Literature school training courses in Austin, TX (public, in-house or online)

This is a world literature survey course that explores literature from a global perspective. We begin with post-Enlightenment Europe as a model for defining self and identity. Then we will look at texts from China, India, and Africa, with a special concentration on African literature. We hope to look at the foundation (epics and sacred literature) and move into very contemporary writing. Students will learn to recognize the literary "voice" and will be encouraged to look at the social ...

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This course will examine the use of children’s literature in the elementary school classroom. Various genres will be studied as well as the application of children’s literature to instruction and assessment in reading. Methods for incorporating the use of children’s literature in all content areas will also be examined.
Topics and Objectives
Importance of Reading
Evaluate reasons for reading
Identify the benefits of reading
Analyze engaged and unengaged reading <...

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Examination of books that form a part of the imaginative experience of children, as well as a part of a larger literary heritage, viewed in the light of their social, psychological, political and moral implications.

Literary responses to an America propelled forward by accelerating and complex forces. Works by Twain, James, and others such as Whitman, Dickinson, Adams, Wharton, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, DuBois and Chopin.

Introduction to the development of the religious ideas and institutions of ancient Israel, with selected readings from the Old Testament and New Testament. Emphasis on reading the Bible with literary and historical understanding.