English Literature (ENG)
ENG-104Z Introduction to Fiction
4 credits, Summer/Fall
The study of fiction invites us to enter imaginative narratives and confront the challenges of being human. ENG-104Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of fiction, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading fiction can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of fiction, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.
ENG-105Z Introduction to Drama
4 credits, Winter
The study of plays exposes us to texts with the power to shock, inspire, enlighten, and delight; this course in drama can be an empowering and transformative journey toward keener engagement with the world, local community, and your intended path. ENG-105Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of drama, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading plays can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of drama, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.
ENG-106Z Introduction to Poetry
4 credits, Spring/Summer
The study of poetry invites us to delve into the biggest questions about life and culture alongside the seemingly smallest issues of words and sounds. ENG-106Z provides opportunities for the appreciation of poetry, including deeper awareness of craft and insight into how reading poetry can lead to self-enrichment. Students read a variety of types of poetry and poetic forms, from diverse perspectives and eras, and develop their skills in discussion, literary analysis, and critical thinking.
ENG-107 World Literature: Ancient Through Classical Times
4 credits, Fall
Literature of the ancient through classical worlds: epic, lyric, and dramatic literature. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-108 World Literature: Early Middle Ages through the 18th Century
4 credits, Winter
Literature of the Early Middle Ages through the 18th Century, in a variety of genres. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-109 World Literature: The 19th through 21st Centuries
4 credits, Spring
Literature of the 19th through 21st centuries, in a variety of genres. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-116 Introduction to Literature: Comics
4 credits, Fall/Winter
Examines the intrinsic literary and artistic qualities of comics, as well as their connections to classic literature, and the literature and other art they have inspired.
ENG-121 Mystery Fiction
4 credits, Fall
An introduction to detective/mystery fiction. Students will read, discuss, and analyze short stories by writers such as Edgar Allan Poe, Agatha Christie, and Walter Mosley.
ENG-194 Introduction to Film
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Viewing, discussion, and analysis of films from a variety of eras and cultures. Students will learn to analyze a film beyond its surface meaning, drawing on film aesthetics, technology, history, and theory. The interpretive and critical thinking skills they develop can be applied to a variety of modern media.
ENG-195 American Film
4 credits, Winter
This course will focus on the history and theory of American filmmaking from 1895 to the present. Film will be viewed as a visual language and an evolving art form that expresses and influences American culture.
ENG-201 Shakespeare
4 credits, Fall
ENG-202 Shakespeare
4 credits, Winter
Selected comedies, histories, tragedies, romances, and poetry. Students focus on reading and discussion, literary interpretation, and relating Shakespeare's work to their lives and the world. Study of significant plays and sonnets. Works from ENG-202 will not be repeated in CCC's other Shakespeare course, ENG-201.
ENG-204 British Literature: Ancient to Enlightenment
4 credits, Fall
Representative study of British literature, including major works, writers, and literary forms, from its beginnings through the eighteenth century. Readings from the Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Renaissance, Restoration, and Enlightenment periods.
ENG-205 British Literature: Romantic to Contemporary
4 credits, Winter
Representative study of British literature, including major works, writers, and literary forms. Nineteenth century through modern, with readings from the Romantic, Victorian, and modern periods.
ENG-213 U.S. Latinx Literature
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
This course offers a survey of U.S. Latinx literature of various genres and historical periods. Students read and study the literary contributions by writers of varied cultural heritage and will bring theory and literature into conversation about issues in the world, including power, privilege, and cultural perspectives between Latinx populations and the U.S. cultural sphere.
ENG-218 Arthurian Literature
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores the origins and development of Arthurian literature, focusing on the historical, cultural, social, and literary significance of original texts. Considers the Arthurian body of literature in the larger context of Western civilization and literary traditions, including its influence on contemporary literature, film, and art. Introduces theoretical approaches to literature and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-222 Children's and Young Adult Literature
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
Surveys the development of the genres of children's and young adult literature, including fairy tales, picture books, classic children's novels, and contemporary young adult novels, studying how these texts reflect their culture's understanding of young readers' psychology, taste, and learning needs over time.
Recommended Prerequisites: Placement in WRD-098 or above
ENG-225 Literary Nonfiction
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Students read, discuss, and analyze texts that explore true events and experiences in various creative styles and forms. Genres may include: memoir, personal essay, nature or science writing, literary travel writing, and literary journalism.
ENG-226 Popular Literature
4 credits, Fall/Spring
Focuses on genre work within prose, film, comics and/or videogames that is specific in theme and targeted towards a more mass audience than traditional literary work. Genres might include but not necessarily be limited to horror, fantasy, science fiction, romance, and/or westerns. May be repeated for up to 8 credits.
ENG-230 Documentary Film
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
This course will focus on documentary film history and theory. Students will learn to analyze documentary film and appreciate its value as a mode of cultural expression and influence.
ENG-240 Native American Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores Native American mythology and its cultural, social, and literary significance; views Native American mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of world literary tradition; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-241 Norse Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores Norse mythology and its cultural, social, and literary significance; views Norse mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of Western literary traditions; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; connects Norse myth to medieval European and modern fantasy literature.
ENG-243 African Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores African mythology and its cultural, social, and literary significance; views African mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of global literary traditions; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; connects African myth to African-American culture and literature.
ENG-250 Greek Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
Explores the historical, cultural, social, and literary significance of Greek myths; views Greek mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of Western civilization and literary tradition; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-251 Celtic Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores the historical, cultural, social, and literary significance of Celtic myths; views Celtic mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of Western civilization and literary tradition; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-252 Hindu Mythology
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Explores the historical, cultural, social, and literary significance of Hindu myths; views Hindu mythology in its historical and geographic positions and in the larger context of world civilization and literary tradition; considers how studying myth affects and influences reading other works; introduces theoretical approaches to mythology and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-253 American Literature: Pre-Columbian to Civil War
4 credits, Winter
Representative readings from pre-European contact to 1865. Surveys the development of American poetry, fiction, drama, and prose through the study of the works of both major and lesser known writers.
ENG-254 American Literature: 1865 to Present
4 credits, Spring
Representative readings from the 1865 to present day. Surveys the development of American fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama through the study of the works of both major and lesser known writers.
ENG-255 American Literature: Topics in American Literature
4 credits, Not Offered Every Year
Focus on selected authors and works of American fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and drama. Theme changes yearly.
ENG-260 Introduction to Women Writers
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
The study of the works (e.g. plays, poems, fiction, new media) created by women writers, both classic and contemporary, with an emphasis on women's evolving social, historical, and economic roles.
ENG-261 Literature of Science Fiction
4 credits, Spring
Explores historical, cultural, social, and literary significance of science fiction literature; places science fiction into the larger context of World literature and literary tradition. Considers how science fiction is often a lens to examine cultural themes such as gender, sexuality, race, and other ways that humans focus on difference; introduces theoretical approaches and basic literary elements and terminology.
ENG-270 Introduction to Literary Criticism
4 credits, Spring
Students will closely study famous literary texts through a variety of critical approaches such as structuralism, Feminist criticism, Psychoanalytic criticism, Marxist criticism, and queer theory.
ENG-271 World Literature: Ancient Through Classical Times
4 credits, Fall
Literature of the ancient through classical worlds: epic, lyric, and dramatic literature. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-272 World Literature: Early Middle Ages through the 18th Century
4 credits, Winter
Literature of the Early Middle Ages through the 18th Century, in a variety of genres. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-273 World Literature: the 19th Through 21st Centuries
4 credits, Spring
Literature of the 19th through 21st centuries, in a variety of genres. Through class discussion, research, and written work, students practice close reading and literary interpretation, explore the readings' contemporary relevance, relate the readings to their own lives and the world, and engage in academic conversations about the literature.
ENG-280 English/CWE
2-6 credits, Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer
Cooperative work experience. Provides students with on-the-job experience in the field of English studies. Required: Student Petition.
Corequisites: CWE-281
ENG-295 Revolutionary Film
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
This course focuses on the study of revolutionary styles of filmmaking from around the world that were not only socially transformative, but changed the way movies are made.
ENG-296 Adaptation: Literature Into Film
4 credits, Not Offered Every Term
Adaptation: Literature into Film is an exploration into the study of the art of transforming literary texts into films. The course focuses on various literary genres such as the novel, the short story, the play, and the nonfiction event, and analyzes the process of transforming these stories from page to screen, thereby creating a new art form. Note: This is a literature and not a writing class.
ENG-297 A.S. Degree Portfolio
1 credits, Fall/Winter/Spring/Summer
This course provides the opportunity for A.S. Degree students to revise, edit, reflect upon, and compile their best work from their various focus areas to meet the outcomes for the program and prepare for transfer to a university.
Required: Students must be in the second year of their course of study, and have the majority of their focus area and transfer requirements complete