English

Classes

ENL025: Reading & Writing Essentials

This course provides students with foundation reading and writing skills in preparation for college-level coursework. Students learn strategies for reading non-fiction material, write basic academic essays, and begin the process of documenting sources.

ENL101: English Composition I

ENL101 is an introductory college composition course required of all AA and AS-degree students and prerequisite to all other college-level English courses. It is designed to help students develop and express ideas clearly and effectively use language that meets the expectation of academic audiences through frequent writing and the study of rhetorical patterns of development. Students learn to write essays using a recognized scholarly documentation style.

ENL102: English Composition II

A continuation of English Composition I, English Composition II focuses on close reading, critical thinking, independent research, and synthesis of texts so that, across the curriculum, students can develop, defend, and effectively express ideas in academic discourse.

ENL108: Critical Reading and Thinking

This course guides students enhance their comprehension of written, spoken, and visual information by improving their critical thinking abilities. Through practicing habits of mind to strengthen analytical and reasoning skills, students learn to form well-supported arguments, draw thoughtful conclusions, make responsible decisions, and transfer acquired skills to their academic, professional, and personal life.

ENL110: Introduction to Literature

This course is an introduction to reading and analyzing fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and drama. Students respond critically to readings of different historical and cultural contexts through class discussion and written, evidence-based literary arguments.

ENL120: Introduction to Children's Literature

Students survey works drawn from the rich variety of children's literature. They analyze selections from major genres, discuss historical and contemporary issues, and develop practical ways of involving children in literature.

ENL131: Technical Writing

This course introduces students to technical and professional writing within a career setting. Students learn to write reports, instructions, summaries, e-mails, and memos using content and language appropriate to the reader. Students use technology tools to create document layout and design, and to report, interpret and organize statistical information and data.

ENL135: The Short Story and Human Values

This course examines the ways in which short fiction reflects and shapes the human experience. Works examined feature a variety of cultural traditions, allowing students to consider which human values are universal and which may be culturally bound. Students examine the ways in which stories are used to preserve and challenge social institutions such as marriage/family, education, justice, and religion.

ENL150: World Mythologies

Students study myths from the great cultures of the world. Through readings, discussions, research projects and presentations, students explore the universal values conveyed by these stories from different world cultures. Students discover the symbolism in the events and details of these stories, and they understand mythmaking as a primary human activity.

ENL161: Journalism I

This course is designed to instruct the student in the collecting, writing, editing and publishing of news and feature articles in periodicals. Although weekly lecture and discussion periods will be mandatory, the emphasis in the course will be on writing news stories outside of regular class time. Each student in the course is expected to be involved in the student newspaper.

ENL163: Journalism II

This course, a continuation of ENL161, puts the emphasis on an analysis of the elements of journalism and the writing of feature stories, interviews, human interest stories, and various other kinds of reporting. Students in this course learn to proofread, edit, and layout final copy for the MainSheet or other mass media.

ENL170: Producing a Magazine of the Arts

This course is designed to help students sharpen their writing and editing skills as well as learn the nuts and bolts of the publishing process. In this course, students examine existing art publications and learn about arts publications from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This course allows students to collaborate on a practical, hands-on project resulting in a Student Media Board publication that will be circulated throughout the CCCC community and beyond.

ENL200: Cape Cod Literature

A survey of four centuries of Cape Cod literature, including native American, journals and records of discovery and settlement, fishing and whaling literature, Cape women's literature, Thoreau's nature writing, and contemporary fiction, poetry, and essays. The course explores the Cape's rich literary heritage, how it reflects the region's history, culture, and environment, and examines the underlying theme of human and natural change. Field trips and journal keeping are integral to this course.

ENL201: World Literature I: Early World Literature

Study the evolution of literature that has shaped world civilizations from the second millennium BCE through the mid-17th century. World Literature engages with literature from regions of the world other than Great Britain and the United States. Through texts, film screenings, and lectures, students will explore the narrative techniques of various forms of literature and learn how to connect modern works to their literary origins.

ENL202: World Literature II: Literature from the Enlightenment to the Present

Study literature that has shaped world civilizations from the Enlightenment to the present. World Literature engages with literature from regions of the world other than Great Britain and the United States. Through texts, film screenings, lectures, and class discussions, students will explore the narrative techniques of various forms of literature and learn how to connect modern works to their literary origins with an emphasis on making cross-cultural influences.

ENL204: British Literature II: From the Romantics to the Present Day

Learn about the romantics’ love of nature, obsession with the macabre, and quest for individual genius. Discover how they inspired the Victorians, influenced the modernists, and remain a force to be reckoned with for British writers of diverse and dissenting voices today.

ENL207: Shakespeare

Students read and discuss representative works by Shakespeare, considering them for their literary value, their relevance to Elizabethan culture, and their expression of our common human experience.

ENL209: Creative Writing

An advanced workshop for students interested in creative writing. Students explore writing techniques in genres such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, and the building of a creative imagination.

ENL213: Poetry Writing

This poetry writing workshop class provides serious students the opportunity to write poetry of their own and explore poetry through reading others' work. Students will write, read, peer edit/critique, present and listen to poetry.

ENL214: The Contemporary Novel

This course introduces the student to the major characteristics of the novel in both form and content. Contemporary novels are examined as one index of cultural values. Students read, write about, and discuss a selection of novels written during the last fifty years.

ENL217: Exploring the World of Science Fiction

Exploring the World of Science Fiction is a course that provides students the opportunity to read, discuss, and write about the genre of science fiction in literature. Texts include short stories, poetry, novels, film, and nonfiction. Emphasis is given to reading and analysis of the genre of science fiction and its influence on society and literature.

ENL218: The Arthurian Legend

This course focuses on the origins, development, structure, and meaning of the Arthurian legend. Students read, discuss, and write about seminal Arthurian texts, and explore connections to mythology, Celtic culture, and European history.

ENL219: Masters of Horror

Masters of Horror is a literature course that provides students the opportunity to read, discuss and write about the genre of horror in literature. Texts include short stories, poetry, novels, film, and nonfiction. Emphasis is given to reading and analysis of the genre of horror and its influence on society and literature.

ENL228: Women Writers

This course examines traditions and themes especially important in the development of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama written by women, such as "Women Alone," "Women and Sexuality," "Women and Work," "Women and War," "Women in Love." An initial overview describing the emergence of women as authors is provided to establish topical and historical contexts. Readings, drawn primarily from modern texts, offer a diverse range of authors, genres, styles, and cultures.

ENL290: Selected Topics in Literature

Selected Topics in Literature provides students the opportunity to read, discuss and write about a literary specialty. Subjects may include African-American literature, Nobel Prize winning literature, a literary genre, a single author, or a single major work. The course will include intensive reading, analysis of the literature and its influence on society, consideration of criticism of this literature, historical study of the author or authors involved, and discussion of the cultural context of the literature. Specific content will depend on the particular subject chosen for study.

ENL291: Selected Topics in Writing

Selected Topics in Writing provides students the opportunity to explore and practice extensive writing within a writing specialty. Topics may include, among others, writing about photography, writing feature stories, writing commentary and opinion, writing about sports, writing poetry, or writing for children. The course is writing intensive. Specific content will depend on the specialty chosen.