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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An examination of differences in language practices that reflect the linguistic register in which one is operating or the community to which one belongs. Study of a variety of informal and formal settings, including one-of-a-kind sites; such variations as regional, social, cultural, and gender-related differences, including the English of ESL, African-American, Hispanic-American, and working-class students.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of problems and issues associated with particular kinds of writing - e.g., biography, memoir, political essays. May include reading in contemporary works, but the intention is for students to bridge the gap between theory and practice by producing texts of their own. Note: Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
A review of traditional grammar parts of speech, subordination, pronoun case, parallelism, modifier placement, punctuation, etc., using the theories and techniques of modern theoretical linguistics. Students perfect their own grammatical knowledge by writing and by exploring linguistic analyses of common writing errors and how to correct them. The linguistic properties of effective prose also discussed.
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3.00 Credits
“You can’t cook eggplant too long.” Nobody who speaks English has any trouble understanding that sentence. However, it can mean both one thing (perhaps that eggplant is best eaten rare) and its opposite (eggplant can be cooked indefinitely long with no bad effects). This course on meaning in language will investigate meaning that arises from the structure of sentences and their use, as well as the meanings of words and phrases.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2821 or CSC+DIS 1108 or ANTHRO 2507 or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
How and why did the language of Beowulf become, successively, the language of Chaucer, of Shakespeare, of Swift, James, and Hemingway? In surveying the historical development of English language and style, this course will focus where possible on literary texts, and seek to demonstrate how useful a historical grasp of language can be to the appreciation of literature.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, we will explore the social context for
reading and writing. We want to ask questions that will lead us to see how concepts of literacy can reinforce, elaborate, or threaten established social orders. We want to peek at ourselves in the act of using the written word, and we want to listen in while others are puzzling out the world through books, letters, pamphlets, flyers, newspapers, textbooks, billboards, signs and labels. We will read about the history and anthropology of literacy, and consider closely at least two ethnographic studies that highlight the acquisition of literacy. In short, we will try to see that which is usually invisible: the transparent assumptions and associations that twine through literacy acts.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100)
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3.00 Credits
This course is meant to serve as a capstone for students who have taken at least two beginning-level creative writing workshops (in any combination of poetry, fiction, or playwriting) and one intermediate-level creative writing workshop in any genre. The amount of work is equivalent to that required by a senior seminar, including both critical and literary readings in the field, as well as both critical and creative writing responses. The course will culminate in a final project that has both creative and critical components. The thematic of the course will change from year to year, rotating between topics such as hybrid genres, prose poetry, small press publishing, writers on writing, creative nonfiction, hypertextual writing, and the experimental essay.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100); at least two of the four literature surveys [select from ENGLISH 2201 (0114), 2202 (0115), 2301 (0116) and 2302 (0117)]; at least one 3000-level creative writing course
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3.00 Credits
All 4000-level courses are senior capstone courses designed for advanced English majors. These courses make a close study of a defined body of literary work, using current critical and research methods. Students will be engaged in independent research, reading and critical thought and may be required to write research papers. Note: Required for all English majors. Should be taken during the senior year. Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100); ENGLISH 2201 (0114) and ENGLISH 2302 (0117); at least one 3000-level literature course. Registration is by special authorization only
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3.00 Credits
All 4000-level courses are senior capstone courses designed for advanced English majors. These courses make a close study of a defined body of literary work, using current critical and research methods. Students will be engaged in independent research, reading and critical thought and may be required to write research papers. Note: Required for all English majors. Should be taken during the senior year. Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100); ENGLISH 2202 (0115); one other survey [either ENGLISH 2201 (0114) or ENGLISH 2301 (0116) or ENGLISH 2302 (0117)]; at least one 3000-level literature course. Registration is by special authorization only
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3.00 Credits
This senior seminar is the culminating course for a concentration or focus on composition and rhetoric. Students will develop a research project based on theoretical approaches to language use and present their findings orally in class and in an extended essay in the style of a journal in the field. Note: Required for all English majors. Should be taken during the senior year. Variable content; consult the Undergraduate English Office or English web page for details.
Prerequisite:
ENGLISH 2097 (W100); any two surveys [either ENGLISH 2201 (0114), 2202 (0115), 2301 (0116) or 2302 (0117)]; at least one 3000-level literature course. Registration is by special authorization only
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