ENGLISH (ENGL)

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. Writing in the Academic Community. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 1101. Writing argumentation appropriate to inquiry in an intellectual community. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ENGL 1103. Accelerated College Writing and Rhetoric. (3) Prerequisite: Placement by the English Department. Accelerated writing curriculum which fulfills the requirement for ENGL 1101 and 1102. (Fall)

ENGL 1101 and 1102 (or 1103) are prerequisites for all English courses at the 2000 level or above.

ENGL 2014. Topics in Writing. (1-3) (W) 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. (1-3) (W) 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 licensure 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) (L or A) 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. Writing About Literature. (3) Combined practice in writing and study of literature, emphasizing writing processes including revision. Must be completed before ENGL 3100 and other English coursework. Restricted to English majors and minors and Education majors.

ENGL 2101. Masterpieces of British Literature I. (3) (L or C) 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. (Yearly)

ENGL 2102. Masterpieces of British Literature II. (3) (L or C) 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. (Yearly)

ENGL 2103. Masterpieces of Modern Fiction. (3) (L) Readings in selected novels and short stories written since 1850. (Yearly)

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. (3) (WL) 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. (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL 2106. Film Criticism. (4) (A) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 2108. Introduction to Drama. (3) (W) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 2111. Introduction to Ancient World Literature I. (3) (L or X) Reading of ancient world literature, in English translation. (Yearly)

ENGL 2112. Introduction to Modern World Literature. (3) (L or X) Readings in modern world literature, in English and, in English translation. (Yearly)

ENGL 2116. Introduction to Technical Communication. (3) (W) 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, Summer) (Evenings)

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

ENGL 2127. Introduction to Poetry Writing. (3) An introductory course for those with little experience in reading, writing, and critiquing poetry. Students will read and discuss poetry in an anthology and also be responsible for writing poems based on assigned formal strategies or themes and bringing them to a workshop setting for group critique. (On demand)

ENGL 2128. Introduction to Fiction Writing. (3) An introductory course for those with little experience in reading, writing, and critiquing fiction. Students will read and discuss short stories in an anthology and also be responsible for writing stories based on assigned formal strategies or themes and bringing them to a workshop setting for group critique. (On demand)

ENGL 2301. Introduction to African-American Literature. (3) (L) Prerequisite: ENGL 1101 and 1102 or 1103, or departmental permission. Survey of the major periods, texts, and issues in African-American Literature. Prerequisite to 4000 level African-American literature courses in English Department. Cross-listed as AAAS 2301. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3050. Topics in English. (3) Special topics not included in other courses. May be repeated for credit as topics vary. (Yearly)

ENGL 3100. Approaches to Literature. (3) (W) Introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature, such as historical, psychological, mythological, and formalistic. Required of English major. (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Evenings)

ENGL 3102. Literature for Young Children. (3) Literature for children between the ages of two and seven. Picture books, nursery rhymes, and storytelling techniques. (Spring)

ENGL 3103. Children's Literature. (3) (L) 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 license.] (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3104. Literature for Adolescents. (3) (L) 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 license.] (Yearly)

ENGL 3110. Literature and Science. (3) (WV) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 3112. Medieval British Literature. (3) 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 3114. British Prose and Poetry of the 16th Century. (3) 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 3115. The Earlier 17th Century. (3) Major writers from Bacon and Donne to the Restoration. (On demand)

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)

ENG 3132. Introduction to Contemporary American English. (3) Introduction to the study of word formation, the sound system, and the structure of contemporary American English, including characteristics and applications of traditional grammar. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 3140. Colonial and Early American Literature. (3) Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, Brown. (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 3156. Native American Indian Literature. (3) (X) Introduction to American Indian Literature, ranging from oral traditions through contemporary writers. (Yearly)

ENGL 3200. Writing in the Discipline of English. (3) (W) Prerequisite: English major or minor or permission of the Department. Intensive practice in writing persuasion and argument in the discipline of English, with emphasis on techniques in research and documentation based on selected texts in literature, rhetoric/writing, or linguistics/language. Restricted to English majors and minors, except through permission of the Department. (On demand)

ENGL 3852. Independent Study. (1-3) Prerequisite: consent of the Department. Individual investigations and appropriates 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.) (Fall, Spring, Summer)

ENGL 4002. Women and Literature. (3) 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) 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 4050. Topics in English. (3) Special topics not included in other courses. May be repeated for additional credit with approval of the English Department.(On demand)

ENGL 4090. 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 different authors are considered. (On demand)

ENGL 4102. Classics in British Children’s Literature. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 3102 or 3103 or 3104; or departmental permission. Focuses on pivotal works in the history of British and British Colonial Children’s Literature. (Fall)

ENGL 4103. Classics in American Children’s Literature. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 3102 or 3103 or 3104; or departmental permission. Focuses on pivotal works in the history of American Children’s Literature. (Spring)

ENGL 4104. Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 3102 or 3103 or 3104; or departmental permission. Focuses on works that represent one or more kinds of cultural, ethnic, or social diversity of the United States and other national literatures. (Fall)

ENGL 4114. Milton. (3) A study of the major poems and selections from the minor works of Milton. (On demand)

ENGL 4116. Shakespeare's Early Plays. (3) A study of 10 representative plays from the comedies, histories, and tragedies written 1590‑1600. (Fall, Spring)

ENGL 4117. 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 4121. The 18th‑Century British Novel: Man, Woman, Manners, and Morals. (3) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 4122. The Victorian Novel. (3) Readings in British fiction during the triumph of the novel in the19th century, emphasizing major developments in realism, romance, naturalism. (On demand)

ENGL 4123. The Modern British Novel. (3) 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) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 4131. British Drama to 1600, Excluding Shakespeare. (3) 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) A survey of Jacobean and Caroline drama, including plays by Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, Middleton, Shirley, Ford. (On demand)

ENGL 4133. British Drama of Wit and Intrigue, 1660‑1780. (3) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 4143. 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 4144. 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 4145. Literature of the American South. (3) 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 4146. Contemporary Jewish‑American Literature. (3) (X) 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 4147. Early Black American Literature. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 2301. A survey of significant writings by black Americans before the Harlem Renaissance. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4148. Twentieth‑Century Black American Literature: Prose. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 2301. Intensive study of selected black American 20th‑century writers of fiction and nonfiction, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance. (Alternate years)

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

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

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

ENGL 4153. Contemporary Fiction. (3) 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. (On demand)

ENGL 4155. Pan‑African Literature. (3) 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 4156. Gender and African-American Literature. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 2100 and 2301 or permission of instructor. Exploration of the intersection of gender and African-American Literature, focusing on either Black women writers or Black male writers, or a combination in dialogue. Cross-listed as AAAS 4106. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4157. African-American Poetry. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 2100 and 2301 or permission of instructor. Intensive study of African-American poetry, focusing on one period or traversing several. Cross-listed as AAAS 4107. (Alternate years)

ENGL 4158. African-American Literary Theory and Criticism. (3) Prerequisites: ENGL 2100 and 2301or permission of instructor. History of an African-American approach to literary analysis, including a practicum in modern criticism. Cross-listed as AAAS 4108. (Alternate years)

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

ENGL 4165. Language and Culture. (3) 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) Prerequisite: ENGL 3132 or permission of 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 4180. Theories of Technical Communication. (3) 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) 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) 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) Prerequisite: ENGL 2116. Document editing, including copy editing, proofreading, substantive editing, and project management. (Spring)

ENGL 4202. Writing Poetry. (3) Prerequisite: ENGL 2126 or 2127, 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) Prerequisite: ENGL 2126 or 2128, 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. (3) (W) Writing of essays, criticism, and various forms of exposition. (Fall, Spring) (Evenings)

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

ENGL 4208. Poetry Writing Workshop. (3) 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) 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) 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) The poetry of Geoffrey Chaucer, including The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. (Alternate years)

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

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

ENGL 4254. Teaching English/Communication Skills to Middle and Secondary School Learners. (1-3) Approaches to the teaching of English, including recent theories and research related to writing and literary study, designed primarily for teaching in grades 6-12. (Yearly)

ENGL 4260. History of the English Language. (3) 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) 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 4264. Literacy in Family and Community. (3) Exploration of literacy issues and outreach in schools, agencies, and work sites. (Spring)

ENGL 4290. Advanced Creative Project. (3) 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 non‑fiction 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) 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) 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)

ENGL 4852. Independent Study. (1‑3) Prerequisite: Consent of Department. Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the Department Chair, no more than six hours may apply toward the English major.) May be repeated for additional credit with approval of the English Department. (Fall, Spring, Summer)