Course Descriptions

ENGLISH (ENGL)

Undergraduate
Undergraduate/Available for Graduate Credit
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Undergraduate

ENGL 1100. English As A Foreign Language. (3) Limited to students whose native language is not English who may need additional preparation before beginning the required first-year English composition courses. Does not count toward an English major nor toward the general education requirement. One may not register for ENGL 1100 before taking the English Department's placement test for persons whose primary language is not English. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 1101. English Composition. (3) Extensive practice in and discussion of composition in various forms, for different purposes, and for various audiences. Students experience writing as a means of personal growth, intellectual development, and communication. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ENGL 1102. Composition and Literature. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Combined practice in writing and the study of literature. Students become more independent and competent writers, more acute thinkers, and more critical readers of at least two genres of literature. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ENGL 1101 and 1102 are prerequisites for all English courses at the 2000 level or above.

ENGL 2014. Topics in Writing. (W) (1-3) Offers instruction and practice in special types of writing, such as research or legal writing, which are not included in other writing courses. In addition, some sections may be designed for students who need strengthening of composition skills, or may offer instruction in various aspects of effective writing. English 2014 may not be used toward the requirements for the English major. The maximum hours of credit allowed are six for English 2014 or 2015, or for 2014 and 2015 together. (On demand)

ENGL 2015. Topics in Writing. (W) (1-3) Offers instruction and practice in special types of writing, such as writing for publication (exclusive of poetry, drama and fiction), which are not included in other writing courses. In addition, some sections may offer instruction in various aspects of effective writing. Not more than three hours of 2015 may be used toward the requirements for the English major (and those three hours may not be used toward fulfillment of the 12 hours of English language or composition required for certification in English). The maximum hours of credit allowed for any student are six for English 2015 or 2014, or for 2015 and 2014 together. (On demand)

ENGL 2050. Topics in English. (3) Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses. May be repeated for additional credit with the approval of the English Department. Does not count toward the English major. (Yearly)

ENGL 2090. Topics in English. (3) Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses. May be repeated for additional credit with the approval of the English Department. May count toward the English major. (On demand)

ENGL 2100. Approaches to Literature. (3) Introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature, such as historical, psychological, mythological and formalistic. Required of English majors and highly recommended as the first post freshman-level course for the English major. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

ENGL 2101. Masterpieces of British Literature I. (L or C) (3) An introduction to British Literature written before 1800. The course also provides backgrounds in the society and culture of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Age of Reason. (Fall)

ENGL 2102. Masterpieces of British Literature II. (L or C) (3) An introduction to masterpieces of British Literature written since 1800. The course also provides backgrounds in the society and culture of the Romantic, Victorian and Modern periods. (Spring)

ENGL 2103. Masterpieces of Modern Fiction. (L) (3) Readings in selected novels and short stories written since 1850. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ENGL 2104. Major American Writers. (L) (3) Introductory readings in six to eight authors, approximately half from the 19th century and half from the 20th century, both poetry and prose. (Yearly)

ENGL 2105. Introduction to Poetry. (WL) (3) Representative poems and poets, drawn from several literary periods that introduce students to several poetic genres, to varied treatments of universal themes (such as love, death, disappointment, joy) and to various ideas about poetic imaginations. (Yearly)

ENGL 2106. Film Criticism. (A) (4) Introduction to film as an art form. Emphasis will be on critical theory and on critical analysis of the form and the content of different kinds of films--e.g., the narrative film, the silent film, the documentary film, etc.--drawn from the international cinema. Students will apply critical theory to the analysis of professionally made films and will have the option of making their own short films. A viewing lab is required. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 2108. Introduction to Drama. (3) Representative plays of the western world from the classical period to the modern period to introduce students to drama as literature, with consideration of staging, conventions of the theatre, types of drama, and dramatic theory. (Alternate years)

ENGL 2111. Masterpieces of World Literature I. (L or X) (3) Readings of Greek, Latin, and Eastern poetry and prose, in English translation. The genesis of literature in myth, in Eastern religion, and in the Bible, and the development of Greek and Roman literature. (Fall)

ENGL 2112. Masterpieces of World Literature II. (L or X) (3) Readings in Medieval, Renaissance and Modern European literature, in translation into English. Social and literary changes in the Reformation and Renaissance, the beginnings of new modes of thought in the Age of Enlightenment, and other scientific, literary, religious, philosophical and social changes up to the modern period. (Spring)

ENGL 2116. Introduction to Technical Communication. (W) (3) Technical Communication theory (such as organization, audience analysis, and editing) is taught in the context of oral and written formats, such as memoranda, proposals, and reports, and includes formats and content common to students' own disciplines. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 2126. Introduction to Creative Writing. (W) (3) This course introduces students to creative writing, including both poetry and fiction writing, assuming little or no previous creative writing experience. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 2132. Introduction to Contemporary American English. (3) An introduction to the study of the sound system and structure of contemporary American English, including characteristics and applications of traditional grammar. (On demand)

ENGL 3050. Topics in English. (WX) (3) Special topics not included in other courses. May be repeated for additional credit with approval of the English Department. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3090. Major Authors. (3) The works, ideas and life of one to three significant authors. With permission of the English Department, may be repeated once for credit as long as the figures treated differ. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3103. Children's Literature. (L) (3) Critical and historical study of children's literature, including picture books, poetry, myth, fable, folk tale, fantasy, and realistic fiction. Central to the course is development of critical principles for assessing the literary merit of children's books. Other possible emphases: the creative process; archetypes and values in the works studied; images of childhood; children's responses to literature; and issues in children's book selection. [English 3103 and/or 3104 required for English majors seeking intermediate teacher certificate.] (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3104. Literature for Adolescents. (L) (3) Introduction to literature for adolescents. Emphases are: (1) critical analysis and aesthetic judgment of literature; (2) study of representative examples from all major genres (poetry, fiction and drama) as well as various subgenres (such as biography, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary realistic juvenile fiction) which address the cognitive, emotional and psychological needs of junior high and high school students. Students will practice applying these approaches to adolescent literature and will employ these concepts in critically selecting, evaluating and judging books for adolescents. [English 3103 and/or 3104 required for English majors seeking intermediate teacher certificate.](Yearly)

ENGL 3110. Literature and Science. (WV) (3) The works of scientists (such as Darwin, Freud, or Einstein) and their influence on literature studied along with the role of creativity, imagination, and communication in literature and science. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3113. Milton. (3) A study of the major poems and selections from the minor works of Milton. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3116. Shakespeare's Early Plays. (3) A study of 10 representative plays from the comedies, histories and tragedies written 1590-1600. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3117. Shakespeare's Late Plays. (3) A study of 10 representative plays from the period 1600-1611, including the late tragedies and tragi-comedies. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3123. Wit and Sensibility: 18th-Century British Literature. (3) Poetry and prose in the golden age of satire, with emphasis on Dryden, Pope, Swift and Johnson. Early Romantic trends in the poetry of Young, Grey, and Collins. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3125. The Romantic Era, 1785-1832. (3) The development of the Romantic movement, with emphasis on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge and other major poets. (Yearly)

ENGL 3126. The Victorian Era to 1870. (3) Readings in British literature of the middle of the 19th century, reflecting such cultural developments as the rise of industrialism and technology, England's global empire, the rapidly changing nature of society, the religious crisis, and the beginnings of artistic and literary revolt against the establishment. (Yearly)

ENGL 3127. British Literature from 1870 to World War I. (3) Readings emphasizing such cultural and literary developments as realism and the impact of science, art for art's sake, problems of religious faith and of sexuality, moral and political issues relating to colonialism, British imperialism, and new techniques in art and literature. (Yearly)

ENGL 3128. British Literature Since World War I. (3) Readings reflecting developments such as the decline of Britain as a world power, the intellectual disillusionment following World War I, the impact of psychological and social theory, and literary innovation and experimentation. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3141. American Literature of the Romantic Period, 1820-1870. (3) Important writers and ideas of the period of American romanticism, from Irving through Whitman, including such authors as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville. (Yearly)

ENGL 3142. American Literature of the Realistic and Naturalistic Periods, 1870-1920. (3) Important writers and ideas of American literature from Whitman through the period of World War I, including such authors as Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, Frost. (Yearly)

ENGL 3143. Modern American Literature, 1920 to Present. (3) Important writers and ideas of modern American literature, including such authors as Faulkner, Eliot, Hemingway, Cummings. (Yearly)

ENGL 3144. The American Novel of the 19th Century. (3) Major novelists and traditions from the beginnings of the American novel through the rise of realism, including such novelists as Hawthorne, Melville, Twain, Howells, James. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3145. The American Novel of the 20th Century. (3) Major novelists and traditions from the emergence of naturalism to the present, including such novelists as Crane, Dreiser, Hemingway, Faulkner. (Yearly)

ENGL 3146. Contemporary Jewish-American Literature. (X) (3) An introduction to the scope and shape of the contemporary Jewish-American literary tradition. Such writers as Bellow, Malamud, Roth, Singer, and Potok will be studied. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3147. Early Black American Literature. (3) A survey of significant writings by black Americans before the Harlem Renaissance. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3148. Twentieth-Century Black American Literature: Prose. (3) Intensive study of selected black American 20th-century writers of fiction and nonfiction, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3149. Twentieth-Century Black American Literature: Poetry and Drama. (3) Intensive study of selected black American 20th-century writers of poetry and drama, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance and including the Black Arts Movement. (Alternate years)

ENGL 3155. American Folklore. (3) Introduction to the nature of folklore. Emphasis on literary folklore, including myths, legends, ballads, songs, tall tales, hero tales and ghost stories. (Does not satisfy the American literature requirement for English majors.) (Alternate years)

ENGL 3156. American Indian Literature. (X) (3) Survey of American Indian literature, ranging from the oral tradition to the poems and novels of contemporary writers including such writers as N. Scott Momaday, James Welch, and Leslie M. Silko. (On demand)

ENGL 3210. Aging in Literature. (3) Exploration of how writers of various genres in various countries and times have portrayed and responded to the human aging process. (On demand)

ENGL 3761. Junior Honors Topics I. (3) Prerequisite: permission of the English Department Honors Committee. Literary exploration of timeless issues faced by the individual through the ages. Readings from several genres and several literary periods. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3762. Junior Honors Topics II. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 3761 or permission of the English Department Honors Committee. Literary explorations of the effects of society upon the individual. Readings from several genres and several literary periods. (Spring)

ENGL 3771. Senior Honors Seminar. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 3762 or permission of the English Department Honors Committee. Critical study of a single literary mode or genre. (Fall)

ENGL 3772. Senior Honors Colloquium. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 3771 or permission of the English Department Honors Committee. Ideas and their communication, through an intensive study of an author, a movement, or an artistic form. Individual research leading to a significant paper to be shared with the class. (Spring)

ENGL 3852. Independent Study. (1-3) Prerequisite: consent of the Department. Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the Department Chair, no more than six hours of 3852 may apply toward the English major.) May be repeated for additional credit with approval of the English Department. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Undergraduate/Available for Graduate Credit
Additional work required for students receiving graduate credit. Departmental permission also required for graduate students to repeat any of the following courses taken previously for undergraduate credit.

ENGL 4002. Women and Literature. (3) (3G) Selected topics focusing on women and literature, such as images of women, women as writers, and women as literary critics. With permission of the English Department, may be repeated for credit as topics vary. (However, only six hours may be used for the requirements for the English major.) (Yearly)

ENGL 4008. Topics in Advanced Technical Communication. (3) (3G) Prerequisites: ENGL 2116 and COMM 1101. Exploration, both theoretically and practically, of the interrelation of written, oral and graphic communication within technical rhetorical contexts. May be repeated once for additional credit with the approval of the English Department. (On demand)

ENGL 4112. Medieval British Literature. (3) (3G) Representative works (excluding those of Chaucer) written in Britain during the Middle Ages, especially the epic and romance, mainly studied as reflections of the medieval individual's relationship to God, society and other individuals. An introduction to the earliest British literature as it evolved from pagan folklore under the influence of myth, fantasy, courtly convention, the new religion, foreign invasion, and transformations in language and culture. Most of the works studied in this course will be translated into modern English. (On demand)

ENGL 4113. British Prose and Poetry of the 16th Century. (3) (3G) Major works of the Renaissance "Golden Age," including Sidney, Marlowe, Shakespeare (excluding drama). Included are satire, the pastoral romance in prose, and the many new poetic forms that continue to the present day, such as the sonnet and blank verse. (On demand)

ENGL 4121. The 18th-Century British Novel: Man, Woman, Manners and Morals. (3) (3G) The novel as narrative form and as mirror of the individual in society. Emphasis on fiction by Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Austen, with further readings in the novel of manners and the Gothic romance. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4122. The Victorian Novel. (3) (3G) Readings in British fiction during the triumph of the novel in the 19th century, emphasizing major developments in realism, romance, naturalism. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4123. The Modern British Novel. (3) (3G) Representative British novels that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th century: the impact of two world wars, the influence of important psychological and economic factors of modern life and their relationships to new techniques in art and literature. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4124. Modern Irish Literature. (3) (3G) Readings in Irish literature since 1885, with consideration of the mythology, folklore, and social history of Ireland as they are expressed in poetry, drama and fiction. (Yearly)

ENGL 4131. British Drama to 1600, Excluding Shakespeare. (3) (3G) A survey of the development of British drama to 1600, with representative plays from the Mystery-Miracle Cycles, the Morality Plays, and Tudor drama, including Lyly, Kyd, Marlowe, Peele, Greene, Dekker. (On demand)

ENGL 4132. British Drama from 1600-1642, Excluding Shakespeare. (3) (3G) A survey of Jacobean and Caroline drama, including plays by Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Shirley, Ford. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4133. British Drama of Wit and Intrigue, 1660-1780. (3) (3G) The famous bawdy comedy of manners and the heroic drama of the Restoration, followed by the sentimental comedy and satiric burlesque of the 18th century. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4141. Colonial and Early American Literature. (3) (3G) Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, Brown. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4145. Literature of the American South. (3) (3G) Selected works of Southern writers which reflect literary and cultural concerns from Colonial times to the present, including such authors as Poe, the early humorists, local color writers, Chopin, Faulkner, Warren, O'Connor, Welty. (Yearly)

ENGL 4150. Contemporary Poetry. (3) (3G) Poetry in English (including translations) since 1940. (On demand)

ENGL 4151. Modern Drama. (3) (3G) Representative Continental, British, and American plays, from Shaw to the present. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4152. Modern European Literature. (3) (3G) Selected modern European authors, translated into English, whose works have been of special interest to readers and writers of British and American literature. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4153. Contemporary Fiction. (3) (3G) Selected present-day fiction, with an emphasis upon works from outside the United States and Britain. Works not originally in English will be studied in translation. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4155. Pan-African Literature. (3) (3G) Introduction to significant Pan-African literature, emphasizing the oral tradition, selected works of major authors in the Caribbean and Africa, and the relationships of these traditions to American, British and other literary traditions. Works not originally written in English will be studied in translation. (On demand)

ENGL 4161. Modern English Grammar. (3) (3G) A study of the structure of contemporary English, with an emphasis on descriptive approaches. (Yearly)

ENGL 4165. Language and Culture. (3) (3G) Readings in and discussion and application of the interrelationships between language and culture, including basic introduction to contemporary American dialects and to social contexts of language. (Yearly)

ENGL 4166. Comparative Language Studies for Teachers. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2132, or ENGL 6161, or permission of the Department. An introductory course designed to aid the teacher of English as a Second Language in comparing the systems of sound and structure of another language with those systems in English. (Yearly)

ENGL 4170. Approaches to Teaching English. (1-3) (1-3G) This course presents various approaches to the teaching of English, including recent theories and research related to literary study. Designed primarily for teaching in grades 7-12. (Yearly)

ENGL 4180. Theories of Technical Communication. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories which underscore the interrelations of written and graphic communication within technical, rhetorical contexts. (Fall)

ENGL 4181. Writing User Documents. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. Researching and analyzing audiences to write publishable instructions. This includes the production, testing, and revision of tutorials, reference manuals and on-line documents for users of computers and other devices. (Spring)

ENGL 4182. Writing and Designing Computer-based Documents. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. Theoretical and practical exploration of desktop publishing. Students will write and publish camera-ready documents by rhetorically integrating text and graphics using computer aids. (Fall)

ENGL 4183. Editing Technical Documents. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. Document editing, including copy editing, proofreading, substantive editing, and project management. (Spring)

ENGL 4199. Bibliography and Methodology. (3) (3G) Introduction to the scope, aims, materials and methods of literary scholarship, including criticism. (On demand)

ENGL 4202. Writing Poetry. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2126, or graduate student status, or permission of instructor. Further study of and practice in the writing of poetry within a workshop format. May be repeated once for credit with the consent of the English Department. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

ENGL 4203. Writing Fiction. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 2126, or graduate student status, or permission of instructor. This course provides further study of and practice in the writing of fiction within a workshop format. May be repeated once for credit with the consent of the English Department. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

ENGL 4204. Expository Writing. (W) (3) (3G) Writing of essays, criticism and various forms of exposition. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

ENGL 4205. Advanced Expository Writing. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 4204. May be repeated once for credit with permission of the English Department. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4208. Poetry Writing Workshop. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 4202. Designed for advanced writers of poetry. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department. (Yearly)

ENGL 4209. Fiction Writing Workshop. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 4203. Designed for advanced writers of fiction. Focuses primarily on student work and peer criticism of it. May be repeated once for credit with permission of department. (Yearly)

ENGL 4210. Greek and Roman Drama In Translation. (3) (3G) A study of selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca with emphasis on dramaturgy and the development of the Greek and Roman theater. (On demand)

ENGL 4211. Chaucer. (3) (3G) The poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4221. The Earlier 17th Century. (3) (3G) Major writers from Bacon and Donne to the Restoration. (On demand)

ENGL 4251. Literary Criticism Through Arnold. (3) (3G) The major schools and critics of literary criticism. (On demand)

ENGL 4252. Modern Literary Criticism. (3) (3G) Theories of the modern schools of criticism. (On demand)

ENGL 4260. History of the English Language. (3) (3G) Origins and development of the English language, both spoken and written, from its earliest forms to contemporary usage. (Yearly)

ENGL 4263. Linguistics and Language Learning. (3) (3G) Readings in, discussions of, and application of linguistically oriented theories of language acquisition, directed toward gaining an understanding of language-learning processes and stages. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4290. Advanced Creative Project. (3) (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 4208 or 4209 or permission of the instructor. The planning, writing, and polishing of a work of at least 20 pages of poetry or at least 40 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction by advanced undergraduate or graduate students with the guidance of a member of the Department's creative writing faculty. The final work may be a single piece or a collection of pieces and will evolve under the supervision of the primary instructor. With permission of the Department, students who took the course as undergraduates may repeat as graduate students. (On demand)

ENGL 4400. English Composition Practicum. (W) (1-3) (1-3G) Prerequisite: consent of the instructor. Through supervised tutorial experience and seminars, this course introduces the student to current developments concerning composition and to a variety of methods for teaching English composition. This course is highly recommended for those planning to teach or those currently engaged in teaching. With permission of the English Department may be repeated once for credit. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 4410. Professional Internship. (3 or 6) (3G or 6G) Prerequisites: permission of English Internship Coordinator. Restricted to juniors, seniors, graduate students majoring in English or minoring in English or Communications who have at least a 2.5 GPA and a course in professional communication (e.g., journalism, technical communication, public relations, public relations lab, or mass media). Students work 8-10 hours (3 hours credit) or 16-20 hours (6 hours credit) per week in a placement arranged by the Internship Coordinator. Only three credit hours may be applied to the English major at either the undergraduate or graduate level; three additional hours may be counted as a University or Communications elective. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Graduate Only

ENGL 6062. Topics in Rhetoric. (3G) Examination of and/or research concerning selected issues in rhetorical theory or pedagogy. May be repeated for credit with English Department approval. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 6070. Topics in English. (3G) Selected topics of literature and language. May be repeated for credit as topics vary and with English Department approval. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 6101. Introduction to English Studies. (3G) The discipline of English--its nature, its history, and its methods. Emphasis on (1) the interrelations of literature, language, and writing; and (2) the diversity of cultural origins and critical perspectives in English studies, with concentration on selected major critical approaches. Intensive writing and practice in methods of research. Required of all M.A. in English students, preferably at or near the beginning of their programs. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL 6102. Literary Theory. (3G) Modern literary theory focusing on the theoretical concepts which underpin literary analysis. Emphases may differ from semester to semester; readings will focus on major theoretical statements and on criticism which applies several approaches to particular literary works. Students will be required to apply what they have learned. (Yearly)

ENGL 6103. The Worlds of Juvenile Literature. (3G) Poetry, folk literature, modern fantasy, realism, and illustrations in books for young children and adolescents. Analysis of the literary qualities which distinguish the classic from the ephemeral through such critical approaches as the historical, the sociological, the psychological and the archetypal. (Yearly)

ENGL 6111. Shakespeare's Comedies and Histories. (3G) Source materials, textual problems and stage conventions in selected comedies and history plays illustrating Shakespeare's dramaturgy. (Yearly)

ENGL 6112. Shakespeare's Tragedies. (3G) Source materials, textual problems and stage conventions of the great tragedies, illustrating Shakespeare's dramaturgy. (Yearly)

ENGL 6113. Milton. (3G) The complete poetry and selections from the prose. (On demand)

ENGL 6123. The Augustan Age, 1660-1785. (3G) Close reading of Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, and a consideration of other literary figures and trends, in the light of intellectual and historical currents. (On demand)

ENGL 6125. The Romantic Era, 1785-1832. (3G) Development of the Romantic movement, with emphasis on the works of Wordsworth, Coleridge and other major poets. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6126. The Victorian Era, 1832-1900. (3G) Emphasis on Tennyson, Robert Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Ruskin, Newman. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6141. American Romanticism. (3G) Major writers of the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, including Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendental Movement. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6142. American Realism and Naturalism. (3G) Major writers of the two movements before and after the end of the 19th century, including Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, Norris. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6143. American Modernism. (3G) Six to eight writers of the period since World War I, both prose and poetry. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6147. Perspectives in African-American Literature. (3G) A survey of African-American literature, emphasizing the major authors, those relevant historical and social factors, and those specific literary movements that have influenced the development of African-American literature. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6160. Introduction to the English Language. (3G) History and nature of English, its grammar, syntax, and lexicon. Integrates the study of language-based rhetorical and literary theory, asks students to consider the nature of language in general, its impact on the user, and the development of the systems of English, concentrating on features of major British and American dialects and registers. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 6161. Introduction to Linguistics. (3G) Introduction to linguistics, its techniques and objectives, descriptive and historical approaches, language families, language and culture. (Alternate years)

ENGL 6166. Rhetorical Theory. (3G) Rhetorical theories, past and present, focusing on ways that these varied frameworks of understanding have informed the generation, understanding, and pedagogy of writing and other modes of discourse. Emphases will vary from semester to semester, readings will concentrate on major selected rhetorical theories and on implications of these theories for the understanding and pedagogy of discourse. (Yearly)

ENGL 6195. Teaching College English (3G) Examination of major issues in the theory and practice of literature and composition instruction at the college level. (Yearly)

ENGL 6495. Internship in College Teaching. (3G) Prerequisite: ENGL 6195. Teaching in one section offered by the English Department under supervision of English faculty. Students will be accepted for internship only near the end of the degree program and upon approval of the department. Students will be assigned to teach selected basic courses, and also will participate in periodic conferences and seminars. It is strongly recommended that students also take ENGL 4400 before ENGL 6195. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 6680. Seminar in British Literature. (3G) (Yearly) (Evenings)

ENGL 6685. Seminar in American Literature. (3G) (Yearly) (Evenings)

ENGL 6890. Directed Reading. (1-3G) (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL 6996. Thesis. (6G) Appropriate research and written exposition of that research, which may or may not be an outgrowth of work done in previous courses. If the thesis is the outgrowth of previous coursework, considerable additional research and exposition must be done beyond that previously undertaken. The proposed thesis work, as well as the final product, will be approved by a committee of three faculty appropriate to the topic, appointed by the Chair of the department after consultation with the student, on the basis of a written proposal from the student. It is recommended that thesis work not be undertaken until near the end of progress toward the degree. The thesis title is to be shown on the student's final transcript. A Creative Thesis option is available for students who have completed appropriate coursework in Creative Writing. (A statement of recommendations and requirements for form and procedure is available in the English Department office.) (Fall, Spring, Summer)

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