ENGL 295 - Spring-Term Seminar in Literary Studies

FDR: HL
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring

Prerequisite: Completion of FW requirement. Students in this course study a group of works related by theme, by culture, by topic, by genre, or by the critical approach taken to the texts. Involves field trips, film screenings, service learning, and/or other special projects, as appropriate, in addition to 8-10 hours per week of class meetings. May be repeated for degree credit if the topics are different.

Spring 2015 topic:

ENGL 295: The Western Novel on the Page and on the Screen (4): A study of the western novel both in print and on celluloid. The seven novels examined will include Hombre, True Grit, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Bob Ford and The Ox-Bow Incident. Concepts discussed will include romance vs. reality, Ritual, Law and Justice, Landscape and Inscape, gender roles and humor. Each student will take reading quizzes, make a 20-minute class presentation based on a short paper, write two 2000 word papers and take a final short answer and essay exam. (HL) R.T. Smith. Spring 2015