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  • ENG 160: Multicultural Literature in America

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    The richness of American culture is a result of the contributions made by individuals from a variety of groups, each expanding our definition of what it means to be American. In this course we will study the writing and cultures of a number of groups, among them Native American, Hispanic, Gay, African American, European American, and Asian American. We will try to hear individual voices through a variety of literary forms (including film), while exploring commonalities. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 196: Religion and Literature

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    A study of religious themes and theological issues in diverse literary works. Each week will focus on a single text. Authors represent various religious traditions (like Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism) and raise particular religious questions (like the problem of evil, the question of atheism, the role of tradition, and the nature of redemption). Enrollment limited to 15 students. Credits: 1 (HUM 196/REL 196) A study of religious themes and theological issues in diverse literary works. Each week will focus on a single text. Authors represent various religious traditions (like Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism) and raise particular religious questions (like the problem of evil, the question of atheism, the role of tradition, and the nature of redemption). Enrollment limited to 15 students. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 201: Composition:The Essay

    0.50 Credits
    Wabash College

    English 201 concentrates exclusively upon the essay as a vehicle of prose communication. Students will read the works of several modern essayists (for example, E.M. Forster, George Orwell, Alice Walker, Lewis Thomas, Joan Didion) and write essays based upon thematic and rhetorical methods discovered in the texts. Limited enrollment. This course is offered in the first half, spring semester. 0.5 Credits English 201 concentrates exclusively upon the essay as a vehicle of prose communication. Students will read the works of several modern essayists (for example, E.M. Forster, George Orwell, Alice Walker, Lewis Thomas, Joan Didion) and write essays based upon thematic and rhetorical methods discovered in the texts. Limited enrollment. This course is offered in the first half, spring semester. 0.5 Credits
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  • ENG 202: Special Topics in Writing Creative Non-Fiction

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    This course is an extension and development of English 201, "The Essay." As the title indicated, "Creative Non-Fiction" attempts to get at the truth of a situation, an idea, an incident through the personal presence of the writer. It employs the tools of creative writing-plot, character, metaphor, symbol-but it does so in a rigorous pursuit of the truth. Consequently, we will practice such forms as the personal essay, memoir, nature essay, and literary or critical commentary with an emphasis upon creative, personal style. Short reading of and about Creative Non-Fiction will be assigned. Writing will be presented and critiqued in a workshop atmosphCredits: 1
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  • ENG 212: Creative Writing:Poetry

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    This course includes composition, presentation, and considered discussion of original poems in a workshop atmosphere. Experimentation with various poetic forms will be encouraged and craftsmanship emphasized. A strong commitment to poetry will be expected, not only in writing and rewriting throughout the semester, but also in careful criticism of fellow students' work. Supplementary readings in contemporary poetry will be used as models for writing and as impetus for discussion. This course is offered in the fall semester. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 213: Creative Writing:Short Fiction

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    Students will write about 12,000 words of short fiction, which will be read and discussed in workshop sessions. The course pre-supposes a serious interest in creative writing. It requires strict self discipline, devotion to craftsmanship, and active critical analysis. Supplementary readings in short fiction, past and contemporary, are assigned. This course is offered in the fall semester. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 214: Introduction to British Literature after 1900

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    This course will introduce students to the major writers and literary trends of the British Isles after 1900. We will begin with the dawn of Modernism, after which we will trace important political, cultural, and aesthetic changes reflected in 20th and 21st century texts. How did the disintegration of the British Empire and two world wars affect British cultural identity How was the clash between the rural and the urban reflected in the past century We will focus on a variety of genres-fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and drama - and examine the experimentations with language and form in Modernism and Postmodernism, as well as representations of gender roles and race in selected texts by Joseph Conrad, Wilfred Owen, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, George Orwell, Samuel Beckett, Doris Lessing, Eavan Boland, Muriel Spark, Angela Carter, and others. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 215: Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    The study of English literature from its beginnings to the end of the Renaissance. Readings will include Beowulf; selections from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; Elizabethan poetry, drama and prose; and Milton' s Paradise Lost . This course is offered in the fall semester.Credits: 1
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  • ENG 216: Introduction to Shakespeare

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    A study of the plays and sonnets of Shakespeare. Analyzing Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic techniques, we will examine some of the comedies, histories, and tragedies of the greatest dramatist in English. We will also look at the plays' major themes, styles, and sources. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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  • ENG 217: English Literature,1660-1800

    1.00 Credits
    Wabash College

    This course examines works by some of the best-known poets, essayists, and novelists from the Restoration and 18th Century in Great Britain, including Dryden, Swift, Pope, Fielding, and Johnson. The responses of different authors to ongoing cultural conflicts will help structure our survey. Rhetorical techniques and the development of genres will be ongoing concerns. There will be special emphasis on the comedies of the time by Wycherly, Etherege, Behn, Congreve, Gay, Steele, and Sheridan, not only as texts for performance and reading, but also as objects the authors' contemporaries reviewed with vigor and used to construct theories about comedy and satire. This course is offered in the spring semester. Credits: 1
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