Literature Degrees in the USA

...Every student will be required to finish three pieces of fiction at the end of the class. All work produced for this class will be collected into a portfolio...

...The syllabus makes clear just what aspects of these poems are to be imitated but as students work from the inside they have considerable latitude...

...Novella length is considered long form in this class. This class requires a lot of reading. Fantasy as a genre is skewed heavily towards the novel...

...at any stage until the end can interrupt the process. I want to encourage you to write, to take risks, to rewrite freely, and to be willing to experiment...

...Included in this type of assignment will be not only writing exercises, but world building as well. Students will be required to prepare critiques for workshop...

...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...

...Knowledge of programming is helpful but not necessary. Lectures: 1 session / week, 3 hours / session The contemporary understanding of communication...

...of electronic stories and games using simple authoring systems and multimedia software tools. Students present and constructively critique one another's...

...Non-digital experimental art that has influenced new media poetry will also be discussed each week. Trips to the MIT List Visual Gallery and other Boston-area... Learn about: New Media...

...I think that you will find most of the assigned reading material engaging and much of it enlightening. I suspect that, occasionally, you will find an individual...

...There are no tests in this class. The quality of your writing will be the primary criterion for your semester grade. I'll also take into consideration effort and improvement...

...Starred entries appear in the calendar and everyone should read them. Others are recommended and may be useful in preparing final projects. Don't...

...The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 6. ISBN: 9780312282998. Wertham, Fredric. Excerpt from Seduction of the Innocent...

...Don't show me this again This is one of over 2,200 courses on OCW. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. MIT OpenCourseWare...

...no. 2 (1975): 175–94. "Scene In" (4 episodes). WashingtonPost.Com. Web video series. Heath, Chris. "18 Tigers, 17 Lions, 8 Bears, 3 Cougars...

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...The now burgeoning rational choice literature on legislatures, bureaucracies, courts, and elections constitutes the chief focus. Some focus will be placed... Learn about: Political Institutions...

...the intertextuality between these genres — how poetry blends into narrative, how fiction becomes drama, and drama inspires fiction. Through reading these...

...all information obtained from sources outside the classroom must be clearly stated in all written work submitted and in all oral presentations... Learn about: Communication Training...

...concerned with the relationship between art and war in a diverse selection of works. Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. Penguin. Shelley,...