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This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the emphasized. Three lectures per week plus two hour seminar. Preemio of traditional grammar, it also focuses on both structural and transformational grammar. Topics include parts of the simple sentence, word classes, the structure of phrases and clauses, sentence types, aspect, mood, voice and style as well as the strengths and weaknesses of particular kinds of grammatical description. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. The ENLE 200 prerequisite is waived for TESOL majors of junior and senior status. Fall semester, even-numbered years.
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The study of the origins, development and linguistic structures of Indo-European languages as cultural phenomena. Special attention is devoted to the linguistic, semantic and cultural history of the English language as it has evolved from an obscure Germanic tongue to a prominent world language. Topics include the design features of language, linguistic variation, phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, semantics, pragmatics, and the major historical forms of English. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. ENLE 332 is strongly recommended. The ENLE 200 prerequisite is waived for TESOL majors of junior and senior status. Spring semester.
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A study of literature written for young adults. Students will read, listen to and evaluate a wide variety of literature published for or enjoyed by young adult readers, including traditional folk tales, myths, and legends; fantasy and realistic fiction; biography and autobiography; and poetry. Students will also study techniques for teaching and using literature in the 5-12 classroom. Prerequisites: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. Spring semester, odd-numbered years.
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A study of diverse types of literary criticism by means of reading primary texts in traditional and current theory and by applying these interpretive and evaluative strategies to specific literary works and authors. Representative theoretical positions include formalist, archetypal, psychoanalytic, structuralist, feminist, deconstructionist, reader-response, historicist, linguistic, semeiotic, and textual criticism. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. Fall, odd-numbered years.
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Study of planning and teaching composition and literature on the secondary level. Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in ED 309. Fallsemester; odd-numbered years.
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Especially recommended for students preparing for high school teaching or graduate studies, this course surveys theories and practices of writing instruction. Includes the study of rhetoricians and educators such as Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Quintillian, George Campbell, Kenneth Burke, Stephen Toulmin, Chaim Perelman, Mina Shaughnessy, Peter Elbow, and Patricia Bizzell. Prerequisite: Two advanced writing course or consent of instructor. Fall semester, even-numbered years.
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This course will introduce students to the basic reading and analytical skills needed to understand and appreciate literature. Students will become familiar with reading different literary genres (prose, poetry, and drama) and learn to use basic terms and techniques of literary analysis. They will develop multiple interpretations and responses to literary texts and support their interpretation and responses with textual evidence, both in discussions and writing. Also, they will discover how texts communicate cultural values and ideas through a variety of approaches to the reading and appreciation of literature. Offerings each semester range from an overview of literature through conventional genres to exploration of a limited historical period or topic in literature. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. This course will be taught every semester.
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A study of our Greek and Latin literary heritage in translation with emphasis on classical myths and legends of gods and heroes that continue to stimulate the literary imagination today. Principal genres include epic and lyric poetry; the animal fable; and drama (tragedy, comedy, and New Comedy). Representative authors include Hesiod, Homer, Aesop, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Catullus, Virgil, Plautus, Terence, and Ovid. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Each semester. Satisfies CORE literature. May fulfill writing intensive requirement.
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A study of literature written in Britain during the Old English period (8th century to 1066) and Middle English period (1066 to 1485), key periods in the formation of English language and culture. Principal genres include epic and lyric poetry, romance, tale, and drama. Representative works include the epic Beowulf, the mystery and morality plays, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Margery Kempe's autobiography,and Arthurian romances. Prerequisite: ENWR 102 and ENLE 200. Fall semester even-numbered years.
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A study of the contemporary trend of revisionary metafiction. The course will explore a number of paired texts - one in the pair has been traditionally identified as a classic text in English literature and the other is a 20th century revision. The course will emphasize the ways in which texts are always shaped by other texts and how texts shape, communicate, and critique cultural beliefs and values. Examples of texts include the Brother Grimm's fairy tales and Carter' s The BloodyChamber, Shakespeare's The Tempest and Naylor' s Mama Day , Defoe' Robinson Crusoe and Coetzee's Foe, Bronte' s Jane Eyr e and Rhy? ? WidSargasso Sea, Woolf 's Mrs. Dalloway and Cunningham' s The Hours. Prerequisite: ENWR 102. Fall even-numbered years. Spring semester odd-numbered years.
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