Summer 2009 LTWR Course Offerings
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While LTWR summer courses have usually been GE courses, this summer we are offering two core courses and two GE courses: a chance to meet a number of requirements at a more convenient time of year and in a compressed format. Two courses will be face-to-face/online hybrids. Read on!

• LTWR 100:    Introduction to Literature - Summer Session 1 (May 30-July 7)
• LTWR 308B:  English Literature II - Summer Session 1 (May 30-July 7)
  
  
• LTWR 309A:  Early U.S. Literature - Summer Session 2 (July 8-August 15)
• LTWR 320:    Sacred Texts - Summer Session 2 (July 8-August 15)

LTWR 100 Introduction to Literature
CRN 30020
Sandra Doller

HYBRID Online & In-Person class
Session I (May 30 - July 7): MoWeFr 08:00-11:00, Markstein Hall 101 (MH 101)

Course Description:

With a focus on the HOW and the WHY of literary production, students in this course will read a variety of genres and cross-genres, from a variety of time periods, with special attention to borders—between modes of verbal expression, between places, between self and other, etc. Deploying several methods, including close reading, creative imitation, and analytical response, we will enter into the ever-evolving discussion of what literature is for, why we turn to literature in our lives, what sorts of communities are formed when we read literature, and what literature can do. Together we will focus on the constructed-ness of verbal art works, much as we look at the ways other forms of art are made. To this end, we will read both widely and deeply, and we will write frequently. Authors will be representative of our collective diversity and may include William Carlos Williams, Sappho, Suzan-Lori Parks, Raymond Queneau, Gloria Anzaldua, Emily Dickinson, Tim O’Brien, Edgar Allen Poe, and more.
 
As a “hybrid” course, some of our class meetings will be online, and some will be in person (f2f). Most assignments will be turned in online, and students are expected to have consistent access to and familiarity with WebCT.
 
LTWR 100 satisfies a lower division “preparation for the major” requirement and is required for the LTWR minor.

contact: sdoller@csusm.edu

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to see how often this course is offered.

LTWR 308B English Literature II
CRN 30021
Martha Stoddard Holmes

HYBRID Online & In-Person class
Session I (May 30 - July 7): MoWeFr 12:00-15:00, Markstein Hall 101 (MH 101)

Course Description:

In this course, we’ll read, discuss, and write about important British Romantic, Victorian, and Modern literary works, tracing significant themes, forms, techniques, aesthetic theories, and historical contexts. Readings will include poetry, nonfiction prose, drama, and short fiction. While I have ordered the Broadview Anthology of British Literature, Concise Edition, Volume B as our course text, you may alternately use e-texts or a Norton Anthology of English Literature that covers Romanticism through the present.

LTWR 308B is required for the LTWR major or minor; it also meets a requirement in the Liberal Studies Depth of Study LTWR module. Course content makes 308B especially relevant to students who are planning to teach middle or high school; take the CSET, CBEST, Praxis, or GRE exam; or pursue graduate study in literature.

NOTE: This is a HYBRID class. This means that while you will see the course listed as MWF 12-3, most weeks we will only meet face to face (F2F) one day. The rest of the time, class activities will take place on-line with more flexible timing.  You’ll need consistent Internet access and the ability to use WebCT.

Draft Meeting Schedule for Face-to-Face (F2F) classes
(all classes 12-3 pm in Markstein 101)

Week 1: Monday, June 1 and Wednesday, June 3

Week 2: Wednesday, June 10

Week 3: Friday, June 19

Week 4: Monday, June 22

Week 5: Wednesday, July 1
(LAST F2F meeting)

contact:  mstoddar@csusm.edu        

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to see how often this course is offered.

LTWR 309A Early U.S. Literature
CRN 30039
Yuan Yuan

Session II (July 8-August 15) : MoWeFr 12:00-15:00, Markstein Hall 101 (MH 101)

Course Description:

This course traces the development of early U. S. literature from the beginning to the late 19th century.  We will focus on the issues of representations of nature, culture, and society in various contexts, especially the dialectics between nature and society as represented differently in the three major literary movements: romanticism, realism and naturalism. The books we study include:  Mark Twain’s Huck Finn; Hawthorn’s The Scarlet Letter; Melville’s Billy Budd, Chopin’s The Awakening, Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, James’ Daisy Miller, and other texts. Plus, we will have several movies in class.  LTWR 309A is a required core course for the LTWR major or minor; it also meets a requirement in the Liberal Studies Depth of Study LTWR module.

contact: yuan@csusm.edu

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LTWR 320 Sacred Texts
CRN 30181
Salah Moukhlis

Session II (July 8-August 15) : TuTh 12:00-16:10, Markstein Hall 306 (MH 306)

Course Description:

Within today’s focus on Islam and Islamic culture, this course will explore the Islamic faith in a comparative study with the other two major religions, Judaism and Christianity. We will start by discussing the fundamentals of each religion and its socio-historical and political relationship to the others. We will explore the different/similar ways in which the sacred texts of these religions characterize and sometimes define common concepts and issues such as life, death, marriage, social decorum, government, economics, art, and architecture. The course will pay specific attention to some of the controversial concepts most discussed today such as the status of women, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism. We will explore mutual preconceived ideas held both by the West and the Islamic world. We will discuss these issues through readings of writings on the subject as well as screening of various documentaries and movies.

This course will satisfy the

• “Religious and Spiritual Foundations” requirement for Literature Studies Emphasis

     and

• Upper-division general education CC requirement

contact: smoukhli@csusm.edu

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to see how often this course is offered.