Humanities Degrees

...that awaits us in this twenty-first century and beyond be like? And how do visions of that future reflect and respond to the world we live in... Learn about: Quality Training...

...James Baldwin, Andre Dubus, Anne Frank, Tim O'Brien, Flannery O'Connor, George Orwell, John Steinbeck, Amy Tan, Tobias Wolff, and Alice Walker... Learn about: Maya training...

...you will almost certainly work with people who speak more than one language, whose ancestry or origins are in a country other than the...

...Hispanic, Native American, and South-East Asian-American, and of mixed race. The texts include selections from Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior... Learn about: Communication Training...

...At Oxford, William Gager argued that drama allowed undergraduates "to try their voices and confirm their memories, and to frame their speech and conform it to convenient action"...

...We will examine Mary Shelley's reshaping of Milton's Paradise Lost, German fairy tales, tales of scientific discovery, and her husband's poems to make Frankenstein (1818...

...Some say we are living in era in which the essay is enjoying a renaissance; certainly essays, both short and long, are at present easier to get published... Learn about: Quality Training...

...James McBride and others, we will focus not on how multiracial people are seen or imagined by the dominant culture, but instead on how they represent themselves...

...persuasive, lyrical, or incantatory. We will read nonfiction prose works by a wide array of writers who have used language to negotiate and represent aspects... Learn about: Quality Training...

...1.5 hours / session This class will focus on the craft of the short story, which we will explore through reading great short stories, writers speaking about writing...

...There are weekly writing assignments, including some exercises in prosody. Sessions: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session This class teaches the understanding...

...In this class, we will explore this question, and from that base read articles, novels, write exercises and stories in this genre. Lectures / Workshops...

...We will look at how genres are divided into subgenres, and how they are combined into cross-genre work, always keeping in mind the Reader-Writer Contact...

...of writing craft as well as the particular problems of writing science fiction. The rest of the term is given to roundtable workshops on student's stories...

...solid storytelling in speculative fiction before we move on to how to translate those elements into various media. We will then explore how different presentations...

...The class analyzes the structure and evaluates the literary qualities of computer-based narratives including hypertexts, adventure games, and classic artificial...

...stories and games using simple authoring systems and multimedia software tools. Students present and constructively critique one another's work in progress...

...animation, code poems, interactive games, location-based poems using handheld devices, digital video and wikis. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session... Learn about: New Media...

...others explore conflicts between the pragmatic American impulse to impose order on unruly nature and the equally American inclination to enshrine the unaltered landscape...

...both to learn more about this genre and to inspire your own writing. This semester's reading centers on "The Dark Side," with essays ranging from Alan Lightman's...