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ENGLISH (ENGL)
Division of Humanities
Division of Humanities - Adm
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ENGL 1001
- Fundamentals of Writing I
(4.0 cr; completion of both 1001,1002 meets College Writing requirement; fall, every year)
Intensive practice in the fundamentals of writing. Students learn and apply strategies for generating, organizing, revising, and editing their writing.
ENGL 1002
- Fundamentals of Writing II (CW)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1001; spring, every year)
Continuation of Engl 1001. Prepares students for academic writing by continuing coverage of basic writing skills and incorporating coverage of College Writing goals. Engl 1001 and 1002 may be taken in place of College Writing to fulfill the College Writing requirement.
ENGL 1011
- College Writing (CW)
(4.0 cr; fall, spring, every year)
Practice in academic writing, with special emphasis on argumentation, reading closely and critically for the purposes of scholarly analysis, responding to and making use of the work of others, and drafting and revising texts.
ENGL 1131
- Introduction to Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, spring, every year)
Introduction to the study of fiction, poetry, and drama. Emphasis on gaining basic skills of analysis. A prerequisite to advanced courses in English.
ENGL 1993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
ENGL 2011
- Introduction to Poetry and Poetic Language (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, spring, offered periodically)
An introduction to the techniques of close reading and the analysis of poetry. Emphasis on appreciating and understanding poetic form.
ENGL 2012
- Introduction to Fiction (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, offered periodically)
An introduction to critical reading and analysis of fiction (novels and/or short stories).
ENGL 2013
- Introduction to Drama (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, offered periodically)
An introduction to critical reading and analysis of dramatic literature.
ENGL 2014
- Introduction to Popular Literature: Science Fiction (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, offered periodically)
Introduction to popular literature in a variety of styles and forms with emphasis on analysis and context.
ENGL 2015
- Introduction to Film Studies (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; weekly lab required for viewing films; spring, offered periodically)
Develops students' abilities to view films critically and to deepen their understanding of the film experience. Begins with critical analysis skills and terminology, then takes up the study of genres and styles, including documentaries and foreign films.
ENGL 2031
- Gender in Literature and Culture (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Introduction to literary and cultural representations of gender. Emphasis on the intersections between power and the social relations of gender, race, class, and sexuality.
ENGL 2032
- Sex, the City, and Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; fall, odd years)
The women of Sex and the City struggle in conversation and in their relationships to define male and female as well as intimacy and love. In this course, students also struggle, in class discussions and in writing, to formulate an understanding of the way gender and sex have impacted postmodern understanding of intimacy and love.
ENGL 2041
- Introduction to African American Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; spring, offered periodically)
Introduction to issues and themes in African American literature and culture, with emphasis on historical and cultural context.
ENGL 2059
- Introduction to Shakespeare (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; spring, even years)
A careful reading of a representative selection of Shakespeare's poetry and plays (including histories, comedies, tragedies, and romances). Consideration of generic and dramatic conventions, cultural contexts, literary elements, and performance choices on stage and in film. Serves non-majors as well as majors.
ENGL 2061
- Introduction to Popular Literature: Detection and Espionage in Fiction and Film (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, even years)
Examination of the detective and espionage genres in relation to 20th-century social and geopolitical pressures.
ENGL 2106
- Topics in Writing: The Environmental Imagination: Reading and Writing about the Natural World (ENVT)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Writing about the environment. Students learn to use the rich possibilities of language to express their responses to nature and convey to others the importance of close contact with the natural world. Readings in poetry and prose, discussion of technique, and experimentation with a variety of styles and literary forms.
ENGL 2121
- Topics in Writing: Introduction to Creative Writing (ART/P)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, every year)
Introduction to the basic elements of creative writing, including exploration of poetry, story, and journal writing. Practice with techniques such as dialogue, description, voice, and style.
ENGL 2171
- Topics in Writing: Editing and Proofreading (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; spring, offered periodically)
Students learn and practice the techniques of developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading, while exploring career applications for these skills.
ENGL 2201
- Survey of British Literature to the 18th Century (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv, 1131; fall, every year)
Readings in English poetry, prose, and/or drama from the beginnings to the 18th century. Specific authors vary.
ENGL 2202
- Survey of British Literature from the 18th Century Forward (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv, 1131; spring, every year)
Readings in English poetry, prose, and/or drama from the 18th century to the present. Specific authors vary.
ENGL 2211
- Survey of American Literature to the Civil War (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv, 1131; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of important texts, canonical and non-canonical, and important periods and movements that define the colonial and U.S. experience up to 1865.
ENGL 2212
- Survey of American Literature from the Civil War Forward (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv, 1131; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of selected historical and literary texts in U.S. literature, canonical and non-canonical, from 1865 to the present.
ENGL 2411
- Representations of American Indians in Popular and Academic Culture (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, offered periodically)
Study of representations of American Indians in American popular and academic culture including literature, films, and sports. Particular attention given to how Indian identity, history, and cultures are represented in pop culture by non-Indians and, more recently, Indians themselves.
ENGL 2421
- Understanding Moby-Dick (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; fall, offered periodically)
A chapter-by-chapter analysis of Moby-Dick. Emphasis on important critical trends.
ENGL 2993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
ENGL 3005
- Understanding Writing: Theories and Practices (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv, soph standing, #, coreq IS 3720 for students working in the Writing Room; fall, every year)
Introduction to composition theory: generating, composing, revising, and responding to writing; conventions across disciplines; strategies for teaching and tutoring writing. Weekly short assignments; three formal papers, written and revised in stages; oral presentation of research. Required for first-semester Writing Room staff.
ENGL 3012
- Advanced Fiction Writing (ART/P)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-#; fall, spring, offered periodically)
For experienced writers. Focus on developing skills and mastering creative and technical elements of writing fiction.
ENGL 3015
- Writing Poetry for the 21st Century (ART/P)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; spring, offered periodically)
A creative writing class. Practice with the different elements of poetry-sound, rhythm, imagery, voice, line-and exploration of the ways contemporary poets use and transform traditional forms and techniques.
ENGL 3021
- Grammar and Language (HUM)
(4.0 cr; fall, every year)
Study of the English language. Historical development and current structure. Includes language variation and change, social history of language, phonology, syntax, semantics, development of English grammar, prescriptive versus descriptive grammar, and contemporary theories of grammar.
ENGL 3032
- Creative Nonfiction Writing (ART/P)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1011 or equiv; spring, offered periodically)
For experienced writers. Focus on understanding and practicing the rhetorical and stylistic choices available to writers of creative nonfiction, especially decisions about structure, pacing, language, style, tone, detail, description, and narrative voice.
ENGL 3042
- Tuxes and Tiaras Not Required: Writing Formal Poetry (ART/P)
(4.0 cr; summer, offered periodically)
Writing formal verse. Students write poems in a variety of verse forms such as pantoum, sestina, sonnet, hymnal measure, and ghazal. Readings of poems by contemporary and canonical poets, discussion of technique, and experimentation within the formal constraints. [Continuing Education course]
ENGL 3142
- The Rise of the Novel (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; spring, offered periodically)
The origins of the British novel: experiments with the new form, influence of earlier genres, evolution of formal realism. Authors may include Austen, Burney, Fielding, Richardson, and Sterne.
ENGL 3151
- Writing Revolution (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; spring, offered periodically)
Literary analysis of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama that promoted, commented on, or responded to the American Revolution. Writers include Jefferson, Franklin, de Crevecoeur, Paine, Tyler, Freneau, Wheatley, Equiano, Rowson, Brown, Irving, and Child. Focus on the literary construction of national identity and debates about human rights, individualism, and westward colonization.
ENGL 3153
- Gothic Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
The cultural origins of gothic literature in tension with the neoclassical values of 18th-century Britain and its persistent influence over the next two centuries (including its relationship to modern horror fiction and film). Emphasis on the ways gothic tales encode cultural anxieties about gender, class, and power.
ENGL 3154
- 19th-Century British Fiction (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
The rise of the novel to respectability and prominence in Britain from the Romantics to the Victorians.
ENGL 3155
- 20th-Century British Fiction (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Major novelists from the Modernist period and after, focusing on the historical context of the new challenges to literary tradition.
ENGL 3156
- Modern Irish Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; spring, offered periodically)
The poetry, fiction, and drama of Irish writers from 1890-1927, with attention to the ways that literature shaped a national identity.
ENGL 3157
- English Renaissance Drama (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
A thorough study of the early modern English theater, including readings of 16th- and 17th-century plays and consideration of the literary and cultural contexts that informed them. Special attention is given to the works of Shakespeare's contemporaries, such as Marlowe, Jonson, Cary, Middleton, and Webster.
ENGL 3159
- Shakespeare: Studies in the Bard (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; spring, odd years)
A topics-based study of Shakespeare's works and other pertinent texts. Sample topics include "Shakespeare's Women," "Dangerous Rhetoric in Shakespeare," and "Shakespeare and His Sources." Attention is given to historical and literary contexts, and students are asked to consider Shakespeare¿s work as it is read as well as performed.
ENGL 3161
- Medieval Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Early and later medieval prose, poetry, and drama produced and/or widely read in England from about 700-1500.
ENGL 3163
- Life in a Medieval City: Literature and Culture in York, 700-1500 (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212 or #; summer, offered periodically)
Travel to York, England, to study the literature and history of the city from Anglo-Saxon times to the end of the Middle Ages. Focus on the role that York played as the second city of medieval England, emphasizing the diverse cultural influences on the city. Day trips to historically significant sites in the vicinity of York. [Continuing Education course]
ENGL 3164
- Fitzgerald and Hemingway (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of selected short stories, essays, and novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway with attention given to their role in shaping modern American concepts of masculinity, wealth, and what it means to be "American."
ENGL 3165
- English Renaissance Poetry and Prose (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
An examination of the poetry and prose of early modern England, with special attention to the work of Philip Sidney, John Donne, Mary Wroth, George Herbert, Margaret Cavendish, and John Milton.
ENGL 3166
- Postcolonial Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of literature as site of cultural conflict during and after imperial encounters, from the perspectives of both colonizers and colonized peoples. Particular focus on Britain and its former colonies.
ENGL 3253
- Modern and Postmodern Love in the Novel (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, even years)
Modernists and postmodernists are famous for casting an ironic glance on God and Truth. But are they as cynical and skeptical about love? In this course, students work through the writings of prominent 20th-century novelists who struggled to define love.
ENGL 3261
- Modern British and American Poetry (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
A study of the continuities and break with traditions in 20th century poetry. Focus on innovations and experiments in form and theme.
ENGL 3262
- 20th-Century American Poetry: From Modern to Contemporary (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
Study of the radical shifts in poetry and poetics in 20th-century America. Exploration of the ways that poets such as Robert Lowell, Adrienne Rich, Frank O'Hara, Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, James Wright, and Sylvia Plath broke with modernist conventions and New Critical aesthetics and opened the field for the poetry of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
ENGL 3281
- The Literature of Slavery (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
Study of fictional and non-fictional writing about chattel slavery in the United States. Readings include 19th-century works written to oppose or support slavery and 20th-century works written to understand slavery and its effects.
ENGL 3301
- U.S. Multicultural Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; spring, offered periodically)
Examination of literatures by African American, American Indian, Asian American, Chicana/o, U.S. Latino/a, and other under-represented peoples.
ENGL 3311
- American Indian Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of American Indian literature written in English. Particular attention given to language, identity, land, and sovereignty.
ENGL 3331
- African American Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of African American literature. Particular attention given to issues of gender, class, power, "passing," and the racialized body.
ENGL 3411
- Critical Approaches to Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, offered periodically)
An introduction to the major schools of literary theory and cultural analysis; particular attention to the ways in which the dialogue and debate between these approaches define the discipline of literary criticism.
ENGL 3451
- Shakespeare's England (HUM)
(4.0 cr; =[TH 3451]; summer, offered periodically)
Same as TH 3451. A study-abroad course in London and Stratford that concentrates on Shakespeare's plays in performance. Exploration of the relationship between plays as written scripts and the decisions directors and actors make when they stage productions. [Continuing Education course]
ENGL 3501
- The American West Revisited (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, spring, offered periodically)
A selection of readings that introduces and challenges the concept of the "frontier" as uncivilized land open for acquisition.
ENGL 3522
- Harlem Renaissance (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212; fall, even years)
During the 1920s, there was a major aesthetic outpouring in the African American community. Listen to jazz, examine African American artwork, and read poetry, short stories, novels and essays from Harlem Renaissance writers.
ENGL 3993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
ENGL 4004
- Research Seminar: Old English Literature and Language (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Prose and poetry of early medieval England (650-1100) in translation and in Old English (which is studied), with attention to material (manuscripts) and cultural contexts and to reception history.
ENGL 4012
- Research Seminar: Imagining the Earth (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of imaginative writing (poetry and prose) about the earth, and an examination of the ways that language transforms or shapes our perceptions of the natural world. In addition to the primary literary works, students read selections about our understanding of the natural world from science, philosophy, and ecocriticism.
ENGL 4017
- Research Seminar: Tricksters-Conjurers in American Indian and African American Literature (HDIV)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Study of tricksters and conjurers in American Indian and African American literature, in particular their ability to maintain traditional practices and subvert the dominant culture and imposed cultural norms. Special attention given to cultural and historical contexts and questions of power, identity, cultural difference, and assimilation.
ENGL 4022
- Research Seminar: Rhetoric and Narration (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; spring, offered periodically)
Study of intersections between rhetoric and literary criticism, theories of narration and authorship as rhetorical acts, and the ethics of fiction; focused through discussion of novels from a variety of historical periods and geographical areas.
ENGL 4023
- Research Seminar: Nationalism and Irish Literature (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, spring, offered periodically)
Examination of 20th-century Irish literature through the lens of cultural nationalism. How questions of language, race, culture, and colonial history make the idea of Ireland problematic. Exploration of a diverse host of writers interested in Irish myths, ideals, and identities with research from Irish and postcolonial studies.
ENGL 4024
- Research Seminar: Poet's Choice: The Book as the 25th Poem (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; spring, offered periodically)
"If you have a book of twenty-four poems, the book itself should be the twenty-fifth," claims poet James Wright. Study of single volumes of poetry, examination of the book as a whole, and consideration of the sequence of poems and recurring images and themes. Exploration of key movements of the 20th century, placing each volume in its literary context.
ENGL 4025
- Research Seminar: The Elizabeth Mystique (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; spring, offered periodically)
Elizabeth I ruled England from 1558-1603; she was an astute politician, a minor poet, a talented rhetorician, and the creative inspiration for many other writers of her day, all despite--or perhaps because of--her gender. This class considers many textual and visual attempts to represent this ever-paradoxical and sometimes controversial figure.
ENGL 4027
- Research Seminar: Dickens and Criticism (HUM)
(4.0 cr; Prereq-1131, two from 2201, 2202, 2211, 2212, #; fall, offered periodically)
Multiple novels by Dickens in their historical context with sustained attention to recent critical analysis of his work.
ENGL 4993
- Directed Study
(1.0 - 5.0 cr [max 10.0 cr]; Prereq-approved directed study form; fall, spring, every year)
An on- or off-campus learning experience individually arranged between a student and a faculty member for academic credit in areas not covered in the regular curriculum.
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