Gwynedd Mercy University AY2020-2021 / Undergraduate Academic Catalog
Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-320 Cinema and Cinematography ( 3 ) This course focuses on the history of films and analysis of film scripts with emphasis on class discussion of major directors including Carol Reed , Alfred Hitchcock , Stanley Kubrick , and Orson Welles . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-330 Myth and Fantasy ( 3 ) This course studies ancient and modern mythology through its embodiment in literature and in themes common to all cultures . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-400 Tutorial in Acting ( 3 ) Students participate in the university production as actors or actresses and research the various styles and theories of acting : Classical , Elizabethan , Restoration , Stanislavskian , Brechtian . Research paper required . Prerequisites : ENG-103 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-4000 English Seminar - Capstone ( 3 ) This course is an advanced study of expository writing , an integration of literary study , critical theory , and techniques of literary research . This course combines discussion and independent work , having as its goal the completion of a paper ( 20-25 pages ) representative of the undergraduate major ' s research interests . The course objective is for each student to achieve a culmination of proficiency in the techniques of research , logic , and organization in scholarly writing . Students are encouraged to apply skills learned and practiced in all previous literature and writing courses . To that end , literary research is fundamental to the successful completion of this course . Prerequisite : All completed semesters of English major coursework except one to graduate . All work must be original and written by the student registered for the course . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ). ENG-401 Chaucer and His Contemporaries ( 3 )
Reading and discussion of Chaucer ' s major works is supplemented with those of his contemporaries including Langland , the Pearl poet and others . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-405 Tutorial in Directing ( 3 ) Introduced to the techniques of directing for the proscenium and arena stages , students learn to cast , block and direct a play . Prerequisites : ENG-103 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-413 Poets of Britain and America ( 3 ) Poets of Britain and America are examined with emphasis on the moderns and post-moderns . Prerequisites : ENG-101 ( Required , Previous ).
ENG-416 Shakespearean Tragedy ( 3 ) This course studies the major tragedies as performance art , including Hamlet , Macbeth , Richard III , King Lear , Romeo and Juliet , and Othello .
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