Print Culture Courses—Spring 2010
Afro-Amer 605: Critical and Theoretical Issues in Afro-American Literature. A problem
oriented course designed to focus on critical and theoretical writings about literature by major 20th century
African-American writers. Students will be encouraged to test certain prevailing theories of African-American
literature against their own readings of primary and secondary sources and to develop their ideas in a research paper
(Prof. Sandra A. Adell).
Afro-Amer/English 672 Selected Topics in Afro-American Literature: The Surreal in African American
Literature. An intensive analysis of specific themes in the Afro-American experience. (Prof. Tracy L. Curtis)
Amer Indian 450: Issues in American Indian Studies: Section 12: Native American Women’s Literature (Prof. Kay Yandell); Section 10: Contemporary Native American Poetry (Prof. Sean T. Teuton). Special focus on American Indian thought and perspectives on subjects in the arts and sciences.
Asian-Amer/English/Gender & Women’s Studies 654: Race and Sexuality in American Literature. Explores
the intersection between race and sexuality in American literature with an emphasis on sex/gender difference, feminism,
transgenderism, and nationalism. Focuses on the nature of literature as advocacy. (Prof. Leslie Bow).
Comp Lit 379: Literature and Ethnic Experience. Attempts to define through comparative
analysis the ways in which ethnicity is constructed and problematized in literary texts (Prof. Charles Hogan).
Comp Lit 775 Literature and Related Disciplines: Facing Conflict: Race, Gender & Class.
Attempts to answer the question: What can the methods and discoveries of other disciplines contribute to the
study of literature? (Prof. Mary N. Layoun).
English 563: Studies in Narrative Literature: The Graphic Novel.
An exploration of some aspect, problem, or distinctive variety of narrative or the theory of narrative, in
such forms as the novel, the epic, the romance, and the application of practical criticism to an appropriate
body of British and American literature (Prof. Robin Valenza).
English 702: Perspectives on Literacy. Social, historical, and educational perspectives on
literacy and literacy learning (Prof. Deborah Brandt).
History/Journalism 560: History of Mass Communication. Evolution of the mass media in the United States in the context of political, social, and economic change (Prof. Stephen Vaughn).
History/Journalism 919: Seminar-History of Mass Communication. Seminar in the history of
mass communication in which students are expected to produce original research based on primary documents
(Prof. Stephen Vaughn).
Journalism 561: Mass Communication and Society: Section 35: Social Impact of New Communication Technology.
Relationship between mass communication and society; analysis and evaluation of media performance and
the need for change (Prof. Young Mei Kim).
LIS 645: Intellectual Freedom and Libraries. An examination of the current trends and topics in
intellectual freedom related to librarianship and of the historical and legal background of censorship in libraries.
LIS 661: Information Ethics and Policy. Overview of modern ethical theories and how they inform
information agency policies and practices; examines selected policy issues relating to information and communications;
includes topics such as intellectual property, privacy, censorship, equity of access (Prof. Kristin Eschenfelder).
LIS 629: Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults. Focus on literature written or
illustrated by U.S. citizens or residents which depicts people of color both within and outside the U.S. Emphasis
on literature of past fifteen years with comparison to earlier literature (Prof. Madge H. Klais).
LIS 810: History of Readers and Reading. Seminar in the social nature of reading practices in America
from Colonial times to the present; theories and contexts of reading; reading communities; dimensions of gender, age, class,
religion, race and ethnicity; examples of recent scholarship; use of primary sources (Prof. Christine Pawley).