| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to course. Outline of semester. Survival game – what values do we place on human characteristics? |
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| 2) |
Love and marriage and choices of partners. How do we translate our values into the expression of love? “Happy Endings” by Margaret Atwood |
Reading. |
| 3) |
Introduction of partners. Interviewing another student and presenting him/her to the class. Practice of presentation skills. |
Interview. |
| 4) |
“Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguo. The idea of sacrifice and honor. Discussion of film and characters, themes. |
Research. |
| 5) |
Poetry about love, marriage and choices. Selections include Browning, Shakespeare, Sexton and Frost. |
Reading. |
| 6) |
“Il Postino” and the poetry of Pablo Neruda. One poet and his vision of love and life. |
Reading. |
| 7) |
Presentations of poets and songwriters. Power point presentation of Shakespearean sonnets and various ways of presenting. |
Powerpoint. |
| 8) |
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| 9) |
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller. Values and how we are transformed. |
Reading. |
| 10) |
Presentations. |
Research for presentation. |
| 11) |
Debates and controversial subjects. Commercials and capitalism and how we are subliminally affected. |
Research. |
| 12) |
Presentations. |
Research. |
| 13) |
“A Christmas Carol” by Dickens. An adaptation of the novella into a play format. Reading and discussion of themes and characters. |
Reading. |
| 14) |
Debates in teams. |
Research. |
| 15) |
Final. |
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| 16) |
Final. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. |
3 |
| 2) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. |
5 |
| 3) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. |
3 |
| 4) |
Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. |
3 |
| 5) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. |
3 |
| 6) |
Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. |
4 |
| 7) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. |
3 |
| 8) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. |
4 |
| 9) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. |
4 |