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By MELINDA YVALDROP
Assistant Carolina! Editor
Along with llic usual plethora of
standard English, math and history
courses abounding across campus
this semester. [JSC is also offering
a few pink elephants for those who
want a taste of something unusual.
Professor Abner Bulterworth has
taught a course in southern litera?
ture off and on for more than 18
years. This 400-level course covers
the most notable southern writers
of the past two centuries. Some of
the writers discussed are Edgar
Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Flannery
O'Connor and William Faulkner.
"I uy to pick the most important
southern writers," Butterworth said.
The three-credit course has
between 28 and 39 students.
Butterworth thinks it is beneficial
to students who take it, saying it
gives them "a better understanding
of literature and its relationship to
* culture as a whole."
Anpther different twist to the
usual literary genre is Professor
George Geckle's Shakespeare's
tragedies class. The class covers
seven of Shakespeare's greatest
tragedies, including "Julius
Caesar," "Hamlet" and "Macbeth."
"I think the class is designed to
allow the English department to
make Shakespeare available to a lot
of people," Geckle said.
This is the first year the university
has offered the three-credit
course and the first time Geckle
has taught one of such size. The
classes has 92 students. It includes
two class papers, a midterm and a
final, and Geckle plans to show
modern film adaptations of each
play.
Geckle is excited about the class.
"I find it fun to teach
Shakespeare," Geckle said. "I want
to imparl some of that enthusiasm
to my students."
Professor Kevin Lewis is also
excited about his course, Visions of
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Lewis said he limits the enrollment
to 40 students, but there is
usually a great variety of people.
"Of all the courses I teach, that
course usually attracts the most
interesting mix of students," Lewis
said. He said types of students
range from the counterculture to
evangelical Christians to English
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movies, slide shows and student
presentations. Lewis said grades in
the class are usually above average
and the class provides a "useful
academic and cultural perspective"
to those who take it.
One of the most popular unusual
courses is Professor Ann Engin's
Human Sexual Behavior class.
Engin stresses that the class focuses
on the psycho-social orientation
of sexuality, although she admits,
"We do look at the plumbing."
Engin said the class topics
include values, feelings, protection
from sexually transmitted diseases
and homosexuality.
"It's not just about copulation."
Engin said.
Another misconception is that
the class, with an enrollment of
100 to 300, is an easy A.
"A lot of people think that it's a
crip course, and it's not," Engin
said. She explains that her class has
no curve and that she has set standards
for performance.
"If everyone gets an A, that
makes me happy," Engin said. "If
everyone gets an F, that's tough."
Engin believes the class offers
useful information. She said students
can learn more about their
own values as well as others', and
they can become aware of potentially
harmful myths.
"They can learn up-to-date information
about human sexuality."
Engin said.
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