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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The myths of the Greeks and Romans convey ideas about the divine and the human and the interaction of the two. Investigates creation myths, the divinities and heroes, and such major myth cycles as the Trojan War within their historical and ritual contexts and in terms of their literary and artistic formulations and expressions.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the myths and religious practices of Scandinavia in the pre-Viking and Viking periods based on textual sources (eddic and skaldic poetry, sagas) and material evidence (art and archeology). Topics include the creation myth, the structure of the world, eschatology, stories of the main gods and heroes, cults and rituals, and the influence of Christianity
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the ways in which the familiar genres of European literature (epic, lyric, romance, drama, satire, mythology, history, biography) are rooted in Latin Antiquity. All readings are in English translations. No prerequisite.
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3.00 Credits
An introductory study of linguistics, with concepts and applications from the traditional areas of analysis (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics) as well as from first- and second-language acquisition and development.
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3.00 Credits
An overview of English morphology, sentence syntax, and text grammar. Special attention to the needs of writers and English education majors.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop for students who wish to improve their writing, provides practice in and study of invention, organization, and style. Limited enrollment insures individual attention and response by the instructor to the special concerns of both upper- and lower-division students.
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3.00 Credits
A workshop of techniques for writing convincing, logical arguments. Of special interest to economics, business, politics, education, and pre-law students.
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3.00 Credits
Two courses from the Intensive Readings group (ENG 331, 332, 333) are required of English concentrators and are normally to be taken by them, one per semester in the junior year. Each involves concentrated readings in the genre at issue--e.g., ballad, sonnet, ode, elegy, dramatic monologue, villanelle, sestina--chosen to highlight major points in its development through British and American literary history. Regular essays on the readings. Open to English concentrators only. Prerequisites: 231, 232.
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3.00 Credits
See description for ENG 331. Prerequisites: 231, 232.
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3.00 Credits
See description for ENG 331. Prerequisites: 231, 232.
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