Department of English

Farrah Cato

  • Instructor

fmcato@aol.com
823-1705
Campus Location: CNH411G

Spring 2010 Courses

Course Number Course Title Mode Date and Time
11185 ENC3311 ADVANCED EXPOSITORY WRITING Face2Face Tu,Th 10:30AM - 11:45AM
ENC 3311.01
Course Description: In this course, we will examine the roles and responsibilities of readers, writers, and texts. We will consider how, as Cixous suggests, writing functions as a powerful force—of change, of communication, of meaning, of possibility—while reflecting on our own position(s) as writers and readers in various settings. To this end, we will also follow Rich’s lead by visiting texts more than once, with “fresh eyes” and “from a new critical direction.”
21421 LIT2110 WORLD LITERATURE I WWW -
LIT 2110.W61

Course Description: Renegades, rebels, rogues, tricksters, and the like will be the focus of this survey of early world literature. We will examine the evolution of this complicated character at various times, spaces, and places, from the Greeks to the Mayans to Shakespeare. We will investigate how these figures work within and against the prevailing idea(l)s of their day, and what their tricks, cons, and/or challenges mean in their varied cultural contexts. Sometimes, our discussion will focus on individual characters, sometimes it may focus on authors, and sometimes the “trickster” element will be more implicit than explicit. Weekly quizzes, discussion postings, and a final collaborative project are among the assigned tasks.