English (3300)
English (3300)
| 110 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION I + WRKSHP | 5 credits |
| Prerequisite: Placement. Extensive and varied experience in developing writing skills, with practice in expressive, reflective, and analytic forms of writing. Includes one credit, support-intensive workshop. | ||
| 111 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION I | 4 credits |
| Extensive and varied experience in developing writing skills, with practice in expressive, reflective, and analytic forms of writing. | ||
| 111 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION I | 4 credits |
| Extensive and varied experience in developing writing skills, with practice in expressive, reflective, and analytic forms of writing. | ||
| 112 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites 110 or 111 or 113 or 2020:121. Designed to develop skills in analyzing and writing persuasive arguments. | ||
| 112 | ENGLISH COMPOSITION II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites 110 or 111 or 113 or 2020:121. Designed to develop skills in analyzing and writing persuasive arguments. | ||
| 113 | AFR AM LANG & CULTURE I:C CMP | 4 credits |
| Discussion, argumentation, and writing related to African American culture and language. An option to 3300:111 English Composition I. Open to all students. | ||
| 114 | AFR AM LNG & CULTURE II:C CMP | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 110 or 111 or 113 or 2020:121. Composition and discussion topics focus on the structure, history, and culture of African American English. An option to 3300:112 English Composition II. Open to all students. | ||
| 250 | CLASSIC & CONTEMPORARY LIT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 111 and 112 or their equivalents, and 3400:210 or 221, or permission of the instructor. Close reading and analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama from the evolving canon of American, British, and World literature. This course fulfills the General Education Humanities Requirement. It cannot be used to meet requirements in English. | ||
| 252 | SHAKESPEARE & HIS WORLD | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 111 and 112 or their equivalents, and 3400:210 or 221. An introduction to the works of Shakespeare and their intellectual and social contexts. Each section "places" Shakespeare through compact readings of works by the playwright's contemporaries. This course fulfills the General Education Humanities Requirement. It cannot be used to meet requirements in English. | ||
| 275 | SPECIALIZED WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. (May be repeated for different topics, with permission) Principles and practice of style, structure and purpose in writing, with special applications to writing demands of a specific career area. | ||
| 276 | INTRO CREATIVE NONFICTION WRTG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of instructor. This course introduces the techniques of Creative Nonfiction through writing exercises that give experience with the form. | ||
| 277 | INTRODUCTION TO POETRY WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Practice in writing poems. Study of techniques in poetry, using contemporary poems as models. Class discussion of student work. Individual conferences with instructor to direct student's reading and writing. | ||
| 278 | INTRO TO FICTION WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Practice in writing short stories. Study of various techniques in fiction, using contemporary stories as models. Class discussion of student work. Individual conferences with instructor to direct student's reading and writing. | ||
| 279 | INTRODUCTION TO SCRIPT WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Practice in writing scripts. Study of various techniques in script writing, using contemporary models for study. Class discussion of student work. Individual conferences with instructor to direct student's reading and writing. | ||
| 280 | POETRY APPRECIATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Close reading of a wide selection of British and American poems with emphasis on dramatic situation, description, tone, analogical language, theme and meaning. | ||
| 281 | FICTION APPRECIATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, and 3400:210 or 221. Close reading of modern masters of short story and novel. Fulfills the General Education Humanities Requirement. It cannot be used to meet requirements in English. | ||
| 283 | FILM APPRECIATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Introduction to dramatic choices made by filmmakers in scripting, directing, editing and photographing narrative films; and qualities of reliable film reviews. | ||
| 300 | CRITICAL READING & WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. An introduction to English studies, focusing on critical methods for reading and writing about literature, with attention to research skills and uses of computer technology. | ||
| 301 | ENGLISH LITERATURE I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Studies in English literature from Old English to 1800, with emphasis upon specific representative works and upon the cultural and intellectual background which produced them. Literature to be read will include both major and minor poetry, prose and drama. | ||
| 315 | SHAKESPEARE: THE EARLY PLAYS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Introduction to early drama of Shakespeare with close reading of tragedies, histories and comedies. Includes explanatory lectures of both the plays and their backgrounds. | ||
| 316 | SHAKESPEARE: THE MATURE PLAYS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Study of Shakespeare's plays after 1598, beginning with mature comedies. Concentration on major tragedies and romances. | ||
| 341 | AMERICAN LITERATURE I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Historical survey of major and minor American writers to 1865. | ||
| 350 | BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Survey of representative black American writers from the 19th Century to present, with particular attention to historical and social backgrounds. | ||
| 360 | OLD TESTAMENT AS LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. History of Hebrews to 586 B.C., as revealed through epic, fiction, saga and poetry, viewed against background of the Asian World. | ||
| 361 | THE NEW TEST AND APOC AS LIT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112. These two bodies of literature read with emphasis on form of gospel and epistle, and concept of apocalypse. Both are viewed against their historical and social backgrounds. | ||
| 362 | WORLD LITERATURES | 3 credits |
| The course is a study of short fiction, poems, plays, and novels of the non-Western world from early antiquity to the present. | ||
| 364 | WOMEN WRITERS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 112 or equivalent, or permission of instructor. A study of the diverse voices of female experiences through literature written by women. | ||
| 366 | EUROPE BKGD ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Representative continental texts from Homer to Cervantes, selected both for their excellence and for their important influence on English and American literature. | ||
| 371 | INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Scientific introduction to the study of written and spoken linguistic behavior in English. History of English, varieties of English, and acquisition of English also introduced. | ||
| 376 | LEGAL WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Intensive practice in writing for prelaw students through assignments based on actual legal situations and real cases. Particular attention to stating legal issues, writing persuasively, applying rules of law, and other topics that will help those preparing for law school and the profession. | ||
| 377 | ADVANCED POETRY WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 277, and 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Advanced practice in writing poems, emphasis on shaping publishable works. Survey of market. Class discussion of student poems; individual conference with instructor. | ||
| 378 | ADVANCED FICTION WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 278, and 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Advanced practice in writing short stories, emphasis on shaping publishable works. Survey of market. Class discussion of student stories; individual conference with instructor. | ||
| 379 | ADVANCED SCRIPT WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 112, 279 or equivalents, or permission of instructor. This course focuses on writing for the screen and developing the visual imagination. | ||
| 380 | FILM CRITICISM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Application of literary critical theory to the study of film. | ||
| 381 | ADV CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITNG | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 276 or permission of instructor. This course advances student practice in the craft of Creative Nonfiction through writing exercises and workshop sessions. | ||
| 389 | ST: LITERATURE & LANGUAGE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. (May be repeated for credit as different topics are offered). Traditional and nontraditional topics in English literature and language, supplementing course listed in this General Bulletin, generally constructed around theme, genre and language study. | ||
| 390 | PROFESSIONAL WRITING I | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Designed to help prepare student for a career as professional business writer. Stresses theory and practice of written and oral communication in business organization. Individual and group performance, relating to communication theories, concepts of semantics. Functional writing as well as special needs of business are illustrated by actual cases. Adapting style and organization is practiced. | ||
| 391 | PROFESSIONAL WRITING II | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Designed to help prepare student for a career as professional technical writer. Covers principles and practices concerning editing company technical communications, such as specifications, annual reports, promotional brochures for technical products, services, scientific abstracts, proposals. Also treats problems of adapting materials to formats, graphic display of technical information, adaptation of technical material to nontechnical reader. | ||
| 392 | INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Minimum GPA of 2.5, permission of the instructor. (May be repeated for a maximum of six credits.) Critical reading and writing focused on career applications of the discipline of English. May count up to three credit hours toward the English major. | ||
| 399 | THE GOTHIC IMAGINATION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112. A loosely chronological study of major British, American, and European authors in the Gothic tradition. Focus on the literary conventions of Gothic fiction, to the "popular" nature of the literature and to its major themes/motifs. | ||
| 400 | ANGLO SAXON | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Studies in Old English language and Old English prose and poetry, including Beowulf. | ||
| 403 | DEVELOPMNT OF ARTHURIAN LEGEND | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Traces evolution of Arthurian materials from 540 to 1500 and beyond, with emphasis on characters, themes, events and treatments. | ||
| 406 | CHAUCER | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Close study of Chaucer's major works The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde in Middle English. | ||
| 407 | MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112, 64 credits or permission. Study of genres, topics, styles and writers of the Middle English literary works from 12th to 15th Centuries. Readings in Middle English. | ||
| 424 | EARLY ENGLISH FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112, 64 credits or permission. Development of English novel before 1830. Focus on works of Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Austen and Scott. | ||
| 425 | STUDIES IN ROMANTICISM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Literary, philosophical, psychological and social revolutions of romantic period as reflected in works of such major writers as Wordsworth, Byron and Keats. | ||
| 430 | VICTORIAN POETRY & PROSE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Poetry, prose of the late 19th Century, excluding fiction, with attention to Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Ruskin and other major writers. | ||
| 431 | VICTORIAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Reading of at least five major novels of Victorian era, of varying length, by Emily Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray and Hardy. Characterization, theme and attitude toward life emphasized. | ||
| 435 | 20TH CENTURY BRITISH POETRY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Concentrated study of major poems of Yeats, Eliot and Auden, with attention also to Hardy, Housman, Spender, C. Day Lewis, Dylan Thomas and others. | ||
| 436 | BRITISH FICTION: 1900-1925 | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Study of Conrad, Joyce, D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, with attention to their innovations in narrative and style, their psychological realism and symbolism. Brief consideration of other important fiction writers of the period, including Wells, Bennett and Mansfield. | ||
| 437 | BRITISH FICTION SINCE 1925 | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Study of important British novelists since 1925, excluding Lawrence, Joyce and Woolf. Attention to development of British short story from 1925 to present. | ||
| 440 | WOMEN AND FILM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 111, 112 or equivalents, 64 credits or permission of instructor. This course explores representations of the feminine and treatments of gender issues in mainstream Hollywood films within a critical framework of feminist film theory. | ||
| 448 | AMERICAN ROMANTIC FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Examination of early American fiction, tracing its genesis, romantic period and germinal movements toward realism. Writers discussed include Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne and Melville. | ||
| 449 | AMER FICT: REALISM & NATURAL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Examination of American writers of realistic and naturalistic fiction (e.g., Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser), tracing developments in American fiction against background of cultural and historical change. | ||
| 450 | MODERN AMERICAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Study of significant American short and long fiction from World War I to the present. | ||
| 451 | AMERICAN POETRY TO 1900 | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of American poetry of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. | ||
| 452 | MODERN AMERICAN POETRY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Survey of 20th Century American poetry beginning with Edwin Arlington Robinson and ending with contemporary poets. | ||
| 453 | AMERICAN WOMEN POETS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112, 64 credits or permission. Study of modern poets' uses and revisions of tradition, women's relationships, conceptions of art and of the artist-as-woman, and the debate between "public" and "private" poetry. | ||
| 454 | 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN DRAMA | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Examination of major, established playwrights (including O'Neill, Miller and Williams) and sampling of new and rising ones. | ||
| 455 | THE AMERICAN SHORT STORY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. A study of the development of the short story as a particularly American genre, from Washington Irving to the present. | ||
| 456 | THOREAU,EMERSON & THEIR CIRCLE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 64 credits or permission. A study of work and life of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and other key figures of the American Renaissance. | ||
| 457 | WRITERS ON WRITING | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits including 111 and 112 or permission of the instructor. A close look at what established writers have to say about the process of writing. Students write response essays and take exams on readings. | ||
| 460 | FILM AND LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: completion of 111, 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of instructor. Analysis of literary texts and their film adaptations. Emphasis on genre, structure, and visual elements as counterparts to written texts. | ||
| 466 | LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE ARTS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits including 111 and 112 or permission of the instructor. Foundation course in linguistics with pedagogical implications for second language learners. Fundamental topics (morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, pragmatics) and related topics (sociolinguistics, contrastive analysis) covered. | ||
| 467 | MODERN EUROPEAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Representative European writers from about 1850 to present, in translation. Focus on fiction of such writers as Dostoyevsky, Gide, Camus, Mann, Kafka and Kundera. | ||
| 468 | INTERNATIONAL POETRY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 112 or equivalent, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. This survey of world poetry focuses on the stylistic concerns and social consequences of literature from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and beyond. | ||
| 469 | EROS & LOVE IN EARLY WEST LIT | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. An analysis of the use of sex and love in the literature of the Western World from Greco- Roman times to 1800, with special emphasis on how sexuality and "romantic" love are used as allegorical, satiric, fantastic or realistic devices. | ||
| 470 | HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Development of English language, from its beginnings: sources of its vocabulary, its sounds, its rules; semantic change; political and social influences on changes; dialect origins; correctness. | ||
| 471 | U.S. DIALECTS: BLACK & WHITE | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Study of differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar among U.S. language varieties. Origins, regional and social dimensions are explored. Correctness, focusing on black English and Appalachian speech, explored. | ||
| 472 | SYNTAX | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: 371, and 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Principles of syntactic description. Sentence structures are investigated from a variety of languages, with emphasis on English. | ||
| 473 | THEORE FOUND AND PRIN OF ESL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits including 111 and 112 or permission of the instructor. Second language acquisition theories and teaching methodologies surveyed. Second language teaching principles from research in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and second language pedagogy explored. | ||
| 474 | AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 64 credits or permission. African American English grammatical structure, pronunciations, origins, and cultural role. Comparisons with academic English. Discussion of language correctness, legal status, and role in education. | ||
| 475 | THEORY OF RHETORIC | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. Ancient and modern theories of rhetoric, with attention to classical oration, "topics" of rhetoric and their application to teaching of English. | ||
| 477 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Major sociolinguistic concepts and methodology examined, as well as relationships between language, socio-cultural factors, and education. Issues of Standard English, power, and gender also examined. | ||
| 478 | GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES OF ENGL | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits including 111 and 112 or permission of the instructor. Contemporary understanding of Modern English sentence structure: parts of speech, sentence types, phrase types, modification, coordination and subordination, parentheticals. Traditional grammar and sentence rhetoric discussed. | ||
| 479 | MANAGMENT REPORTS | 3 credits |
| Prerequisites: completion of 111, 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of instructor. Study of principles and writing practice in effective business style, specialized structure, and purpose for business reports. | ||
| 482 | SENIOR HONORS PROJECT: ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated for a total of six credits). Prerequisites: Completion of 1100:111 and 1100:112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor, senior standing in Honors College and approval of honors preceptor; open only to English majors enrolled in Honors College. Independent study leading to completion of senior honors thesis or other original work. | ||
| 484 | FANTASY | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. A study of forms of literature, primarily fiction, based on and controlled by an overt violation of what is generally considered as possibility. | ||
| 485 | SCIENCE FICTION | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: 64 credits or permission. A study of twentieth-century British and American science fiction, featuring primary forms of the science fiction story and the work of major authors. | ||
| 486 | LEARNER ENGLISH | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, or permission of the instructor. Introduction to tools for and practice in analyzing second language learners' production of English. Theory and practice of teaching oral and written English also covered. | ||
| 487 | FLD EXP: TEAC SEC LANG LEARNER | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor is required to enroll. Practical experience in which second language teachers-in-training observe, participate in, and practice teaching under the supervision of the instructor and/or an experienced, certified teacher. | ||
| 489 | SEMINAR IN ENGLISH | 2-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. (May be repeated with different topics.) Special studies, and methods of literary research, in selected areas of English and American literature and language. | ||
| 490 | W: ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission of the instructor. (May be repeated with different topics) Group studies of special topics in English. Cannot be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in English; for elective credit only. | ||
| 492 | SENIOR SEMINAR | 3 credits |
| Discussion of select literary topic and reflection on student development in the major. Requires independent research and reflection papers. Limited to senior English majors. | ||
| 498 | INDP STUDY: ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: completion of 111 and 112 or their equivalents, 64 credits or permission. Directed study in a special field of interest chosen by student in consultation with instructor. | ||
| 500 | ANGLO SAXON | 3 credits |
| Studies in Old English language and Old English prose and poetry, including Beowulf. | ||
| 503 | DEVELOPMNT OF ARTHURIAN LEGEND | 3 credits |
| Traces evolution of Arthurian materials from 540 to 1500 and beyond, with emphasis on characters, themes, events and treatments. | ||
| 506 | CHAUCER | 3 credits |
| Close study of Chaucer's major works - The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde in Middle English. | ||
| 507 | MIDDLE ENGLISH LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Study of genres, topics, styles and writers of the Middle English literary works from 12th to 15th centuries. Readings in Middle English. | ||
| 521 | SWIFT & POPE | 3 credits |
| An intensive study of the major satires of Swift and Pope. Concentration on the rhetorical strategies of each author within the context of the shifting intellectual and cultural milieu at the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th Centuries. | ||
| 524 | EARLY ENGLISH FICTION | 3 credits |
| Development of English novel before 1830. Focus on works of Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne, Austen and Scott. | ||
| 530 | VICTORIAN POETRY & PROSE | 3 credits |
| Poetry, prose of the late 19th Century, excluding fiction, with attention to Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Ruskin and other major writers. | ||
| 531 | VICTORIAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Reading major novels of Victorian era, of varying length, by Emily Bronte, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray and Hardy. Characterization, theme and attitude toward life emphasized. | ||
| 535 | 20TH CENTURY BRITISH POETRY | 3 credits |
| Concentrated study of major poems of Yeats, Eliot and Auden, with attention also to Hardy, Housman, Spender, C. Day Lewis, Dylan Thomas and others. | ||
| 536 | BRITISH FICTION: 1900-1925 | 3 credits |
| Study of Conrad, Joyce, D.H. Lawrence and Virgina Woolf, with attention to their innovations in narrative and style, their psychological realism and symbolism. | ||
| 537 | BRITISH FICTION SINCE 1925 | 3 credits |
| Study of important British novelists since 1925, excluding Lawrence, Joyce and Woolf. Attention to development of British short story from 1925 to present. | ||
| 548 | AMERICAN ROMANTIC FICTION | 3 credits |
| Examination of early American fiction, tracing its genesis, romantic period and germinal movements toward realism. Writers discussed include Cooper, Poe, Hawthorne and Melville. | ||
| 549 | AM FIC: REALISM & NATURALISM | 3 credits |
| Examination of American writers of realistic and naturalistic fiction (e.g. Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser), tracing developments in American fiction against background of cultural and historical change. | ||
| 550 | MODERN AMERICAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Study of significant American short and long fiction from World War I to the present. | ||
| 553 | AMERICAN WOMEN POETS | 3 credits |
| Study of modern poets' uses and revisions of tradition, women's relationships, conceptions of art and of the artist-as-woman, and the debate between "public" and "private" poetry. | ||
| 556 | THOREAU,EMERSON & THEIR CIRCLE | 3 credits |
| A study of work and life of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and other key figures of the American Renaissance. | ||
| 557 | WRITERS ON WRITING | 3 credits |
| A close look at what established writers have to say about the process of writing. Students write response essays and take exams on readings. | ||
| 560 | FILM AND LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| Analysis of literary texts and their film adaptations. Emphasis on genre, structure, and visual elements as counterparts to written texts. | ||
| 566 | LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE ARTS | 3 credits |
| Foundation course in linguistics with pedagogical implications for second language learners. Fundamental topics (morphology, syntax, semantics, phonetics, pragmatics) and related topics (sociolinguistics, contrastive analysis) covered. | ||
| 567 | MODERN EUROPEAN FICTION | 3 credits |
| Representative European writers from about 1850 to present, in translation. Focus on fiction of such writers as Zola, Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Mann, Proust, Kafka and Solzhenitsyn. | ||
| 568 | INTERNATIONAL POETRY | 3 credits |
| This survey of world poetry focuses on the stylistic concerns and social consequences of literature from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and beyond. | ||
| 569 | EROS & LOVE: EARLY WESTERN LIT | 3 credits |
| An analysis of sex and love in the western literature from Greco-Roman times to 1800. Emphasis allegorical, satiric, fantastic or realistic uses of sexuality and "romantic" love. | ||
| 570 | HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE | 3 credits |
| Development of English language, from its beginnings: sources of its vocabulary, its sounds, its rules; semantic change; political and social influences on changes; dialect origins; correctness. | ||
| 571 | U.S. DIALECTS: BLACK & WHITE | 3 credits |
| Study of differences in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar among U.S. language varieties. Origins, regional and social dimensions are explored. Correctness, focusing on black English and Appalachian speech, explored. | ||
| 572 | SYNTAX | 3 credits |
| Principles of syntactic description. Sentence structures are investigated from a variety of languages, with emphasis on English. | ||
| 573 | THEORETI FOUND AND PRIN OF ESL | 3 credits |
| Second language acquisition theories and teaching methodologies surveyed. Second language teaching principles from research in linguistics, psycholinguistics, and second language pedagogy explored. | ||
| 574 | AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH | 3 credits |
| African American English grammatical structure, pronunciations, origins, and cultural role. Comparisons with academic English. Discussion of language correctness, legal status, and role in education. | ||
| 575 | THEORY OF RHETORIC | 3 credits |
| Ancient and modern theories of rhetoric, with attention to classical oration, "topics" of rhetoric and their application to teaching of English. | ||
| 577 | SOCIOLINGUISTICS | 3 credits |
| Major sociolinguistic concepts and methodology examined, as well as relationships between language, socio-cultural factors, and education. Issues of Standard English, power, and gender also examined. | ||
| 578 | GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURES OF ENGL | 3 credits |
| Contemporary understanding of Modern English sentence structure: parts of speech, sentence types, phrase types, modification, coordination and subordination, parentheticals. Traditional grammar and sentence rhetoric discussed. | ||
| 579 | MANAGEMENT REPORTS | 3 credits |
| Study of principles and writing practice in effective business style, specialized structure, and purpose for business reports. | ||
| 585 | SCIENCE FICTION | 3 credits |
| A study of twentieth-century British and American science fiction, featuring primary forms of the science fiction story and the work of major authors. | ||
| 586 | LEARNER ENGLISH | 3 credits |
| Introduction to tools for and practice in analyzing second language learners¿ production of English. Theory and practice of teaching oral and written English also covered. | ||
| 587 | FLD EXP: TEAC SEC LANG LEARNER | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor required to enroll. Practical experience in which second language teachers-in-training observe, participate in, and practice teaching under the supervision of the instructor and/or an experienced, certified teacher. | ||
| 589 | SEMINAR IN ENGLISH | 2-3 credits |
| (May be repeated with different topics.) Special studies, and methods of literary research, in selected areas of English and American literature and language. | ||
| 590 | W: ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| (May be repeated with different topics.) Group studies of special topics in English. Cannot be used to meet undergraduate or graduate major requirements in English; for elective credit only. | ||
| 592 | INTERNSHIP IN ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Graduate internship, including analytical reading and writing focused on liberal arts and career applications of the study of English. May count up to three credit. | ||
| 600 | TEACHING COLL COMP PRACTICUM | 3 credits |
| Prerequisite: teaching assistantship. Orientation and weekly analysis of teaching rationale and practice, limited to teaching assistants in the Department of English. (Credits may not be used to meet M.A. in English degree requirements.) | ||
| 615 | SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA | 3 credits |
| Concentrated study of several Shakespearean plays with emphasis on historical, critical and dramatic documents pertinent to development of Shakespeare's art. | ||
| 616 | SHAKESPEARE CONTEMP ENGL DRAMA | 3 credits |
| Readings in such playwrights as Lyly, Greene, Marlowe, Jonson, Beaumont, Fletcher, Webster, Middleton and Ford and in contemporary writings relevant to theory and practice of drama. | ||
| 618 | MILTON | 3 credits |
| Emphasis on Milton's major poems and prose works: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Areopagitica. Student becomes acquainted with Milton the man and Milton the artist. | ||
| 619 | 17TH CENTURY ENGLSH LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| An examination of seventeenth-century British authors, including Donne, Jonson, Marvell, Milton, Bacon, and Bunyan, their canonical positions, their craft, and their literary criticism. | ||
| 620 | AUTOBIOGRAPHY AS LITERATURE | 3 credits |
| This course examines the genre of autobiography and memoir. A wide representation of autobiographies will be the focus of discussion and analysis. | ||
| 625 | AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITING | 3 credits |
| Using a workshop format, this course examines autobiographical essays written by class members. Attention will also be given to the art and craft of writing autobiography. | ||
| 627 | KEATS & CONTEMPORARIES | 3 credits |
| Writings of John Keats, studied against background of romantic poetic theory and poetry of Keats' contemporaries | ||
| 630 | LITERATURE OF THE 1930S | 3 credits |
| A study of 1930s American literature in its social context, using recent critical theory to examine relationships between history and literature. | ||
| 643 | SEMINAR IN JAMES | 3 credits |
| A study of Henry James' life and works. Primary emphasis will be on James' fiction, both long and short, early and late; but some attention will also be given to his literary criticism, travel pieces and plays. | ||
| 645 | POE AND HAWTHORNE | 3 credits |
| Substantial readings from each author: tales, novels, essays, letters, poetry. Also, representative literary criticism about each author. | ||
| 646 | WHITMAN & DICKINSON | 3 credits |
| Students study the work of Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, and the appropriate recent scholarship. Students conduct, write about, and present their own scholarly research. | ||
| 650 | THE NEW RHETORICS | 3 credits |
| This seminar examines the impact of rhetorical theory on the study and teaching of writing. We will study works from classical, modern, and postmodern rhetoricians. | ||
| 651 | THE PRAGMATISTS | 3 credits |
| This seminar examines the pragmatic roots of composition studies--the"tacit tradition," including classical expressivism, and criticisms of that movement. | ||
| 660 | CULTURAL STD:THEORY & PRACTICE | 3 credits |
| This course explores the relationship between Cultural Studies and English Studies, examining the impact of Cultural Studies on the practice of textual analysis. | ||
| 665 | LITERARY CRITICISM | 3 credits |
| Inquiry into nature and value of literature and problems of practical criticism as represented in major statements of ancient and modern critics. | ||
| 670 | MODERN LINGUISTICS | 3 credits |
| Introductory examination of methods and results of modern grammatical research in syntax, semantics, phonology and dialects. Goals include understanding of language variation and background preparation for linguistic studies of literature. | ||
| 673 | THEORIES OF COMPOSITION | 3 credits |
| Study of composition theories and research, with attention to their implications for writing and writing instruction. Particular focus on such topics as composing processes, invention, form, style, modes of writing, language varieties and evaluation of writing. Class sessions include discussion of readings and presentations. | ||
| 674 | RSCH METHODOL IN COMPOSITION | 3 credits |
| Research methodologies in composition and their application. Students will define research areas, summarize and evaluate work already done, and propose and complete semester research projects. | ||
| 675 | WRITING FOR MBAS | 3 credits |
| Emphasizes managerial writing. Writing tasks are presented as decision-making tools, and students develop strategies for messages to subordinates, analytical reports and messages to outside audiences. | ||
| 676 | THEORY & TEACHING BASIC COMP | 3 credits |
| Review of current research and exploration of specific instructional methods for teaching basic composition. | ||
| 677 | SCIENCE WRITING | 3 credits |
| Study of principles and writing practice for effective communication in the physical or social sciences, including purpose, audience, specialized document structure, and oral presentations. | ||
| 679 | SCHOLARLY WRITING | 3 credits |
| Study of composing, analyzing and evaluating academic arguments. Practice in specific forms of academic writing such as reviews of research, articles and book reviews. | ||
| 683 | SEMINAR IN SATIRE | 3 credits |
| A study of satire from the middle ages through the late 20th Century, with particular attention to techniques of satiric attack, modes of comedy and irony and literary criticism. | ||
| 689 | SEMINAR IN ENGLISH | 2-3 credits |
| (May be repeated with change of topics) Special topics within the general field of literature and language, usually focusing on major figures or themes. | ||
| 698 | INDIVIDUAL READING IN ENGLISH | 1-3 credits |
| Individual study under guidance of professor who directs and coordinates student's reading and research. | ||
| 699 | MASTERS THESIS | 1-6 credits |
| Original work in the field of literature and language and completion of graduate student's required thesis. | ||
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