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Approaching prose fiction
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Abstract: Do you want to get more out of your reading? This unit is designed to develop the analytical skills you need for a more in-depth study of literary texts. You will learn about narrative events and perspectives, the setting of novels, types of characterisation and genre.
Beary Good Facts About Beary Books - Lesson 1 of 4
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Abstract: Students will begin to differentiate between fiction and non-fiction as general genres. This is the first lesson of four. The library media schedule allows 35 minutes for the Kindergarteners to have a lesson and choose books to take out. Therefore activities will reflect the short length of time.
Collisions
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Abstract: 'Collisions' was written by Jane Wagner and is an unusual comedy/drama. It stars Lily Tomlin and other well known performers, such as Dan Aykroyd and Gilda Radner. The work attempts to integrate short video works by Stephen Beck, Ed Emshwiller, Louis Falco, Ron Hays, Stan Vanderbeek, and William Wegman. ... More »
Contemporary Literature, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Subject focuses on fiction, drama, and poetry and possibly films inspired by these topics mostly of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. This semester, Contemporary Literature (21L.488) deals with Irish literature, a subject broad and deep. To achieve a manageable volume of study, the course focuses primarily ... More »
International Women's Voices, Spring 2004
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Abstract: International Women's Voices has several objectives. It introduces students to a variety of works by contemporary women writers from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and North America. The emphasis is on non-western writers. The readings are chosen to encourage students to think about how ... More »
Introduction to Drama, Fall 2004
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Abstract: A study of the history of theater art and practice from its origins to the modern period, including its roles in non-Western cultures. Special attention to the relationship between the literary and performative dimensions of drama, and the relationship between drama and its cultural context. Drama combines ... More »
Introduction to Fiction, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Introduces prose narrative, both short stories and the novel. Examines the construction of narrative and the analysis of literary response. This course investigates the uses and boundaries of fiction in a range of novels and narrative styles--traditional and innovative, western and nonwestern--and raises ... More »
Introduction to Fiction, Spring 2002
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Abstract: Introduces prose narrative, both short stories and the novel. Examines the construction of narrative and the analysis of literary response.
Introductory MIT Courses, Writing and Literature
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Abstract: Selection of courses to explore Writing and Literature at MIT.
Ladies' home journal
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Abstract: Ladies' home journal.
Major English Novels: Reading Romantic Fiction, Spring 2002
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Abstract: Subject studies important examples of the literary form that, between the beginning of the eighteenth century and the end of the nineteenth century, became an indispensable instrument for representing modern life, in the hands of such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Burney, Austen, Scott, ... More »
Major European Novels, Fall 2001
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Abstract: A study of changing narrative forms in the nineteenth-century European novel. The changing fortunes of the heroic and romantic ideals. The motif of the outsider as a means for depicting social reality. Readings in Cervantes, Balzac, Stendhal, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Proust.
Seminar in Historical Methods, Spring 2002
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Abstract: Examines different types of historical writing: political, social, cultural, demographic, biographical, and comparative. Includes discussion of historical films, fiction, memoirs, and conventional history. Particular attention given to works which have broken new ground in terms of their methodology ... More »
Seminar in Historical Methods, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Examines different types of historical writing: political, social, cultural, demographic, biographical, and comparative. Includes discussion of historical films, fiction, memoirs, and conventional history. Particular attention given to works which have broken new ground in terms of their methodology ... More »
Spanish for Bilingual Students, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Designed for students of Hispanic descent and raised in the US. Expands oral and written grammar study and increases contact with standard Spanish. Studies recent fiction and poetry as well as specific historical, social, economic, and political aspects of Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban cultures. ... More »
Start writing fiction
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Abstract: Have you always wanted to write, but never quite had the courage to start? This unit will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and the settings for their work. You will also be able to look at the different genres for fiction.
The New Spain: 1977-Present, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Deals with the vast changes in Spanish social, political, and cultural life that have taken place since the death of Franco. New freedom from censorship; the re-emergence of strong movements for regional autonomy: the Basque region and Catalonia; the new cinema including Almodvar and Saura; educational ... More »
Victorian Literature and Culture, Spring 2003
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Abstract: British literature and culture during Queen Victoria's long reign, 1837-1901. Authors studied may include Charles Dickens, the Brontes, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Robert Browning, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Discussion of many of the era's major developments ... More »
Writing About Literature, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Description from course home page:"Writing About Literature" aims: 1) to increase student's pleasure and skill in reading literary texts and in writing and communicating about them; 2) to introduce students to different literary forms (poetry, fiction, drama) and some tools of literary study (close reading, ... More »
Writing and Experience: Exploring Self in Society, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Subject focused on the ways writers transform experience into finished and polished writing in the forms of memoir, autobiography, and essay. Frequent writing assignments, regular revisions, and short oral presentations are required. Readings and specific writing assignments vary by section. See subject's ... More »
