English Course Descriptions

This course builds on literacy practices by developing expository and argumentative writing, awareness of audience, purpose and appropriate and effective use of language, close reading, cogent thinking, research strategies, information literacy, and documentation. Students will critically read and write primarily expository and argumentative texts that respond to a variety of rhetorical situations and contexts and incorporate college-level research. (C-ID ENGL 100) Graded only.

This course concentrates on introducing students to a wealth of representative literary works from the major genres. 此外，该课程还培养了必要的基本技能 in literary analysis, namely critical reading, analytical writing, and research methods. Emphasis is placed on investigating and appreciating the cultural, historical, and aesthetic aspects of literary works chosen from at least four of the five literary genres. (C-ID ENGL 120). Graded only.  

本课程是通过学习介绍创意写作的技巧 并对知名作家和同行作家的作品进行分析. Students will practice 写作在各种体裁，并将介绍到车间方法. (C-ID ENGL 200). Graded only.  

This course is an introductory survey to the seminal works, genres and eras of the 中世纪早期以来不列颠群岛英语文学的发展 to the Renaissance and 17th century, to conclude with the Augustan literature of the 18th century. 它是专为学生寻求英国的入门调查 literature, its figures, and movements. Authors include Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Shakespeare, Swift, and others. (C-ID ENGL 160). Graded only.  

This course is an introductory survey of British literature's seminal works, genres, and movements, from the late 18th century to contemporary British and post-colonial texts. 它特别关注浪漫主义时期，维多利亚时代和 modern periods, and promotes understanding of the major works of these periods within their cultural and historical contexts. 专为学生寻求介绍 to British literature and its key figures, this course should supplement the literary 人文学科学生以及未来的英语专业学生的知识. Authors include 布莱克、华兹华斯、柯勒律治、奥斯汀、狄更斯等等. (C-ID ENGL 165). Graded only.  

This course offers instruction in argumentation and critical writing, critical thinking, analytical evaluation of texts, research strategies, information literacy, and proper documentation. (C-ID ENGL 105).

本课程主要研究美国文学的重要著作. S. Literature from the colonial 从19世纪下半叶开始. It will include the influence of European and other traditions and cultural backgrounds, as well as various political, social, economic, ecological, and geographical influences and implications 支撑、塑造和激励了美国人. Materials will come from a variety of genres. (C-ID ENGL 130). Graded only.  

This course will examine the nature and meaning of the narrative structure of film, 特别强调文学主题和元素的. Through the use of fictional, historical and technical readings, and an examination of a multi-genre range of classic and contemporary films' textual contexts, students will improve their analytical skills, 以及获得书面文字的动态更深入的了解 literary foundation of the cinema. Graded only.  

本课程主要研究美国文学的重要著作. S. Literature from the second half of the nineteenth century to present. 它将包括欧洲和 other traditions and cultural backgrounds, as well as various political, social, economic, ecological, and geographical influences and implications that have sustained, shaped, and inspired Americans. 材料将来自各种类型. (C-ID ENGL 135). Graded only.  

In this course students will study the contemporary poetry of various cultures, styles and literary movements. 重点放在加深学生的理解上 诗歌的历史和社会背景. Graded only.  

This course is an introductory survey of selected mythologies, including Greek, Hindu, Chinese, Biblical, Native American/Traditional, Mayan/Toltec/Aztec, European, African, and others. 重点是故事和宗教的文化重要性 围绕神话的仪式的重要性. The course will include readings 来自神话和关于神话的学术著作. The goal of this course is to produce 对神话的功能和力量的理解. Graded only.

This course introduces students to Shakespeare, his works, and his world through lecture, reading, projects, and discussion. 本课程分析具有代表性的悲剧， comedies, histories, and sonnets. Graded only.

This course examines representations of "queer" sexuality and identity in films and literary texts ranging from turn-of-the-century works that encode homosexuality in an assortment of ways to contemporary works that explore a variety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, ally and pansexual (LGBTQ+) identities. 本课程强调对同性恋的不同看法 and gender that may be found in twentieth-century film and literature, and highlights 自认为是LGBTQ+作者的文章是如何回应和贡献给U的.S. culture and history. Graded only.

Through a variety of short stories, novels and poems dealing with existential themes, this course will help the student explore the literary, psychological, philosophical 以及定义和为自己负责的神学含义 the quest for self-actualization. Graded only.

This course presents a comparative examination of films and literature that reflect 全球文化的丰富性和多样性. Images, voices, and ideas from a wide 国家的选择将是审美探究和理解的基础. Global cultures, as portrayed through film and literature, will be examined in terms of uniqueness and universality. Graded only.

本课程是对美国拉丁裔和拉丁裔作家的调查. The course will trace the origin of Latino works to the literature and culture of various Latin 美国的国家，然后它会展示拉丁文学是如何出现的 美国独特的艺术形式. All works will be studied within their 历史、政治、社会、性别、经济和地理背景. Graded only.

This course will examine a diverse selection of Native American literary texts from the eighteenth century to the present. 重点放在历史和文化上 背景，以及美国原住民撰写的文本如何对美国文学做出贡献.S. culture and history.

This course is an Honors level introduction to some of the world's great novels, poetry, 戏剧，散文，包括一些我们过去最古老的文本. The primary focus 会分析来自不同流派、时代和国家的完整作品吗. We will place the texts into context, ascertain what they say to the reader, and identify 作者用来传达信息的工具. Brief works of literary criticism will provide the basis for a wide range of critical approaches such as social, historical, 神话、性别、心理、文化等. Graded only.

This course is an honors level survey of important 20th- and 21st-century works of 文学作品由代表不同文化的不同作家组成. Short works of theory will provide the foundations for a postcolonial approach to contemporary 世界文学，但我们的主要重点将是阅读和分析完成 小说尽可能多地从不同的当代文化中暴露一些 the ways that identity, power, law, ethics, economics, and familial structures have been constructed and reconstructed through conflicts within and between these cultures. Graded only.

本课程培养学生对文学小说作为一种艺术形式的认识 the reading of short works of fiction and writing of exercises and complete stories. Emphasis is placed on the development of essential elements necessary for the writing of fiction and on the workshop format as a method for developing understanding and analysis of fiction. 为了帮助学生，作业是相互关联的 将他们正在练习的技巧融入难度越来越大的曲子中. Graded only.

在指导下研究学生所学专业的某一领域. Any student 有兴趣注册一个特殊研究课程，请联系全日制 不迟于最后一天到相应区域的讲师或主席/协调员 of the tenth week of instruction. 51-153 hours Independent Study. Students may enroll 在本课程中最多修3个单元，以完成本课程的全部课程.