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INTRODUCTION TO WORLD SCREENWRITING INTRODUCTION TO DRAMA
LITERATURE FROM ANCIENT TIMES 3.0 Units 3.0 Units
TO 1700 ENGL 112 is a basic course in the principles ENGL 116 is an historical survey of drama as
3.0 Units and practice of writing for fi lm and cinema. a genre from the Classical period to the pres-
ENGL 109 is a comparative study of selected Emphasis is placed upon the essentials of ent day. The course will introduce students
works, in translation and in English, of screenplay structure, format, sequence, to the elements of drama, and emphasize
literature from around the world, including characterization, and the dramatic scene. class analysis or representative plays from
Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and other The course includes critical analysis through selected periods. Students are encouraged
areas, from antiquity to the mid or late reading selected screenplays and viewing to express their interpretations of plays and
seventeenth century. The course may include specifi c dramatic scenes portrayed on fi lm. write critical papers about dramatic works.
selections from the Old and New Testaments, Students learn fundamentals of dramatic Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for
The Qu’ran, The Epic of Gilgamesh; world screenwriting and are familiarized with the ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall.
mythologies; and representative works elements and tools of screenwriting. Lecture Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 117
Emphasis is placed upon the classics. Lecture 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall. Transfer FILM AS LITERATURE
3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL Credit: CSU. 3.0 Units
101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall. Transfer 114
Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 140) ENGL 117 is the study of fi lm as literature
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY: from thematic, cultural, historical, and
110 CREATIVE WRITING aesthetic perspectives. Students are encour-
INTRODUCTION TO WORLD 3.0 Units aged to incorporate analytical perspectives
LITERATURE FROM 1700 TO THE ENGL 114 is an introduction to the craft and from literary and fi lm criticism into discus-
PRESENT TIME practice of poetry, including study of the sion and written work. Lecture 3 hours.
3.0 Units structural, stylistic, and thematic elements of Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for
ENGL 110 is a comparative study of selected various poetic forms, such as lyric, narrative, ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall/
works, in translation and in English, of free verse, and experimental. In addition to Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
literature from around the world, including studying strategies and techniques of poetry, 118
Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and attention is given to authorial subject posi- INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE
other areas, from the mid or late seventeenth tion, the historical and social contexts of writ- NONFICTION: CREATIVE WRITING
century to the present. Emphasis is placed ing, and creative writing theory. The course 3.0 Units
upon cultural history and the history of takes contemporary literature as its focus,
important ideas refl ected in the literary highlighting both canonical and marginal- ENGL 118 is an introduction to the craft
works as well as the development of liter- ized and underrepresented voices. In addi- and practice of creative nonfi ction, such as
ary techniques and style. Lecture 3 hours. tion to composing their own works of poetry, memoir, literary journalism, profi les, and
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 101. students read, discuss, and write extensively fl ash, lyric or researched essays. In addition
Course Typically Off ered: Spring. Transfer about contemporary works. Lecture 3 hours. to studying strategies and techniques of
Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID ENGL 145) Prerequisite: ENGL 103. nonfi ction, attention is given to authorial
subject position, the historical and social
111 115 contexts of writing, and creative writing
WOMEN IN LITERATURE INTRODUCTION TO FICTION: theory. The course takes contemporary
3.0 Units CREATIVE WRITING literature as its focus, highlighting canoni-
ENGL 111 is a comparative study of the 3.0 Units cal, marginalized and underrepresented
roles assigned to women in literature by ENGL 115 is an introduction to the craft and voices. In addition to composing their own
both male and female authors. The course practice of fi ction, including study of the works of creative nonfi ction, students read,
critically examines the literary and cultural structural, stylistic, and thematic elements of discuss and write extensively about contem-
stereotypes of women in the short story, various fi ctional forms, such as short stories, porary works. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite:
novel, poetry, and drama. Lecture 3 hours. novels, plays, and screenplays. In addition to ENGL 103.
Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for studying strategies and techniques of fi ction,
ENGL 101. Course Typically Off ered: Fall. attention is given to authorial subject posi-
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. tion, the historical and social contexts of writ-
ing, and creative writing theory. The course
takes contemporary literature as its focus,
highlighting both canonical, marginalized
and underrepresented voices. In addition
to composing their own works of fi ction,
students read, discuss, and write extensively
about contemporary works. Lecture 3 hours.
Prerequisite: ENGL 103.

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