Course Catalog

English

Eng 106   College Writing: Argument and Persuasion
Continued practice in the writing process, with assignments that teach students to deliberate on issues and ideas they might encounter in the humanities, the arts, and the social and natural sciences, and to present carefully reasoned, well-supported, and -- where appropriate -- documented arguments in support of their opinions on these issues and ideas. The course includes strategies of persuasion and analysis, research, methods of documentation, and other discourse conventions of college writing.  WRITCOM.  Four credits.

Eng 110   Literature and the Human Condition
An introduction to short stories, poems, plays, and novels that enrich the mind and spirit. Although the course aims to extend students' awareness of how to read literature, its primary emphasis is to contribute to the humanistic aims of general studies by exploring visions of the human condition. Designed for first or second year students who have taken little or no literature in high school. Not recommended for students planning to major in English. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 116   Heritage of Western Literature I
A study of works that provide the foundations for the Western literatures, including the Classical, Judeo-Christian, Celtic, and Germanic traditions through the fifteenth century. An examination of such writers as Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Virgil, Augustine, Bocaccio, Dante, and Chaucer, as well as the national epics of Western European countries. The course explores the development of Western culture as revealed by its literature. Cornerstone 1A. Four credits.

Eng 117   Heritage of Western Literature II
A study of works that define the modern tradition in Western literatures. An examination of such writers as Shakespeare, Racine, Rousseau, Mary Shelley, Mill, Dostoevsky, Ibsen, and Kafka. The course explores the development of Western culture since the Renaissance as revealed by its literature. Cornerstone 1B. Four credits.

Eng 180   Independent Study in English

Eng 190   Special Topics in English

Eng 198   Independent Research in English

Eng 202   Fiction Writing
An introductory course for students interested in writing fiction. The course involves discussion of selected texts by accomplished writers, assignments designed to develop specific skills and techniques, class discussion of student work, and individual conferences. As a final project, students are expected to write and revise a substantial short story or group of stories. Four credits.  ART.

Eng 203   Poetry Writing
An introductory course for students interested in writing poetry. The course involves discussion of selected texts by accomplished writers, assignments designed to develop specific skills and techniques, class discussion of student work, and individual conferences. As a final project, students are expected to write a collection 10-12 pages of revised poetry.  ART.  Four credits

Eng 204   Nonfiction Writing
An introductory course for students interested in writing nonfiction essays. The course involves discussion of selected texts by accomplished writers, assignments designed to develop specific skills and techniques, class discussion of student work, and individual conferences. As a final project, students are expected to write and revise a substantial nonfiction essay or group of essays. Four credits.

Eng 209   British Literature I
A survey course that explores English literature from its Anglo-Saxon beginnings to the Early Modern period with focus on the relationship between cultural shifts and genre development. Students will read epic poetry, lyric poetry, medieval romance, dramas, and essays. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 210   British Literature II
A survey course that explores Restoration drama, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, and Postmodernism as cultural movements in which a variety of genres develop and are modified in response to shifting notions of class, race, and gender. Students will read poetry, novels, drama, short stories and essays. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 212   U.S. Literature I
This course investigates the literature and culture of (the region now bounded as) the United States during a period when individual, regional, and national identifications experienced great change. As a "survey" course, it takes as broad a swath of the field as possible, considering American Indian voices; colonial encounters with the "New World"; and the literature of the American Revolution, early national, and antebellum periods. It may consider various genres or types of text, such as fiction, nonfiction, oral poetry and stories, and lyric poetry, as well as visual texts and primary sources. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 213   U.S. Literature II
This course investigates United States literature spanning from the end of the Civil War to the end of the twentieth century. It may consider novels, stories, and nonfiction texts from across this period, attending to developments in nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. literary history such as Regionalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Students may also consider the political, cultural, and historical events that run parallel to these literary developments. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 220   Young Adult Literature
A survey of literature written for young adults. The course provides an overview of various genres, cultural perspectives, and themes in adolescent literature and examines the relation of adolescent literature to adult literature. Required for secondary education. This course does not satisfy a Cornerstone 4 requirement. Four credits.

Eng 222   African-American Literature and Culture
A survey of the literature written by African-Americans from slavery times through the civil rights movement. Attention will also be given to outstanding examples of African-American music. The course covers a bit more than a century of African-American writing, from Douglass to Lorraine Hansberry. Selections from writers such as Dunbar, DuBois, Hughes, Hurston, Wright, Petry, Brooks, Ellison, and Baldwin will be included. The historical context of the works will be emphasized throughout the course. Cornerstone 6. Four credits.

Eng 234   Women's Literature, Women's Lives
This course introduces students to literature written by women from the fourteenth century to the present and to feminist analysis as a tool for understanding that literature. Students will examine and analyze the cultural conditions which shaped both the authors' lives and the literature they produced, then apply this analysis to understanding the experience of women in American culture. Cornerstone 6. Four credits.

Eng 235   Women and Theatre
This course will investigate contemporary theatrical material created and performed by women in America. Students will examine the work of women theatre artists, generally focusing on the work of playwrights and directors, as a way to investigate contemporary social conditions. This course will also examine the ways that meaning is constructed in theatrical writing and performance.  Cornerstone 6. Four credits.

Eng 236   Studies in Ethnic and Multicultural Literatures of the U.S.
Readings in the literatures of ethnic and other groups who have traditionally been assigned minority status and marginalized in U.S. culture. Such groups include the writing of Native Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Gay and Lesbian Americans, among others. The specific focus may vary each time the course is offered. Cornerstone 6. Four credits.

Eng 280   Independent Studies in English

Eng 290   Special Topics in English

Eng 298   Independent Research in English

Eng 311   Studies in Twentieth Century British Literature
A study of important writers, trends, or topics in twentieth century British literature. The particular writers to be studied will be announced each time the course is offered. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 314   Studies in Twentieth Century U.S. Literature
A study of writers, trends, or topics in U.S. literature since World War I. The particular writers to be studied will be announced each time the course is offered. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 331   The Age of Chaucer
A study of the works of Chaucer and his influences. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 332   Early Modern Literature
A study of influential works from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 333   The Major Plays of Shakespeare
Intensive study in significant plays from the histories, comedies, tragedies, problem plays, and romances. Emphasis on close readings of texts as well as their cultural contexts. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 335   Major Eighteenth-Century Authors
Poetry, prose, and drama from the late 1600s to 1800. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 336   The Novel
Reading and analysis of novels, with emphasis on the development and evolution of the genre. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 337   Romanticisms
A study of theories of art and culture dominant in Europe, Great Britain, and the United States from the late eighteenth through the nineteenth centuries. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 338   The Long Century
A study of literature, primarily British, from 1750-1900 that focuses on the interplay of cultural and political movement such as Romanticism, Victorianism, Decadence and Modernism, the development of print cultures, gendered narratives, and transatlantic conversations in a variety of genres and fields. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 340   Contemporary Literature
Selected works of living writers from around the world. The course explores current developments in the forms of fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction and emphasizes literature as a means of understanding the perspectives and experiences of people in different cultures. Cornerstone 4B. Four credits.

Eng 345   Literary Theories
An introduction to the field of literary theory, with special emphasis on the philosophy, historical roots, and applications of those theories employed by contemporary critics. Strongly recommended for students anticipating graduate work in English. Four credits.

Eng 360   Senior Project
In collaboration with a member of the English faculty, students develop an individualized program of reading and writing, culminating in the presentation of a substantial piece of writing, followed by an oral examination over the project involving all departmental faculty. Pre-requisite: open only to senior English majors. Four credits.

Eng 370   English Seminar
A concentrated study of an author, genre, theme, or text(s). Four credits.

Eng 380   Independent Study in English

Eng 390   Special Topics in English

Eng 398   Independent Research in English

Last Updated: 11/18/11