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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the grammatical structure of modern English at the level of word, clause, and discourse presented through the application of the principles of descriptive grammars, accompanied by a review of current prescriptive grammars. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
Students will examine the rhetoric of composition through intensive writing workshops and close reading of composition-related texts. The goals of the course are (1) to discover and define some coherent relations between rhetoric and composition; (2) to challenge the students' presuppositions about essayistic space through a process of peer- and instructor-reviewed writing workshops. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL, or prior approval of department head.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores an array of diverse cultural and historical contexts through literature produced outside the common British and American traditions. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
Literary genres consist of related kinds of works, combining content and form, gradually changing as their cultures change. The purpose of generic study is an understanding of literary tradition and of the way in which authors speak to their times, and to all times, through the genres they inherit and modify. This course will provide an intensive study of one or more genres. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the craft and art of writing narrative, poetic, and dramatic discourse. Attention to the conception, design, and execution both of the whole work and of elements of figurative language, characterization, dialogue, point of view, and poetic structure, as well as other elements of the craft. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
A general survey of literature for children. Includes a study of types of literature for children and of the development of criteria for the selection and evaluation of children's books. This course may be counted as an elective but not towards the 24-hour advanced English requirement for an English major. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
A study of descriptive linguistics revealing the nature and scope of the characteristics and complexities of human language. Much of the course consists of learning the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of modern English. Attention will also be focused on the nature and diversity of the rule-bound creativity underlying the tacit systematic use of human language. Prerequisite: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
Deals with a variety of formal cognitive mechanisms that are relevant to the knowledge and use of natural languages.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of literature with a focus on teenage audiences. Readings will include both classics and contemporary selections. Study will be concerned with increasing student understanding of unique aspects of adolescent literature and its application in public school curricula. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301,1302 and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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3.00 Credits
An in depth study of representative types of Shakespeare's drama and poetry. Credit for both ENGL 4300 and THEA 4300 will not be awarded. Prerequisites: ENGL 1301, 1302, and 6 hours sophomore ENGL.
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