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English (ENG)
Matthew Cooperman,
Leslie K. Hankins,
Richard Martin (chair),
Michelle Mouton,
Kirilka Stavreva
Major: A minimum of nine course credits in English beyond ENG 111 (or any course satisfying the Writing Requirement), which include ENG 210, 211, 212, 411, and one course selected from each of the following groups: ENG 321-326, 328-336, 343-351, and 361-372.
Teaching Major: The same as above, to include 311 and either 323 or 324; EDU 322 (Secondary Arts, Languages, and Adolescent Literature); and COM 121 (Speech Communication). In addition to the foregoing requirements, prospective teachers must also apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program (preferably at the start of their sophomore year) and complete a second major in Secondary Education described under Education.
Minor: A minimum of six course credits in English beyond ENG 111 (or any course satisfying the Writing Requirement), which include two courses selected from among ENG 210, 211, and 212; and four courses selected from at least two of the following groups: ENG 321-326, 328-336, 343-351, and 361-372.
111. Topics in Literature, Film, or Cultural Studies
Seminar for first year students, an intensive engagement with a topic in literature, film, or cultural studies.
See deTERMinations for current topics and descriptions. (Humanities, Writing Requirement) COOPERMAN, HANKINS, R. MARTIN, MOUTON, or
STAVREVA
210. American Survey
Development of American literature from its beginnings to the twentieth century. Emphasis is both textual and historical. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) R. MARTIN
211. English Survey I
Development of English literature from its Anglo-Saxon roots through the ``long'' eighteenth century. Prerequisite:
Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) STAVREVA
212. English Survey II
Development of English literature from the Romantics to the present.
Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities)
HANKINS or MOUTON
213. Writing Fiction I
Beginning course in writing fiction. Students learn writing techniques, share work, and offer critiques. The course also includes the study of published fiction. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Fine Arts) COOPERMAN
214. Writing Poetry I
Beginning course in writing poetry. Students learn writing techniques, share work, and offer critiques. The course also includes the study of published poets. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Fine Arts) COOPERMAN
217. Writing for Television
Techniques of, and practice in, writing spec scripts. Critical texts and
produced television scripts provide the context for students' own writing.
Additional topics include the collaborative nature of television,
freelancing vs. staff writing, exigencies of structure and time frame,
the roles of the agent and the Writer's Guild. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered subject to availability of faculty. (Fine Arts)
240. Theatre, Architecture, and the Arts in England
The study of English art and culture, particularly theatre and architecture, through visiting sites and regions significant in English history, attending theatrical events, and visiting galleries and museums. Team-taught in England. Registration entails additional costs. Alternate years. (Humanities) The 2003-2004 trip will be led by Mouton and Stavreva.
290/390. Individual Project: see Courses 290/390.
311. Grammar and the Politics of English
An examination of the structures and forms which currently govern
standard usage of the English language. Encompasses a broad view of
grammar as a subject by a wide-ranging investigation of the history and
development of the language, considering everything from the
Indo-European roots of English to current debates over Ebonics and other
nonstandard uses of English. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W).
Alternate years. (Humanities)
316. Advanced Creative Writing Workshop
Advanced course in creative writing. See deTERMinations for a detailed description. Manuscript of 10 pages in length may be requested before permission is granted. Course may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: ENG 213 or 214 and permission of instructor. Alternate years. (Fine Arts) COOPERMAN
321. Medieval English Literature
The Anglo-Saxon epic, the Arthurian romance, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the mystical tradition, or other topical concentrations in medieval literature, studied in its cultural context. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered in alternate years or every third year. (Humanities) STAVREVA
322. Medieval and Renaissance Drama (excluding Shakespeare)
Medieval mystery cycles, revenge tragedies, she-tragedies, city comedies, or other topical concentrations in the study of Shakespeare's predecessors, rivals, colleagues, and heirs, including authors such as Marlowe, Kyd, Ford, Dekker, and Middleton. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered in alternate years or every third year. (Humanities) STAVREVA
323. Shakespeare I: Comedies and Romances
Analytical and performative approach to Shakespeare. Discussion of selected comedies and romances in their cultural context. In alternate years, the class culminates in a student play production, enabled by the Stephen Lacey Memorial Shakespeare Fund. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) STAVREVA
324. Shakespeare II: Histories and Tragedies
Critical analysis of the development of Shakespeare's histories and tragedies, with attention paid to their cultural contexts. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) STAVREVA
325. Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature
English and Continental literature of the
period 1500-1660. Topics may include the sonnet sequence, metaphysical
poetry, intellectual prose, or an intensive examination of a particular
theme across generic boundaries. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W).
Offered in alternate years or every third year. (Humanities) STAVREVA
326. Milton
The works of John Milton. Intensive reading of Paradise Lost in the context of the political, social, and religious conflict of seventeenth century England. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
328. Eighteenth Century English
Literature
Works of major and minor authors of the
period 1660-1798. Topics may include satire, the drama, gender and
literature, or a selected theme. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
329. Eighteenth Century Fiction
A study of the ``rise of the novel,'' including such authors as Behn,
Defoe, the Fieldings, Richardson, Burney, Sterne, Edgeworth, and Austen,
in the context of the social changes that promoted this generic
innovation. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
331. English Literature: The Romantics
An examination of intellectual, political, and aesthetic movements of
the English Romantic period 1789-1832. Topics may include Romantic
poetics, the Gothic impulse, the city and the country, or constructions
of childhood. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years.
(Humanities) MOUTON
333. Victorian English Literature
Poetry, novels, essays, and plays written between 1837 and 1901. May
focus on a topic, such as English colonialism, political reform
movements, or turn-of-the-century decadence. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
MOUTON
334. Nineteenth Century English Novel
A study of forms: the domestic novel, the Gothic novel, the serial
novel, the novel of social critique. Authors may include Austen,
Shelley, Dickens, Eliot, Trollope, and Wilde. Emphasis on social,
cultural, and political context. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) MOUTON
335. Virginia Woolf
Various texts, such as A Room of One's Own, Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, The Waves, Orlando, Between the Acts, and excerpts from essays, letters, and diaries. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) HANKINS
336. Twentieth Century Fiction
Modern fiction in English chosen from Woolf, Joyce, Lawrence,
Richardson, H.D., E.M. Forster, Kincaid, and/or others. May focus on a topic such as
Modernism(s). Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years.
(Humanities) HANKINS
343. The American Renaissance
Literary and cultural trends in the early nineteenth century, a
formative period of American literature. Authors may include Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Fuller. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
R. MARTIN
345. Late Nineteenth Century American
Literature
Literary and cultural trends which followed
the Civil War and gave birth to the modern age. Authors may include Twain, Jewett, James, Wharton,
Dickinson, Whitman, Crane, and Chopin. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) R. MARTIN
347. Modern American Literature
Literary and cultural trends following the First World War,
concentrating on two or three of the writers whose work defined modern
literature. Authors may include Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Steinbeck. Prerequisite:
Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
R. MARTIN
349. Jazz: Fact, Film, and Fiction
Jazz, the unique American art form, has posed a problem and a challenge for artists in other media. This course studies
the ways other artistic media have tried to deal with, incorporate, or
imitate this music and its environment. Course focuses on jazz itself
and explores several jazz-based or jazz-influenced novels and short
stories and various kinds of jazz-based or jazz-influenced films.
Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities)
R. MARTIN
350. American Nature Writers
Study of writers of many different backgrounds who share a concern with our relation to nature and our
environment. Authors may include Muir, Leopold, Dillard, Carson, Abbey, and Kravauer. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) R. MARTIN
351. African-American Literature
Study of African-American literature and/or film. Topics may include African-American women writers and directors. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered every third year. (Humanities) HANKINS
361. Modern Poetry
Modern poetry in English: Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Williams, Crane, Moore, Cummings, Auden, Zukofsky, Yeats, and H.D.
Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) COOPERMAN
363. Contemporary Fiction
Intensive look at recent and experimental developments in fiction as
represented by writers like Raymond Carver, Lydia Davis, Lorrie Moore, Don DeLillo, and Barry
Hannah. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) COOPERMAN
364. Contemporary Poetry
Poets whose work has come to prominence since 1950 and an overview of poetic
trends in America. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) COOPERMAN
365. Comparative Literature and Cinema
Study of connections between literature and film, including topics such as avant-garde film and Modernist literature of the 1920s and 1930s, or women writers, directors, and film theorists of the 1920s and 1930s. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate years. (Humanities) HANKINS
367. Multicultural Literature
Major authors across cultures. Critical analysis of texts by national
and international writers of ``minority'' status. May include groups
marginalized by ethnicity (non-Anglo-American), sexual orientation, and
socioeconomic class. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Alternate
years. (Humanities) COOPERMAN
370. AIDS Literature, Film, and Social Theory
This course will consider the history and consequences of AIDS through memoirs, novels, plays, documentary and feature films, and essays. In evaluating the way literature shapes our understanding of AIDS, we will explore pertinent issues of race, gender, nationality, and sexual identity. May include service learning component. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) MOUTON
371. Critical Theory
Survey of
critical theories or an in-depth focus on one theory. Possibilities
include Narratology, Feminist theories, Reader-Response Theory, New
Historicism, or Cultural Studies. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). Offered every third year.
(Humanities) HANKINS or MOUTON
372. Film and Film Criticism
Critical analysis of films as artistic and cultural texts. Focus may be
on an individual director, such as Hitchcock, or a topic, such as Women
Directors. (This is not a film production course.) May be repeated for credit,
with permission of instructor, when course content is different.
Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities) HANKINS
374. Topics in Literature
A topic that integrates literature and material from other disciplines. Prerequisite: Writing-designated course (W). (Humanities)
380. Internship
Diverse internship options may include writing and editing in the
commercial world, such as working for a newspaper, a magazine, a
publishing house, or another communications medium. Prerequisites: Writing-designated course (W), acceptance by a sponsoring agency,
and Departmental approval. No more than four terms of Internship may be
counted toward the minimum 32 course credits required for graduation; no
more than two credits toward an English major; and no more than two
credits toward the B.A. requirement of nine course credits at the 300
or 400 level. See Index. Courses 280/380. (CR)
399. Summer Internship
Diverse
internship options may include writing and editing in the commercial
world, such as working for a newspaper, a magazine, a publishing house,
or another communications medium. Prerequisites: Writing-designated course (W),
acceptance by a sponsoring agency or individual, and Departmental
approval. No more than four terms of Internship may be counted toward
the minimum 32 course credits required for graduation; no more than two
credits toward an English major; and no more than two credits toward the
B.A. requirement of nine course credits at the 300 or 400 level. See
Courses 299/399. (CR)
411. Senior Seminar
Study of various critical approaches to literature and of general literary problems. Prerequisite: English major and senior standing. (Humanities)
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