ENGL - English

A writing-workshop course in which students understand and practice writing-process elements; compose essays using a variety of rhetorical strategies and research methods; and use critical reading, writing, and discussion as a means of situating themselves in a world of ideas

ENGL 106 will provide students with a full semester overview of the major areas within and current approaches to literary students. Students will gain insight into literary history, the process of and critical debates concerning canon formation, and the multiple functions and genres of literature and writing. This course will also require a significant literary research paper designed to introduce students to effective modes of library research, strategies for integrating secondary sources, and important terms and concepts that are fundamental to literary analysis. The small class size will also encourage active discussion and the development of oral presentation skills.

ENGL 111 is a course for students who need to further develop their English language skills. This multi-skills course focuses on reading, writing, and communication needs essential in academic settings.

ENGL 114 A review of English grammar through intensive written and oral practice to promote accurate and appropriate language use for students who have already studied grammar extensively and need to refine the ability to produce acceptable academic English.

ENGL 117 will provide students the opportunity to further develop their academic reading and writing skills. It will focus on reading and writing strategies for academic work that will enhance fluency and accuracy, vocabulary expansion and use, and developing metacognitive awareness of the text conventions of common academic genres. Students will improve their ability to understand and respond to texts.

The Visiting Writers Program is required for two semesters for all Writing minors in the creative writing track. Guest writers give readings and present lectures concerning the craft and process of writing, which students are required to attend. Each event offers opportunities for students to interact with the visiting writers and to discuss their craft and creative process. Writing minors are required to register for the course during the semesters when they are enrolled in their intermediate and advanced writing courses (ENGL 361, 362, 460, or 461).

An introduction to the interdisciplinary study of American cultures, their historical development and contemporary status. Focusing on literary and cultural representations of specific aspects of the American experience, the course will examine the constructed nature of American self-perceptions and of U.S. history. The course contextualizes U.S. cultures within the Americas and the global arena. Particular course emphasis is selected by the instructor. Cross-listed as AMST 202.

The study of major texts from origins to the present in British literature. Will include divergent approaches to texts, the historical development of the literatures, and the relationships between literature and other disciplines.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Readings include epics from the oral and written traditions and romances from several traditions.

The study of major texts from origins to the present in American literature. Will include divergent approaches to texts, the historical development of the literatures, and the relationships between literature and other disciplines.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Analysis of drama and film as theatrical and cinematic works through various thematic and critical approaches. Includes screening of films.

An introduction to the methodologies of studying American cultures, with a special focus on popular and mass cultures. Particular course emphasis will be determined by the individual instructor, but topics will stress the multiplicity of American cultures. While literary works will make up the majority of the class texts, the course will utilize an interdisciplinary approach integrating materials from fields such as history, anthropology, women's studies, ethnic studies, geography, sociology, music, and art. Cross-listed as AMST 210.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. The course teaches analysis of varying narrative styles and approaches and the relationship of narrative to culture.

Readings in world literature from ancient to contemporary. Students will develop skills in reading poems both as literary works and as cultural artifacts.

Readings from among various fiction genres, intended to reflect the growth of and influences in American fiction from its beginnings to the present; specific focus is chosen by the instructor.

A survey of mystery writers from Edgar Allan Poe to P.D. James, exploring their techniques with the genre and the methods of their detectives.

Historical and generic survey of science fiction through representative works and major authors; examination of its relationships with other types of literature.

Historical, comparative, and generic survey of fantasy fiction through representative works and major authors; examination of its relationships with other kinds of literature.

An examination of major works by African American novelists, poets, dramatists, filmmakers, musicians, and essayists in terms of the intellectual and political concerns of their periods and locations. Cross-listed with ETHN 240.

Study of works by and about Latinos, including poetry, novels, film, drama, music, and essays. Focus on culture of people of Hispanic descent living in the United States, including Chicanos, Puerto Ricans, Dominican Americans, and Cuban Americans, with some consideration of the ongoing relations between U.S. Latinos and Latin America. Cross-listed as ETHN 241.

Study of a variety of works, including traditional tales, novels, poems and memoirs, produced by American Indians from historical beginnings to the present. Cross-listed with ETHN 242.

First in the sequence of creative writing courses, the prerequisite for all higher level creative writing. Conducted in an informal workshop format, the course provides practical experience in the writing and evaluation of poetry and short fiction. Basic forms, prosodies, techniques, genres, and the problems they pose are considered through study of historical and contemporary examples, and through writing assignments.

The course takes an in-depth look at magazine and fiction or poetry manuscript editing in preparation for publication. The course pays special attention to the selection of work, layout, and formation of the on-campus literary magazine The Trident as well as a chapbook manuscript from each student. Students will consider the elements of layout, arrangement, and editing for manuscript work and turn in two major projects over the semester.

Study of ways to approach and understand film as a medium of art and communication. Emphasis on building a working vocabulary of basic film terms through screening, discussion, and analysis of feature and shorter films.

Examination of sections of Old and New Testaments as works of literature, history and religious thought. Emphasis on major themes, motifs, and critical techniques.

An exploration of the historical construction of American gender, ethnicity/race, and class; their present status; and their literary and cultural representations. Focusing on intersections between these categories of identity, the course will utilize an interdisciplinary approach, integrating materials from fields such as literary studies, history, women's studies, ethnic studies, geography, sociology, music, and art. Cross-listed as AMST 296.

Variable-content course; topic announced in the online Course Offerings each semester.

Offered on occasion. In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from the literature of continental Europe. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from the literary tradition of the United States. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical examination of selected "landmarks" from British literary tradition. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

In-depth critical and comparative examination of selected "landmarks" from global literary traditions. Focus on issues of interpretation, intertextuality, literary movements and periods, canon formation, and pedagogy.

An examination of contemporary Latina literary productions in the context of representations of Latinas in mainstream U.S. society. The focus of the course is on women of Hispanic descent living and writing in the United States, including work by and about Chicanas, Puerto Ricans, Dominican Americans, and Cuban Americans. Previous course work in Latina/Latino literature not required, but some previous course work related to African American or other ethnic literature, women's literature/feminism, and/or film studies is strongly recommended. Cross-listed as WOST 304 and INDS 304.

This survey course will offer a study of Middle Eastern literatures from antiquity to the present. The central goal of the course is to introduce the students to the trends and genres in Middle Eastern literatures and to offer them an overview of the historical, literary, and cultural setting of some of the canonical literary texts. Particular emphasis will be given to a broad understanding of the interaction between religion, history, and literature in the Middle East. All readings will be in English translation.

Study of selected texts representative of the literature flourishing in Western Europe between 600 and 1500.

Study of Renaissance texts, with a focus on English Renaissance literature.

This course includes coverage of a range of fiction, poetry, and non-fiction prose authored by 19th-century women writers, as well as the historical contexts within which those works were produced. In addition to the primary focus on reading and analyzing literature, the course will also expose students to histories and approaches of literary criticism and the methods of recovering and assessing neglected traditions and perspectives from literary history.

An in-depth study of literature by women. The course explores questions regarding gender, language, perception, and experience through various genres. Cross-listed as WOST 314.

This course will explore the Gothic novel in its various geographic and temporal contexts, from classic texts to more non-traditional ones. Beginning with its eighteenth-century origins, we will examine the different changes that the genre has undergone and the different themes that the genre has addressed.

Study of Jacobean drama, metaphysical and neo-classical poetry, and emerging prose styles.

Advanced-level course in analysis of poetry: introduction to various critical approaches; background study of poetic techniques; independent work on one poet.

A study of modern dramatic literature from the late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century. Particular attention will be paid to the influence of realism on modern drama. The course will explore meaning beyond the page by considering the textual ramifications of staging dramatic texts.

Study of major literary forms with emphasis on Neoclassicism and emergent verse and prose styles; topics include significant social and political changes such as the expansion of empire and the growth of new readerships.

A study of contemporary dramatic literature from the mid-20th century to the present focusing on understanding the dramatic form and its relation to society. Critical analysis of plays includes historical and cultural contexts as well as theatrical implications of staging the text.

Romantic movement in England, 1790 to 1835, as exemplified in writings of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, Wollstonecraft, DeQuincey, Hazlitt, and others.

Study of myth theory, mythology, and literary symbolism in world literature.

Introduction to later 19th century English poetry and prose; emphasis on relationship between social-intellectual history and literature. Topics include problems of rapid industrialization, impact of science and technology, pressures for increased democratization, impact of laissez-faire capitalism, and relationship of the literature to 19th century music, painting, and architecture.

Study of the literature of modernism in terms of influence, development, and its interaction with the other arts within the context of continental Europe. Might include figures such as Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Thomas Mann; movements such as Surrealism and Expressionism; and specific historical-geographical contexts such as the Habsburg Empire and interbellum Paris.

Study of major British fiction, poetry, and drama, 1900 to the present. Topics include the Irish national movement, romantic/realistic attitudes toward war, the roots of modernism, the dissolution of Empire. Authors range from Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and Lawrence to Amis and Fowles. Approach is varied but tends to emphasize social-historical backgrounds.

Exploration of the evolution, subject matters, forms, and conventions of graphic texts with emphasis on their literary form.

Study of the novel in Britain and America, 1948 to the present. Emphasis on variety of forms, styles, and techniques in the genre and on contrasts between British and American novels of the period reflective of long-established, quite separate traditions.

Study of American literary and cultural roots in the 17th and 18th centuries; special attention to the emergence of myths and realities concerning the American hero and the American dream, including specific issues such as the rise of slavery, the role of women, the treatment of the Indian, the power of the Puritans, and the rhetoric of the Revolution.

Study of Romanticism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture, including textual examples ranging from indigenous native sources to those of Europe and the East.

Survey of American nature writing, chiefly over the past half century. Focuses on the art of seeing natural places. Includes field trips, direct study of nature.

Study of Realism and Naturalism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture, including influences from Europe and from the emerging voices of American women and African American slaves.

Study of American poetry of the first half of the 20th century. Focuses on tradition and innovation, distinctive voices, the cultural and historical context.

Study of modernism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture; might include such figures as Faulkner and Hemingway, and such movements as the Harlem Renaissance.

Study of contemporary works, genres and movements with attention to literary form, historical contexts and other interdisciplinary concerns.

Study of American poetry being written now and during the past 20 years in relationship to the American and lyric traditions. Focuses on the place of poets in our society, the cultural and historical context of American poetics, and the development of a uniquely American voice in contemporary poetry.

Study of the literature written by and often about black women, including poetry, short and long fictions, novels, drama, biography, and autobiography from the 18th century to the present.

Study of the literature flourishing within the African American community between approximately 1919 and 1930. Focuses on the political, social, and literary activities of the era.

Study of major texts that contribute to the field of African American autobiography. Focuses on the literary and cultural trends exhibited in these texts, as well as on the individual significance of each text.

This course offers students an introduction to literary and theoretical approaches to issues of sexuality and gender identity, as they pertain to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and trans-gendered peoples. We investigate queerness both in terms of a range of identity issues, and as a set of approaches to reading texts. We will look at such representations through literature and film, from various historical, cultural and theoretical perspectives.

Study of a variety of genres of contemporary multiethnic American literature, featuring African American, Asian American, Latina/o, Native American and other ethnic American writers. The course explores whether and how these writers exhibit shared concerns; how racial and ethnic identities and differences are represented in their work; and how race and ethnicity intersect with gender, class, sexuality, and nationality.

Focus on helping students develop an awareness of their own acts of interpretation in reading and an understanding of the strengths of different approaches to interpretation and criticism.

Survey of representative texts in literary criticism from Plato to the mid-19th century.

Study of major documents, theoretical concerns, and dominant trends in literary criticism from the mid-19th century to the present.

A multidisciplinary approach grounded in the humanities and arts will be employed to account for the social, economic, political, historical and cultural ways that gender is constructed and represented in contemporary societies.

Overview of the ways language use both reflects and shapes social identities. Areas for consideration include gender, race, age, class, status, power, and nationality.

Overview of the origins and changes of the English language, from Old English to present-day American English. Areas for consideration include the changing speech sounds, word and sentence structures of English; etymology and new word formation; and the interrelationships between English and the political and social history of its speakers.

Study of and written responses to a broad variety of texts written for, by, and about adolescents. Examination of the adolescent experience as it is depicted in the literature, with an emphasis on multicultural education, cultural diversity, and the educational system. Students will discuss and prepare to teach adolescent literature to children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of fiction writing. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary fiction. Permission of instructor. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 362.

Continued study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of poetry. Emphasis on further development of students' skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary poetry. Permission of instructor. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 362.

Study of forms, techniques, genres, and theories of creative nonfiction writing and the differences with other rhetorical styles of nonfiction. Emphasis on further development of students?ÇÖ skills in writing and self-criticism through intensive workshop experience. Readings in contemporary creative nonfiction. Permission of instructor.

Students will be required to explore issues of form and theory relevant to both poetry and prose and to write in both genres. Sample topics for poetry might be the implicit politics involved in writing in form in the 21st century, the complex issues surrounding the use of the lyric "I" in poetry, and the question of what different genres and modes of poetry can do (theorize, express, authenticate, narrate, etc.); sample topics for prose might include the distinctions that are made between genre and literary fiction, the question of what responsibilities, if any, a fiction writer has when he/she writes, and the sometimes complicated implications that point of view can have for narrative.

The course focuses on the issues surrounding "fact" vs. "opinion" in journalism, including discussion of concepts such as objectivity, truth, and the importance of background, context and balance. Students will gain experience with techniques appropriate to presentation of opinion and critical commentary such as columns, editorials, cartoons and critical reviews of the arts as well as learning how to thoughtfully critique such work.

In this course, we will isolate and study strategies for identifying issues, determining positions, assessing claims and reasons, locating and evaluating supporting evidence, and writing essays that represent clear and convincing arguments in themselves.

Overview of basic grammatical concepts and structures, including punctuation and basic usage. Students will learn to recognize and correct grammatical errors in their writing and in everyday examples. They will also be able to explain why something is grammatically correct or incorrect, enabling them to impart their knowledge of grammar to others in their future professional workplace or classroom. While the course is designed with everyone in mind, the needs of future teachers are taken into special consideration. Additional topics will vary with instructor but might include differing approaches to grammar and style depending upon audience, purpose, and genre; the power of dynamics implicit in choosing one grammar over another; and the art of grammar - how writers use and abuse grammar artfully for expressive purposes.

This writing-intensive course will use a variety of methods, materials, and rhetorical approaches to explore and respond to contemporary social change issues such as sustainability, democracy, social justice, and community engagement. In addition to literary works and nonfiction texts, students will analyze film, Internet, popular press and social media sources to evaluate the effectiveness of different writing/communication genres and to help them engage in several real world writing projects.

Focus on the development of students' ability to communicate in the business and professional world through the letter, memorandum, and in-house report. Emphasis on the importance of written communication as a tool for problem-solving in administrative and management settings.

Workshop-oriented course in which students write, examine, and discuss the essay as a distinct mode. Through the course, students can expect to extend the range of their writing, their understanding of rhetorical traditions, and their freedom and flexibility as writers of essays.

An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from the beginnings through the late 1930s, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of selected works. Filmmakers studied include Porter, Griffith, Von Stroheim, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Lubitsch, Hitchcock, Lang, and Renoir.

An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from 1940 through the present, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of selected works. Filmmakers studied include Welles, Huston, Capra, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Godard, Truffaut, Bunuel, Fellini, Antonioni, and Altman.

A study of films by and about women in global cinema. The course focuses on women filmmakers primarily, and their uses of documentary, experimental, and/or narrative forms.

A study of American history and culture through film. Course may be taught as a survey, or may focus on the work of a particular director, a specific time period, or a topic such as dramatic narrative, documentary, or genre type.

Introduction to major literary genres of classical Greece and Rome; emphasis on characteristic forms and themes. Readings in Modern English translations.

A study of major Jewish writers from the Bible to the present. Emphasis will be on the literature and on the varieties of Jewish culture that it represents.

An exploration of basic themes commonly associated with the concept of Romanticism as identified in literature from Eastern and Western cultures.

A study of selected works from Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Middle Eastern cultures, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant influence on Western culture.

Study of texts from a variety of genres, time periods, and world cultures that explore the dynamics of colonization and globalization.

Study of selected works from Japanese culture, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant international influence, especially on the U.S.; the course also examines cultural assumptions in the works, and looks closely at the problem of language in translation and cultural contexts.

Study of texts from a variety of world cultures that challenge, revise, or pose alternatives to traditional conceptions of the world literature canon and dominant modes of Western philosophy, history, literature, and art.

Intensive reading of important works of Russian fiction to understand each writer's vision of the potentialities, complexities, and essential conditions of human nature, within the intellectual and cultural context perceived or created by the writer. Significant attention to political and cultural history of Russia.

Study of the literary and philosophical transformations during the age of Enlightenment(s) (Aufklarung, Illuminismo, Lumieres, etc.). Focuses on the genre of satire and concepts such as liberty, discovery, rationality, natural law, revolution, difference, belonging and the idea of Europe.

Variable-content course; topic announced in the online Course Offerings each semester that the course is offered.

In the capstone course, students will reflect back upon their English major, and will polish their skills in critical and close reading, research-based and other forms of writing, as well as oral explorations of literature. Students must also enroll in ENGL 401 Portfolio Completion while taking Senior Seminar.

Required for all English and English Adolescence Education majors. Gives recognition for thoughtful completion of all elements of the reflective portfolio except the exit paper. Should be taken concurrently with either ENGL 400 or ENGL 450.

Variable topics course. Taught in London as a study abroad experience, the course examines its content using interdisciplinary approaches rooted in the resources of the city of London.

This course will study drama as it is meant to be explored--on the page and on the stage. We begin our analysis of the drama with discussion on campus and then travel to see productions of the plays. In our post-production discussions and writing, we will consider the choices made in production and the impact of that on our reading of the plays. A frequent destination for the course will be New York City, but we may also travel to Stratford, Ontario, or other sites, for productions as well.

An examination of representative tragedies and selected theories of tragedy from ancient Greece through Renaissance England and Neo-Classical France to the modern era. Primary focus on the plays and fiction with attention to various conceptions of the tragic vision.

Study of the many works about King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, extending from the eighth century to the present.

Study of The CanterburyTales and Troilus and Criseyde. Introduction to Middle English language and period and to significant Chaucerian scholarship.

Study of Shakespeare's works to 1600; emphasis on his growth as a dramatist.

Study of Shakespeare's works from 1600 to end of his career.

The development of the English drama in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The growth of drama from the medieval mystery, miracle, and morality plays through the works of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The plays in their cultural, historical, and artistic climates.

Study of the drama and theatre of the period, focusing on a variety of traditional and emergent genres such as comedy, tragedy, heroic drama, and pantomime.

Milton's thought and art as expressed in "Paradise Lost", "Paradise Regained", "Samson Agonistes", and selections from the minor poems and the prose.

Study of representative novels of the 18th and early 19th centuries with attention to the development of new readerships and the novel as a genre, emphasizing forms such as the gothic, the epistolary, and the didactic.

Study of such 19th and 20th century novelists as Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Lawrence, and Woolf. Special attention to form of the novel used to portray each writer's vision.

An intensive reading of certain major works of William Butler Yeats and of his contemporaries and successors. Considerable attention to the mythologies, history, and politics of Ireland.

Study of the works of up to three major writers. A variable content course. May be taken more than once with departmental approval.

An in-depth exploration of the Bloomsbury Group, members of which individually and collectively were responsible for shifting attitudes about the nature and function of art, its relation to philosophy, science, economics, politics and culture in early twentieth-century England and beyond. The course seeks to expand students?ÇÖ understanding of the modernist period, Bloomsbury's place within it, and ongoing legacies for contemporary thinking.

A study of the most recent American and international literary critical thinking, emphasizing both theory and practice. Students are strongly encouraged to take ENGL 345 as a prerequisite.

An eight-week training program preparing students to tutor writing in the university Learning Center for a minimum of four hours per week. Permission of instructor required.

Focus on tutoring students whose first language is not English.

Intensive critical discussion of student work. Readings in contemporary poetry. The orientation of the course is professional, and the students are expected to submit their work to periodicals for publication. Oral presentation of student work. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 460.

Intensive critical discussion of student fiction. Readings in contemporary fiction. The orientation of the course is professional, and students are expected to submit their work to periodicals for publication. Writing minors must enroll in ENGL 160 concurrently with ENGL 461.

English internships. Interns work 40 hours for 1 credit hour. Enrollment requires acompleted Learning Contract and permission of the department.

Study of a particular author, topic, or work. Periodic meetings with instructor and writing a substantial paper. Department approval.

A variable-content course. Topics announced in online Course Offerings.

ENGL 500 introduces new graduate students to contemporary issues, designs and methods in the field of English studies. Emphasis will be on scholarly methods and aims of research in literature, rhetoric, and pedagogy, showing points of intersection and connection across various aspects of the discipline. By the end of the course, students will develop tentative plans for pursuing their own research interests, providing them with a strong foundation for their individual program of advanced study.

Short-term independent study of particular texts, methodologies, pedagogies or theories, conducted by graduate students under the direction of a graduate faculty member in English. Students must take one directed study as part of their degree requirements; a second may be taken as part of elective credit, with a different faculty member.

Study in-depth of one writer or up to three writers related on the basis of a unifying principle.

Study of the development of important movements or concepts in literature.

Study of literary works from different time periods, nations, or cultures.

Part one of the historical study of critical and theoretical approaches to literature and the teaching of literature, with concentration on authors pre 1900.

Part two of the historical study of critical and theoretical approaches to literature and the teaching of literature, with concentration on authors post 1900.

A variable-content course, interdisciplinary in nature, featuring a contemporary topic central to the discipline.

Study in literature or language in conjunction with a cross-listed undergraduate 400 level course. Graduate students are required to do graduate-level work beyond the course requirements for undergraduate students.

A variable-content course on topics announced in the online Course Offerings each semester.

Independent study of a defined topic under the supervision of an instructor. No more than 6 credit hours of the course may be applied to degree requirements.

This required course for graduate students in English provides a seminar-styled workshop environment for independent student research that will culminate in a final degree project subsequent to this class (thesis, action research thesis, professional development essay, comprehensive exam). Students will finish their project research, engage in peer critique for proposals and drafts, finalize faculty committees and review professional opportunities in the field. Students conducting independent classroom research will also obtain necessary permissions from the Institutional Review Board and school authorities and carry out their research in preparation for writing their final reports. Students must have a minimum overall GPA of B in order to enroll in the seminar.

English internships at the graduate level. Interns work 40 hours for 1 credit hour. Enrollment requires a completed Learning Contract and permission of the department.

Capstone course for the graduate program focusing on the current state of English studies. The course facilitates the transition from graduate student to scholar-teacher and helps candidates prepare to take their place in the profession.

The culminating project for all graduate students in English, taken together with the capstone course (ENGL 695), demonstrating successful completion of advanced research in the field of English studies. Students choose one of several different degree projects. A final grade in 696 of B or above indicates successful completion of the degree project, including all required written and oral portions and, in the case of thesis/action research thesis, submission to the AP for Graduate Studies and to Reed Library for electronic archiving.