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This course provides guided practice in composing verse, exercises in developing imagery and prosodic analysis, with the purpose of imparting an enriched understanding and appreciation of poetry, as well as inspiring creativity. Prerequisites: CRWR 151 or 157. 3 semester hours
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Practice in writing one-act plays on assigned themes, with special attention to the tone of dialogue, techniques of exposition, and visualization of characters and scene. Prerequisite: ENGL 156, 157, 306, 307, or CRWR 151. 3 semester hours
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Guided practice in writing features for the periodical press. Students analyze professional feature writing in terms of style, use of imagery, diction, and structure, and produce a portfolio of features which may be submitted for possible publication. Prerequisite: ENGL 102. 3 semester hours
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The principles of biography both in terms of composition and as a tool for literary and historical research are studied. Besides representative readings, students engage in a class project using primary sources with the objective of producing a biographical study. 3 semester hours
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A survey of the major developments in literary theory from the classical period to the present, with emphasis on those that have emerged as most significant in the 20th century. Students engage in applied literary criticism, writing interpretations of specific texts from a variety of critical approaches such as formalism, reader-response, feminism, psychoanalytical, and others. 3 semester hours
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A consideration of the nature of the satirical approach to life through literature, viewing the historical development of satire from the satyr play of Greek drama proceeding to satire written in English (fiction, essay, drama, poetry). 3 semester hours
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This course examines the drama of Western civilization through reading and discussing plays selected from the literatures of ancient (e.g., Aeschylus, Seneca), medieval (liturgical, anonymous), Renaissance (e.g., Racine, Jonson, Calderon de la Barca), and contemporary Europe (e.g., Stoppard, Beckett, Churchill). Some study will be made of the complex relationship between culture and literary form and instances will sometimes be taken from non-Western literatures. The critical method of studying these texts will vary from year to year. This course fulfills one of the pre-1800 literature requirements for English majors. 3 semester hours
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An interdisciplinary approach to the study of languages as they reflect cultures. Focus is on cultural factors which influence the communication process. Topics include linguistic analysis of English sounds, structures, and meanings; contrastive analysis of English and several other languages; contrastive analysis of several cultures; and consideration of differences in non-verbal language across cultures. Investigation of sociolinguistic implications of intercultural communication. 3 semester hours
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The course is designed to increase students' knowledge of the grammatical and phonic features of the English language and the major influences on its development, as well as to acquaint them with more general linguistic topics, including the communication of animals, theories of language origin, psychological differences among languages, types of semantic change, sources of new words, the development of lexicography, and recent theories such as those of structural linguistics and generative grammar. 3 semester hours
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A linguistic investigation of the changes in English from Old English to Modern English. Study of differences among the varieties of contemporary English found throughout the world, with emphasis on American English. Analysis of regional dialects, social and ethnic dialects, gender, language variation, and language diversity. 3 semester hours
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