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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary approach to selected themes or topics in comparative literature. While theme may vary from year to year, it will provide basis for the study of literary relations as they exist across various boundaries: generic, historical, disciplinary, and linguistic. Will also contain component on history and theory of comparative literature as a discipline, as well as brief unit on journals, bibliographies, and resources particular to the discipline. Prerequisite(s): English 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: Comparative literature can be understood most simply as the study of literary works, genres, periods, or types, without regard for the artificial boundaries formed by language and politics. The guiding assumption is that literature always bears influence that transcends easily contained categories, and comparatists attempt to study literary relations across disciplinary, historical, and linguistic boundaries. It therefore presupposes the ability to work in at least one language (and/or one discipline) in addition to English. This course provides a grounding in the history and methodology of comparative literature as a distinct discipline and focuses on one topic (revolving from year to year) that allows students to practice an interdisciplinary or comparative approach to the subject. A recent course studies the Sublime, for instance, as an example of a topic that yields especially fruitful results if studied from more than one literary tradition (such as English and Italian) or more than one discipline (such as literature and philosophy).
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3.00 Credits
Analysis of literary models. Discussion and evaluation of students' own creative nonfiction. 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 a workshop course focused on the "literature of fact": memoir, personal essay, travel writing, nature writing, literary journalism, and other fact-based literary forms. Each week participants read and discuss examples of the form and write their own, sharing them in a workshop with other students. Students hone their critical faculties and produce a portfolio of creative non-fiction by the end of the semester. 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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3.00 Credits
Provides students the opportunity to learn about literary editing and publishing from both editors' and writers' perspectives. Prerequisite(s): One 200-level English course. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This course is designed to give students an opportunity to learn about literary editing and publishing, contemporary literature, and literary culture. Students will read literary journals, books and essays on editing and publishing, and works of literary journalism, particularly book reviews and essays; learn about the history of literary magazines and publishers and the role of literary magazines and publishers in contemporary literary culture; and be introduced to various practical issues such as production and distribution.
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3.00 Credits
Topics in creative writing. These will vary from semester to semester at the discretion of the instructor. Prerequisite(s): English 200 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: This is an upper-level, special-topics course in creative writing whose focus varies with each offering. There are two possible models for this course. The first involves a variation on - or more intensive treatment of - a form studied in another 300-level writing course (e.g. novel writing, the memoir, the formal poem). The second involves work in a literary form or genre not traditionally encountered in another 300-level course (e.g. hybrid narrative, science fiction writing, performance art). Interested students should contact the instructor prior to registration for a detailed description of the course and/or a copy of the syllabus. This course may be taken up to three times for credit. Prerequisite: English 384 with a grade of C (2.0) or better. 4 sem. hrs.
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3.00 Credits
Individually designed course of study conducted under supervision of faculty member. Prerequisite(s): Approval of directing faculty member. Unit(s): 0.25-1 Additional Information: Students may work independently with a faculty member, outside the framework of a conventional course, to pursue an interest not covered in established English courses or to do more advanced work on a topic studied in a course. Examples of recent independent-study topics include "The Work of Salman Rushdie", "Anglo-Saxon Language and Literature", "Dorothy Sayers and the Crime Novel", "Creative Nonfiction about Motherhood", "Queer Cinema", "Global Perspectives on the American South", and "Films of the Seventies." Prerequisite: Permission of the directing faculty member. 1-4 sem. hrs.
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3.00 Credits
Topics will vary from semester to semester. Prerequisite(s): English 297 or 298 with a grade of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: Topics vary by semester, and the course may be taken more than once for credit. Examples of recent topics include "Theater as Philosophy", "The Postmodern American Short Story", "The New Nineteenth Century: Filmed and Other Adaptations", "The Black Vernacular","Indian Wars in Fact and Fiction", "American Literature Between the World Wars", and "Writing and Picturing."
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3.00 Credits
In-depth treatment of topics in genre, historical periods, critical theory, and other areas of literary study. Topics vary from semester to semester. Recently offered topics include romance, picaresque fiction, the novels of George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell, and poetry of the Native American Renaissance. English majors are expected to take one advanced seminar in the junior year and at least one in the senior year. May be taken more than once for credit, provided topics are different. Prerequisite(s): Two 300-level English courses with grades of C or better. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: The seminar offers in-depth treatment of topics in genre, historical periods, critical theory, and other areas of literary study. Enrollment is half the size of other English courses, allowing for greater classroom participation by each student and more extensive research projects. Topics vary by semester. Examples of recent topics include "Romance", "Picaresque Fiction", "The Novels of George Eliot and Elizabeth Gaskell", "The Novels of Nadine Gordimer and Nuruddin Farah", "Heroes and Heretics in Literature", "Theater and War", and "Modern Irish Poetry." Prerequisite: Two 300-level English courses with grade of C (2.0) or better. 4 sem. hrs. Scheduled for fall 2008:
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3.00 Credits
An advanced creative writing course in which students pursue a semester-long project or portfolio in any genre (poetry, fiction, drama, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, multimedia, etc.) and workshop their works in progress. Prerequisite(s): Two of the following: English 385, 386, 387, 392, or 397 (may be the same course taken twice). Unit(s): 1
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3.00 Credits
Research for the honors thesis in English under the direction of a faculty advisor. Prerequisite(s): Department approval. Unit(s): 0.5 Additional Information: Students who are preparing an English Honors thesis meet weekly with other Honors students and the seminar director. During the seminar each student refines the thesis topics, develops a research prospectus, prepares an undergraduate research grant application, places the project within the context of contemporary literary criticism, develops a working bibliography and outline, and completes much of the research for the thesis. Prerequisite: departmental approval. 2 sem. hrs.
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3.00 Credits
Writing of the honors thesis in English under the direction of a faculty advisor. Prerequisite(s): Department approval. Unit(s): 1 Additional Information: English Honors students work independently with their thesis directors to complete the research and writing of their theses.
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