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3.00 Credits
A continuation of 225, extending the reading and discussion from the 17th to the 21st century and expanding the scope further outside the European tradition. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
An introductory overview of British literature and authors. Emphasis is placed on issues of literary history. Students become familiar with the standard scheme of periodization and learn to think about literature in relation to the currents of history. In addition, they explore such subjects as literary influence, changes in literary technology and the consumption of the written word, changes in identity and colonialism, and changing theories about the nature and value of literature. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 200 OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
In this course the student will consider public affairs/issues through basic and in-depth coverage of areas such as government, science and health, the economy, the legal system, the environment, entertainment and religion. In addition, students will develop their philosophy of freedom of the press by studying various philosophical orientations. NOTES: CROSS-LISTED WITH JOUR 239 PREREQUISITE: ENGL 115 OFFERED EVERY OTHER FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the literatures written in the region we now know as the United States from the time of European colonization until the present. Course readings will represent literary periods and movements including the Colonial and Revolutionary periods, Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Lecture and discussion will consider both the development of American literary traditions and the connections between literature and social phenomena such as first contacts between Native Americans and Europeans, slavery, the Revolutionary War, white settlement of the West, industrialization, mass immigration, and social reform. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 200 OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This seminar will consider special topics in British literature from the 6th to the 18th century. Each course will be organized by a theme, by a central critical question or questions, or by a genre, literary movement, period, or major figure. Likely topics include Chaucer and the Fourteenth Century, Romance, The English Renaissance, Literature and the Invention of Print, Milton and the English Revolution, and The 17th- Century Lyric. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 230 OFFERED EVERY OTHER FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
An in-depth study of how English sentences are constructed and how that knowledge can aid in other endeavors such as writing or the study of literature. Structural grammar will be emphasized with comparison to traditional and transformational grammars. The history of the language, morphology and semantics are included. Required of all students planning to teach English. Highly recommended for majors in the writing track. NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Conducted as a writers' workshop, this course explores strategies for developing narrative voice as well as creating plot, setting, character, and dialogue. We explore different sub-genres, from the "short-short" story tothe novel, and read both contemporary and classic writers to determine what constitutes excellence in fiction. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 200 OFFERED EVERY OTHER SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Conducted as a writers' workshop, this course explores the art and craft of poetry writing in both traditional forms and free verse. While reading work by a variety of outstanding poets - mostly modern and contemporary - we work to develop our own poetic voices and at the same time strive for the highest standards of poetic writing. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 200 OFFERED EVERY OTHER SPRING SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
Conducted as a writer's workshop, this course explores the specific skills and knowledge necessary to the working playwright, including the fundamentals of stagecraft. Basic elements of screenwriting will also be considered. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 200 OFFERED EVERY THIRD FALL SEMESTER
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3.00 Credits
This seminar considers special topics in British and Irish literature from the late 18th century to the present. Study may include not only writers from the United Kingdom and Ireland but also colonial/postcolonial writers from the former British Empire. Recent topics include: Victorian Texts and Contexts, Virginia Woolf and the Tradition of the Woman Writer, Modern English and Irish Drama, British Literature Since 1945, James Joyce's Ulysses, and The Troubling Texts of Northern Ireland since 1969. NOTES: PREREQUISITE: ENGL 230 OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
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