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Eng 155: Introduction To Literary Studies, Joseph Donica
Eng 155: Introduction To Literary Studies, Joseph Donica
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An OER syllabus covering the ways humans have read and continue to read literature from a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives. An emphasis is placed on the application of critical thought to writing expository essays and responding to readings.
Engl 157: Great Works Of Global Literature, Scott R. Kapuscinski
Engl 157: Great Works Of Global Literature, Scott R. Kapuscinski
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Syllabus for a general education course bringing together celebrated texts by Joseph Conrad, Chinua Achebe, Bessie Head, and Marjane Satrapi. Survey of perspectives beginning during the "scramble for Africa" via Conrad, through postcolonial writers Achebe and Head, and finally making a connection via dehumanization to Orientalism and undoing monocultural presumptions in the near East through Satrapi's Persepolis.
Engl 110: College Writing (Comedy, Satire, & Persuasion), Scott R. Kapuscinski
Engl 110: College Writing (Comedy, Satire, & Persuasion), Scott R. Kapuscinski
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This syllabus provides a themed approach to Freshman composition. Students are tasked with composing three essays in three distinct styles. Student engagement is high through the use of student-sourced primary sources (funny videos from YouTube, etc.) and the emphasis on thesis building and critical thinking.
Section 1: Comedy & the thesis-based essay
Section 2: Satire & writing to persuade
Section 3: Satire in Art & independent research
Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia
Engl 130: Writing About Literature In English, Kimberley A. Garcia
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This Open and Free Educational Resource (OER) and Zero-Cost Syllabus outlines a set of course materials for English 130: Writing about Literature in English. The course materials provided (all open education resources) include both written and visual texts to accompany and encourage multimodal assignments. The materials provided address literary analysis or composition practices and are adaptable to specific topics or literary works. The course model presented consists of three units (literary analysis, rhetorical analysis & scholarly engagement, and independent research).
The Evidence Of Things Unseen: Art Archives And Harlem, William Gibbons, Ana Marjanovic
The Evidence Of Things Unseen: Art Archives And Harlem, William Gibbons, Ana Marjanovic
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The years between the collapse of Reconstruction and the end of World War I mark a pivotal moment in African American cultural production. Christened the “Post-Bellum-Pre-Harlem” era by the novelist Charles Chesnutt, these years look back to the antislavery movement and forward to the artistic output and racial self-consciousness of the Harlem Renaissance as “past is prologue.” The Evidence of Things Unseen: Art, Archives, and Harlem will examine the political, cultural and social forces that influenced and defined the Harlem Renaissance. In addition to class discussions of assigned readings, the course will function as a research workshop, providing support for …