在匹泽学院, 字段组 (similar to a discipline or department) organize major requirements and courses.
通过审美, 历史, and theoretical dimensions of literature we learn to read other lives and our own. We learn those lessons best when the literature we study includes the voices of a diverse array of writers and when we are responsive to the ways in which such voices and texts change our conceptions of art, 文化与社会. Literature stirs us and is stirred by us; it is not something to be experienced at arm’s length. 出于这个原因, we encourage our students to practice becoming engaged readers and writers of literature.
We also encourage our students to explore other disciplines, in order to broaden the sources for developing their own writing and critical thinking skills. Abilities gained in coursework are essential for other academic disciplines, are indispensable for graduate study as well as for careers in many fields.
Students may choose from three tracks: Literature, 创意写作, and Narrative 艺术s for Social Justice.
样本的课程
活动家诗学
What is the role of poetry in a time of political and ecological crisis? How can a poem respond to war…
黑色的酷儿/叙述
This course examines Black, feminist, queer/trans 文化, art, and theories that push the envelope…
顾问
阿曼达·约翰逊
Assistant 英语教授 and World Literature
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Goals of the Sociocultural Track
- Study a diverse range of literatures and genres of writing for breadth and master some in depth.
- 艺术iculate the ways in which selected works of literature challenge and change our conceptions of society, 文化, 和艺术.
- Identify and discuss the aesthetic and cultural elements in given works of literature. Be able to incorporate such elements in one’s creative or critical writing, as appropriate.
- 艺术iculate the intimate connections between works of literature and histories, 文化, 以及世界观.
- Make meaningful connections between literatures/writing and real-world problems. 例如, make practical applications of writing through community-based courses or through the acquired skill of authorial voice and formal essay techniques.
- Practice the study of literature and 写作技巧 as a collaborative creative process, both in and out of the classroom.
- Regardless of concentration, gain experience writing both critically and creatively. Be able to organize, research, and communicate ideas effectively in both oral and written form. Be competent in various strategies of literary craft and experimentation in order to produce compelling creative works.
- Make connections between the study of literature, 写作技巧, 批判理论, and interdisciplinary study.
- Gain proficiency in the use of appropriate technologies to explore literatures/writing.
- Gain the critical and creative skills to be adequately prepared for graduate school in literature-related fields, or for employment in such fields as art, 法律, 出版, 新闻, 教育, 非牟利资助工作, 业务, and creative or professional writing.
艺术, 法律, 新闻, 教育, nonprofit and non-governmental organizations, 业务, 广告, and creative and professional writing.
