Bill Costanzo's
Courses
Composition and
Literature I
This is the first half of the two-semester Freshman English sequence
required of all students. It is designed to strengthen your ability to
write and read expository essays and other forms of academic writing. My
approach also uses other media, especially computers and television, to
develop your literacy skills.
Composition and
Literature II
The second half of the Freshman English sequence continues to develop
writing skills, but the emphasis shifts from essays to imaginative
literature. In this course, you will be reading, discussing, and writing
about short stories, plays, and poetry. I teach an online version of this
course.
Literature Into Film
Movies, like literature, tell the stories of our culture. This course
explores relationships between stories on the page and on the screen: how
novels are made into films, how writers and filmmakers use the tools of
their trade to inform, instruct, and entertain. The focus shifts weekly or
bi-weekly to a great classic or contemporary film adaptation.
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Writing Projects
Seminar (Honors)
An advanced course in writing, this seminar gives you an opportunity to work
on your own writing projects (essays, stories, poems, whatever you choose)
with support from a community of interested readers. In addition to
completing five writing projects, you will learn and practice tutoring in
the Writing Center, and you will participate in a publication of student
work.
American Cinema
(Honors)
Learn about the history of Hollywood from the studio system of the 1930s to
the independents of today. Learn how movies both reflect and shape our
culture. This seminar examines such topics as the star system, the combat
film, film comedy, film noir, and the film school generation. Some topics
are explored through student presentations.
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