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3.00 Credits
Selected American novels that may be be drawn from the 18th century to the present; period or topic of study will vary. Prerequisite(s): English 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course examines selected American novels drawn from the 18th century to the present. Period and topic will vary. Most recently, for example, this course focused on "American Spaces: Landscapes and Interiors, 1880-1945," an investigation of the influence of landscape and domestic interiors on the American literary imagination, from the closing of the frontier in the late 19th century to the admission of Alaska and Hawaii in the Fifties.
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3.00 Credits
The close consideration of single or small numbers of film genres: their inception, evolution, aesthetic and stylistic properties, and interaction with other cultural forms and institutions. The genres under consideration will vary and include Film Noir, Melodrama, and the Western, among others. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Taught once every three years. Prerequisite(s): Film Studies 201, English 220, English 297, or English 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to linguistics, including theories and practices of structuralists and transformationalists. (Meets state licensure requirements for teaching.) Prerequisite(s): English 103 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course is an introduction to the theories of modern grammarians. Although it particularly attends to the grammars described by the structuralists and the transformationalists, it neither assumes nor demands that students have mastered the language of either traditional or descriptive grammar. Instead, it devotes special attention to the innate competency of native English speakers and explores the system they already use to communicate with others. (This course meets state licensure requirements for teaching. Modern Literatures and Cultures 407, Topics in Linguistics, also meets this licensure requirement.) Prerequisite: English 103 with a grade of C or better.
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3.00 Credits
Special topics in writing with emphasis on the writing process. Can be taken for credit up to three times with change of topic. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level English course with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course provides an opportunity for exploration of writing as a tool for learning as well as expression. It focuses on specific genres, techniques, or processes, such as classical invention, style and voice, audience analysis, or writing in specific disciplines.
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3.00 Credits
Serves as practicum for writing fellows and students seeking teacher licensure. Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course serves as a practicum for writing fellows and students seeking teacher licensure. Students get an overview of how the practice and theory of writing instruction in the past two decades have radically changed. Topics include how peer-tutoring has evolved, how the Internet has changed the nature of writing, and what approaches work best for writers struggling with grammar, a second language, or the conventions of academic discourse. Theory and practice meet for students as they apprentice in the Writing Center each week.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of literary models. Discussion and evaluation of students' own fiction. May be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite(s): English 200 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This is an upper-level course in the crafting of short stories that assumes previous experience in creative writing. Students are asked to draft between three and four stories over the course of the semester, culminating in a revised portfolio of 20+ pages. The course is primarily workshop in nature, so class members are responsible for reading and commenting on drafts by their peers. In addition, class members read and briefly respond to short stories by professional writers, whose work might serve as models for student writing. In an effort to broaden student understanding of literary short narrative, the class covers a broad range of contemporary forms, including but not limited to the traditional short story, the short-short, micro-fiction, and experimental narrative. This course may be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite: English 384 with a grade of C (2.0) or better, or departmental approval.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of literary models. Discussion and evaluation of students' own poetry. May be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite(s): ENGL 200 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course entails analysis of literary models and discussion and evaluation of students' own poetry. It is designed to help students become better poets and readers of poetry. It emphasizes the finished product as well as the writing process, which includes not only putting words on paper, but also reading, reflection, analysis, and revision. Students examine poetry with a special focus on how a poem can be made, paying particular attention to forms and structures, word choice, line lengths and line breaks, beginnings and endings, rhetorical strategies, cadences and rhythm, tone and voice, and syntax and vocabulary. Class sessions include discussion about the assigned poets and readings, craft talks, general discussions about poetry and publishing, and discussion of student poems. This course may be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite: English 384 with a grade of C (2.0) or better, or departmental approval.
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of literary models. Discussion and evaluation of students' own dramatic work. May be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite(s): English 200 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This is an upper-level course in script and screenplay production that assumes previous experience in creative writing. Over the course of the semester, students submit at least three substantial manuscripts to workshop (examples of a "substantial" manuscript include, among others, a full one-act play or monologue, a single act from a longer play, or a 15-20 page segment of a screenplay). Because of time constraints, reading assignments focus on shorter dramatic forms designed to instruct students in the art of narrative, character-building, and dialogue. Though no experience in acting or stagecraft is required, students might engage in some form of production (e.g. table readings or small-scale presentations of peer work). Technical aspects of scripts and screenplays will also be discussed. This course may be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite: English 384 with a grade of C (2.0) or better.
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1.00 Credits
Application of academic skills and theories in placement approved by department. Includes academic work. Supervised by member of the English faculty. No more than one unit of credit may be earned in English 388. Prerequisite(s): One unit of 300-level English with a grade of C or better, written application in advance of internship, and recommendation of the English faculty member who will supervise the internship. Unit(s): 0.25-1 Additional Information: Working under the supervision of an English faculty member, a student may earn up to 4 hours of credit for an internship in the community that involves the significant application of skills of literary analysis and/or written communication. Examples of past internships include positions with local presses and publications, human-services organizations, and public-relations firms. Prerequisites: Four semester hours of 300-level English with grade of C (2.0) or better, written application in advance of internship, and recommendation of the English faculty member who will supervise the internship. 1-4 sem. hrs.
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3.00 Credits
Selected women writers, their work and relationship to their society. Prerequisite(s): English 297 or 298 or Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies 200 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: In "Professions for Women" Virginia Woolf asks, "What is a woman " and answers, "I assure you, I do not know. I do not believe that you know. I do not believe that anybody can know until she has expressed herself in all the arts and professions open to human skill." Exploring the relationship between women and the creative process, this course examines the ways in which women writers portray a variety of women artists. Theoretical approaches from several disciplines help find answers to such questions as: Can tensions between female social roles and the artistic vocation be resolved Do using male artists as role models and their work as inspiration pose problems for women artists This course highlights the literary strategies that women writers have used to break down old oppositions between procreativity and creativity, romantic passion and artistic desire.
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