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This course fulfills three hours of General Education composition or humanities and the Writing and Math requirement while introducing students to some of the major writers, issues and forms found in the history of American literature. The breadth and focus of this survey will be determined by the instructor. (C, H) GR-E†

This course fulfills three hours of General Education composition or humanities and the Writing and Math requirement while introducing students to some of the most important issues that arise in the study of American literature and culture. The breadth and focus of the topic will be determined by the instructor. (C,H) GR-E†

Selected texts from the Contact Period to 1865, in diverse historical and cultural contexts, usually organized around a theme or several themes.

Selected texts from 1865 to the present, in diverse historical and cultural contexts, usually organized around a theme or several themes.

This course surveys the development of African-American literature from its beginning to 1945.

This course surveys the development of African-American Literature from 1945 to the present.

Survey of traditions in American women’s writings. The course may cover a wide range of texts or focus on a single theme, genre, period, literary movement or cultural tradition. Topics may include women’s writings about feminism, family, work, nationalism or social justice; women’s autobiography, poetry, experimental prose or domestic fiction; nineteenth-century literature by women, contemporary women’s poetry or colonial women’s writing; realist, postmodern or sentimental fiction by American women; African American, New England, Native American, Southern or working-class writing; Chicano, Latino or lesbian literary traditions. Consult home page.

This course focuses on some of the rich cultural traditions found in American literature. Topics may include Gay and Lesbian, Jewish-American, Chicano/a, Latino/a, Native American, Southern and other literatures. Consult home page.

Topics may include one or more genres such as the novel, detective novel, political novel, historical novel, utopian fiction or Western; drama; short story; sermon traditions; African American cultural forms, African American folklore; long poem, lyric, philosophical poem, oral poetry; nature writing, autobiography, captivity narrative; narratives of exploration; political oratory; postmodernism; coming out stories; humor. Consult home page.

A variable topics course focusing on one or more of the major issues, movements, forms, or themes in the study of American literature and culture before 1800. Topics may include narratives of exploration and encounter, Puritan and/or Enlightenment writings, captivity and slave narratives, traditions of spiritual autobiography, post-colonial approaches to colonial rhetoric and poetry, and/or in-depth studies of selected writers. Consult home page.

A variable topics course focusing on the major issues, movements, forms or themes in the study of American literature and culture before 1900. Topics may include the American Renaissance, literature and abolition, African American novels and poetry, romance and romanticism, race and sexuality, the rise of the short story, realism, naturalism, representations of the city, representations of the South, tropes such as the Noble Savage or the American Girl, and/or in-depth studies of selected writers. Consult home page.

A variable topics course focusing on one or more of the major issues, movements, forms or themes in the study of 20th Century American literature and culture. Topics may include Modernism, Post-Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, Depression-era literature, American writers in Paris, consumer society, American fiction since 1945, poetry, Civil Rights literature, rhetoric’s of imperialism, and/or several major authors. Consult home page.

A variable topics course focusing on one or more of the major issues, movements, forms or themes in the study of American literature and culture. Topics may include masculinity and femininity in literature, lesbian possibilities in popular culture, feminism and womanism, traditions of gay self-representation. Consult home page.

This course will focus in depth on one major author, such as Dickinson, Twain, Faulkner, Hurston, and Morrison. Consult home page.

A variable topics course examining issues, movements, forms or themes that cross traditional period boundaries. Topics may include the city and the country in American fiction, Southern masculinity, reading and literacy in America, representations of class and religion in American literature, the body and technology, American regionalisms, the Pragmatist tradition, and nature and eco-criticism in American letters. Consult home page.

A variable topics course examining issues, movements, forms or themes related to race and ethnicity in American literature. Topics may include Pacific Rim cultures in America, Chicano-Latino literature, the Black Arts Movement, constructing Native America, border-crossing and migration, post-war Jewish fiction, literature and the psychology of prejudice, comparative representations of racial and ethnic experience, representing whiteness, literatures of assimilation and multi-racial identities. Consult home page.

In high school you told stories, making a chance encounter seem like a meeting with Madonna. You were reading novels by flashlight before you could understand long words. If you want to write fiction, this is a beginning workshop. We start with the basics, and you’ll read a lot of fiction (you can’t be a fiction writer without reading shelves of fiction). You’ll write stories, and your fiction will be discussed in workshop. (C) GR-E†

Perhaps you’ve always wanted to be a poet. You’ve never told anyone you scribble lines in a notebook. You’ve written poems in love and poems in anger. Or you’ve never written poems at all – you’ve just wanted to write. This workshop concentrates on the basics of reading and writing poetry (in order to write you have to read, and in order to be a reader you have to be a critic). You’ll write poems yourself, and some will be discussed in a workshop. (C) GR-E†

If you find yourself inventing characters and scenes at all hours, and if you were delighted by the beginning workshop (or you’re a junior or senior just starting), this course will continue instruction in basic techniques of voice, plot and character, while introducing advanced ones. You’ll read a lot of good stories, and write a few yourself. Samuel Johnson said, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." Juniors or Seniors who have not taken CRW 1101 or 1301 must have strong composition skills. (C) GR-E†

Writing poetry may become an addiction. If you enjoyed the beginning workshop, or are a junior or senior taking your first, this workshop will continue with matter-of-fact techniques and teach some fancy ones as well. You’ll write poems and read some difficult and thrilling poetry of the past and the present. By the end you may be able to say, with Humpty Dumpty, "I can explain all the poems that ever were invented – and a good many that haven’t been invented just yet." Juniors or Seniors who have not taken CRW 1101 or 1301 must have strong composition skills.(C) GR-E†

A small workshop for students who have made their way out of beginner’s workshops with sanity intact. Now the work gets more difficult, more deranged, and more delightful. Emerson said, "People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad." Admission by manuscript review during pre-registration and regular registration (see Director of Creative Writing for deadlines); by prerequisite during drop/add.

More reeling and writhing, as Lewis Carroll said. An intense workshop for a small group of poets who have stared at the Pacific with a wild surmise. Like Balboa – or was it Cortez? Admission by manuscript review during pre-registration and regular registration (see Director of Creative Writing for deadlines); by prerequisite during drop/add.

For students who want to trouble the literary editors and readers of the future. Many members of this class have gone on to graduate school in writing. "Ants eat everything that is written," said an explorer. This is a workshop for ants. Admission by manuscript review during pre-registration and regular registration (see Director of Creative Writing for deadlines); by prerequisite during drop/add.

George I said, "I hate all Boets and Bainters." For battle-scarred veterans of previous workshops, who now want the full treatment. A small workshop for serious poets who want to write their names in water, as long as they are also in the Norton Anthology. Students often go from this class into MFA programs in poetry. Admission by manuscript review during pre-registration and regular registration (see Director of Creative Writing for deadlines); by prerequisite during drop/add.

This course prepares students to write expository-argumentative prose and to analyze discourse in contemporary culture. ENC 1101 is designed to help students improve their grasp of standard written English, library research, critical analysis and creative thinking. (C) GR-E†

A course offering instruction in writing about fiction, drama and poetry. (C, H) GR-E†

Instruction in expository-argumentative writing relate to one special topic selected by the instructor. Readings will include varied genres from different disciplines. (C, H) GR-E†

Introduction to the forms of electronic reading and writing. The course applies skills in critical and cultural literacy to multimedia computing and "cyberspace." Students will use the basic tools of the internet to research and compose their essays on line. (H) GR-E†

A survey of the forms and methods of communication used in business, industry and government, including nonformal and formal reports, letters, resumes and proposals. (C) GR-E†

A professional writing course relevant in business, industry, government and other institutional settings. Covers major elements of organizational communication with emphasis on composition of letters and memos, reports, proposals, and manuals. GR-E†

A communication course adjusted to a specific professional discipline, the discipline to be determined by need. Covers major elements of organizational communication with emphasis on composition of reports, proposals, letters and memos, manuals and oral presentations. Course materials and assignments are relevant to the specific discipline. (C) GR-E†

An advanced composition course in methods of exposition: writing definition, classification, comparison and contrast, analysis, illustration, identification. GR-E†

A course in advanced composition concerned with the writing of argument and critical analysis. GR-E†

The study and production of digital media, with special emphasis on the World Wide Web.

This course teaches students how to perform different levels of editing on a range of professional texts, including both printed and on-line texts as well as both technical and literary ones.

A study of the techniques of propaganda and of the relationship of propaganda to the humanities.

This course will focus on administrative communication, professional papers, research reports, proposals and other major professional documents depending on the needs of the students, who must have developed communication skills. GR-E†

This course is the media studies equivalent of ENC 1102 (Writing About Literature). It explores the practices of literacy in the context of popular culture, including cinema, television, advertising, popular fiction and journalism. (C, H) GR-E†

Course designed for non majors seeking humanities credit in the areas of film and popular culture. Students will be introduced to the study of contemporary movies through attention to film form and structure, film genres, and attention to popular culture. Students are expected to see new movies off campus. No prerequisite.(H)

An introduction to thinking and writing about the cinema by means of film theory and history. (C, H) GR-E†

Enrollment by invitation. Writing about novels and short stories, film and cultural studies primarily by American and British authors. Text and assignments are chosen to match the abilities of honor students. (C, H) GR-E†

An intensive introductory study of 20th century theory.

A study of one or more theorists, contemporary or historical.

This course will provide students with an extensive and sophisticated understanding of grammar, as well as a practical appreciation of its rhetorical purposes.

An examination of the movies as a mode of storytelling, with emphasis upon the difference between verbal and visual narration, and relation to contemporary thought and values.

An introduction to the principal theoretical and critical issues raised by the first century of the cinema.

History of the film from its beginnings to the introduction of sound.

History of the film from sound to the present.

This course explores the use of various psychological concepts to the application of literary study.

The origins of the English language and its development from the Old English period to the present. It is strongly advised that students previously have an introductory course (LIN 2000, LIN 2001 or LIN3010).

A variable topics course concentrating on either film genres (e.g., documentary, the musical, melodrama, the western, film noir), specific directors, or major periods in cinematic history. Consult home page.

A critical and historical study of films and videos by and about people of color in the Americas, Africa, Australia and Europe.

A course of variable content providing an opportunity for the in-depth study of film genres, notable film directors and other significant topics on subjects related to film. Consult home page.

A study of the roles and function of women in mainstream and alternative cinema. The course includes study of feminist film criticism and theories of gender.

Variable topics. A study of the films of one or more of the historically important national cinemas (e.g., American, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese). Consult home page.

A seminar on the independent and experimental uses of small-format film and video production.

Explores the development of new modes of thought, forms of art, popular culture, and social practices based on electronic technology (video and computers).

A variable topics course focusing on one or more advanced aspects of film and video production, including such topics as editing of film and video or the production of 16mm films.

For advanced students who desire to supplement the regular courses by independent reading or research under guidance.

Open to English majors who have maintained an overall junior/senior level GPA of 3.5. Small seminar classes study topics in English and American literature or film.

Admission requires a written proposal of appropriate work experience from the student and a written acceptance for employment from the employer, including designation of a supervisor. Successful completion requires a written summation of the work experience from the student and a written evaluation of performance by the supervisor.

A seminar offered on a space available basis allowing department majors to develop their individual programs of study while focusing on a common topic.

Student selects an English faculty member to act as director for an independent research project which culminates in the preparation of an honors thesis. An abstract and one copy of the thesis must be delivered to the Academic Advising Center, Room 101 by the deadline specified by the Honors Office each semester.

This course fulfills three hours of the General Education requirement in composition or humanities and the Writing and Math requirement while introducing students to some of the major writers, issues and forms found in the history of the period. The breadth and focus of this survey will be determined by the instructor. (C, H) GR-E†

This course fulfills three hours of the General Education requirement in composition or humanities and the Writing and Math requirement while introducing students to some of the major writers, issues and forms found in the history of the period. The breadth and focus of this survey will be determined by the instructor. (C, H) GR-E†

A course designed to introduce students to the pleasure and wisdom of Shakespeare’s plays. Various approaches will be used: movie versions of the plays, staging of scenes from the plays, and discussion. (H)

Includes works by such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne and Smollett.

Includes works by such writers as Scott, Austen, Dickens, Thackeray, Eliot and Hardy.

Includes works by such writers as Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Forster, Woolf, Greene and Waugh.

A general study of the most prominent British poets of the 20th Century with particular emphasis on Yeats, Lawrence, Graves, Eliot, Sitwell, Dylan Thomas and Ted Hughes.

A survey of representative works of the Middle English period such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and selections from medieval drama, lyric poetry, mystical writings and writings by and about women.

Selections from the best works of such writers as Dryden, Congreve, Addison, Swift and Pope.

A study of the best works from Johnson, Boswell, Reynolds, Goldsmith, Blake and others writing between 1740-1800.

Selections from the best works of such writers as Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Shelley and Keats. Consult home page.

Selections from such writers as Tennyson, Browning, C. Brontë, Wilde, G.M. Hopkins and Arnold. This course examines the beliefs and paradoxes of Victorian culture through the poetry, fiction, drama, visual arts and critical theory of a few representative figures. Investigates the social and cultural assumptions which underlie the artists’ approaches to their themes as well as the themes themselves.

Variable topics in Tudor literature and culture, 1485-1603. Courses will focus on or combine features of such topics as the development of literary genres, the works of single or paired authors, the social institutions and material conditions of textual production, thematically organized studies of cultural relations between literary and non-literary texts, issues of gender, religion, nationhood, race and writing in the emergence of an "English literature."

Variable topics in Stuart Literature and Culture, 1603-1700. Courses will focus on or combine topics such as the progress of literary genres, the works of single or paired authors, the social institutions and material conditions of textual production, thematically organized studies of cultural relations between literary and non-literary texts, issues of gender, religion, nationhood, race, and writing in the era just before, during, and just after the English Revolution.

A variable topics course which may include major works of drama, poetry or prose from twentieth-century Britain. Consult home page.

Reading and critical study of Chaucer’s poetry. Emphasis will typically be on both the Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde with some attention to the minor works.

The study of selections from Shakespeare focused in various ways. Topics could include tracing Shakespeare’s dramatic career, concentrating on one or several genres including histories, comedies, tragedies, romances, developing the history of Shakespeare reception, approaching Shakespeare through performance including acting and directing, and approaching Shakespeare through feminist, or materialist or psychoanalytic methods. Consult home page.

A course in the basics of traditional English grammar designed as a complement to our composition and creative writing courses, as a review for those students who will take preprofessional exams, and as a basic course for students interested in improving their knowledge of English. Does NOT satisfy the three-hour general education requirement in English.

A study of the grammar of current English from the viewpoint of modern linguistics.

This course charts the history of a culture—American popular culture—as it has been defined and conveyed by commercial speech. No prerequisites. (H).

An introductory course in interpreting poems by assessing their formal elements and by placing them in dialog with one another. May include in-depth study of Shakespeare, Blake, Dickinson, Yeats, H.D., Hughes and Sexton. (C, H) GR-E†

This course introduces students to some of the major writers, issues and forms found in the history of the period. The breadth and focus of this survey will be determined by the instructor. (C, I, H) GR-E†

This course introduces students to some of the major writers, issues and forms found in the history of the period. The breadth and focus of this survey will be determined by the instructor. (C, I, H) GR-E†

A close reading and critical analysis of representative forms and styles of narrative, with the major objective of improving the student’s ability to study narrative structures and theories of narrative.

A variable topics course providing in-depth study of a particular genre such as the lyric, epic, sonnet or of developments in periods of literatures such as medieval, American or African. Emphasis on refining the ability to read and analyze texts carefully and accurately. Consult home page.

A variable topics course providing an in-depth study of some particular genre such as comedy, tragedy or of developments in periods such as the Elizabethan/ Jacobean or Restoration. Consult home page.

Representative selections from continental, British and American playwrights. Consult home page.

A variable content course in aspects of the Jewish literary experience, from the biblical narrative and classical tales to Yiddish and Hebrew literature, the modern European novel, and American Jewish fiction. Consult home page. (H, I)

An interdisciplinary approach to American and British science fiction. May also include science fiction film. Some historical background but concentrates on twentieth-century writers such as Orwell, Clarke, Asimov, Heinlein, Herbert, Vonnegut, LeGuin and Gibson.

An examination of the revolutionary experimentalist aspects of modern and contemporary culture, such as cubism, surrealism, structuralism and conceptualism.

A literary analysis from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, with emphasis upon poetry and narrative. (H, I)

A critical and thematic study of women in literature. A variable content course which may include fiction, poetry, or drama: English, American, or World Literature. Consult home page. (H, I)

Interdisciplinary studies of the vital relationship between literature and the other creative arts, the other humanistic disciplines, or the sciences and technology. Topics will vary. Consult home page.

A variable topics course exploring the issues, questions and themes raised in the rich literature, culture, and theory that emerge as a response to and in contestation with the experiences of the colonial and postcolonial worlds.

A variable topics course focusing on one or more of the diverse English language literary traditions, including those of Ireland, Scotland, India, Nigeria, the Caribbean, Canada, and Australia.

A critical and analytical study of representative Black African authors writing in English, notably Achebe, Awoonor, Ngugi, Aidoo, Soyinka, Armah, Ekwensi, Mphalele and p’Bitek’. (H, I)

Reading, discussion and critical study of the types of oral folklore, with some emphasis on folksong and ballad. Attention is paid to folkloristics – theories and methods as they are applied to folklore. A field-work project will be required.

Reading folktales, myths and legends, particularly those told orally by ethnic, indigenous and emigrant cultures within the USA. Attention will be paid to critical theory and the scholarly study of the folktale. In addition, the use of the folktale by creative writers and teachers is discussed.

Designed to arouse a genuine interest in children’s books and to aid the student in obtaining a critical knowledge of the literature.

An exploration of kinds and qualities of literature for the younger child, examining the child’s first experience with literature in oral forms, then moving on to picture and story books and poetry.

A study of the types of literature read by adolescents, with emphasis upon the criteria for the choice of good books and upon developing a familiarity with the many books available.

Origins and evolution of the Anglo-American tradition in literature for young readers, 1720-1920, with an emphasis on the Victorian era. Authors may include Defoe, Scott, Cooper, Dickens, Alcott, Twain and Stevenson.

A close reading of major scientific works that have shaped man’s view of the universe and his place in it. Included are works by such figures as Galileo, Harvey, Newton, Darwin, Freud and Einstein.

A course designed to introduce students to the issues and methodology used in cultural studies. Students will be encouraged to explore a number of methods by which culture is analyzed, understood and disseminated.

This course focuses on the "place" of women in different narrative forms in popular culture — film, television, mass produced novels, etc. Emphasis will be placed on the texts themselves and the relevant surrounding criticism and theory. Topics will vary, consult home page. (H, I)

This course introduces students to a variety of analytic, theoretical and interpretive approaches, under the general rubric "feminist theory." It will concentrate on current issues, especially in literary and cultural studies, but also in other disciplines as well.

Proseminar of variable content providing an opportunity for the in-depth study of various topics or subjects such as the literature of war and peace, of death, and of courtly love. Consult home page.

This one-hour course covers the fundamentals of beginning college writing and critical reading skills.

Consideration of and practice with word choice and word arrangement as sources of style that influence memorability, credibility, and ease and accuracy of comprehension.

Critical analyses of rhetorical elements and processes in both orator.