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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 - First-Year Writing
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 - First-Year Writing for English as a Second Language Students
Credits:
4.00
A special section of first-year writing 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 ENGL 401A for credit. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 401H - Honors/First-Year Writing
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 major literary works.
ENGL 403W - Exploring Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 403. Writing intensive.
ENGL 405 - 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 405.)
ENGL 405H - Honors/Introduction to Linguistics
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 405.
ENGL 419 - Introduction to Literary Analysis
Credits:
4.00
Critical analysis of fiction, poetry, and drama. Frequent
short papers. This course is a prerequisite with a minimum
grade of C for those intending to declare one of the four
majors offered in the English Department. Writing intensive.
ENGL 419H - Honors/Introduction to Literary Analysis
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 419. Writing intensive.
ENGL #444B - Secret Lives of Words
Credits:
4.00
Using problem and inquiry-based pedagogy, this class
delves into the ways in which new words are coined, how
they become established or die, and how they change over
their natural lives. Touching upon topics in philosophy
(the nature of meaning), theoretical linguistics
(morphology, sociolinguistics), and lexicography,
introduces students to both the methods of text-based
analysis and field-based research. Topics include word
formation; the history of vocabulary in English; the making
of dictionaries; slang, jargon, and taboo language. Writing
intensive. (Also listed as LING 444B.)
ENGL 444D - Irish Identity
Credits:
4.00
Explores the historical causes and literary effects of
emigration from Ireland to other regions in the North and
South Atlantic. Considers the political and economic
conditions of Ireland itself and asks how Irish identities
are first formed dialectically through contact with
indigenous others and then nostalgically constituted
through the experience of migration. Writing intensive.
ENGL 444E - Lions and Tigers and Books
Credits:
4.00
Course asks students to consider their personal experience
of the relationship between humans and animals in the
light of theoretical investigations from the fields of
biology, psychology, philosophy, literature, and the arts.
Students read fundamental cultural texts (Darwin, Freud,
the Bible) and great literary works (Moby Dick, "The
Metamorphosis"), in combination influential contemporary
works (Peter Singer, Animal Liberation) and popular
nonfiction works that offer a multidisciplinary view of
human history and identity. Appropriate for students with
ambitions in scientific fields who maintain a strong
interest in the liberal arts. Writing intensive.
ENGL 444F - Language Matters in America
Credits:
4.00
Students engage in active research to understand how we use
language to construct and interpret identity. Linguistic
patterns typical of groups of various types (regional,
ethnic, gender, age, communities of shared practice, etc.)
are explored as are issues related to education, language
use in politics and marketing, ESL, ASL, and
African-American English. Course engages students in
inquiry-based learning: determining what questions are
important in the field, figuring out how to find answers,
pursuing these answers, and interpreting what you find out,
following established practices in the social sciences.
Writing intensive. (Also listed as LING 444F.)
ENGL 444G - Ethnic America: Readings in African American, Asian American, Native American, and Latino/a Litera
Credits:
4.00
This course introduces students to literature by and about
African Americans, Asian Americans, Natives, and
Latino/as. It introduces approaches in American Studies
that will guide students in understanding and appreciating
what we call ethnic literature. Secondary sources might
include readings in and about ideological criticism,
historical analysis, race and ethnic studies, multicultural
education, formal narrative, and genre analysis. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 444J - America on Film
Credits:
4.00
Explores cinematic images of American culture, in
particular that of Hollywood cinema, looking closely at
representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and
nation. Also examines the medium of cinema itself,
particularly aspects of film form, apparatus/technology,
economy, and spectatorship. Students are required to attend
weekly film screening labs in addition to classes. This
course is Blackboard intensive. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 444K - People Stories: Investigating Identity as Literary Construction
Credits:
4.00
Plato's Republic, Shakespeare's As You Like It, Thoreau's
Walden, Narrative of Frederick Douglass, Austen's
Mansfield Park, Palahniuk's Fight Club, Eugenides'
Middlesex, Satrapi's Persepolis, Hall's Without a Map,
poetry, and seminar texts in criticism are read as we
complicate our notions of what shapes identity across time,
race, cultures, genders, economic statuses, and through the
media of dialogue, novel, drama, poetry, graphic novel, and
memoir. 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 emphasis on document
design usability, visual rhetoric, and the use of
technology in writing. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 502H - Honors/Technical Writing
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 502. Prereq: permission. Special
fee. Writing intensive.
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 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. May be repeated for credit, barring
duplication of topic. Writing intensive.
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.
ENGL 518H - Honors/Bible as Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 518. Writing intensive.
ENGL 518W - Bible as Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 518. 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 526 - Beginning Fiction Writing: From Personal Experience to Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to aspects of fiction writing.: Specific
detail, description, point of view, tense, dialogue, the
arc of the story, showing versus telling, structure, and an
understanding of how voice and language can be powerful
tools in constructing a story. As writers learn to shape
their personal experiences into narratives, fictional
aspects will be nudged forward. Frequent in class
exercises, reading responses and revisions. Prereq: ENGL
401. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 527 - Introduction to Poetry Writing
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 401 with a grade of B or better, or equivalent.
Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 530 - Introduction to 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 531 - Introduction to Drama
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the art of drama, through study of British
and American plays, as well as plays translated from other
languages. How to read a play. Live and filmed
performances studied as available. See course descriptions
available in department office for further information.
(Not offered each semester.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 532 - Introduction to Fiction
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the art of fiction, through the study of
British and American novels and/or short stories, as well
as prose fiction translated from other languages.
Exploration of the ways in which fiction communicates its
meanings. See course descriptions available in department
office for further information. (Not offered each
semester.) 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. 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. Mandatory weekly
screenings in addition to class. Students cannot receive
credit for both ENGL 533 and CMN 550. Special fee.
ENGL 533H - Honors/Introduction to Film Studies
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 533. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 533W - Introduction to Film Studies
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 533. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 540 - Introduction to Native American Studies
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the major critical and research methods in
Native American literature, history, and culture. Course
topics may include literary genres, historical periods, a
focus on one particular tribe or culture area, art, and
film. (Also offered as AMST 503.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 555 - Introduction to Irish Studies
Credits:
4.00
Introduces the history, literature, and politics of Modern
Ireland from the perspective of the central problem in
Irish culture: the legacy of both British and Gaelic
traditions in the construction of Irish identity. Events
covered include the Great Famine, the Irish Revival, and
the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Authors studied may
include Gaelic bards in translation, Swift, Goldsmith,
Burke, Edgewood, Stoker, Wilde, Yeats, Joyce, Lady Gregory,
Heaney, Friel, McCourt, and Ni Dhomhnaill. Writing intensive
ENGL 555H - Honors/Intro to Irish Studies
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 555. Writing intensive.
ENGL 581 - Introduction to Postcolonial Literatures in English
Credits:
4.00
Survey of contemporary Asian, African, and Caribbean
fiction, drama, travelogues, essays, and poetry from the
1950s to the present. Introduces 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 585H - Honors/Introduction to Women in Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 585. 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. May be
repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic. 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
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 - Intermediate 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 609 - Ethnicity in America: The African American Experience in the 20th Century
Credits:
4.00
Investigation of the 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 AMST 609, HUMA 609.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 610 - Regional Studies in America: New England Culture in Changing Times
Credits:
4.00
Team-taught course 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
AMST 610, 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. Writing intensive.
ENGL 616B - Studies in Film/Authorship
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616. Writing intensive.
ENGL 616C - Studies in Film/Culture and Ideology
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616. Writing intensive.
ENGL 616D - Studies in Film/Narrative and Style
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 616. Writing intensive.
ENGL 618 - Film Theory
Credits:
4.00
Examines basic theories of film and their relationship to
the practice of close analysis of film. Theories are meant
to provide students with a vocabulary for critical analysis
and stress the many ways of seeing film. Prereq: ENGL 533
or CMN 550.
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
English department majors 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, major advisor, and department
chairperson. This course does not count toward the English
major. 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:
B or better in ENGL 501 or equivalent, and written
permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit with
approval of journalism director. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 622 - Advanced Newswriting
Credits:
4.00
An intermediate-level workshop on alternative methods of
newswriting and the basics of feature writing. Students
develop reporting skills while experimenting with styles
and forms beyond the inverted pyramid. Prereq: B or better
in ENGL 621 and written permission of instructor. Special
fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 623 - Creative Nonfiction
Credits:
4.00
Intensive writing course emphasizing the blend of basic
elements that constitute creative nonfiction: research,
observation, and personal experience. Also readings and
discussion of some of the best published creatve
nonfiction. Prereq: B or better in ENGL 501 and written
permission of the instructor. May be repeated for credit
with approval of the journalism director. Special fee.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 625 - Intermediate Fiction Writing Workshop
Credits:
4.00
Students continue to explore the aspects of fiction
writing. Through short exercises students learn to create
visual scenes, integrate exposition with dramatic scene,
and construct convincing characters in believable
situations. We'll continue to explore the basic elements of
what makes a short story, such as point of view, dialogue,
dramatization, voice, meaning, language. Students write
short stories and significantly revise them. Through
discussion of student writing in a workshop format, as well
as reading and responding to short stories by published
authors, we'll address the questions: What is a short
story? How do we create a world in which the reader is
fully involved? Where does the story evoke emotion or
meaning? Prereq: ENGL 501 or ENGL 525 with a grade of B or
better and instructor's permission. Note: ENGL 625 may be
taken more than once for credit, in fact, students are
encouraged to do so. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 627 - Intermediate Poetry Writing Workshop
Credits:
4.00
Workshop discussion of poems written by students, with
focus on more complex techniques and forms. Individual
conferences with instructor. Prereq: ENGL 527 with a B or
better, 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
ENGL 649 - Studies in British Literature and Culture
Credits:
4.00
Special topics in British studies, varying from year to
year. May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of
topic. (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. May be repeated for credit, barring duplication of
topic. (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 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. May be
repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 685W - Women's Literary Traditions
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 685.
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.) Special fee on some topics. Writing intensive.
ENGL 694 - Special Topics in Literature
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 693. Writing intensive.
ENGL 701 - Advanced Fiction Writing Workshop
Credits:
4.00
Students come to this course with a firm grasp of all the
elements of fiction, ready to write short stories that
construct convincing characters in believable situations.
In a workshop format, students give and receive critiques
on classmate's work. Significant revisions of short stories
and thorough discussions of work by published authors will
round out the course as students continue to explore the
art of writing the short story. Students are responsible
for leading discussion of published stories. Prereq: ENGL
625 with a grade of B or better and instructor's
permission. 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: B or
better in ENGL 722 and written permission of instructor.
May be repeated for credit with approval of journalism
director. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 704 - Advanced Nonfiction Writing
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 703. Special fee. Writing
intensive.
ENGL 705 - Advanced Poetry Writing Workshop
Credits:
4.00
Workshop discussion of advanced writing problems and
submitted poems. Individual conferences with instructor.
Prereq: ENGL 627, 628, or equivalent with a grade of B or
better and written permission of the instructor. May be
repeated for credit with the approval of the department
chairperson. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 707 - Fiction: Form and Technique
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 - Nonfiction: Form and Technique
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 - Poetry: Form and Technique
Credits:
4.00
A writer's view of the problems, traditions, and
structures of poetry. Writing intensive.
ENGL 710 - Teaching Writing
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
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: B or
better in ENGL 621 and written permission of instructor.
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.) Writing
intensive.
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 characteristics 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 622 required;
ENGL 722 recommended; permission. Writing intensive.
ENGL 721 - Advanced Reporting
Credits:
4.00
While the theme of this course is teaching students
advanced techniques of writing and reporting, each
semester the course is offered it focuses on different
areas of journalism. One semester, students may learn
multimedia reporting - storytelling across multiple
platforms, including video and audio - and in other
semesters the course may focus on sportswriting. Yet in
others, students will develop their news reporting skills.
The course may be taken multiple times for credit with the
approval of the Journalism Program Director. Prereq: 'B' or
better in ENGL 621 and written permission of instructor.
Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 722 - Feature Writing
Credits:
4.00
Students refine interviewing, reporting, and writing
techniques. Emphasis on in-depth features. Prereq: B or
better in ENGL 621 and 622, and written permission of
instructor. Special fee. Writing intensive.
ENGL 723 - Issues in Journalism
Credits:
4.00
This upper-level seminar focuses on the shifts in
technology and public perception that are changing the
definition of excellence in journalism. Special attention
to legal and ethical issues reshaping journalism's public
service role. Prereq: Grade of B in ENGL 621 and written
permission. May be repeated once for credit with permission
of the journalism director. 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. Writing intensive.
ENGL 729 - Special Topics in Composition Studies
Credits:
4.00
Advanced course on a topic chosen by the instructor.
Precise topics and methods of each section vary. Possible
topics include alternative discourses and rhetorics,
contrastive rhetoric, electronic discourse and digital
rhetoric, women's rhetorics and feminist pedagogies,
Montaigne and the essay tradition, theories of literacy,
theories of persuasive writing, theories of transactional
writing, and written discourse analysis. Barring
duplication of subject, may be repeated for credit. For
details see descriptions available in the English
Department. Writing intensive when topic is studies in
rhetoric and composition.
ENGL 730 - Practicum in Teaching English and the Language Arts
Credits:
1.00 to 6.00
A site-based course for practicing teachers that features
in-class observations and demonstrations, individual
consultation, and group meetings in the schools. Prereq:
permission. May be repeated to a maximum of 8 credits.
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 733 - Special Studies in Film
Credits:
4.00
Specialized and advanced study in film and cinema studies.
Topics vary and may include literature and film,
Asian-American film, film genres, and advanced film theory.
May be repeated once for credit as long as topics are
different. Special fee.
ENGL 733W - Special Studies in Film
Credits:
4.00
See description for ENGL 733. Writing intensive.
ENGL 734 - Special Topics in Literary Theory
Credits:
4.00
Covers various topics dealing with diverse issues in
literary and cultural theory. Prerequisite ENGL 619 or
equivalent theory/philosophy class. Offered irregularly.
For a specific description see English course offerings.
ENGL 738 - Topics in Asian American Studies
Credits:
4.00
Study of the literature, history, scholarship, and current
thought by and about Asian America. Representative works
from among Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Korean
Americans, Southeast Asian Americans, and South Asian
Americans. (Also listed as AMST 615.) 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 #740 - Indigenous New England
Credits:
4.00
An interdisciplinary introduction to the literatures,
histories, and cultures of indigenous people located in
what is now called New England. Course topics may include
U.S. American Indian policy, tribal government structures
and resistance, the history and forms of indigenous
literacy, contemporary sovereignty struggles, popular
culture, and film. Curricular activity with regional Native
people required such as a visit to a Native community, work
with tribal guest speakers, participation in a lecture or
film series. Special fee. (Also offered as AMST 611.)
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. May be repeated for credit, barring
duplication of topic. (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. May be repeated for credit,
barring duplication of topic. (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. May be repeated for credit,
barring duplication of topic. 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. May be repeated for credit,
barring duplication of topic. 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. May
be repeated for credit, barring duplication of topic.
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 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
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 1832-1870. The growth
of the city and middle-class life, with particular
emphasis on money and love. Authors include Charlotte and
Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, E.B. Browning, A.L.
Tennyson. (Not offered every year.) Writing intensive.
ENGL 772 - English Victorian Period
Credits:
4.00
Fiction, nonfiction, and poetry from 1870-1900. The social
conflicts created by gender politics and imperial
expansion, with particular emphasis on aesthetics and
gothic horror. Thomas Hardy, Oscar Wilde, R.L. Stevenson,
Bram Stoker. (Not offered every year.) Writing intensive.
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 777 - Postcolonial Novel
Credits:
4.00
Representative novels from writers such as Salman Rushdie,
Amitava Ghosh, Bapsi Sidhwa, R. K. Narayan, Raja Rao,
Romesh Gunasekara, Arundati Roy, Mahasweta Devi, U.R.
Anantamoorthy, and others. Study of the development of the
novel in English in South Asia from the mid-nineteenth
century to the present day, Focus is on novels originally
written in English; English translations from other South
Asian languages when appropriate. 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 non-dramatic
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. May be repeated for credit,
barring duplication of topic. 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 787 - 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 419, and permission. For
details, see course description available in the department
office. Writing intensive.
ENGL 788 - 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 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. Emphasizes the
syntax and 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 4.00
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 8 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. Special fee on some topics.
Writing intensive.
ENGL 798 - Special Studies in Literature
Credits:
2.00 to 6.00
See description for ENGL 797. Writing intensive.