Advanced English: Short Story One Semester (Offered Second Semester)
students will be expected to contribute positively and collaboratively to an intellectual community that values diverse perspectives, curiosity, and high academic standards. Text: Anna Karenina
Prerequisites: Completion of advanced elective prerequisites This class will focus exclusively on the short story, investigating a variety of literary issues, some of which are universal and some of which are unique to the genre. Due to the brevity of each text, students will have an opportunity to encounter and analyze a much wider range of authors and writing styles than in a class that reads standard-length novels and plays. A central goal of the course is to help students to discover and define personal preferences.The works for this class have been selected with an eye to serious, adult-themed literature that would serve as preparation for university study. As members of an advanced class, students will be expected to engage consistently as close readers, spirited discussion leaders, meticulous and insightful writers, and creative thinkers. In addition, students will be expected to contribute positively and collaboratively to an intellectual community that values diverse perspectives, curiosity, and high academic standards. Texts: Coursepack
Advanced English: Creative Writing: Prose One Semester: (Offered Second Semester)
Prerequisites: Completion of advanced elective prerequisites This course invites students to explore and practice creative prose writing and is designed to serve both accomplished students —looking for the time and motivation to focus exclusively on their writing —and novices wishing to improve their level of comfort with the rudiments of reading and writing creative prose. In addition to reading a book on the craft of writing prose, students will study many shorter professional prose texts, explicating, analyzing, and mimicking as they develop a unique voice within the specific genres. At its core, the class is about observing the world, brainstorming/sharing ideas, and revising one’s written work to develop voice and style. As members of an advanced class, students will be expected to engage consistently as close readers, spirited discussion leaders, meticulous and insightful writers, and creative thinkers. In addition, students will be expected to contribute positively and collaboratively to an intellectual community that values diverse perspectives, curiosity, and high academic standards. Text: Bird by Bird Advanced English: Literary History and Movements: The Great Depression None Listed One Semester (Offered First Semester) Prerequisites: Completion of advanced elective prerequisites This course explores the literature of the Great Depression, a period of devastating economic hardship and political and social change. Through novels, essays, and film, we will explore how writers searched for meaning, connection, and hope through a time of despair. Texts include The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (as well as John Ford’s film adaptation) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers. As members of an advanced class, students will be expected to engage consistently as close readers, spirited discussion leaders, meticulous and insightful writers, and creative thinkers. In addition, students will be expected to contribute positively and collaboratively to an intellectual community that values diverse perspectives, curiosity, and high academic standards. Texts: The Grapes of Wrath, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter , and supplemental texts including literary criticism
English: Contemporary Authors One Semester (Offered Second Semester) Prerequisites: None
This course explores texts written mostly by living authors, especially those who have strong University Liggett School, Detroit, and/or Michigan connections. Texts will vary depending on teacher expertise, student interest, and the availability of authors to
engage with and/or visit the class. Texts: The Virgin Suicides & coursepack English: Craft of Writing One Semester (Offered First Semester) Prerequisites: None
This course focuses on developing writing habits and skills that will be useful for academic, professional, and personal pursuits. Celebrating student choice and voice, Craft of Writing allows students to select the topics of their compositions; in addition, it emphasizes how purpose, genre, and audience intertwine when creating effective writing. In sum, this course helps students understand writing as a process; offers extensive practice with and feedback on essential writing skills; and argues that writing in both academic and non-academic contexts serves as a crucial tool for thinking, discovery, and transformation—as well as for communication. Text: Coursepack
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