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ENGL 400 - English as a Second Language
Credits:
1.00 to 16.00
Improves the competence of foreign students in listening
comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Recommended
as preparation for ENGL 401. May be repeated up to a total
of 16 credits. Writing intensive. CR/F.
ENGL 401 - Freshman English
Credits:
4.00
Training to write more skillfully and to read with more
appreciation and discernment. Frequent individual
conferences for every student. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 401A - Freshmen English for English as a Second Language Students
Credits:
4.00
A special section of Freshmen English for students whose
native language is not English. Training to write more
skillfully and to read with more appreciation and
discernment, with special attention to the problems of
non-native speakers of English. Supplemental work on
listening and speaking as necessary. Frequent individual
conferences for every student. Students may not take both
ENGL 401 and 401A for credit. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 401H - Honors/Freshman English
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 401. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #403 - Introduction to the Study of Literature
Credits:
4.00
The art of thoughtfully enjoying various kinds of
literature, the substance and language of literature and
literary techniques. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 500 - Writing about Reading: Writing About Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
Emphasis on close reading of a variety of nonfiction sources
and on intensive writing to develop interpretative skills.
Prereq: ENGL 401 or permission. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 500H - Writing about Reading: Writing About Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 500. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 501 - Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
A writing course that explores types of creative nonfiction
such as nature writing, the profile, the memoir, and the
personal essay. Extensive reading of contemporary authors
to study the sources and techniques used in creative
nonfiction. Regular papers, conferences, and workshops.
Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 501H - Honors/Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 501. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 502 - Technical Writing
Credits:
4.00
A writing course focusing on effective communication of
technical information. Writing of various technical
documents, such as business letters, proposals, reports,
brochures and web pages. Special emphases on document
design usability, visual rhetoric, and the use of technology
in writing. Special fee.
ENGL 503 - Persuasive Writing
Credits:
4.00
Writing of all types of persuasive nonfiction prose,
including argumentative essays and position papers. Special
attention to argumentative structures and analysis of
audiences. Weekly papers of varying lengths and formats,
frequent conferences. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 505 - Introduction to Linguistics
Credits:
4.00
Overview of the study of language: universal properties of
human language, Chomsky's innateness of hypothesis,
language acquisition in children, dialects and language
variation, language change. Includes introduction to modern
grammar (phonology, syntax, semantics) and to scientific
linguistic methodology. (Also offered as LING 505.)
ENGL 505H - Honors/Introduction to Linguistics
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 505.
ENGL 511 - Major Writers in English
Credits:
4.00
In-depth study and discussion of a few American and/or
British writers. Topics and approaches vary depending on
instructors. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #512 - Introduction to American Literature
Credits:
4.00
Works of major American writers from Irving to Faulkner,
with emphasis on how to adapt and present the material to
high school English classes. Open only to English teaching
majors. (Not offered every year.)
ENGL 513 - Survey of British Literature
Credits:
4.00
Selected works in poetry and prose considered in
chronological order and historical context. Attention to the
works and to the ideas and tastes of their periods. Beowulf
through 18th century. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 513H - Honors/Survey of British Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 513. Writing intensive.
ENGL 514 - Survey of British Literature
Credits:
4.00
Selected works in poetry and prose considered in
chronological order and historical context. Attention to the
works and to the ideas and tastes of their periods. 1800 to
the present. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 514H - Honors/Survey of British Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 514. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 515 - Survey of American Literature
Credits:
4.00
From the beginning of American literature to the Civil War.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 515H - Honors/Survey of American Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 515. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 516 - Survey of American Literature
Credits:
4.00
From the Civil War to the present. Writing intensive.
ENGL 516H - Honors/Survey of American Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 516. Writing intensive.
ENGL 517 - Introduction to African American Literature and Culture
Credits:
4.00
An introduction to African American literature in the
context of a variety of cultural perspectives. Course topics
may include: major writers, literary genres, historical
periods, Harlem Renaissance, Black Arts Movement, fine and
folk arts, religion, music, and film. (Also offered as
AMST 502.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 517H - Honors/Introduction to African American Literature and Culture
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 517. Writing intensive.
ENGL 518 - Bible as Literature
Credits:
4.00
Literature of the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha,
primarily in the King James version. Writing intensive.
ENGL 518H - Honors/Bible as Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 518. Writing intensive.
ENGL 519 - Introduction to Critical Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Critical Analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama. Frequent
short papers. This course, or 529, is a prerequisite with a
minimum grade of C for those intending to declare an English
major. Students may not take both ENGL 519 and 529 for
credit. Writing intensive.
ENGL 519H - Honors/Introduction to Critical Analysis
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 519. Writing intensive.
ENGL #520 - Literature and the History of Ideas
Credits:
4.00
Interdisciplinary study of literary works as influenced and
illuminated by the concepts of philosophers, historians, and
scientists. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated
for credit. Writing intensive.
ENGL 521 - Nature Writers
Credits:
4.00
Fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books on the natural
environment. Such books as Thoreau's Walden or Maine Woods,
Leopold's Sand County Almanac, Boston's Outermost House,
Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek--books by naturalists
who observe nature vividly and knowingly and who write
out of their concern for the environment. Writing intensive.
ENGL 521H - Honors/Nature Writers
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 521. Writing intensive.
ENGL #522 - American Literary Folklore
Credits:
4.00
Folktales, songs, proverbs, beliefs, superstitions, and
their use by such American authors as Irving, Hawthorne,
Longfellow, Melville, Thoreau, Twain, Frost, and Faulkner;
some emphasis on oral folk culture of New Hampshire.
Writing intensive.
ENGL #523 - Madness in Literature
Credits:
4.00
How various writers depict insanity, and how they approach
the problem of determining what attitudes and what behaviors
are truly insane. Emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century works,
but works from earlier periods also considered. Euripides'
The Bacchae, Shakespeare's King Lear, Cervantes's Don
Quixote, Hoffman's The Golden Pot, Dostoevsky's Note from
the Underground, Robbe-Grillet's The Voyeur, Nabokov's Pale
Fire, and other texts. Writing intensive.
ENGL #525 - Popular Culture in America
Credits:
4.00
Cultural expression in popular media. Verbal acts (best
sellers, magazines, newspapers, speeches); some attention to
television, film, comics, popular music. The
multidisciplinary approach deals with historical context,
cultural institutions, and distinction between "popular
arts" and "great literature". Recurrent images, situations,
and themes are investigated to see what values are
celebrated and what fears revealed. Writing intensive.
ENGL 529 - Writing about Literature
Credits:
4.00
Close reading of poetry, fiction, and drama. Frequent
papers. A prerequisite with a minimum grade of C for those
intending to declare English as a major. Students may not
take both ENGL 519 and 529 for credit. Writing intensive.
ENGL 529H - Honors/Writing about Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 529. Writing intensive.
ENGL 533 - Introduction to Film Studies
Credits:
4.00
A survey of the international development of the motion
picture from the silent period to the present, emphasizing
film's narrative practices. The course introduces students
to the study of the art, history, technology, economics, and
theory of cinema. Films and film makers of various nations,
periods, movements, and genres examined. Special fee.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 581 - Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English
Credits:
4.00
Survey of contemporary Asian, African, and Caribbean fiction
fiction, drama, travelogues, essays, and poetry from the
1950s to the present. Introduction to political, historical,
and cultural contexts within which these forms are produced.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 581H - Honors/Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 581. Writing intensive.
ENGL 585 - Introduction to Women in Literature
Credits:
4.00
Survey of images of women in literature. Context and
approach vary depending on instructor. Writing intensive.
ENGL 586 - Introduction to Women Writers
Credits:
4.00
Survey of women writers. Content and approach vary
depending on instructor. Writing intensive.
ENGL 586H - Honors/Introduction to Women Writers
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 586. Writing intensive.
ENGL 595 - Literary Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Various faculty members investigate topics of special
interest at a level appropriate for non-majors. Past topics
have included Irish literature, animals in literature, and
literature of the Vietnam War. See department for details
of current offerings. Writing intensive.
ENGL 595H - Honors/Literary Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See description for ENGL 595. Writing intensive.
ENGL 600 - English as a Second Language
Credits:
1.00 to 16.00
A course designed for foreign graduate students in their
first semester at UNH to give them English language skills
necessary for effective graduate work at the university.
Includes work on listening skills (understanding lectures,
note-taking, etc.), reading skills, the writing of research
papers, the making of oral reports, and general study
skills, with work on grammar and pronunciation for those who
need it. Credits may not be used to fulfill minimum degree
requirements of a graduate program. Prereq: graduate
students only. May be repeated for a maximum of 16 credits.
CR/F.
ENGL 605 - Introduction to Linguistic Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Introduces analysis methods and problem solving in
phonology, morphology, and syntax using data from many
languages. Emphasis will be both practical (learning how to
describe the grammar and sound system of a language) and
theoretical (understanding languages' behavior). Prereq:
ENGL/LING 505, or permission. (Also offered as LING 605.)
ENGL #607 - American Character: Religion in American Thought and Life
Credits:
4.00
Interdisciplinary study of American religious experience and
its relationship to other aspects of American culture,
taught by a team of three specialists, each in a different
discipline: American intellectual and cultural history,
American literature, and American church history. Central
emphasis on several transforming themes of the 19th century
and their effects upon the interplay of religion and
society. (Also offered as HIST 607, HUMA 607, and RS 607.)
Writing intensive.
ENGL 608 - Arts and American Society: Women Writers and Artists, 1850-present
Credits:
4.00
Team-taught course studying the impact of gender definitions
on the lives and works of selected American artists.
Considers lesser-known figures such as Fannie Fern, Lilly
Martin Spencer, and Mary Hallock Foote as well as
better-known artists such as Willa Cather and Georgia
O'Keeffe. Prereq: permission or one of the following:
WS 401, HIST 566, ENGL 585, 586, 685, 785, or a
600-level art history course. (Also offered as ARTS 608,
HIST 608, and HUMA 608.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 609 - Ethnicity in America: The African American Experience in the 20th Century
Credits:
4.00
Team-taught course investigating music, literature, and
social history of African American America in the period of
the Harlem Renaissance, in the Great Depression, World
War II, and in the 1960s. Special attention to the theme of
accommodation with and rejection of dominant white culture.
(Also offered as HUMA 609, MUSI 609.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 610 - Regional Studies in America: New England Culture in Changing Times
Credits:
4.00
Team-taught course in investigating some of the major
contributions New England has made to American life.
Focusing on three periods: The Puritan era, 1620-90; the
Transcendental period, 1830-60; and the period of emerging
industrialism in the late 19th century. (Also offered as
ARTS 610, HIST 610, and HUMA 610.) Not for art studio major
credit. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 610H - Honors/Regional Studies in America: New England Culture in Changing Times
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 610. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 616 - Studies in Film
Credits:
4.00
Advanced, focused study of the narrative, dramatic, and
poetic practices of cinema, within one of four possible
subject areas: A) Genre; B) Authorship; C) Culture and
Ideology; D) Narrative and Style. Precise issues and methods
may vary, ranging from general and specific considerations
of how a given subject area involves film theory, criticism,
and history, to its use in diverse analyses of selected
national cinemas, periods, movements, and filmmakers.
Barring duplication of any four of the subject areas, and/or
duplication of material taken for credit in CMN 650, course
may be repeated for credit. Detailed course descriptions
available in English department office during
pre-registration. Prereq: ENGL 533, or CMN 550, or
permission. Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 616A - Studies in Film/Genre
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616.
ENGL 616B - Studies in Film/Authorship
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616.
ENGL 616C - Studies in Film/Culture and Idelogy
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616.
ENGL 616D - Studies in Film/Narrative and Style
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616.
ENGL 619 - Critical Approaches to Literature
Credits:
4.00
Selected methods of literary criticism applied to fiction,
poetry, and/or drama with critical approaches varying from
year to year. A follow-up of 519, course provides a second
semester of training in critical reading and writing, and
examining such major modern strategies as formalist,
biographical, archetypal, psychological, sociological,
historical, feminist, and structuralist criticism. Prereq:
ENGL 519, 529, or equivalent. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 620 - Applied Experience
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Students who have an opportunity for appropriate
career-oriented work experience may arrange with a faculty
sponsor to add an academic component. The work must be
related to the English major, and the employer must be an
established organization approved by Career Services.
Research and writing will be required in addition to the job
experience. Registration requires permission of employer,
faculty sponsor, and major advisor. This course does not
count toward the English major or minor. May be repeated
with permission to a maximum of 8 credits. CR/F.
ENGL 621 - Newswriting
Credits:
4.00
Workshops to develop reporting and writing skills. Prereq:
ENGL 501 or equivalent; written permission. May be repeated
with the approval of the department chairperson. Special
fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 623 - Essay Writing
Credits:
4.00
Intensive writing course emphasizing experimentation with a
variety of essay forms. Also reading and discussion of
contemporary essays. Prereq: ENGL 501 and written permission
of instructor. Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 625 - Writing Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Workshops in the fundamental techniques of fiction writing.
Students work is criticized by fellow students; individual
conferences with instructor. May be repeated for credit with
approval of the department chairperson. Prereq: ENGL 501 or
equivalent. Written permission of instructor required for
registration. Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 626 - Writing Fiction
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 625. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 627 - Writing Poetry
Credits:
4.00
Workshop in the fundamental techniques of poetry writing.
Class discussion and criticism of poems written by students.
Individual conferences with instructor. Prereq: ENGL 501, or
equivalent. Written permission of instructor required for
registration. May be repeated for credit with the approval
of the department chairperson. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 628 - Writing Poetry
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 627. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 630 - Poetry
Credits:
4.00
American and British poetry. Various poetic techniques and
their demonstration. See course descriptions available in
department office for further information. (Not offered
each semester.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 631 - Drama
Credits:
4.00
Nature and types of drama illustrated by major English,
American, and (translated) European plays. How to read a
play. Live and filmed performances studied as available.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 632 - Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Modern novels and/or short stories. The way in which fiction
communicates its meanings; the tools an methods at the
fiction writer's disposal, primarily as they function in
individual works. See course descriptions available in
department office for further information. (Not offered each
semester.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 649 - Studies in British Literature and Culture
Credits:
4.00
Special topics in British studies, varying from year to
year. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 650 - Studies in American Literature and Culture
Credits:
4.00
Special topics in American studies, varying from year to
year. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 651 - Comparative Literature
Credits:
4.00
Comparative studies of major authors representative of
important periods of world literary achievement. Homer to
Dante; common themes and the development of the epic
tradition in early Western literature. Topics and approaches
vary from semester to semester. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 652 - Comparative Literature
Credits:
4.00
Comparative studies of major authors representative of
important periods of world literary achievement. Renaissance
to modern. Topics and approaches vary from semester to
semester. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #655 - Chaucer
Credits:
4.00
Study of Chaucer's earlier works in the context of their
continental sources and analogues. All readings in
translation. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 657 - Shakespeare
Credits:
4.00
Ten major plays representative of the main periods of
Shakespeare's career and the main types of drama which he
wrote (tragedy, comedy, history). Live and filmed
performances included as available. Restricted to
undergraduates and designed for both English majors and
students majoring in other fields. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 657H - Honors/Shakespeare
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 657. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #680 - Early British Drama
Credits:
4.00
A survey of the development of British drama from the
Middle Ages to the closing of the theatres in 1642.
ENGL #681 - Introduction to African American Literatures in English
Credits:
4.00
In-depth study of writers, literary movements, political
contexts, and historical pressures that have shaped and
continue to shape African literatures in the colonial and
postcolonial periods. Primary focus on Anglophone texts
but possibly some literature in translation. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 685 - Women's Literary Traditions
Credits:
4.00
Intensive study of themes, topics, and techniques in women's
literature. topics vary from year to year. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL #690 - Introduction to African American Literature in America
Credits:
4.00
Selected prose, fiction, drama, and poetry. Individual works
and historical-cultural background. Course varies from year
to year. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 693 - Special Topics in Literature
Credits:
4.00
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th
Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; F) English
Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century;
I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Nonfiction; M) American
Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the
Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section
vary. Barring duplication of subject, course may be
repeated for credit. For details, see course descriptions
available in the English department. (Not offered every
year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 694 - Special Topics in Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 693. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 695 - Senior Honors
Credits:
4.00
Open to senior English majors who, in the opinion of the
department, have demonstrated the capacity to do superior
work; permission required. An honors project consists of
supervised research leading to a substantial thesis or
writing of poetry or fiction portfolio. Required of students
in the honors in major program. (not offered every year.)
Writing intensive.
ENGL 696 - Senior Honors
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 695. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 697 - English Major Seminar
Credits:
4.00
Intensive study of specialized topics that vary from year to
year. Enrollment in each seminar is limited to 15 so that
all students can take an active part in discussion and work
closely with the instructor on their papers. Prereq: a grade
of B or better in ENGL 519 or 529, and permission. For
details, see course description available in the department
office. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 698 - English Major Seminar
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 697. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 701 - Advanced Writing of Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Workshop discussion of advanced writing problems and
readings of student's fiction. Individual conferences with
instructor. Prereq: 625, 626, or equivalent; written
permission of instructor required for registration. May be
repeated for credit with the approval of the department
chairperson. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 703 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing
Credits:
4.00
Workshop course for students intending to write publishable
magazine articles or nonfiction books. Equal stress on
research and writing techniques. Prereq: ENGL 621; 722
recommended. Written permission of instructor required. May
be repeated for credit with the approval of the department
chairperson. Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 704 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 703. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 705 - Advanced Writing of Poetry
Credits:
4.00
Workshop discussion of advanced writing problems and
submitted poems. Individual conferences with instructor.
Prereq: ENGL 627, 628, or equivalent; written permission of
the instructor. May be repeated for credit with the approval
of the department chairperson. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 707 - Form and Theory of Fiction
Credits:
4.00
A writer's view of the forms, techniques, and theories of
fiction. The novels, short stories, and works of criticism
studied vary, depending on the instructor. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 708 - Form and Theory of Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
A writer's view of contemporary nonfiction, emphasizing the
choices the writer faces in the process of research writing.
(Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 709 - Form and Theory of Poetry
Credits:
4.00
A writer's view of the problems, traditions, and structures
of poetry. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 710 - Teaching Writing
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Introduction to the various methods of teaching writing.
Combines a review of theories, methods, and texts with
direct observation of teaching practices. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 711 - Editing
Credits:
4.00
Emphasis on newspaper editing but principles applicable to
magazine and book editing are also covered. Prereq:
ENGL 612; permission. Special fee. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 713 - Literary Criticism
Credits:
4.00
Major critics from Plato to the present; the chief critical
approaches to literature. (Not offered every year.) Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 714 - Literary Criticism
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 713. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 715 - Teaching English as a Second Language: Theory and Methods
Credits:
4.00
How linguistic, psychological, sociological, and
neurological theory influence or even determine the choice
methods of language teaching. Research on second language
acquisition and bilingualism, language aptitude, and the
cultural context of language acquisition. Introduction to
standard and exotic methods of language teaching. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 716 - Curriculum, Materials and Assessment in English as a Second Language
Credits:
4.00
Study of the problems in designing an effective teaching
program for various types of ESL students. Competence and
aptitude testing; choosing and adapting materials for ESL
classes. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 717 - World Englishes
Credits:
4.00
Study of the forms and functions of Englishes in various
parts of the world and the linguistic, sociolinguistic,
literary, pedagogical, and political implications of the
worldwide spread of the language. Topics include language
change, language policies, language and power, language and
culture, language and identity, literary creativity, and
linguistic imperialism. (Also listed as LING 717.)
ENGL #718 - English Linguistics and Literature
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to linguistics for students of literature.
Includes a survey of the grammar of English (phonology,
morphology, syntax, dialect variation, historical change)
with applications to the analysis of the language of poetry
and prose. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 719 - Sociolinguistics Survey
Credits:
4.00
How language varies according to the characterisitcs of its
speakers: age, sex, ethnicity, attitude, time, and class.
Quantitative analysis methods; relationship to theoretical
linguistics. Focus is on English, but some other languages
are examined. Prereq: 505 or permission.
ENGL 720 - Journalism Internship
Credits:
1.00 to 16.00
Students intending to pursue careers in journalism spend a
semester working full or part time for a daily newspaper
under close supervision of editors. Reporting is stressed,
but students may do some editing as well. The number of
internships is very limited. Prereq: ENGL 621, ENGL 722,
permission. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 721 - Advanced Reporting
Credits:
4.00
Students learn advanced techniques for developing story
ideas and acquiring information from people and documents.
Discussion of legal and ethical issues facing reporters.
Prereq: ENGL 621 and written permission. Special fee.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 722 - Feature Writing
Credits:
4.00
Students refine interviewing, reporting, and writing
techniques. Emphasis on in-depth features. Prereq: ENGL 621;
permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit with
the approval of department chairperson. Special fee. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 725 - Seminar in English Teaching
Credits:
4.00
In this seminar on teaching English at the middle- and
secondary-school levels, students meet the requirements for
both English 710, Teaching Writing and English 792, Teaching
Secondary School English. The two-semester course,
integrates the teaching of reading, writing, speaking, and
listening, addressing both theoretical and practical issues.
Through the study of different approaches, students develop
their own philosophies of instruction. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 726 - Seminar in English Teaching
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 725. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 727 - Issues in Second Language Writing
Credits:
4.00
Study of various issues in second language writing theory,
research, instruction and administration. Topics include the
characteristics and needs of second language writers, second
language writing processes, contrastive rhetoric, grammar
instruction, teacher and peer feedback, assessment, course
design and placement.
ENGL 728 - Writing Consultation and Assessment
Credits:
4.00
This course includes instruction in philosophy and
techniques of tutoring, theoretical and practical issues in
collaborative learning and complex-skill formation, and
cross-disciplinary conventions of writing. In addition to
the classroom portion of the course, each student will
undertake a supervised practicum experience in the
University Writing Center. Prereq: ENGL 501 or 503.
Coreq: supervised practicum experience in the Writing
Center. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #732 - Folklore and Folklife
Credits:
4.00
Examines the materials and methods used to study folklife,
emphasizing the historical context and development of
folklore studies in North America and Europe, field
research, performance theory, and other topics. (Also
offered as ANTH 698.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 739 - American Indian Literature
Credits:
4.00
Close study of traditional and/or contemporary American
Indian literature and folklore with historical and cultural
background. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 741 - Literature of Early America
Credits:
4.00
Prose and poetry of the periods of exploration,
colonization, early nationalism, Puritanism, Enlightenment.
Individual works and historical-cultural background. (Not
offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 742 - American Literature, 1815-1865
Credits:
4.00
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the period of
romanticism, transcendentalism, nationalism. individual
works and cultural background. (Not offered every year.)
Writing intensive.
ENGL 743 - American Literature, 1865-1915
Credits:
4.00
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in the period of realism,
naturalism, industrialism, big money. Individual works and
background. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 744 - American Literature, 1915-1945
Credits:
4.00
Fiction, poetry, and drama in the period of avant-garde and
leftism, jazz age, and Depression. Individual works and
cultural background. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 745 - Contemporary American Literature
Credits:
4.00
A gathering of forms, figures, and movements since 1945.
Individual works and cultural background. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #746 - Studies in American Drama
Credits:
4.00
Topics vary from year to year. Examples: 20th-century
American drama; contemporary playwrights; theatricality in
American life. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 747 - Studies in American Poetry
Credits:
4.00
Topics vary from year to year. Examples: poets of the open
road; Pound and his followers; major American poets;
contemporary American poetry. (Not offered every year.)
Writing intensive.
ENGL 748 - Studies in American Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Topics vary from year to year. Examples: the romance in
America; the short story; realism and naturalism; the city
novel; fiction of the thirties. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 749 - Major American Authors
Credits:
4.00
Intensive study of two or three writers. Examples: Melville
and Faulkner; Fuller, Emerson, and Thoreau; James and
Wharton; Dickinson and Frost. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 750 - Special Studies in American Literature
Credits:
4.00
Topics vary from year to year. Examples: the Puritan
heritage; ethnic literatures in America; landscape in
American literature; five American lives; pragmatism;
American humor; transcendentalism, women regionalists.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 751 - Medieval Epic and Romance
Credits:
4.00
The two major types of medieval narrative; comparative study
of works from England, France, Germany, and Iceland,
including Beowulf, Song of Roland, the Nibelungenlied,
Njal's Saga, and Malory's Morte d'Arthur. All works read in
modern English translations. (Not offered every year.)
Writing intensive.
ENGL 752 - History of the English Language
Credits:
4.00
Evolution of English from the Anglo-Saxon period to the
present day. Relations between linguistic change and
literary style. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 753 - Old English
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to Old English language and literature through
the reading of selected poetry and prose.
ENGL 754 - Beowulf
Credits:
4.00
A reading of the poem and an introduction to the
scholarship. Prereq: ENGL 753. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 755 - Chaucer
Credits:
4.00
Troilus and Criseyde, in the context of medieval continental
literature by Boccaccio and other influences. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 756 - Chaucer
Credits:
4.00
The Canterbury Tales in its original language. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 758 - Shakespeare
Credits:
4.00
A few plays studied intensively. Live and filmed
performances included as available. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 759 - Milton
Credits:
4.00
Milton and his age. Generous selection of Milton's prose and
poetry, with secondary readings of his sources and
contemporaries. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL #763 - Continental Backgrounds of the English Renaissance
Credits:
4.00
Major philosophers, artists, and writers of the continental
Renaissance (in translation): Petrarch, Ficino, Pico, Vives,
Valla, Castiglione, Machiavelli, Luther, Calvin, Rabelais,
Montaigne, Cervantes, Erasmus, and Thomas More, as
representative of the early English Renaissance. (Not
offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 764 - Prose and Poetry of the Elizabethans
Credits:
4.00
Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Major works, including
Spenser's Faerie Queene, Sidney's Astrophel and Stella, and
Shakespeare's Sonnets: their literary and intellectual
backgrounds. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 765 - English Literature in the 17th Century
Credits:
4.00
Major writers of the 17th century, including Donne, Jonson,
Herbert, Bacon, and Hobbes. (Not offered every year.)
Writing Intensive.
ENGL 767 - Literature of the Restoration and Early 18th Century
Credits:
4.00
Poetry, drama, fiction, letters, journals, and essays from
the period following the restoration of Charles II to the
throne of England after the English Civil War. Works by such
figures as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan
Swift, Alexander Pope, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu studied
in the historical context. Examples from the colonial world
and the continent (in translation) when appropriate. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 768 - Literature of the Later 18th Century
Credits:
4.00
Poetry, drama, fiction, letters, journals, essays, and
biography from the period that culminated in the American
and French Revolutions. Works by such figures as Henry
Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Frances Burney, Laurence Sterne,
William Blake, and Mary Wallstonecraft studied in historical
context. Examples from the colonial world and the continent
(in translation) when appropriate. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 769 - English Romantic Period
Credits:
4.00
Major literary trends and authors, 1798 to 1832. Focus on
poetry but attention also to prose works and critical
theories. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt,
DeQuincey. (Not offered every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 770 - English Romantic Period
Credits:
4.00
Major literary trends and authors, 1798 to 1832. Focus on
poetry but attention also to prose works and critical
theories. Byron, Shelley, Keats. (Not offered every year.)
Writing Intensive.
ENGL 771 - English Victorian Period
Credits:
4.00
The English Victorian Period-Fiction, nonfiction and poetry
from 1832-1900. Money, Science, and Love. Authors include
the Bronte's, Dickens, Hardy, Wilde, Tennyson. (Not offered
every year.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 772 - English Victorian Period
Credits:
4.00
The English-Victorian Period-Fiction, nonfiction and poetry
from 1832-1900. Art, Decadence, and Empire. Authors include
the Bronte's, Dickens, Hardy, Wilde, Tennyson. (Not offered
every year.)
ENGL 773 - British Literature of the 20th Century
Credits:
4.00
Poets and novelists of the modernist and postmodernist
periods. W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, E.M.
Forester, D.H. Lawrence, and other modernists. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 774 - British Literature of the 20th Century
Credits:
4.00
Poets and novelists of the modernist and postmodernist
periods. A selection of postmodernist or contemporary
writers, such as William Golding, Doris Lessing, John
Fowles, Philip Larkin, Seamus Heaney, Margaret Drabble, and
others. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #775 - Irish Literature
Credits:
4.00
Survey from the beginnings to present; works in Irish (read
in translation) such as The Cattle Raid of Cooley, medieval
lyrics, and Mad Sweeney; and works in English from Swift to
the present. 20th-century authors: Joyce, Yeats, Synge,
O'Casey, Beckett, and Flann O'Brien. (Not offered every
year.)
ENGL #778 - Brain and Language
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to neruolinguistics, a study of how language is
related to the structure of the brain. Biological
foundations of linguistic universals and language
acquisition. Examination of evidence from aphasia and from
normal language use. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 779 - Linguistic Field Methods
Credits:
4.00
Study of a non-Indo-European language by eliciting examples
from an informant, rather than from written descriptions of
the language. Students learn how to figure out the grammar
of a language from raw data. Prereq: ENGL/LING 505. (Also
offered as LING 779.) Special fee. (Not offered every year.)
Writing Intensive.
ENGL #780 - Drama of Shakespeare's Contemporaries
Credits:
4.00
Study of the drama of Renaissance England, emphasizing Tudor
and Stuart drama. Special attention to dramatic forms,
acting conventions, theatre architecture, women as patrons,
writers, and subjects of drama, and the politics and social
significance of theatre in the period. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 781 - English Drama, 1660-1800
Credits:
4.00
Study of the selected plays, their performance and their
publication. Works by such figures as William Wycherley,
Thomas Otway, Mary Pix, George Lillo, Susanna Centlivre,
Richard Sheridan, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Special attention
to the new prominence of women in the drama of this period,
changes in theatre architecture, forms of nondramatic
spectacle, and the political and social significance of
drama. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 782 - Modern Drama
Credits:
4.00
Major English, American, and (translated) European plays of
the modern period by such playwrights as Shaw, Ibsen,
Chekhov, Strindberg, Pirandello, O'Neill, Brecht, Beckett,
Williams, Miller, Pinter. Live and filmed performances
studied as available. (Not offered every year.) Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 783 - English Novel of the 18th Century
Credits:
4.00
Study of the rise and development of the novel in the
eighteenth century. Works by such figures as Daniel Defoe,
Eliza Haywood, Samuel Richardson, Henry Fielding, Charlotte
Lennox, Laurence Sterne, Frances Burney, and Jane Austen.
Focus on writers who published their work in England but
with examples from the colonial world and the continent (in
translation) when appropriate. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 784 - English Novel of the 19th Century
Credits:
4.00
Representative novels from among Austen, Scott, Dickens,
Thackeray, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Trollope, George
Eliot, Hardy, and Conrad. Writing Intensive.
ENGL #785 - Major Women Writers
Credits:
4.00
Intensive study of one or more women writers. Selections
vary from year to year. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 786 - 20th Century British Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Traces the development of the novel from the turn of the
century to the present day. Representative novels by
Lawrence, Joyce, Conrad, Wolf, West, Forester, Huxley,
Waugh, Murdoch, Burgess, and Lessing. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 790 - Special Topics in Linguistics
Credits:
4.00
Advanced course on a topic chosen by the instructor. Inquire
at the English department office for a full course
description each time the course is offered. Topics such as
word formation, dialectology, linguistic theory and
language acquisition, history of linguistics, language and
culture, cross-disciplinary studies relating to linguistics.
Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit.
(Also offered as LING 790.) Writing Intensive.
ENGL 791 - English Grammar
Credits:
4.00
Survey of the grammar of English (pronunciation, vocabulary,
sentence structure, punctuation, dialect variation,
historical change) with special attention to the
distinction between descriptive and prescriptive grammar
and to the problems students have with formal expository
writing. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 792 - Teaching Secondary School English
Credits:
4.00
Methods of teaching language, composition, and literature in
grades 7-12. Required of all students in the English
teaching major. Open to others with permission. Writing
Intensive.
ENGL 793 - Phonetics and Phonology
Credits:
4.00
The sound system of English and other languages as viewed
from the standpoint of modern linguistic theory, including
the following topics: the acoustic and articulatory
properties of speech sounds, the phonemic repertories of
particular languages, phonological derivations, and
prosodic phenomena such as stress and intonation. (Also
offered as LING 793.) Prereq: a basic linguistics course or
permission.
ENGL 794 - Syntax and Semantic Theory
Credits:
4.00
Relationship of grammar and meaning as viewed from the
standpoint of modern linguistic theory. Emphasis on the
syntax ad semantics of English, with special attention to
the construction of arguments for or against particular
analyses. (Also offered as LING 794.) Prereq: a basic
linguistics course or permission. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 795 - Independent Study
Credits:
1.00 to 16.00
Open to highly qualified juniors and seniors. To be elected
only with permission of the department chairperson and of
the supervising faculty member or members. Barring
duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit up to a
maximum of 16 credits. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 797 - Special Studies in Literature
Credits:
2.00 to 6.00
A) Old English Literature; B) Medieval Literature; C) 16th
Century; D) 17th Century; E) 18th Century; f) English
Romantic Period; G) Victorian Period; H) 20th Century;
I) Drama; J) Novel; K) Poetry; L) Non-fiction; M) American
Literature; N) A Literary Problem; O) Literature of the
Renaissance. The precise topics and methods of each section
vary. Barring duplication of subject, may be repeated for
credit. For details, see the course descriptions available
in the English department. Writing Intensive.
ENGL 798 - Special Studies in Literature
Credits:
2.00 to 6.00
See description for ENGL 797. Writing Intensive.