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Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2012-13 
    
Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog 2012-13 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 130 - Voices From Behind Bars: The Literature Of Prisons

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Explores the world of prisons, both as a reality and as a metaphor in our lives, utilizing literature from prisons around the globe. This course asks students to consider issues of incarceration while reading passages from classics such as “The Falconer,” “Merchant of Venice” and the Bible, as well as more modern texts as “Short Eyes” and “Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number.”

Prerequisite(s): ENG 071 or eligible for ENG 101
General Education Elective(s): Humanities; Literature
Intensive Value(s): Written Communication; Values/Ethics/Social Policy


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