Professors: Suzanne Barrett, A.B. Newton, M.A.T. Trenton State, A.M. Clark, Ph.D. Brown; Nina Bogdanovsky, M.L.S. Simmons, M.A. Moscow; Elizabeth Brink, A.B. Brown, Ph.D. Brandeis; Andrea Defusco, A.B., A.M. Boston College; Carol Fallon, B.S. Salem State, Verizon Professional Certification; Robert Farrell, S.J., A.B., A.M., S.T.B. Boston College, A.M. Middlebury; Stephen Kurkjian, A.B. Boston University, J.D. Suffolk, Pulitzer Prize, '72, '80, '03; Terri Long, A.B. Boston College, M.F.A. Emerson; Ted Murphy, A.B. Boston College, Author Seven Books; Dustin Rutledge, A.B. Penn State, M.F.A. Notre Dame; Akua Sarr, A.B. Dartmouth, Ph.D. Wisconsin-Madison; Robert Sullivan, B.S. Bridgewater, A.M. Boston University, A.M., C.A.E.S. Boston College; Diane Thompson, A.B. Vassar, A.M. Iowa, M.F.A. Emerson.

EN 05201  Introductory College Writing
EN05201 Syllabus
Class requires simultaneous registration in EN 12901
Course presents the basic techniques that are necessary for successful college writing. It provides the essential tools for clear, organized, effective analytical expression. Opportunities for revisions heighten self-confidence.
Spring, Tues 6:30–9, Jan 17–May 8
Professor Thompson

EN 12901  Informing Writers: Text and Tech
EN12901 Syllabus
Class requires simultaneous registration in EN 05201
All good writing flows from good information. The four library sessions will familiarize students with the organization of libraries, the organization and presentation of information in print, online, and other formats and its importance to writers. A primary goal is for students to become more proficient at finding the information they need at libraries, on the Web, and from other sources. Students also learn about new tools and techniques that will inform their research and writing projects. Practical application is stressed.
Spring, Mon 6:30–9, Jan 23–May 7
Professor Bogdanovsky

EN 05202  Introductory College Writing
EN05202 Syllabus
EN 05202  Introductory College Writing
Course inculcates the basic tenets of good writing to enable the student to write clear, expository prose. Besides regular practice in writing, collateral prose reading is assigned to illustrate the principles of composition.
Spring, Mon 6:30–9, Jan 23–May 7
Professor Rutledge

CLOSED EN 06001  Literary Works
EN06001 Syllabus
Concentrated introductory study of a limited number of major authors. Purpose is to develop an ability to read literature with appreciation and to write intelligently.
Spring, Mon 6:30–9, Jan 23–May 7
Professor Farrell, S.J.

EN 09601  Craft of Writing
EN09601 Syllabus
Introductory course addressing frequent problems in writing. Students write short weekly papers that encourage the development of individual strategy and style. Class essays, as well as creative prose works, provide models. Course is an elective or alternative for Introductory College Writing.
Spring, Sat 12:30–3:30, Jan 21–Apr 28
Professor Murphy

EN 20301  Friendship in the Digital Age
EN20301 Syllabus
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have, for better or worse, changed the nature of friendship. Today friends meet, converse and interact online. Networks connect friends from afar, offer group support, and provide a vital means of communication for the elderly and the housebound. Social networking also raises many questions: among the troubling developments, power-users “collect” friends; digital conversations are easily misinterpreted; and conversations, once private, are now visible to entire networks. Readings, discussion and reflection explore friendship in the digital age, providing a rich palette for writing. Class meets online weekly. Utilizes Blackboard Vista (available to the BC community) for collaborative projects and weekly online discussion.
Spring, Mon 6:30–9, Jan 23–May 7
Professor Long

EN 57501  Corporate Communication
EN57501 Syllabus
In a globally competitive and technologically advanced world, the ability to convey ideas and persuade diverse audiences is critical to professional success in every organization. Course provides a learning environment which develops proficient communication skills. Focusing on business writing and oral presentations with attention to purpose and audience, the curriculum offers strategies for effective business communication in letters, memos, email, reports, proposals, resumes, meetings, and presentations. Classroom interaction, written assignments, collaborative media design, and team presentations provide multiple opportunities to demonstrate and enhance skills and to receive feedback on your professional communication style.
Spring, Wed 6:30–9, Jan 18–May 2
Professor C. Fallon

EN 21301  Cityscapes: Literary Portraits
EN21301 Syllabus
Cities offer authors rich geographic and imaginative space in which to explore quests for life, love, happiness, excitement and success. Course explores how authors invest the urban landscape with symbolic meaning so that the setting almost becomes another character in the text. Discussion focuses on how setting affects character, including urban socialites, capitalists, gangsters and entrepreneurs. Readings include Edith Wharton’s House of Mirth, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, Toni Morrison’s Jazz, Ron Suskind’s A Hope in the Unseen, and select poetry and drama.
Spring, Thurs 6:30–9, Jan 19–May 3
Professor Defusco

EN 24401  Film, Literature and Law
EN24401 Syllabus
Interest in the rapport between film and literature as it relates to the law intrigues us as much today as ever. Literature captures the drama of a legal trial or an investigation into a brutal, racial murder. Film then takes this rich material and shapes it into a compelling form with dynamic visuals and other narrative techniques. The course explores the power of story-telling and the impact of film to embody and inhabit law and its relationship to ideas about inferiority, liberty, citizenry, race, justice, crime, punishment, and social order. Film adaptations from short stories, plays, and novellas will comprise the body of the curriculum.
Spring, Tues 6:30–9, Jan 17-May 8
Professor Michalczyk

EN 28901  New Forms, New Fictions
Course studies literary adventurers struggling to represent the changing world of the twenty-first century. Confronting altered personal and political realities, these writers experiment with new forms and fictions; texts reflect dramatic changes in ethics and aesthetics. A variety of works are read: Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; Woolf, To the Lighthouse; Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five; Burgess, A Clockwork Orange; Faulkner, As I Lay Dying.
May 15–June 21, Tues & Thurs 6:30–9:30
Professor Farrell, S.J.

CLOSED EN 37201  Film Adaptations of Fictional Works
EN37201 Syllabus
Many films take their plots, characters and inspiration from novels and short stories. These adaptations are often very successful films, but they frequently differ greatly from the original works of fiction. Class examines what is lost and what is gained in the transition from page to screen. We carefully read the original works and then compare the movies. Includes Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Truman Capote; The Road, Cormac McCarthy; The Color Purple, Alice Walker; Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.
Spring, Mon 6:30–9, Jan 23–May 7
Professor Barrett