Writers |
Pre: None |
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Covers
a broad range of American wirters, including
Franklin, Melville, Hawthorn, Twain, Hemingway,
Faulkner, placed against the historical backgrounds
of their times. |
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SL 332 History of Folk and Fairy Tales
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Pre: None |
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Studies the fairy tale as a literary genre and as an
artifact of humanity's "psychic history." Discusses
a variety of approaches by analyzing motifs, themes,
language, cultural differences, and aspects of
intertextuality. Also explores how the tales reflect
individuation and social integration. Readings
include primary texts and fairy tale scholarship of
different disciplines. |
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SL 333 Death and Dying
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Pre: None |
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Studies how Americans and the American society view
death and dying as reflected in works of fiction and
non-fiction. Topics include stages of dying, hospice
care, euthanasia, and funerals. Presentations by
health care professionals. |
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SL 334 Literature of War
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Pre: None |
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Examines the influence of military engagements on
individual writers. Analyzes literary works as
responses to the cultural, psychological and social
impacts of war. |
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SL 335 Shakespeare |
Pre: None |
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Studies Shakespeare's histories, comedies, and
tragedies, with close textual reading of selected
plays. Encourages understanding of Shakespeare's
England and his development as a dramatist. |
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SL 337 Modern Southern Fiction |
Pre: None |
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Examines the major writers of the American South
(both the modern and contemporary periods).
Emphasizes recurrent social themes and fictional
methods of such writers as Faulkner, Warren, Welty,
and O'Connor. |
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SL 432 Literature from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages |
Pre: None |
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Studies fictional and non-fictional literature from
the beginning of Western civilization through the
Middle Ages. Analyzes how these works reflect the
thought and social structures of their times and how
they have continued to influence all aspects of
Western culture. |
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VA 134 Popular Literature |
Pre: None |
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Considers works written specifically for mass
consumption such as detective stories, fantasy
fiction, Westerns, and best sellers. |
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VA 334 American Film Comedy |
Pre: None |
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Studies film comedy from the silents of Max Sennett,
through the period of Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd to
the present. |
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VA 336 Ethics in Human Communication |
Pre: None |
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Examines the interconnection between ethics and
rhetoric by studying such topics as (1) persuasion
versus propaganda, (2) manipulation and distortion
through language, (3) manifestations of prejudice
(racism and sexism), (4) language of intimidation
and oppression, (5) dehumanizing communication, (6)
political and commercial doublespeak, and (7) the
content and effectiveness of professional codes for
ethical communication. |
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VA 337 Twentieth-Century American Novel |
Pre: None |
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Studies such American writers as Fitzgerald,
Steinbeck, Wright, Salinger, Heller, Kesey, and
Alice Walker. Examines the themes and issues
addressed in different decades and from different
perspectives. |
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VA 433 Continental Literature: 1500 Through Present |
Pre: None |
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Studies fictional and non-fictional Continental
European literature from the 15th century to the
present. Analyzes how these works have influenced
Western culture, mirrored thought and social
structures for the last 500 years and deal with
contemporary problems and values. |
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VA 435 Seminar in Literature |
Pre: None |
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Studies selected topics (e.g., Tragedy) or periods
(e.g., Romantic) or authors (e.g., Mark Twain) or
genres (e.g., Satire). Stresses research and
critical writing. Designed primarily for students
electing the area minor in Language and Literature. |
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VA 436 Reinterpretation of Literary Themes |
Pre: None |
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Examines pieces of literature which rework the
themes, characters and/or plots of other works. Such
pairings as Beowulf/Grendel and Hamlet/Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern are Dead show how different authors
from different times and culture reinterpret earlier
works in their own way. |
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XX 438 Topics in Film 4R-0L-4C |
Pre: None |
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Studies film of a particular period or country, a
genre, a director, or other topic in depth. |
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XX 439 Directed Study in Language and Literature |
Pre: None |
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Studies an area or topic selected by the instructor
and student(s). |
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