April 4, 1979
Faculty releases course descriptions
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ENG 315 Realism in American
Literature Ellen O'Brien
Several modes of realism in
American Literature at the turn
of the century will be explored
through a study of selected
major figures such as Howells,
Twain, Crane, Wharton and
Jaems. Although each of these
writers has been labeled a
"realist," each transcends the
category in the expression of
his/her individual vision.
Our purpose will be to exa
mine the intersection of the
category and the individual,
coming to grips with aesthetic,
moral and metaphysical impli
cations of the literature which
springs from that intersection.
An advanced course for stu
dents with experience in litera
ture. Several papers; written
and oral exercises; mid-term
and final exams.
ENG 245 Southern Literature
Richard M. Morton
ENG 245 is a consideration of
what' IS the South ~ geogra
phically, historically, mythi
cally. It includes an approach to
such words as provincialism,
regionalism, and agrarianism.
It contrasts between New
England attitudes toward Eu
rope and Southern, and com
pares them. The readings are
The Literature of the South, an
anthology; I'll Take My Stand,
Donald Davidson, Tate, Ran
som, et. al; Go Down, Moses,
Faulkner.
There are papers, tests, dis
cussions, lectures, parallel rea
ding exercises, and projects
meant to create a Southern
"museum" display.
ENC 225 The Russian Novel
Rudy Behar
The readings included in
translation four major authors
of the 19th century and one
modern author; viz., Cogol
[Dead Souls], Turgenev [Fa
thers and Sons], Dostoyevsk)
\for those who have not read it,
The Brothers Karamazov, for
those who have, The Possessed
and Notes From the Under
ground], Tolstoy [Anna Kareni
na], and Solzenyitsin [One Day
In The Life Of Ivan Deniso
vitch]
These will be studied essen
tials for understanding modern
consciousness. We also read
Camus' The Rebel, probably
the single most important philo
sophical work on the themes of
the 19th century Russian wri
ters.
There are three or four pa
pers.
ENC 222 African Literature,
Jim Gutsell
Requirements met: Non-
Western or English 200 for
students who passed 150 with a
B.
The purpose of the course is
to introduce students to a large
and vigorous field of literature
not commonly read by Ameri
cans. There will be an intro
duction to the climate, geogra
phy, and history of the conti
nent. The body of the course is
mainly readings in contempo
rary black African writers.
The subjects will cover a
variety of matters from pre-co
lonial times to current urban
and political discontent. There
will be several papers, quizzes
on the reading, a mid-semester
and a final examination.
ENG 210: Poetry Workshop,
Ann Deagon
The purpose of this course is
to encourage the writing of
poetry, as a mode of self-dis
covery and as a craft. Students
who have not written poetry
before are as valuable to the
class as those who have been
writing for some years.
The course operates as a
workshop: its chief content is
the poetry written by class
members. Other class activities:
attending and participating in
poetry readings; interviewing
active poets; reading and sub
mitting poems to poetry maga
zines; writing personal respon
ses to poetry; preparing a
15-page manuscript of original
poems.
Grading in the course will be
based in equal measure on the
quality of the student's own
poetry, the perceptiveness of
oral and written critiques, and
helpfulness in class discussion.
Each student is asked to evalu
ate classmates on these three
qualities.
This course satisfies the
Fine Arts requirement.
CLAS 301: Classical Literature
in Translation Anne Deagon
Classics 301 will be taught as
"The Image and Experience of
Women in the Classical
World." Homer, Sappho, the
Creek lyric poets and play
wrights, Virgil, and Roman
poets and satirists will be read
with an eye to what they reveal
about women's lives in antiqui
ty. Tests and papers will encou
rage searching of one's own
experience of sexual roles as
well as knowledge of course
materials. Half of the paper
work required may be in crea
tive form: paintings, poems,
stories, photography, etc. Men
as well as women are welcome.
This course satisfies an area
requirement in Humanities, or
may substitute for English 200
with permission of the English
Dept.
GEO 131 Environmental Geolo
gy Don Gibbon
In the Fall of 1979, GEO 131
will be offered for the first time
as a flip-flop course. This
exciting introduction to the
study of the earth's interaction
with man is being given as a lab
science for the third time, but
Guilfordian
students will now be able to
meet the lab requirement within
the class-lab combined meeting
time, that is, by coming to two
class periods twice a week,
either morning or evening.
The class involves major com
ponents of study of surface
processes: erosion, land stabi
lity, soil formation, river pro
cesses, beach activities, all of
which are important in our part
of the country. The class will
also study how resources are
formed, how we process them
for our use, and how much we
may be able to obtain.
A major focus will be on
energy sources: fossil fuels,
nuclear, solar, and others.
Within this course we feel there
is a confluence of important
social and natural science is
sues, issues vital to our coun
try's future and to your own
part in that future. The course
has no science prerequisite.
Soc 102, section 001 Social
Problems Margaret Young
This course will develop an
analytical framework for the
study of social problems using
selections from Paul Zopf's
Sociocultural Systems
as a framework to read about
and analyze several social prob
lems related to health, social
inequality, and the life cycle:
Brown Lung disease among
textile workers and Black Lung
disease among coal miners; the
Self Health Care and Health
Right movement; childbirth
practices, parent-child bonding,
and child abuse; women in the
professions; rape as a crime of
violence; euthanasia and the
hospice movement.
Format: class discussion of
required reading, library re
search, participation in commu
nity activities related to these
problems. Partially fulfills dis
tribution requirement in the
social sciences.
PHIL 250 The Dialogues of
Plato Donald Millholland
The class will discuss most of
the dialogues of Plato. Students
will start with the pre-Socratic
religious and philosophical
background, end the course
with a discussion of the influ- _
ence of Plato upon western
civilization.
Among topics for discussion:
7. The Dialectical Method
2. The Search for Ultimate
Reality and Timeless Truth
3. The One and the Many
Partially satisfies the Huma
nities requirement.
ECON 342 Public Finance and
Fiscal Policy Fred Parkhurst
Is there such a thing as a
good tax? Should you be for or
against the sales tax on food?
What about a government lot
tery as a source of public
revenue? How about the pre
sent tax exemption of church
owned property? How do you
know? s it possible for govern
ment to maintain full employ
ment [defined as from 2% to
4% unemployment] without in
flation?
One feature of this junior
level course is class debates.
[NOTE: This course has rated
consistently very high on stu
dent evaluations, one year
being scored 100% on EVERY
question.'] If you enjoy thinking
about questions of social policy,
this course should appeal to
you. Supplementary readings
will include the instructor's own
materials plus Philip Stern's
provocative and controversial
public-finance- for- the-la yman
The Rape Of The Taxpayer.
Obviously, this course is going
to do something to your blood
pressure. It is hoped it will also
do something for your enligh
tenment.
ECON 335 Comparative Eco
nomic Systems Robert Williams
Robert intends to teach this
course seminar style. It is to be
small [not more than fifteen
people] to encourage maximum
intellectual interchange.
The purpose of the course will
be to develop the comparative
method as an approach for
uncovering why social systems
behave the way they do.
The first part of the course
will compare the development
patterns of Cuba, Puerto Rico,
and either Guatemala or Hon
duras, three cases that are very
similar in ternis of social
cultural- economic past - ex
cept one, Cuba, has had a
socialist revolution. Creat care
will be taken to develop a sound
methodology for making fruitful
comparisons.
The last part of the course is
open-ended, depending on what
students are most interested in
pursuing.
Students will be encouraged
to become engaged in a re
search project early in the term
so that later in the term results
from the research can be shared
with the seminar.
Prerequisites: Micro and Ma
cro Principles or consent of the
instructor.
A.J., ECON, PS 213 Law And
Society Fred Parkhurst
A social science elective, Law
and Society is inter-disciplinary,
showing the close connection
between law and economics,
sociology, psychology, philo
sophy, and the physical sci
ences such as environmental
studies.
The course explains the basic
legal structure of the U.S.
system of justice, what happens
at a trial, and the legal defenses
available to an accused. Signi
ficant legal issues will be dis
cussed, such as discrimination
problems, conscientious objec
tion to war, the death penalty,
and abortion. Private and public
rights and wrongs will be
examined.
Materials will be included on
the development of Anglo-Ame
rican common law, and a com
parison with other legal systems
such as Roman Law and Soveit
Law.
Basic information on torts,
crimes, and the process of
decision-making will, serve to
give the student a basis for
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understanding the American
legal system. This is a sopho
more-level course open to any
student who is willing to read
and take notes.
ECON 222 Economic Principles:
Micro. Fred Parkhurst
No prerequisites are required
for this sophomore-level course,
which assumes that you are
probably ignorant. Students
who have already had ECON
221 [Macro Principles] will not
necessarily have an advantage
over those who are starting off
fresh in economics.
Micro Principles includes the
pricing system [demand and
supply], analysis of competition
and monopoly, problems of
income distribution and pover
ty, international trade [do you
know why most economists are
against tariffs and why you
should be very suspicious of
politicians who favor import
restrictions?], and a comparison
of the historical, ideological,
social, political, and economic
aspects of capitalism, socialism,
communism, and fascism.
Drama 210 Introduction To The
tre Rick Prouty
Essentially a broadly-based
survey of the State of Theatre
arts, this course is divided into
two distinct phases: [7] the
History of the Theatre and [2]
contemporary personnel and
practice, e.g. the director, ac
tor, producer, designer, etc.
The course aims at enhancing
both an understanding and an
appreciation of the theatre as a
vital and changing art form.
Drama 210 requires a term
paper and attendance of selec
ted local productions in addition
to textbook and outside reading.
This course satisfys the Cre
ative Arts requirement.
Drama 307 The Development
of Drama Donald Deagon
A survey of dramatic litera
ture from the Greeks to mid
18th century. Students in this
class read about 25-30 plays
from the dramatic literature of
Greece, Rome, Italy, Spain,
France, and Germany. Written
work and outside reading is
assigned. Discussion, some lec
ture and optional reports are the
class procedures. Partially ful
fills the distribution require
ments in the humanities.
Drama 205 Fundamentals of
Acting Donald Deagon
Students in this course work
on four acting projects for the
semester. One of these may be
a public presentation of one-act
plays. In addition, each student
keeps a weekly journal [5 en
tries per week] in which prac
tical stage experience is mea
sured against the textbook ma
terial, and life experiences.
Class attendance is required as
is attendance at scene rehear
sals. Fulfills the distribution
requirements in the arts. Per
mission of instructor, .required
for admission. 4 hour credit.