FIRST SESSION

UNIVERSITY CORE LITERATURE COURSES

UCCS Learning Objectives for Literature and Performing Arts (LPA)

Upon completing these courses, students will be able to:

(1) Produce oral and written assessments of literary and cultural texts and/or performances using the language and concepts of the discipline of literary studies.
(2) Articulate how literary and cultural texts can transform one’s understanding of self, others, and communities.
(3) Apply the methodologies of literary criticism to representative works of literature.

English 1002: Rhetoric and Composition 2                                    

• Section 101 -- 11:30-1:05 MTWR

Tyler Farrell

English 2710: Introduction to Fiction                                             

• Section 701 -- MW 5:30-9:00

Kris Ratcliffe

Thematic Title: COMPETING PARADIGMS: LITERARY PERIODS & ETHNIC CATEGORIES

Course Description: This summer we will read lots of short stories (by Dorothy Allison, James Baldwin, Charles Chestnutt, Ralph Ellison, Louise Erdrich, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ernest Hemingway, Zora Neale Hurston, Gish Jen, Cynthia Ozick, Edgar Allan Poe, Amy Tan, Helena Viramontes, Kurt Vonnegut, and others) and a couple novels (e.g., The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and Beloved by Toni Morrison); in the process, we will question/evaluate two paradigms used to read U.S. literature. First, we will study U.S. literary periods of Romanticism, Realism/Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism not just as historical periods but as cultural threads that continue to inform contemporary U.S. literature and culture; second, we will examine muliti-ethnic categories of African American literature, American Indian literature, Chinese American literature, Latino/a Literature, (White) Suburban literature, “White Trash” literature, and (unmarked) literature not just as classifications of literary texts but as cultural threads that inform contemporary U.S. literature and culture.

• Upon completing this course, you will be able to: (1) identity elements of narrative and explain their functions in fictional texts; (2) identify and critique two paradigms for studying literature—literary periods and multi-ethnicity; (3) identify values in U.S. fiction and evaluate the merits of these values today; (4) enhance your analytical reading, writing, and speaking abilities.

Assignments: 2 position papers; 2 essays; 1 oral presentation; and one final exam.

UPPER DIVISION

English 4610: Individual Author: George Orwell                                                  

• Section 101 -- 9:45-11:20 MTWR

John Boly

GRADUATE

English 6500: Stud 20th C Brit Lit:

•Section 101 --MTWR11:30-1:05

John Boly

UCCS Learning Objectives for Literature and Performing Arts (LPA)

Upon completing these courses, students will be able to:

(1) Produce oral and written assessments of literary and cultural texts and/or performances using the language and concepts of the discipline of literary studies.
(2) Articulate how literary and cultural texts can transform one’s understanding of self, others, and communities.
(3) Apply the methodologies of literary criticism to representative works of literature.

English 1: Rhetoric and Composition                                             

• Section 101 -- 8:00-9:35  MTWRF

• Section 102 -- 9:45-11:20  MTWRF

added Section 103 -- 8:00-9:35 (William Storm)

Eric Dunnum

English 2740: Intro to Film as Narrative                                                       

• Section 101 -- ONLINE

John Su

UPPER DIVISION

English 4800: Studies in Lit and Culture

•Section 101 – MTWR  11:30 – 1:05

John Su

Thematic title: The Graphic Novel: Love, Death, and the USA

Course description: with the 1992 Pulitzer Prize special award going to Art Spiegelman's Maus: A Survivor's Tale, the graphic novel came of age. No longer simply entertainment for adolescent boys, the genre gained legitimacy as literature worthy of study and admiration. In the past two decades, the graphic novel has become a place not just for spandex-clad superheroes but also for explorations of life stories and struggles with some of the most important issues of our day including cultural identity, sexuality, consumerism, and the so-called “culture wars.” In this course, we will look at some of the most widely admired graphic novels published since the 1980s. Our focus will be on how graphic novels address significant debates in American society, and what cultural impact they might have.

Possible readings: Maus: A Survivor's Tale, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, American-Born Chinese, The Dark Knight Returns, Blankets, Watchmen.

GRADUATE

English 6600: Studies in American Lit: Beginnings to 1900

•Section 101 – MTWR  9:45-11:20

Amy Blair