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• ENG 222: Introduction to Shakespeare

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This course is a study of representative Shakespearean plays set against the literary, political and social setting that spawned them. Attention is paid to Shakespeare's influence not only in the development of the drama, but also in the literary tradition of the English-speaking world.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify the particular types of plays and poetic verse of Shakespeare. Reconstruct the text of Shakespeare's plays in order to view them as dramatic productions. Examine how literary elements function within Shakespeare's work. Read and comprehend Shakespeare's language. Analyze Shakespeare's writings as products of the Renaissance cultural climate. Recognize the correlations between historical context and literary sources in Shakespeare's work. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 230: American Literature I

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This is a survey of American literature from the colonial era through the end of the Civil War with attention given to both major and marginalized works and writers.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify and discuss major authors, literary genres, literary devices, and styles of writing in American literature from the colonial era to 1865. Discuss American literary works by and about marginalized / underrepresented peoples in the context of their historical struggle and contemporary relevance. Compose essays that analyze American literary works in relation to their social, economic, and historical contexts and/or critical perspectives. Apply current information literacy techniques to develop multi-source research projects that follow MLA guidelines. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 231: American Literature II

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This is a survey of American literature from 1865 to the present with attention given to both major and marginalized works and writers.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify and discuss major authors, literary genres, literary devices, and styles of writing in American literature from 1865 to the present. Discuss American literary works by and about marginalized / under-represented peoples in the context of their historical struggle and contemporary relevance. Compose essays that analyze American literary works in relation to their social, economic, and historical contexts and/or critical perspectives. Apply current information literacy techniques to develop multi-source research projects that follow MLA guidelines. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 240: World Literature I

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  The selective study of great representative literary works of the world from antiquity to modern times with emphasis on their social, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds. Special attention is given to the literature of continental Europe, Asia, and Africa.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify the major characteristics of early literature (the ancient world to the Renaissance) from Asia, North and South America, Europe, Oceania, and Africa as these relate to literary artifacts. Discuss in writing how literature works in conversation across cultures by demonstrating an understanding of global and historical themes, influences, and styles as these relate to both specific cultural stories and to stories across cultures. Compare and contrast literary form and content, including genres, authorship, and styles of writing, that allow us to differentiate and compare stories from across the globe. Compose essays that analyze literary works, including those or marginalized or under-represented peoples, in relation to various social, economic and historic contexts, and/or aesthetic traditions. Demonstrate an ability to analyze and/or synthesize secondary sources, use current information literacy techniques, and document sources according to MLA-style in the context of a multi-source project. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 241: World Literature II

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This course continues the balanced, selective study of great representative literary works from the Renaissance to the present day in their geographic, historic, socio-economic, and political contexts. Attention is given to genres, writing styles, and applicable critical approaches. The "emerging" literatures--works by women, colonials, post-colonials and those groups generally denied a voice--are studied in an attempt to enlarge the cannon and render it inclusive.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify and discuss major writers and their influences in and contributions to world literature. Discuss dominant themes/genres/writing styles in the established and emerging literatures. Identify major historical and philosophical influences of modern life as they are represented in literary artifacts. Demonstrate in discussions and writing an awareness of the struggle of writers of the emerging literatures to find a voice, an audience, and a hearing. Respond to the writers and literature encountered in the form of critical, analytical, and/or argumentative multi-source essays that employ current information literacy techniques and apply correct MLA documentation. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 243: Topics in Contemporary Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This course is a study of literature that has been produced in the past few decades. It may feature selected topics and/or themes from a variety of fiction, drama, and poetry.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Identify various themes and techniques found in postmodern literature such as irony, pastiche, intertextuality, metafiction, temporal distortion, etc. Identify literature as the product of a particular cultural climate. Recognize the ways in which postmodern literature is a response to modern literature. Examine the use of literacy elements found in the reading selections. Compose critical essays that analyze the reading selections. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ENG 245: Black American Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  Black American Literature is a comprehensive survey of the writings of African Americans beginning with the 18th century through the present. By way of reading, lecture and discussion, students will analyze the various genres, topics, mores and traditions identified with African Americans and their historical and cultural significance.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Discuss the roles of African Americans in the larger culture as reflected in selected literature. Trace historical developments among Blacks in America from their African roots through slavery, the Civil War and the industrialized 20th century. Analyze literary elements of the works studied. Discuss the origins of racial stereotypes, discrimination and segregation as they appear in selected works. Write an essay discussing the aforementioned topics. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 100.
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• ENG 250: Children's Literature

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This course is a critical and analytical study of a variety of texts that represent the many genres of children's literature. It will emphasize how children are influenced by literature and how children's literature reflects the values of the particular culture that produces it.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Recognize the characteristics of the different genres of children's literature. Determine and apply criteria for what may be considered as quality children's literature. Analyze literary elements such as theme, character, and setting. Evaluate the contributions that illustrations can make to a text. Identify literature as a product of a particular cultural climate. Discuss critically issues of gender, ethnicity, culture, and the individual that are present in the texts. Design and research a written project that relates to a student's particular interest in children's literature. Prerequisite:    Prerequisite: ENG 112.
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• ESL 023: Elementary Grammar

  3.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This is a high beginning multi-skills course to practice and learn grammar in listening, speaking, reading and writing for everyday life and in college. Students must take this course with other ESL skills courses in writing (ESL 024), reading (ESL 025) and listening/speaking (ESL 026).Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Use the simple present, past and future tenses of regular and irregular verbs. Use with some accuracy the present and past continuous, and the present perfect tenses. Understand and use yes/no and questions. Produce and use sentences with if, when, after, before, because and while with correct verb tenses. Use models of ability, request and necessity. Use with some accuracy prepositions of time, place, pronouns and count/non-count nouns. Use with some accuracy comparisons and superlatives. Learn and use language confidently and appropriately. Prerequisite:    Appropriate placement test scores required.
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• ESL 024: Elementary Writing

  4.00 Credits

  Delaware County Community College

  
  This course is for advanced beginners who can write basic sentences and have some knowledge of English sentence structure. The course covers basic grammatical structures and introduces students to simple paragraph writing as well as other types of writing needed in everyday life.Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Write simple, clear sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation. Write simpler forms of compound and complex sentences with appropriate linking words. Write unified paragraphs of 8 to 10 sentences about people, places and events. Collect and organize information for use in sentence writing. Recognize and identify the basic parts of speech in writing using the correct dictionary abbreviations. Use the basic verb tenses to indicate present, past and future time. Use the common models and prepositions of time and location correctly. Develop some skill in recognizing and correcting common writing errors. Show improved ability to use correct word endings and articles. Prerequisite:    Appropriate placement test scores required.
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