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Poetry: A Study of a Literary Form

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:39:13 +0000

Poetry: A Study of a Literary Form examines a wide range of poetry, acquainting students with major poets and potentially minor ones. It provides a strong basis for reading, understanding, and writing about poetry and poetic form. Students become acquainted with various types of poems, such as the lyric, the sonnet, the elegy, the ballad, and many more. The course gives students a language and vocabulary, as well as critical, theoretical, social, and historical contexts, to read, analyze, and interpret poetry.

British Literature: 1800 to 21st Century

Suzanne Smith — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:38:24 +0000

British Literature: 1800 to the 21st Century surveys the major works of British literature from 1800 to the 21st Century, including poetry, fiction, essays, and drama. By reading closely and analyzing critically, students explore these texts in relation to their cultural, social, historical, political, and literary contexts.

American Literature: Civil War to Present

Suzanne Smith — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:37:47 +0000

American Literature: Civil War to the Present surveys the works of American literature from the Civil War period up to the 21st century, emphasizing themes that have contributed to the development of an American consciousness. Pre-Civil War text may be considered for context. Reading these works closely and analyzing them critically, students gain exposure to various literary periods and movements, seeing them through the lens of their cultural, social, historical, political, and aesthetic contexts.

British Literature: Middle Ages to 1800

Suzanne Smith — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:31:05 +0000

British Literature: Middle Ages to 1800 surveys the major works of British literature from its Anglo-Saxon origins to 1800, including poetry, fiction, essays, and drama. By reading closely and analyzing critically, students explore these texts in relation to their cultural, social, historical, political, and literary contexts.

Effective Fall 2024: This is a CCSNH Access course and will display on transcripts, count as credits attempted, and count towards the cumulative grade point average for all seven colleges; Great Bay, Lakes Region, Manchester, Nashua, NHTI, River Valley, and White Mountains. Students cannot receive credit for more than one of the CCSNH Access courses or equivalents, and the most recent course on the college transcript will be used in the cumulative grade point average (CGPA) calculation. For graduation residency purposes, only home campus Access courses will be used.

The Graphic Novel

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:29:30 +0000

Graphic novels, also known as comic books or sequential art, have come a long way since the first issue of Superman. This relatively new form of literature has exploded in popularity and increases daily in its variety and substance. The Graphic Novel explores different kinds of graphic novels (memoir, fantasy, adaptations, social critiques, and more) to illustrate how writers and illustrators weave words and images together to create meaning that transcends traditional genres and harnesses new modes of expression. Students broaden their knowledge and appreciation of the graphic novel and put their mind to creating one of their own.

Advanced Research Writing

Suzanne Smith — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:25:49 +0000

Advanced Research Writing builds upon the fundamental research skills acquired in ENGL101W. Students learn advanced research-writing strategies and effective rhetorical techniques used across the curriculum and within disciplines. Reading peer-reviewed, scholarly articles, primary and secondary sources, in-depth reports, and comprehensive studies, students acquire advanced research skills. Through analysis, evaluation, and synthesis, they develop competence in the art of rhetoric, persuasion, and argumentation. Unlike ENGL101W, which teaches MLA, this course teaches APA, a documentation style required for many degree programs. This course is highly recommended for students interested in pursuing a bachelor’s degree. (Prerequisite: ENGL101W)

Creative Writing Workshop

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:21:51 +0000

In Creative Writing Workshop, students learn and practice the skills, strategies, techniques, and features that form the basis for producing original, well-crafted works of creative writing. To improve the quality of their work, students receive constructive feedback from their peers and instructor. Students compose original works of art through exposure to genres and forms, including the short story, poetry, and drama. The course emphasizes the importance of literary elements, including character, plot, imagery, tone, theme, metaphor, and the like.

Media and Society

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:19:40 +0000

Media and Society is designed as a general analysis of the media: what influences content and how that content influences public decisions, society, and targeted audiences. It examines what impact our role as consumers of information has on the media. This course concentrates on news and information-media outlets, extending beyond traditional media institutions to include a variety of information sources made possible through the Internet, including social media. This course includes an historical perspective, looking at ways in which media outlets have changed and evolved from newspapers to radio and television broadcasting, to the Internet and social media.

Oral Communication

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:13:46 +0000

Through practice in speech preparation and presentation, students in Oral Communication gain confidence and poise in public speaking. Students orally present a variety of speeches through various delivery modes (including multimedia presentations) ranging in genre from relatively informal extemporaneous speeches to formal speeches, such as informative and persuasive speeches.

The Short Story

Cari Perreault — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:12:43 +0000

The Short Story presents the short story as a major literary genre and involves analytical readings and interpretations of early, modern, and contemporary fiction. It introduces the elements of short story (e.g., theme, plot, character, symbol, style) and offers a critical vocabulary to discuss the stories. These stories are read closely and critically from a literary perspective, as well as for the range of social, historical, political, and cultural perspectives they represent.

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