Old Tales and New Truths: Charting the Bright-Shadow World. 
Miriam's Tambourine: Jewish Folktales from around the World. Memories and Visions of Paradise: Exploring the Universal Myth of a Lost Golden Age. Gabriel's Palace: Jewish Mystical Tales. Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales. Classical Mythology: Images and Insights. various definitions of myth, legend, saga, folklore. literary genres (epic, lyric, tragedy) by which previously oral traditions were preserved. relationship of myth to art, religion, history, and society. nature and function of mythology and folklore. topics and themes of mythology and folklore. The course will introduce and foster understanding of Writing and Literature students develop an awareness of themselves as readers and writers in a global world, and an enlarged understanding of the relationships between language, identity, ideas, scholarship, communication, and transformation. Writing and Literature courses foster a stronger sense of engagement with history, culture, and society. Students explore literature both as an art form designed to provoke thought and challenge social norms, and as an expression of human experience. Students engage texts through critical analysis and creative response, learning to use evidence to support their interpretations and to navigate critical conversations. Students look closely at texts from a range of genres, articulating the way elements of writing, content, form, and style are interrelated, and considering how values and interpretations have changed over time and through different theoretical lenses. In literature classes, students explore significant texts from diverse cultures and periods in history. Because the literary arts lie at the heart of most human cultures, they are essential for understanding each other and navigating our differences. Students in English courses engage the imagination, critical inquiry and self?reflection, and in the process of doing so, cultivate a more complex understanding of their own culture(s), linguistic/communication practices, and perspectives in relation to others. 
English and Writing courses align with the PCC General Education philosophy by providing an appreciation of writing and literature from global and personal perspectives.
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