COURSE DESCRIPTION: Each week, mostly on that other sunnier coast, writers gather and get paid to trade jokes (on sitcoms) and introduce exciting plot twists and tension (on one-hour dramas) all in the pursuit of bringing ...

COURSE DESCRIPTION Who decides what texts mean? Are some interpretations better than others? Does the author’s intention matter? How does language work? In this foundational course, we will study texts of the culture ...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is an advanced course for those who have taken introductory creative writing and want to continue to improve their skills in writing fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.¶ COURSE ...

OVERVIEW: In this course we first consider the thorny question: What Is (and Is Not) Jewish American literature? Each word – Jewish, American, and literature – invites a series of further questions. As the scholar Hana ...

Who decides what texts mean? Why are some interpretations better than others? How much does the author’s intention matter? How does language generate meaning? In this foundational course, we will study a variety of texts, ...

This is a course about the short story as a literary form with a focus on short stories from around the world. We will acquire a technical vocabulary for discussing how short stories are made and how they can be interpreted. ...

In this course we will study examples of women writing about their lives and practice writing our own autobiographical narratives. The goal of the course is two-fold: first, we will examine the characteristics of the memoir ...

Goals of the Course:¶ The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the developments in British literature between 1660 and 1870. We will of course only have time for a small sample of writings from these years, ...

Goals of the Course:¶ The goal of this course is to familiarize students with the functions and workings of fiction. To aid us in this we are turning to the branch of knowledge known as narratology. Narratology studies ...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class will explore the various assumptions and protocols of academic writing. Academic writing is your passport to success, both within the academy and in much of the professional world. It is a ...