This course will introduce different genres and types of films: comedy, drama, action/adventure, science fiction, thriller, musical, and others, by screening the film and giving lectures. Students will then learn how to write a script for cinema or television. Exercises and feedback from the instructor and the classmates will give them a firm grounding in all the basics of screenwriting. They will also be able to visit shooting locations to understand the challenge of its practical side. The method of evaluation will be assignments in writing screenplays. The course teacher will provide guidelines for such writing. The workshop method will be adopted in class to give students a hands-on introduction to screenwriting.
Course Catalogue
Course Code: ENG 551
Course Name:
Screenwriting for Film and TV
Credit Hours:
3.00
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Course Code: ENG 552
Course Name:
Experiments in Fiction (Modernist and Postmodernist)
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
Experimental writing in literature (stream of consciousness, cut-up, innovative language, anti-narrative, metafiction) is scrutinized in this course with the purpose of examining the form, the cultural significance, the history, and the racial and gender implications as seen through modernist and postmodernist fiction. By the end of the course, students will understand the relationships between texts and contexts, and what it means for 20th century fiction to be deemed modern or postmodern. In addition, the course will investigate how modern and postmodern literature explore issues of identity. The texts will also consider the connection between notions of identity and the 20th century cultural context as a postmodern phenomenon.
Course Code: ENG 553
Course Name:
Technology and the Writer
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
As technological tools and outlets for writing develop, writers must learn to adapt their writing styles to accommodate the different media. This course will guide students to create their own texts and edit those using word processors.
Course Code: ENG 554
Course Name:
Readings in Literary Translation
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course will tackle texts in translation as well as strategies for translating literary texts. Major translation theories will be discussed during the course. The course will also cover issues of copyright and publication processes. Practical work with a focus on cultural issues that emerge during the process of translation will serve to enrich the experience.
Course Code: ENG 555
Course Name:
Advanced Readings in South Asian Fiction & Non-fiction in English
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course seeks to closely study a range of modern and contemporary fiction and non-fiction in English from South Asia from cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, social, and aesthetic points of view to come to an understanding about their place in both local, global and some Diasporic contexts. The course will examine how such writing developed and the ways in which it has evolved over the years. This will include works of fiction and non-fiction that are increasingly coming to us through translation into English.
Course Code: ENG 556
Course Name:
Advanced Readings in South Asian Poetry & Drama in English
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course seeks to closely study a range of poetry and drama in English from South Asia. Students will be able to appreciate cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, social, and aesthetic points of view. Which will allow students to come to an understanding of their place in a global context. The question of how these texts developed and the ways in which they have changed over the years will be examined. Some postcolonial theory is included in the course contents to better understand the cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, social, and aesthetic aspects of the texts.
Course Code: ENG 556
Course Name:
Advanced Readings in South Asian Poetry & Drama in English
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
This course seeks to closely study a range of poetry and drama in English from South Asia. Students will be able to appreciate cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, social, and aesthetic points of view. Which will allow students to come to an understanding of their place in a global context. The question of how these texts developed and the ways in which they have changed over the years will be examined. Some postcolonial theory is included in the course contents to better understand the cultural, historical, religious, political, economic, social, and aesthetic aspects of the texts.
Course Code: ENG 557
Course Name:
Gender Politics
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course introduces the key issues in the contemporary discussion of gender as manifested in various cultural and critical practices. The course will be organized around a variety of topics which may include: body politics, subjectivity and sexuality, queer theory, the theoretical approaches to sexuality, the making of sexual identities, the relationship between sexuality and social institutions, and feminist theory. It will examine gender in the politics of personal identities, everyday activities, political participation, and social structures (language, media, education, religion, violence).
Course Code: ENG 567
Course Name:
Digital Humanities
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
The course explores the interrelation between humanities, humanities computing, and digital humanities. It will examine the potential of Digital Humanities (DH) as a discipline, and how it has extended and transformed the traditional humanities discipline. It will also offer deeper understanding of concepts, theories, debates, and terms related to digital humanities. This course introduces students to a wide variety of digital tools, theory, and practice of using computational methods in digital humanities. By reviewing some of key projects and initiatives in DH and selected digital tools, the students will work towards developing their own DH project throughout the term.
Course Code: ENG 568
Course Name:
Language, Power, and Gender
Credit Hours:
3.00
Detailed Syllabus:
ENG568 (Language, Power and Gender) acquaints students with a broad range of theories and analytical tools for a critical study of linguistic practices, power, and gender in different countries around the world. The emphasis is specifically on spoken and written language, but discussions will include different features of nonverbal communication too. Students will understand the way both language and gender are embedded in structures of power and normative patriarchal authorities that perpetuate social inequality and injustice. They will also become sensitive about the historical, political, social, and cultural factors and ideologies that influence the intertwined relationship between language and gender, and instigate power struggles.