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2011-2012 University Catalog

NCLC 381 - When Cultural Worlds Collide

Credits: 6 (NR)
Explores what happens when “civilization” encounters “the jungle” by reading, writing, discussing, and viewing written and filmed works dealing with contacts between cultures with colliding world views. Literature (from Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness to Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Burrough’s Tarzan), news articles, radio broadcasts, web home pages, art exhibits, and many film and video presentations provide the basis for in-class and out-of-class activities.

Fulfills writing intensive requirement in the major.

Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3-15
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0