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2015-2016 Catalog
English
3H
HONORS CRITICAL READING
AND WRITING
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A course designed to develop critical thinking,
reading, and writing skills beyond the level achieved in
English 1A/1AH. The course will focus on the development
of logical reasoning and analytical and argumentative writing
skills based primarily on works of non-fiction. Students will
analyze classical and contemporary essays and synthesize
critical research. As an Honor’s section, this class will employ
enhanced teaching methods such as seminar approach and
assignments calling for a higher level of critical thinking.
Students will write a minimum of 6,000 words during the
course of the semester. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL
105)
15A
CREATIVE WRITING: POETRY
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A course intended for students who enjoy reading
and writing poetry. In this course, students will study poems
by professional writers and fellow students and use what they
learn to write their own original poetry. The strongest poems
written in this class are often recommended for publication
in Reedley College’s literature journal, Symmetry. (A, CSU,
UC) (C-ID ENGL 200: ENGL 15A & ENGL 15B)
15B CREATIVE WRITING: FICTION
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
English 15B is intended for students who are
interested in writing short fiction; the course includes
appropriate exercises, readings and critical analyses of
published and student work. (A, CSU, UC) (C-ID ENGL
200: ENGL 15A & ENGL 15B)
15E
CREATIVE WRITING: CREATIVE
NON-FICTION
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A workshop course intended for students who are
interested in writing creative non-fiction; includes appropriate
exercises, readings and analyses of published and student
work. (A, CSU, UC)
15F
CREATIVE WRITING: SCREENWRITING
3 units, 3 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
A course intended for students who are interested in
writing for the screen; includes appropriate exercises, readings,
viewing, and critical analyses of professional and student work.
(A, CSU, UC)
41
THEMES IN LITERATURE
4 units, 4 lecture hours
PREREQUISITES: English 1A or 1AH.
English 41 explores themes, authors, or genres
through close readings, contextual approaches, interpretations,
and critical evaluations. The subject will vary with the
instructor (for example, the instructor may choose a thematic
organization such as “Rites of Passage in the American
Consciousness” or the “The Detective as Hero”; focus on a
particular author such as Emily Dickinson or Carlos Fuentes;
or a genre such as popular literature or science fiction). (A,
CSU, UC)
43A AMERICAN LITERATURE: ORIGINS
THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION (1877)
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A.
Readings in American literature from the Colonial
period through Reconstruction. Fiction, poetry, and non-
fiction will be placed into their historical and philosophical
contexts. Discussion and written responses are based on the
reading. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL 130)
43B AMERICAN LITERATURE: 1877
TO PRESENT
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: English 1A.
Analysis and study of fiction, drama, poetry, non-
fiction, film, advertising, and ephemera of the United States
from the Reconstruction to present day. (A, CSU-GE, UC,
I) (C-ID ENGL 135)
44A
WORLD LITERATURE TO
THE RENAISSANCE
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
PREREQUISITES: Completion of English 125
and 126 or eligibility for English 1A as determined by college
assessment or other appropriate method.
This course is a survey of selected works in
translation and in English of world literature from antiquity
to the Renaissance. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID ENGL-140)