ENGL - English

ENGL 100 Craft of Writing

A student-centered writing-workshop course in which students understand and practice various stages of the writing process; compose essays using narration, description, persuasion, exposition, and explanation; and use writing and discussion as a means of situating themselves in a world of ideas. There is an emphasis, as well, on reading critically.

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ENGL 106 Introduction to Literary Studies

ENGL 106 will provide students with a full semester overview of the major areas within and current approaches to literary studies. Students will gain insight into literary history, the process of and critical debates concerning canon formation, the fundamental skills and terms for effective analysis of poetry and prose, and the multiple functions and genres of literature and writing.

3

ENGL 111 Integrated Skills for Academic Purposes

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.

3

ENGL 114 ESL: Spoken and Written Grammar in Context

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.

3

ENGL 117 ESL: Academic Reading and Writing

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.

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ENGL 124 American Fictions

Students will explore, through literature, primary historical texts, and/or other genres and media, central U.S. myths and cultural narratives. Individual sections will examine particular themes chosen by the instructor.

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ENGL 127 Becoming Americans

Students will delve into historical and recent American literature, across multiple genres and in relation to multiple institutions and media, that relates to the experience of becoming Americans.""

3

ENGL 131 Word and Image

This writing-intensive course explores how words and images work together to make meaning in an artistic form. Students will study important features of at least one specific artistic form (such as poetry, drama, graphic memoir, or fiction) and then will compose their own creative work in a genre.

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ENGL 132 Word and Sound

This writing-intensive course examines how creative writers often manipulate sound patterns to capture our attention; through critical and creative assignments, it explores the rhetorical and emotional impact of the sounds of words, as well as other sounds found in and out of language. Students will study the play and purpose of sound in artistic texts and create original works utilizing sound for expressive and/or persuasive purposes. Examples may include song lyrics, spoken word, poems for page and/or performance, advertisements, musicals, oratory, and experimental traditions.

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ENGL 144 Reading Humanity

Students will explore constructions of humanity and enduring questions about the human experience through inquiry into thematic readings of literature, film, and/or other genres and media.

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ENGL 160 Visiting Writers Program

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).

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ENGL 167 Border Crossings

Study of a range of world literature, across multiple genres, that relates to the experience of the process of Border Crossings.""

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ENGL 200 Introduction to American Studies

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.

3

ENGL 204 Survey of English Literature

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.

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ENGL 205 Epic and Romance

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

3

ENGL 206 Survey of American Literature

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.

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ENGL 207 Drama and Film

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.

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ENGL 208 American Popular and Mass Cultures

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.

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ENGL 209 Novels and Tales

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.

3

ENGL 211 World Poetry

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

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ENGL 213 Texts and Contexts

Texts and Contexts is a writing-intensive course designed to introduce students to the process of research-based writing intended for a range of audiences and rhetorical situations. Students will undertake a series of writing projects that engage writing process elements, from completing pre-writing strategies; to locating, assessing, integrating, and properly citing research sources; to drafting, revising, and proofreading final copy. Through reading like a writer, students will learn to evaluate and construct logical arguments and to explore questions related to the contexts of writing, such as audience, genre, and historical or political moment. The course will culminate in a significant research-based writing project

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ENGL 214 American Fiction

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.

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ENGL 215 Detective Fiction

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.

3

ENGL 216 Science Fiction

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

3

ENGL 217 Fantasy Fiction

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

3

ENGL 221 Great Books

In this course, students read a selection of foundational texts from within the Western tradition and its Others. They will learn how to identify, analyze, and evaluate the various claims and concepts elaborated from within it and about it. More specifically, they will gain insights into how the western tradition was formed, how this formation hinged on the inclusion and exclusion of certain (changing) others, and how its legacy continues to inform the geocultural and geopolitical present. At the same time students will learn how to differentiate between the various linguistic and cultural singularities that make up the umbrella term Western Civilization, thus becoming aware of problems of transmission and translation as well as of the logic of generalization as such. The interdisciplinary focus of the course will moreover allow students to synthesize and integrate these questions within a more widely conceived framework than can be provided within their own respective majors.

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ENGL 227 Stage/Screen

Through drama or film, students will explore significant questions and issues related to being human.

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ENGL 240 Introduction to African American Literature and Culture

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.

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ENGL 241 Introduction to Latino/a Literature

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.

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ENGL 242 American Indian Literature

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.

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ENGL 274 Social Justice & The Written Word

A study of the ways in which writers and others use the written word as a form of social critique and to effect social change.

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ENGL 280 Introduction to Film

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.

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ENGL 291 The Bible as Literature

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

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ENGL 296 American Identities

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, gender studies, ethnic studies, geography, sociology, music, and art.

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ENGL 299 Special Topics

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

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ENGL 300 European Literary Landmarks

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.

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ENGL 301 American Literary Landmarks

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.

3

ENGL 302 British Literary Landmarks

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.

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ENGL 303 Global Literary Landmarks

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.

3

ENGL 304 Latina Literature and Cultural Studies

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.

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ENGL 306 Middle Eastern Literatures

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.

3

ENGL 310 Medieval Literature

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

3

ENGL 312 Renaissance Literature

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

3

ENGL 313 Scribbling Women

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.

3

ENGL 314 Women Writers

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.

3

ENGL 315 The Gothic Novel

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.

3

ENGL 316 The Early 17th Century

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

3

ENGL 318 Studies in Poetry

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

3

ENGL 319 Modern Drama

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 stagingdramatic texts.

3

ENGL 320 The Restoration and 18th Century

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.

3

ENGL 321 Contemporary Drama

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.

3

ENGL 322 The Romantic Age

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.

3

ENGL 324 Myth and Symbol in Literature

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

3

ENGL 326 Victorian 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.

3

ENGL 327 Modern European Literature

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.

3

ENGL 328 Modern British Literature

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.

3

ENGL 329 Graphic Literature

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

3

ENGL 330 The Contemporary Novel

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.

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ENGL 331 American Literary Roots

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.

3

ENGL 332 American Romanticism in Literature

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.

3

ENGL 333 Environmental Literature

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.

3

ENGL 334 Realism/Naturalism in American Literature

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.

3

ENGL 335 Modern American Poetry

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

3

ENGL 336 Modernism in American Literature

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.

3

ENGL 338 Contemporary American Literature

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

3

ENGL 339 Contemporary American Poetry

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.

3

ENGL 340 Black Women Writers

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.

3

ENGL 341 Harlem Renaissance

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.

3

ENGL 342 African American Autobiography

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.

3

ENGL 343 Queer Studies in Literature

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 transgender 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.

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ENGL 344 Contemporary Multiethnic American Literature

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.

3

ENGL 345 Literary Theory for Everyone

Focus on understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and working with different modes of reading the world and its texts. We will consider the strengths and weaknesses of a range of interpretive, contextualizing, and interventionist critical and theoretical strategies, their stakes and historical contexts, and their relations to social struggles for dignity, justice, and creativity.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 106

ENGL 346 History of Literary Criticism

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

3

ENGL 348 Modern Literary Criticism

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

3

ENGL 349 Theories of Gender

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.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 100

ENGL 351 Language and Society

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

3

ENGL 352 History of the English Language

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.

3

ENGL 355 Adolescent Literature

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.

3

ENGL 373 English Grammar for Everyone

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.

3

ENGL 380 Film: Silence to Sound

A study of various film genres from the beginnings through 1945. Through screenings, lectures, discussions, assigned readings and analytical writing, students learn to interpret films from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Theoretical approaches include psychoanalytic, Marxist, gender theory, queer theory, race theory, historicism, and culture studies.

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ENGL 381 Film: Post War to the Present

A study of various film genres from 1945 to the present. Through screenings, lectures, discussions, assigned readings and analytical writing, students learn to interpret films from a variety of theoretical perspectives. Theoretical approaches include postmodern, psychoanalytic, Marxist, gender theory, queer theory, race theory, auteur theory, historicism, and culture studies.

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ENGL 382 Icelandic Noir: Crime Fiction and Film

The course offers an in-depth study of Icelandic Noir and offers two broad thematic approaches. The first is "Setting and Landscape" and the second theme is "Conflict between Modernity and Tradition" Among others, we will examine representations of angst about globalism and foreign-funded energy industry; human rights and immigration laws; ancestry and genetic research, etc. in Icelandic crime fiction and films. All texts are in English translation and films have English subtitles. No proficiency in Icelandic is required.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 100

ENGL 386 Women in Global Cinema

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.

4

ENGL 387 American Film Directors

An in-depth study of the films of one or two significant American film directors as a body of work informed by a specific artistic vision. We examine this work within various critical frameworks, such as auteur theory, psychoanalytic criticism, culture studies, and American history. This course satisfies the authors" requirement in the English major and is an elective for the film minor."

4

ENGL 389 Greek and Roman Literature

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

3

ENGL 390 Jewish Literature

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.

3

ENGL 391 Romanticism in World Literature

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

3

ENGL 392 Asian Literature

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.

3

ENGL 393 Literatures of Colonization and Globalization

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

3

ENGL 394 Japanese Literature

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.

3

ENGL 395 Non-Western Literature

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.

3

ENGL 396 Russian Literature

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.

3

ENGL 397 Discourses of the Enlightenment

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.

3

ENGL 399 Special Topics

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

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ENGL 400 Senior Seminar

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.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 324 or ENGL 343 or ENGL 345 or ENGL 346 or ENGL 348 or ENGL 349 or ENGL 380 or ENGL 381 or ENGL 440 or ENGL 446

ENGL 404 Literary London

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.

3

ENGL 405 Page and Stage

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.

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ENGL 407 Tragedy

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.

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ENGL 408 Arthurian Literature

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

3

ENGL 410 Chaucer

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

3

ENGL 412 Shakespeare: Romances and Comedies

Study of Shakespeare's romances and comedies.

3

ENGL 414 Shakespeare: Histories and Tragedies

Study of Shakespeare's histories and tragedies.

3

ENGL 416 Elizabethan Drama

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.

3

ENGL 418 Restoration/18th Century Drama

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.

3

ENGL 420 Milton

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

3

ENGL 422 English Novel I

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.

3

ENGL 424 English Novel II

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.

3

ENGL 425 Irish Literature

A study of Irish literature, within its cultural and historical context, drawn from both the Irish and English-language traditions. Selections might include medieval poetry and epic, myth and folklore, 18th century bardic poetry, Anglo-Irish literature, and modern and contemporary works.

3

ENGL 427 Major Writers

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

3

ENGL 430 Bloomsbury Modernism

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' understanding of the modernist period, Bloomsbury's place within it, and ongoing legacies for contemporary thinking.

3

ENGL 435 Undergraduate Research in English

Undergraduate Research is an opportunity to conduct research in the fields of English. Students will join a research team with a specific focus and carry out the research tasks that will lead to submission of presentations or publications.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 213

ENGL 446 Contemporary Literary Theory

Advanced study aiming to enhance students’ ability to understand, analyze, contextualize, evaluate, and work with one or more modes of literary theory.

3

Prerequisites

ENGL 213

ENGL 456 ESL Tutoring

Focus on tutoring students whose first language is not English.

1

ENGL 465 English Internships

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

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ENGL 490 Independent Study

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

1-6

ENGL 499 Special Topics

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

3

ENGL 500 Introduction to Graduate Studies in English

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.

3

ENGL 502 Directed 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.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 500

ENGL 510 Major Writers

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

3

ENGL 512 Historical Perspectives in Literature

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

3

ENGL 514 Comparative Approaches to Literature

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

3

ENGL 516 Criticism and Theory I

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

3

ENGL 518 Criticism and Theory II

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

3

ENGL 520 Graduate Seminar in Literature and Culture

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

3

ENGL 521 Ethics of Writing

This course will expose students to contemporary issues of ethics as they are encountered in the writing process. Such topics may include, but are not limited to, copyright and plagiarism issues; the question of how to write about others; maintaining integrity in marketing rhetoric; the ethical implications of new media for writers; and the status of truth within contemporary creative non-fiction.

3

ENGL 522 Writing for Digital Media

Writing for Digital Media" will help prepare students to become informed and skilled citizens of an increasingly digital world. Students registered in this course will compose for digital spaces; relate these writing experiences to relevant theoretical frameworks; and reflect critically on the effects of digital communication."

3

ENGL 523 Grant Writing

This course offers an overview of the grant writing process. In it, we will explore how to write a persuasive grant proposal and how to identify grant-making organizations best aligned with your project or need. We will also discuss the grant cycle so you can better appreciate not only how grants are reviewed, ranked, and awarded but also what is expected of you after a grant is secured.

3

ENGL 524 Art of Grammar

Art of Grammar will help students learn the principles underlying internalized rules of English and the range of choices available to speakers and writers. The course will engage with debates around whether language is primarily cognitive or social in nature as well as language in use and on some fundamental principles of all languages--namely, variation and change.

3

ENGL 525 Foundations of Editing

This skills-based course intended for multiple audiences provides a practical introduction to editorial practices. Students develop competence in basic procedures of copyediting; develop creativity through solving problems effectively; and come to expand their sense of the field of English and their possible roles within it.

3

ENGL 580 Studies in Literature

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.

3

ENGL 590 Special Topics

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

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ENGL 591 E-portfolio

This is a portfolio completion credit for the Certificate of Advanced Study in Professional Writing.

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ENGL 605 Independent Study

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.

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ENGL 699 Capstone Continuation

Graduate students are required to remain continuously enrolled until completion of their capstone work in order to allow continuing usage of university resources and to accurately account for faculty involvement.

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ENGL 690 Degree Project Research

This required supervised research course for graduate students in English provides an opportunity for working one-on-one with a faculty mentor 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, gain faculty feedback for proposals and drafts, finalize faculty committees and review professional opportunities in the field. Students conducting classroom research as part of their degree projects 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 Degree Project Research. [NOTE: identical description for ENED 690, with prerequisites ENGL 500 and ENED 502

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Prerequisites

ENGL 500 and ENGL 502

ENGL 694 English Graduate Internship

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.

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ENGL 695 Capstone in English Studies

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.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 500 and (ENGL 502 or ENED 502) and (ENGL 690 or ENED 690)

ENGL 696 Degree Project Completion

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.

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Prerequisites

ENGL 690 or ENED 690