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SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
S. 83-33
MEMORANDUM
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I.
For Information:-
Acting under delegated authority at its meeting of March 8, 1983,
the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies approved change in
title of ENGL 348-4 FROM: Twain, James, Faulkner
TO:
American Literature, Civil War to
World War I.
II.
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
at its meeting of March 8, 1983, gives rise to the following motion:-
MOTION: "That Senate approve and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.83-33 , the proposed new course ENGL 349-4 -
Topics in American Literature"
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CURRICULUM REVISIONS
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
p. 165. ENGL 348-4
CHANGE OF TITLE
FROM: Twain, James, Faulkner
TO:
American Literature,
Civil War to World War I
SEE APENDIX A
RATIONALE: The proposed new title for ENGL 348 is essentially an
editorial change. Since no other course in the curriculum
covers the period between the Civil War and World War I,
instructors have added authors other than those indicated
in the present title (i.e., Twain, James, Faulkner) in
order to introduce students to the diversity and develop-
ment of American Literature during this period. The
proposed title would acknowledge the fact that the course
investigates more than the work of the three named authors.
ADD NEW COURSE
ENGL 349-4 Topics in American Literature
(Lecture/Seminar)
RATIONALE: The proposal for a new course, ENGL 349, Topics in American
Literature, would establish a format for offering special
topics not normally covered in the curriculum and would
allow the Department to take advantage of special interests
of regular and visiting Faculty.
SEE APPENDIX B
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
NEW COURSE PROPOSAL FORM
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1. Calendar Information
Department ENGLISH
ibbreviation Code: ENGL - Course Number:
349
Credit Hours: 4
Vector: 2-2-0
Title of Course:
Topics in American Literature
Calendar Description of Course: (There is no description other than the title, since
the content will vary each time the course is offered.)
Nature of Course Lecture/Seminar
Prerequisites (or special instructions):
Any two of Engl. 101, 102,
103, 104; one of
Engl. 204, 205 and 206.
What course (courses), if any, is being dropped from the calendar if this course is
Approved:
None.
2. Scheduling
How frequently wilithe course be offered?
Once every 6 (six) semesters
Semester In which the course will
first
be offered?
1984-1
Which of your present faculty would be available to make the proposed offering
possible?
S. Black, R. Blaser, G. Bowering, P. Buitenhuis, R. Miki, D. Stouck
3.
Objectives
To offer a
of
course
the Course
in which topics of special interest not normally covered in other
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courses may be investigated.
4.
Budgetary and Space Requirements (for information only)
What additional resources will be required in the following areas:
Faculty
None
Staff
None
Library
None
Audio Visual
None
Space
None
Equipment
None
5.
Approval,
Date:________
Department Chairman
Dean
Chairman, SCUS
CUS 73-34b:- (When completing this form, for instructions see Memorandum SCUS 73-34a.
'ch course outline).
Arts 78-3
SAMPLE COURSE OUTLINE
English 349 - Postmodern American Poets
The Work of Charles Olson Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer and Robert Creeley:
This course is meant to be an introduction to the thought and imagination
of postmodern poets in the United States. The-study of postmodernism is
an ongoing concern. The four poets chosen for study are major figures in
the multifarious directions American poetry has taken in the twentieth
century. The course will begin with a consideration of modernism. The
issues by which we recognize modernism will be presented through lectures
on the painting and sculpture of Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Wyndham Lewis,
Gaudier-Brzeska, Duchamp and related artists. I welcome this opportunity
to draw attention, at least initially, to the important interchange among
artists and poets. Following these introductory lectures, the course will
concentrate on the work of Olson, Duncan, Spicer and Creeley.
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Required
Texts:
Olson, Charles
Selected Writings
(ed., Robert
Creeley)
New Directions
Duncan,
Robert
The Opening of the Field
New Directions
Spicer, Jack
The Collected Books of Jack
Spicer (ed.,
Robin Blaser)
Black Sparrow
Creeley, Robert
Selected Poems
Scribner
Recommended Text:
Allen, D. &
Butterick, G., eds The Postmoderns: The New
American Poetry Revised
Grove
Course Requirements:
Final exam - 50%
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Final paper and seminar participation - 50%
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NOTE: This is only one of many topics which could be considered in
the course.
