One of the film genres invented during Hollywood’s “Golden Age” is the screwball comedy –

a comedy usually involving a romantic couple mixed in with a dose of slapstick.

The genre’s heyday was 1934-1945, a time when U.S. audiences dealt with

economic depression and global war by going to the movies more than ever before.

 

Classic examples include:

This class will discuss several classic screwball comedies, exploring the genre’s characteristics, historical development and its fate in contemporary culture. 

 

This class will look at one of the great lost forms of writing – the letter. Using The Oxford Book of Letters, participants will look at various letters written from the 16^th through the 20^th centuries and from an assortment of correspondents, such as John and Abigail Adams. The letters come from a variety of perspectives – social, political, economic and personal.

 

The Apache warriors of the American Southwest were some of the finest fighters in U.S. history. When Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. military in September 1886, it marked the last armed resistance of Native Americans in the Indian Wars of the nineteenth century. The course will detail the culture, approaches to warfare and influential leaders that produced such extraordinary   individuals.

 

This course will proceed chronologically to explore the various civilizations involved in Sicilian history. The instructor will provide a brief history of Sicilian rulers, their impact on Sicily, and a summary of Sicily’s overall importance to civilization. Examples of the impacted civilizations include: the Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, French, Spanish and modern Italians.

 

This is a comfortable, easy-going approach to computers for individuals interested in learning about, thinking of buying or having trouble using a computer. Topics will include e-mail, the Internet, Microsoft Word, digital cameras, scanners, and more.

 

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