CEA Course: English Language & Literature

ENG310 SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: THEORY & PRACTICE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

This course surveys current methodology in modern language teaching that best promotes language acquisition and introduces the psychological components governing human communication, language use, socio-linguistics and the cognitive processes involved in language learning. Prerequisites: One course in Education, English Language, Foreign Language, Communication, Linguistics, or equivalent. Language of Instruction: English. Credits: 3. Cross listed with EDU310.

ENG330 DANTE, PETRARCH & BOCCACCIO: LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION

An investigation of the literary and linguistic situation of fourteenth-century Italy, critically analyzing primary texts (in translation), exploring their relationship with art and musical expression, and experiencing the sights and sounds of Tuscany to reconstruct a complimentary image of the urban, theological and political contexts of medieval life in Florence. Additional fee applies. Credits: 3

ENG360 WRITER’S WORKSHOP: EXPATRIATE WRITING IN PARIS

This practical workshop in reading and creative writing explores both the past literary life of Paris and your literary response to living in and personally responding to this great city. You draw inspiration from what writers before you (James, Hemingway, Stein, Beach, Baldwin, etc.) have written about their own relationship with Paris so that you can develop a voice, style and technique of your own as a writer living in this City of Light. Prerequisite: two semesters of English composition. Credits: 3

ENG362 ITALY IN THE WORDS OF BRITISH & AMERICAN WRITERS

The focus of the course is on close analysis of selected narratives by British and American writers who traveled in and wrote about Italy. Students read the works of famous authors such as Byron, Forster, James, Twain, Wharton, and Hemingway, but also actively research and retrace their exact steps in order to explore at first hand the places and events, both real and imagined, that influenced them so greatly. Additional fee applies. Credits: 3

ENG363 THEATER OF POWER: STAGING REVOLT IN EUROPEAN DRAMA

Just as the art of politics has always been about show and spectacle, so too has the theater been a stage for political intrigue and conspiracy. Through a selected reading and viewing of 2000 years of playwriting and acting, this course analyzes the implicit (and often overt) tension between on-stage drama and the political status quo. Plays are explored in their historical, ideological, literary, aesthetic, philosophical and theatrical context. Prerequisite: two semesters of English composition. Credits: 3

ENG364 CONTEMPORARY IRISH LITERATURE

This course examines the works and lives of major Irish authors writing in English from the end of the 19th century to the present. You will be introduced to major topics and theoretical approaches relevant to your own writing and will be guided in the critical reading of key primary sources. Onsite lectures along with exhibitions and museum study excursions situate Irish literary life within the urban and cultural context of contemporary Dublin. Prerequisites: Two semesters of English composition. Credits: 3

ENG365 EXPLORING ITALY: THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL

This multidisciplinary course focuses on travel practices and literary representations of travel in Italy from the 18th century to the present, analyzing travel writing, fiction and related literature. Your own experience of Italian travel finds literary expression through articles you write and publish in local papers. Prerequisites: Two courses in English composition or literature. Language of instruction: English. Additional fees apply. Credits: 3

ENG366 TALES FROM THE PAMPAS: READING ARGENTINE LITERATURE

This course surveys major Argentine writers since 1800, situates them within distinct literary genres and traces the construction of modern Argentine literature they achieved. Views of foreign writers about Argentina will also be examined for a richer survey of Argentine literary life. Prerequisites: None. Language of instruction: English. Credits: 3.

ENG367 TRAVELERS, EXILES & TOURISTS: THE SEARCH FOR IDENTITY & SELF IN LITERARY & FILMIC EXPRESSION

This multidisciplinary course explores the meaning of foreign travel; the search for identity and self-awareness through exile; and literary and filmic expressions of cultural journey and coming of age through travel. Taught abroad, students analyze literary and visual texts, comparing them to their own experience, challenges, and expressions of overseas travel. Prerequisites: one course in English composition or literature or with the approval of the instructor. Language of instruction: English. Credits: 3