Schedule of Classes

Elements, techniques, and forms of fiction, drama, and poetry.

Representative works by significant writers from early periods to the present.

Introduction to Native American literatures from oral storytelling traditions to contemporary genres.

Intensive practice in major techniques of exposition. Practical writing situations.

Trains ability to think critically and write persuasively; logical and emotional appeals in writing.

Principal types of business letters and reports.

Advanced study of contemporary critical approaches to literature, including, but not limited to, feminism, semiotics, cultural criticism, poststructuralism. Study of the critical theories and applications of the criticisms to literary texts.

Independent research in literature, writing, or theory.