Professor Richard A. Schwartz

Department of English
Florida International University

Miami, Florida 33199

Office: DM 460B                         phone: 305-348-3394        email: schwartz@fiu.edu

Academic Vita

Writing Handout

Major Greek and Roman Mythological Figures

 

Courses: Fall 2008

American Fiction 1900-1950 (AML 4503, sec. U02)

Syllabus

20th Century Political Fiction and Film (
LIT 5405 sec. U01--graduate students only)

Syllabus

Selected List of Political Films


Courses: Summer A  2008

1950s Literature and Culture (AML 5505 Sec. U01A)

Syllabus (AML 5505 )

Selected Films from the 1950s

Introduction to THE 1950s by Richard Schwartz

Epilogue to THE 1950s by Richard Schwartz

Civil Rights Chronology, from The 1950's by Richard A. Schwartz
 

Courses: Spring 2008

American Fiction: 1950-present (AML 4503 sec. U03)

assignment 1
assignment 2

 

M.A. Thesis Workshop (ENG 5971 sec 01)

 

Courses: Fall 2007

Rhetoric of Cinema: Modern Society in 20th Century Literature and Film
(ENG 4135 U01/IDS 4920 U01)

Assignment 1
Assignment 2

Assignment 3


American Fiction 1900-1950: AML 4503 sec. U02


Assignment 1
Assignment 2
 


Courses: Summer B 2007

History of Film: ENG 4121 sec. U01B
Course syllabus with assignments

Special Topics: Woody Allen   LIT 5934 sec. U01B
Course syllabus with assignments

 

Courses: Spring 2007

AML 4503, sec. U01: American Fiction 1950-present

Course syllabus with assignments   

QUESTIONS FOR 1ST FORMAL ESSAY

 

ENG 5971 sec U01: M.A. Thesis Writing

Course syllabus with assignments  

"Becky Tewes, Loss, Repetition, and Emotional Disconnection in The Moviegoer."
 

Courses: Fall 2006 

ENG 4132 sec. U01/ IDS 4920 sec. U01: 1950s American Film and Society  

Course syllabus with assignments  

 

AML 4120, sec. U01: American Fiction: 1900-1950 

Course syllabus with assignments

 

Courses: Summer A 2006

LIT 5934, section U01: 20th Century Experimental Fiction and Film

Course syllabus with assignments 

ENG 4121 sec.0: History of Film

Course syllabus with assignments

 

Courses: Spring 2006: 

AML 4503 sec. U03:  American Fiction:1950-present 

Course syllabus with assignments 

Assignment 1

 Supplemental Information 

            1. Background information for the Vietnam War  

 

ENG 5971 sec. 01: Master’s Thesis Writing 

Course syllabus with assignments

Recent English Department Master's Theses

Andrade: "Race, Representation, and Intersubjectivity"

Blade Runner
 


 

Courses: Fall 2005:

AML 4503 sec. U02:  American Fiction:1900-1950

Course Description

Course syllabus with assignments

 

IDS 4920 sec. U03/LIT 4930 sec. U02: Explorations of the Human Spirit

Course Description

Course syllabus with assignments

Handout on pre-Socratic philosophers

Link to lecture series by FIU’s Center for Study of Spirituality http://cas.fiu.edu/SpiritualityCenter

 


Courses: Summer A 2005

ENG 4121 sec. 01: History of Film

Course syllabus

 

LIT 5934 sec. 01: Cold War Literature and Film  GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY

Course Syllabus with Assignments

Richard Schwartz, Cold War History and Culture 

Richard Schwartz, “How the Film and Television Blacklists Worked”–slightly modified from Film & History Annual For 1999 (CD ROM)

Richard Schwartz, entry on House Committee on Un-American Activities  from Cold War Culture (Facts on File, 2000)

Richard Schwartz, entry on Red Scare from Cold War Culture (Facts on File, 2000)

Additional Internet Sources

Apocalyptic and End of the World Fiction, Film and TV 

http://www.emptyworld.info/article_01.html 

Paul Brians, Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War Fiction

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/nuclear/ 

David Seed, “Imagining the Worst: Science Fiction and Nuclear War,” from Journal of  American Studies of Turkey 11 (2000) : 39-49           http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~jast/Number11/Seed.htm


Courses: Spring 2005

AML: 4503 sec. 01–American Fiction 1950-present

            Course Description

            Course Syllabus

            Course Assignments

                        1. Response Journals (one-third of final grade)–see syllabus for details

                        2. 1st Formal Essay

                        3. 2nd  Formal Essay

            Supplemental Information

                        1. Background information for Dog Soldiers and the Vietnam War            

LIT 5934 sec. 01–Rhetoric of NarrativeOPEN TO GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY--New Room: DM 180

            Course Description

            Course Syllabus

            Course Assignments

                        1. Six 2-2.5 page short essays. Each will account for 10 percent of the final grade.  See syllabus for specific assignments.

                        2. One formal essay–see syllabus for details.

            Supplemental Information


Fall 2004

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