SUMMER SESSION 1   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 & MULTI-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: Hemingway • Section 101 -- 11:30 - 1:05 MTWR Larry Watson Course Description: We will read and discuss the major works of Ernest Hemingway (the short stories, The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and The Old Man and the Sea), and we will use a variety of critical, historical, and biographical approaches as part of our analysis and interpretation of those texts.  At the conclusion of this class we’ll have an increased understanding of Hemingway’s central themes, his contribution to modern literature, and the various influences on his writing. Requirements: Active participation in class discussions, brief reflection papers (1-3 pages), a research essay (8-10 pages), a small group project, and a final exam.
GRADUATE   English 6210: Studies in English Lit the Beginnings to 1500: Chaucer •Section 101 --MTWR 9:45 - 11:20 Tim Machan This course has two primary concerns.First, to read a representative sample of the poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer, concentrating particularly on the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.Second, to consider how a variety of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century writers read Chaucer’s works, style, and cultural significance.In this way, we will examine how Chaucer was transformed from a medieval poet to the “father of English poetry” by early modern editors, poets, and critics.

SECOND SESSION 2
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 1: Rhetoric and Composition • Section 101 -- 8:00-9:35 MTWRF • Section 102 -- 9:45-11:20 MTWRF Eric Dunnum   English 2520: Intro to American Literature • Section 101 -- MTWR - 1:15 - 2:50 Christopher Wachal Thematic Title: Life After Wartime Description (including outcomes): We usually mark periods in American literary history by their relationship to American wars.  Realism arises after the Civil War.  Modernism becomes dominant follow World War I.  Postmodernism develops after World War II.  In this course, we want to examine how American writers think about and narrate war and its aftermath.  What is the writer’s role during and after wartime?  What characteristics identify a war narrative as American?  We will spend quite a bit of time talking about trauma and the painful legacies of war.  What challenges do Americans face after war and how does literature help address those challenges?  As the country winds down a recent decade of war, what can American literature teach us about life after wartime? Readings: Readings will mostly come from novels produced since the Civil War, specifically works by Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Kurt Vonnegut, Chuck Palahniuk, and others.  There will also be short stories and essays by writers like Henry James, William Dean Howells, Langston Hughes, Flannery O’Connor, Stephen Crane,  Gertrude Stein, Jhumpa Lahiri, and others. Assignments: Writing assignments will include two short response papers, a formal analysis, and a longer seminar paper.  Each student will also be expected to produce reading notes for one day during the term and lead class discussion on that day.
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. Assignments: active class participation, reading quizzes, one short essay (3-5 pages) on an important cultural issue addressed in a graphic novel; one research essay (8-10 pages) on the cultural impact of the graphic novel.
GRADUATE English 6500: Studies in 20th C Brit Lit: The New Anglo-American Novel •Section 101 – MTWR 9:45-11:20 John Su The United States and Great Britain have figured prominently in each other's cultural imaginations since the founding of Britain's first colonies in the New World.  This course will explore how the two national literatures represent each other, with particular emphasis on writings produced since World War II.  Politicians from Winston Churchill to Ronald Reagan to, most recently, Tony Blair have seen advantage in claiming an inseparable linkage between the two countries.  Declarations of their "special relationship" notwithstanding, however, the imports from these countries have often been sources of both anxiety and fascination—from "overpaid, oversexed, and over here" GI's in England to Beatlemania in America. Texts will likely include Graham Greene's The Quiet American, Martin Amis's Money: A Suicide Note, Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, Hari Kunzru 's Transmission, Joseph O'Neill's Netherland, Tom McCarthy's Remainder, and Zadie Smith's On Beauty.  Our ultimate question will be whether the new millennium fundamentally redefines the categories of "American" and "British" literature. Given the compressed timeframe of the summer session, this course will focus more heavily on the pedagogy of teaching literature than its research.  We will spend significant portions of the course discussing and practicing how to teach these texts at the undergraduate level.

 

 

 

 

 

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