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  • ENGL 565: Discourse Analysis

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An examination of the syntactic and semantic devices and structures underlying communication in written text and oral interaction. Material to be analyzed will vary from term to term (technical reports, scholarly articles, newspaper stories) but examples will be drawn primarily from the written language. (OC)
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  • ENGL 568: Writing Young Adult Fiction

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    In this course participants will explore the young adult novel form the point-of-view of a reader and a writer. They will read recently published and critically acclaimed popular young adult novels. They will use these texts to explore such issues as gender, race and identity as they relate to young adult lives and their respective cultures generally. They will use these texts as models for the production of their own texts and will consider the constraints and benefits of constructing and writing to a particular audience. They will consider if and why young adult novels are abbreviated or limited in relationship to adult literature. In addition to reading about ten novels, they will complete several creative exercises leading up to a final portfolio. Additional reading assignments or projects will distinguish this course from its undergraduate version. Students will not receive credit for both ENGL 468 and ENGL 568.
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  • ENGL 569: 20th-Cent Afr Amer Lit

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An intensive study of major 20th century African American writers. Fiction, poetry, autobiography, and drama will be examined, but one genre will be stressed in any given term, e.g., the novel. Lectures will provide historical and biographical context for analysis and discussion of the works. (OC).
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  • ENGL 572: Readings in Muticult Contexts

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An examination of the effect of different cultural backgrounds on reading and literature. Topics include contrastive rhetoric, folk narrative, and multicultural juvenile literature. This course does not satisfy requirements for the English concentration. Not open to English concentrators. (YR)
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  • ENGL 573: Arab American Women Writers

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    This course examines the literary and cultural contributions of Arab and Arab American women novelists, poets, filmmaker and artists to the development and consolidation of cultures of understanding and coexistence; explores the relations between, among others, citizenship and belonging, race and national security, gender and geographical mobility, and ethnic minorities and mainstream consciousness; stresses how literary and artistic productions of Arab and Arab American women writers and artists foster alternative visions of socio-cultural coexistence, dialogue, and hospitality by means of technical and stylistic experimentation and renovation.
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  • ENGL 574: Second Lang Acquisition:Engl

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    A survey of fundamental concepts and major concerns in the study of English as a Second Language (ESL). The course examines a variety of psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic issues related to second language acquisition (SLA), ranging from theoretical to pedagogical. A primary focus is on developmental patterns and cognitive processes of SLA and individual variation in ESL speakers in terms of their social motivations and learning strategies. Implications for practical concerns such as the ESL teaching profession, instructional materials and curriculum development will be addressed where relevant. Graduate students will be assigned additional readings from a graduate course text and be required to submit an extra data analysis assignment and write a longer research paper.
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  • ENGL 577: African American English

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An examination of the structure, history and use of African-American English. Topics will include the pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary of African-American English, theories of origin, linguistic repertoire and code-switching in African-American communities, the Ebonics controversy, and the role of this variety in education and identity formation. Additional reading assignments or projects will distinguish this course from its undergraduate version. Student cannot receive credit for both ENGL 477 and ENGL 577.
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  • ENGL 582: History of the English Lang

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    A thorough grounding in the history and structure of the English language. At issue are the linguistic and ideological origins of Standard English, and the strengths and limitations of different methods of analyzing the history of the language. The course will emphasize sound change, grammatical change, and their sociolinguistic context. (YR)
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  • ENGL 584: World Englishes

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    A study of the origin and significance of different forms of English throughout the world. Contact with other languages, pidginization, creolization, standardization, and the formation of the three circles of English are examined. (YR)
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  • ENGL 588: Env Lit & Reps of Nature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Michigan-Dearborn

    An interdisciplinary study of the ways in which the relationship between "nature" and humankind has been represented in literature and other forms of cultural expression. Emphasis on American and British texts of the 19th and 20th centuries, but assigned materials may include reading from other cultures and historical periods.
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