“to meet in a room, alive in our skins,
and the whole galaxy gaping there
and the centuries whining like gnats –
you, to teach me to see it, to see
it with you, and to offer somebody
uncomprehending, impudent thanks.”

William Meredith

2009-2010 Special Interest Courses for Humanities Credit

EN 102 – Special Focus on the Environment & Sustainability

Fall 2009: Sections 1186 & 1154
Winter 2010: Sections 2235 & 2271

These sections of English 102, Composition II, will explore issues pertaining to the environment and sustainability. As in all composition courses, the overall focus will be on student writing in many modes. However, the issues we will read, discuss, and write about include our human impact on the environment; social equity when it comes to accessing healthcare, education, and dwindling fresh water supplies; and advocating for more sustainable energies and economies. Students who sign up for these sections should be interested in our local and regional environment, and have an interest in using writing to “make a difference.” The class will visit sites of interest such as museums, community media outlets, and businesses involved in new energies and economic ideas.

Please email Professor Maryann Lesert at mlesert@grcc.edu for enrollment.

Survey of Russian Literature

GRCC is offering a new course this fall, EN 293 - Russian Literature, taught by Fulbright Scholar and English Professor, Kim Wyngarden who recently studied abroad in Russia.

The course will focus on significant 19th century Russian writers like Chekhov, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky who wrote at a time widely viewed as the pinnacle of the country's literary history.

This course will count as three hours of humanities credit at GRCC.

The course meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. and is coded EN 293 - 3499. For more information, contact Professor Wyngarden at kwyngard@grcc.edu.

Introduction to Women’s Literature

This course is an introduction to literature by women writers, with study in various genres, and across boundaries of historical time periods, class, race, and nationality. The course explores the variety of writing styles women have used to think about issues such as the search for identity, societal roles, relationships and conflict, marriage, sexuality, treatment as the other, responses to patriarchy, and daily life.

Students will think about the impact of gender on literature, expression, and experience with a focus on 20th Century authors including Woolf, Hurston, Ng, Sarton, and Erdrich.

This class will meet Mondays from 4:30-7:45 pm during the Winter semester. It is open to women and men.

Contemporary Native American Literature

GRCC is offering a new class that, due to timing, did not appear in the Course Catalog. EN 293 (Contemporary Native American Literature) explores the writing of many modern native American writers such as Leslie Marmon Silco, Louise Erdrich, Scott Momaday, Landa Hogan, and Sherman Alexie (who is visiting our campus in the Fall).

The readings involve novels, short stories, and poetry as well as watching interviews with several of the writers, and counts toward three hours of humanities credits. This class is scheduled to meet Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:15-2:45 pm and is coded EN 293 (3593)

Questions? Contact Gary Burbridge at 234-4284, or e-mail at gburbrid@grcc.edu .

2007-2008 Year-Long Class Schedule, Now Including Course Descriptions