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  • ENG 290: Introduction to Film.(oss-listed with BC 290 CR.)

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Development of the film as a major art form in the 20th century, including technical developments and various theoretical and critical approaches (with laboratory). Not open to students with credit in BC 290. IAI: F2 908.
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  • ENG 299: Critical Methods of Reading and Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Introduction to basic forms and conventions of critical writing, strategies of interpretation, and theoretical issues in literary studies. Prerequisites: Eng 180 (with a grade of C or better) and at least one of the following (with a grade of C or better): Eng 200, 201, 202, 206, 228, 238, 258, 290. Short Story. (3) (General Education/ Humanities) A study of the modern short story as a literary form. (cross-listed with WS 301) Women and Literature. (3) (General Education/Multicultural Studies) The study of literature as an art practiced by women, with an examination of portrayals of women in literature. Not open to students with credit in WS 301. IAI: H3 911D.
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  • ENG 302: Popular Forms of Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Studies in selected popular forms of literature. Topics may include forms such as detective fiction, science fiction, westerns, horror, romance, adventure, or thrillers. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Poetic Forms. (3) Study of a major form of poetic expression. May include a single genre (e.g. epic or lyric), or individual forms (e.g. sonnet or ode). The course will also address both the technical vocabularies and major concepts of poetics. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Non-Fiction Forms. (3) Study of one or more of the forms of non-fiction writing such as autobiography, diary, essay, epistolary, or non-fiction movements such as the New Journalism or creative non-fiction. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Forms of the Novel. (3) An intensive study of one or more of the forms of the novel. Topics may include the epistolary, picaresque, gothic, or other forms. The course will also address narratology and major critical approaches to the novel. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. (cross-listed with WS 307) Issues for Women Writing. (3, repeatable to 6 for different topics) Reading, discussion, and writing focused on a particular social, cultural, or personal issue related to how and what women write. Not open to students with credit in WS 307. Prerequisite: Eng 299 or WS 190, or consent of instructor. Forms of Drama. (3) A study of one or more of the forms of drama such as medieval morality and mystery plays, revenge tragedy, heroic tragedy, and comedy of manners. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 314: Shakespeare

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    A study of the major comedies, histories, and tragedies along with a consideration of the historical, intellectual, and theatrical contexts in which they were written. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 319: Studies in Nineteenth-Century British Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Investigates those qualities, issues, and forms which distinguish nineteenth-century British writers from their predecessors and which inform the literature of their successors. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 324: Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Investigates selected poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction in the context of changing social and political horizons characteristic of modern Britain. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 331: Studies in Nineteenth-Century American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Investigates the development of a distinctive American literature against the background of the cultural changes in an expanding nation. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Studies in Twentieth-Century American Literature. (3) Investigates literary responses to the cultural expansions and fragmentations of twentieth-century American life. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Studies in American Poetry. (3) Focuses on one or more of the critical issues which have characterized the emergence and development of poetry in America. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 337: Contemporary American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Study of contemporary American fiction, poetry, non-fiction, drama, and film, emphasizing recent formal and thematic trends. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 340: American Nature Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Study of selected literary works, primarily non-fiction, from the seventeenth century to the present, that explore the human engagement with the American landscape and its forms of life. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. (cross-listed with AAS 346) African American Fiction. (3) Study of selected African American short stories and novels from the beginning to the present, from Brown, Johnson, and Toomer to Ellison, Baldwin, Morrison, and beyond. Not open to students with credit for AAS 346. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. The Novel in Context. (3) Study of the novel in light of a particular context such as literary movements, social conditions, an award (Booker, Pulitzer, etc.), or political issues. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Ethnic Literatures of the United States. (3) (General Education/Multicultural Studies) Study of literary texts, authors, and genres from various ethnic groups in the U.S. Examinations of culturally specific and cross-cultural questions including issues of race, class, and gender. Prerequisite: Eng 280 or consent of instructor. Postcolonial Literature. (3) A study of texts that address the experiences of empire by writers from countries with a history of colonialism or works by writers who have migrated from formerly colonized countries. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor. Marginalized Literature. (3) A study of texts by writers and/or about characters who are marginalized and underrepresented because of sexuality, disability, class, race, gender, or religion. Prerequisite: Eng 299 with a grade of C or better, or consent of instructor.
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  • ENG 353: Great Books

    3.00 Credits
    Western Illinois University

    Study of selected literary masterpieces, from the ancient Greeks through the present: European epics, drama, lyric poetry, and prose in English translation. IAI: H3 906.
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