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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the complex and dynamic study of literature and literary criticism. Students will be introduced to the methods and discourses of classical and contemporary literary theory and will use these Majors, Minors, Other Programs of Study, Course Descriptions tools to read prose, poetry, and drama in critically informed ways. The techniques of critical thinking, argumentation, and textual analysis that students develop in this course will serve as a vital foundation for further study of literature. The course will also provide an introduction to means and methods of literary research and help students understand the many possible alternative paths of study in the English major, including research projects at the senior level. Prerequisite is one of the following: ENGL 281, 282, 283, or permission of the instructor. It is recommended that students take the course in their junior year.
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3.00 Credits
Course offerings in this area will provide students the opportunity to explore the evolution of the English language; the nature, structure, and modifications of human speech; and the persuasive aspects of language. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included The Rhetoric of Humor and Linguistics. Prerequisite: one 200-level ENGL literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The offerings of this course will provide a historical approach to the study of various designated periods in British literature. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included Legends of King Arthur; Renaissance Drama; Couples Comedy in the Restoration and 1 8th Century; The Emerging Novel; The Romantics; Metaphysical Poetry; W.H. Auden and Dylan Thomas; and The Modern British Novel. Prerequisite: one 200-level ENGL literature course or permission of instructor. Recommended: ENGL 281 (for topics before 1700) or ENGL 282 (for topics after 1800).
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide students with a variety of perspectives on American literature by focusing on specific periods, aesthetic movements, and/or developments. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included Sympathy and Sentiment; The American Road; American Gothic; Realism and Modernism; Making the Nation to 1 865; and Environmental Literature after Thoreau. Prerequisite: one 200-level ENGL literature course or permission of instructor. Recommended: ENGL 281 (for topics before 1700) or ENGL 282 (for topics after 1800).
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3.00 Credits
Each version of the course will engage the student in the reading of major works in translation, including works outside what is thought of as the traditional Western canon. Recent offerings have included New Testament Narrative; Modernism and the Noh; Postcolonial Literature; Mythology and Literature; The Tale of Genji; Tolstoy's War and Peace; and Asian Literature. Prerequisite: one 200-level ENGL literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an introduction to broad thematic areas of literary study that cross historical, national, and disciplinary boundaries. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included Contemporary Multicultural Voices; American Film; Poetry in the Contemporary U.S.; Victorians in Text and Film; Adolescence and Film; Landscape and Literature; and American Comedy. Prerequisite: one 200-level ENGL literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Designed to help students deepen their understanding of writing and develop distinctive writing voices, this course will enable students to explore the types of writing in which they are particularly interested. Various offerings of this course will help students develop skills in scholarly and expository writing, journalism, cultural journalism, fiction, poetry, nonfiction prose, autobiographical writing, feature writing, peer tutoring, or the teaching of writing. Prerequisite: one 200-level writing course and/or the permission of the instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
A variety of off-campus experiential learning opportunities can be arranged through the director of internships. The off-campus internship is an individually designed experience that allows the student to explore the relationship between learning in the classroom and the practical application of knowledge in everyday work situations. No more than four semesterhours of internship credit may be applied for elective credit in the English major. Approval by the department chair in English for four semester-hours of credit in English is required. See the English Majors Handbook for guidelines as to which projects may count up to four credits toward the 44 semester-hours in the English major. Prerequisites: Admission to the internship program and approval of the English faculty. (See "Internships" under "AcademiPolicies" section.) Credit/No credit grading.
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3.00 Credits
This course will engage students in exploring the conventions and forms of expression integral to one or more genres, including poetry, fiction, nonfiction prose, drama, and film. Content and focus will vary from section to section, but recent offerings have included The Female Coming-of-Age Novel and Film Genres. Prerequisite: ENGL 304 and one 300-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide the opportunity for advanced study in the work of a selected author or authors, or a "school" of authorssuch as the Beat Poets. Recent offerings have included Mark Twain; the Godwins and Shelleys; Dante; Staging Shakespeare; Milton; and Jane Austen. Prerequisite: ENGL 304 and one 300-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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