I'm in support of the "G" designation, too. Some rewriting of the
description seems necessary, particularly the "for creative writing
majors" part. Perhaps just removing that and adding another beat or
two at "abroad" to emphasize the global instead of "the United States
and abroad."



TS

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:40 AM, cheek, cris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Totally Margaret! I've been bamboozled by this stream of British and
> American designations ever since i've been here. Such a limited sense of
> what is happening in english and such a parochial understanding of the
> contemporary.
>
> For that matter why not literature translated into english . . maybe that's
> a more complex argument, although not for me. Much of the work i have been
> hugely influenced by in terms of how i struggle to write english is
> literature i have read at least initially in translation.
>
> But an emphatic YES from me to rewriting the course spec
>
> looking forwards,
>
>
> cris
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Cathy Wagner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> That sounds like a great idea. For TaraShea & Daisy: this is Contemporary
>> Fiction. Would we retitle/redo course description?
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Luongo, Margaret <[log in to unmask]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, all--
>>>
>>> What would people think about making 311 a global course? It's no longer
>>> a requirement for CW majors--it falls under the genre category, so that can
>>> take something else. I have 25 students this semester, with room for 10
>>> more. Could we commit to teaching a mix of authors and not exclusively
>>> Americans? I think it's a worthwhile goal, especially since there's a course
>>> in contemporary American fiction. I'd be happy to submit the paper work, if
>>> this is something we'd want to do.
>>>
>>> --Margaret
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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