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Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 2022-23 
    
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Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 2022-23 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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

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Course Description: 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.”

ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral Communications, Critical Thinking, and Social Responsibility.
Prerequisite(s): Eligible for ENG 101.
General Education Elective(s): Humanities; Literature
Note(s): This course has been approved to meet the Core curriculum General Education Requirement.

Note: This course is usually offered in the Fall and Spring semesters.


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