English (EN)
103. BASIC COMPOSITION 4 cr. Equivalent
of EN 111, but with greater attention to individual writing needs.
111-112. COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I, II 3 cr. each EN 111 or
103 prerequisite to 112. 111: review of principles of grammar and good
usage; essentials of critical and expository writing; format and organization
of term paper; detailed study of the formal and personal essay; frequent
written assignments as well as term paper. 112: further critical and
expository writing in response to literature; frequent written assignments
as well as a term paper.
114-116. ADVANCED FRESHMAN COMPOSITION 3 cr. Placement in EN
114 depends on SAT or ACT score and quality of writing sample. 114:
term paper, expository and critical writing in response to non-fiction
prose and literature. 116: expository and critical writing in response
primarily to literature, which may include poetry, fiction, drama, creative
non-fiction.
199. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION 1 4 cr.
Topic, prerequisite (if any), and number of credits announced each time
the course is offered. Does not satisfy Core composition requirement.
201. INTRODUCTION TO POETRY 3 cr. Diction, form, and organization
as principles of poetic communication and as bases for exercises in
interpretation and evaluation.
202. INTRODUCTION TO SHORT FICTION 3 cr. Critical examination
of short fiction. Selections from such authors as Hawthorne, Conrad,
Chekhov, James, Hemingway, O’Connor, Welty.
203. WORLD DRAMA 3 cr. Chronological survey showing the history,
changing patterns, and dramaturgical techniques from classical beginnings
to modern times.
204. INTRODUCTION TO THE NOVEL 3 cr. Detailed examination of
analytical techniques needed for the critical reading of fiction. Selected
readings from American and British authors.
214. MAJOR BRITISH WRITERS 3 cr. Required for all English majors
and minors. Critical survey of British authors and literary periods
from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century.
222. INTRODUCTION TO SHAKESPEARE 3 cr. Shakespeare’s
life and background; readings of representative plays from the comedies,
histories, and tragedies.
277. MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS 3 cr. Required of all English
majors and minors. Critical survey of American authors and literary
periods from the colonial period to the present.
278. INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Survey
of major African American writers.
281. MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN LITERATURE I 3 cr. Literary masterworks
of Western literature from the ancient, Medieval and Renaissance periods.
282. MASTERPIECES OF WESTERN LITERATURE II 3 cr. Literary masterworks
of Western literature from the Neoclassical to the present.
283. CANADIAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Major works, authors, and literary
traditions of Canadian literature.
284. INTRODUCTION TO WOMEN’S LITERATURE 3 cr. Women’s
issues in literature; works by women writers; introductory feminist
analysis.
285. INDIAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Major works, authors, and literary
traditions in classical and modern Indian literature in translation.
286. AFRICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Major works, authors, and literary
traditions of African Anglophone literatures.
287. IRISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Celtic myths and folklore; major
works, authors, and literary traditions of Irish literature.
288. JAPANESE LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION 3 cr. Key texts and
authors of different historical eras, from ancient Japan to the present.
Also explores historical and cultural developments in Japan that influenced
literary production. All readings will be in English.
289. INTERNSHIP 1-3 cr. Permission of chair required. Supervised
and directed experiential learning in a position relevant to a major
sequence of study. Students may petition to have a three-credit internship
count as an elective toward completing major requirements.
290. PRINCIPLES OF TUTORING 3 cr. Theories and practices of
effective writing tutoring.
299. SPECIAL TOPICS IN LITERATURE 3 cr. Introductory literature
courses designed especially to meet Core requirements for Diversity
(D), International (R/S), or Writing intensive (W) courses. Open to
non majors. Topic announced each time course is offered in the semester
schedule of classes.
300. ADVANCED WRITING 3 cr. Prerequisites: EN 103, 112, or
EN 111,112, or EN 114, 116, or placement out of freshman English as
determined during freshman orientation. Fundamentals and practice in
the essay and other non fiction forms; emphasis on writing for specialized
audiences.
301. INTRODUCTORY POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisites:
EN 103, 112, or EN 111,112, or EN 114, 116, or placement out of freshman
English as determined during freshman orientation. Fundamentals and
practice of writing poetry.
302. INTRODUCTORY FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisites:
EN 103, 112, or EN 111,112, or EN 114, 116, or placement out of freshman
English as determined during freshman orientation. Fundamentals and
practice of writing short stories.
303. INTRODUCTORY CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisites:
EN 103, 112, or EN 111,112, or EN 114, 116, or placement out of freshman
English as determined during freshman orientation. Fundamentals and
practice of creative writing across genres.
304. INTRODUCTORY CREATIVE NON-FICTION WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisites:
EN 103, 112, or EN 111,112, or EN 114, 116, or placement out of freshman
English as determined during freshman orientation. Fundamentals and
practice of writing creative non-fiction.
311. MEDIEVAL LITERATURE: OLD ENGLISH 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Major authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature
during the Anglo Saxon period.
312. LATE MEDIEVAL LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Major
authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature from c. 700
to 1500.
320. RENAISSANCE: TUDOR LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214.
Major authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature of the
sixteenth century.
321. RENAISSANCE: STUART LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Major authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature
of the seventeenth century.
330. AUGUSTAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Major
authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature during the
first half of the eighteenth century.
331. LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Major authors, themes, genres, and forms of British literature
during the latter half of the eighteenth century.
340. ROMANTIC LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Major
authors, themes, and genres of British Romanticism.
351. VICTORIAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Study
of British writers, themes, and genres of British literature from approximately
1830 to 1900.
360. MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214.
Study of major British writers, themes, and genres of British literature
from 1890 to 1950.
361. CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Study of British writers, themes, and genres of British literature
from 1930 to the present.
371. NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 277. Authors, genres, and works of nineteenth-century American literature.
372. TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 277. Authors, genres, and works from twentieth-century American literature.
382. TWENTIETH CENTURY NOVEL 3 cr. Fiction and literary movements
since 1900 by world authors.
383. TWENTIETH CENTURY DRAMA 3 cr. Modern drama and
contemporary theatre since 1900 by world playwrights.
384. TWENTIETH CENTURY POETRY 3 cr. Modern and contemporary
poetry since 1900 by world poets.
399. SPECIAL STUDY IN BRITISH, AMERICAN, OR WORLD LITERATURE 1 3 cr.
Topic, prerequisite (if any), and number of credits announced
each time the course is offered.
401. ADVANCED POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 301 or 303. Intense, advanced work in crafting poems.
402. ADVANCED FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 302, 303, or 304. Intense, advanced work in crafting short stories.
403. SPECIAL TOPICS WRITING WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
302, 303, or 304. Topic of special writing projects announced in advance.
404. ADVANCED CREATIVE NON-FICTION WORKSHOP 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 302, 303, or 304. Intense, advanced work in creative non-fiction
prose.
410. OLD ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 cr. Study of Old English language.
411. STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Selected issues, authors, and genres of literature of the Middle
Ages; specific topic announced in advance.
412. MEDIEVAL DRAMA 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Drama of the
Middle Ages.
413. STUDIES IN OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Selected issues, authors, and genres of Anglo-Saxon literature;
specific topic announced in advance.
416. CHAUCER 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Major writings, with
a study of their backgrounds, art, and language. Emphasis on The Canterbury
Tales and Troilus and Criseyde.
421. STUDIES IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Selected issues, authors, and genres of the Renaissance period;
specific topic announced in advance.
422. STUDIES IN SHAKESPEARE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Selected
studies of Shakespearean drama and/or poetry; specific topic announced
in advance.
423. ENGLISH RENAISSANCE DRAMA 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214.
Theatrical conditions and chief playwrights of the English Renaissance,
exclusive of Shakespeare.
425. MILTON 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Detailed examination
of the major and minor works as representative of literary and cultural
developments of the Baroque period.
426. SPENSER 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Major writings of
Edmund Spenser; special emphasis on The Faerie Queene.
430. STUDIES IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Specialized study of issues, authors, and genres of literature
of eighteenth-century England; specific topic announced in advance.
431. DRAMA OF THE RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 3 cr.
Prerequisite: EN 214. English drama from Davenant to Sheridan, with
emphasis on the stage as a reflector of the period.
432. THE ENGLISH NOVEL: DEFOE THROUGH AUSTEN 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. History, changing patterns, and techniques of English novel
writing in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
441. STUDIES IN ROMANTIC LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Specialized study of Romantic literature; specific topic announced
in advance.
445. BRITISH WOMEN WRITERS 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Nineteenth-century
British women writers; course may occasionally include selected eighteenth-
and twentieth-century women writers.
453. KEATS 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. Examination
of the poetry of John Keats.
454. STUDIES IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN
214. Specialized study of Victorian literature; specific topic announced
in advance.
458. DICKENS 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 214. The major novels,
with a study of their backgrounds, art, and language.
459. THE ENGLISH NOVEL: DICKENS THROUGH MEREDITH 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Examination of nineteenth-century British fiction.
460. STUDIES IN MODERN BRITISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Specialized study of twentieth-century literature; specific
topic announced in advance.
461. STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY BRITISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 214. Specialized study of contemporary British literature; specific
topic announced in advance.
470. STUDIES IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr.
Prerequisite: EN 277. Specialized study of nineteenth-century American
literature; specific topic announced in advance.
471. STUDIES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr.
Prerequisite: EN 277. Specialized study of twentieth-century American
literature; specific topic announced in advance.
472. STUDIES IN AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 cr. Prerequisite:
EN 277. Specific topic announced in advance.
473. FAULKNER 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 277. Major works
of William Faulkner.
474. AMERICAN POETRY 3 cr. Prerequisite: EN 277. Major
American poets from Whitman to the present.
480. STUDIES IN POSTCOLONIAL LITERATURES 3 cr. Study
of literary texts from formerly colonized nations in Africa, Asia, or
elsewhere; specific topic announced in advance.
481. STUDIES IN IRISH LITERATURE 3 cr. Specific topic announced
in advance.
482. STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY POETRY 3 cr. Specific topic announced
in advance.
483. STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY THEATRE 3 cr. Specific topic announced
in advance.
484. STUDIES IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION 3 cr. Specific topic announced
in advance.
485. CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH GRAMMAR 3 cr. Transformational generative
grammar theory and its application to an analysis and description of
English sentences.
488. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 cr. Study of the sounds,
forms, and syntax of Early, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern English.
490. HISTORY OF LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM 3 cr. Elements
of literary theory, and a survey of the major theorists from Plato to
the present.
495. CRITICAL PRACTICE 3 cr. Survey of options available to
literary critics of the twentieth century, and practice in the application
of criticism to literary texts.
496. FRAMED NARRATIVES: NOVEL AND CINEMA 3 cr. Structural and
thematic functions of pictorial and narrative frameworks in film and
novel.
497. HOPKINS SEMINAR 3 cr. Prerequisite: permission
of the chair. Advanced, special seminar in literature taught by the
Visiting Hopkins Professor; specific topic announced in advance.
498. INDEPENDENT STUDY 1-3 cr. Consent of project advisor and
department chair. Special projects in literature. Projects must be approved
before registration. See chair for forms and guidelines.
499. SPECIAL STUDIES 1-3 cr. Selected topics
announced in advance.
