F2F Class Notes (Andrew)

Vocabulary

Ethnic, Medieval, Homer’s Iliad & Odyssey, Mythology, Zeus, Hera, Marvel Studio, Athena, Artemis, Apolo, Mount Olympia, Oracle of Delphi, Revenge=Vendetta, Renaissance, Titans

What Does an English Major Do? Students choose from a variety of courses within every area of the English major and may develop concentrations in a number of fields, including historical periods, cultural studies, popular culture, ethnic literatures, film studies, creative writing, and critical theory. In any given semester, we offer courses like Medieval Epic, Love in the Western World, Mythology, Revenge in Renaissance Drama, 18th-Century Fiction, American Travel Writing, The Bible as Literature, Crime Fiction, Comedy, The Modern American Novel, and National Cinemas. The department offers both an interdisciplinary creative writing certificate in Creative Writing, staffed by five published poets and fiction writers, and an interdisciplinary Journalism Certificate, staffed largely by working journalists and offering multiple internship possibilities. Students enjoy a rich array of extracurricular offerings. There are multiple fiction and poetry readings every semester, bringing a range of emerging and established writers to Buffalo. The Buffalo Film Seminar screens great films weekly in the context of discussion led by practicing film makers. Scholarly lectures abound, as do literary events in the city of Buffalo—from poetry slams to opportunities to meet world-famous writers. Students produce their own literary magazine, host their own readings, and form undergraduate clubs on the subjects that most interest them—including, recently, a Shakespeare Club and an Old and Middle English Club. Students work with faculty on scholarly research projects—for example, on Whitman’s Civil War poetry, on popular fiction in the UK, or on the nineteenth-century literature of politeness. The English Minor easily complements multiple areas of study and assists students wanting to hone writing and analytical skills in their major areas of study.

please finish reading this article and present one book that you know from each genre out of American Travel Writing, Crime Fiction, and Modern American Writing respectively

write down all the Marvel characters you know that came from mythology characters, and elaborate on what you know abt them and how they made impression on you in detail.