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3.00 Credits
This course surveys selected major authors from the Middle Ages through the Restoration and early 18th century. Emphasis of the course is on major authors, the historical contexts of literary production and reception, and the historical development of the English language. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature courses. Offered Fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce the student to the tools and techniques needed for writing poetry. It is a course in the creative expression of thought and idea combined with the discipline of learning traditional, contemporary, and experimental forms of poetry. It is also designed to give the student confidence in oral reading of poetry and knowledge of how to publish. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: ENG 200. Offered Spring semester. ENG 315 British Literature: Late Eighteenth Century through the Twentieth Century This course surveys selected major authors from the Romantic Period through the 20th century. Emphasis of the course is both on major authors and the historical development of literary traditions. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide a practical introduction to writing for the stage. It will include a study of dramatic structure, character, themes, and theatrical devices. Through experiential activities, students will gain an appreciation for issues such as the effective use of space, movement, light, dialogue, and sound. Students will write exercises or short scenes every week, and that writing will become the basis of a one-act play, which will be the final project. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: ENG 200. Offered Fall semester. ENG 325 American Literature: Colonial to the Civil War This course is an intensive critical study of American literature beginning with texts of the New World exploration and settlement up until the Civil War, inclusive of Native American oral literature. Emphasis in the course is on both individual works and literary/historical traditions. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered Fall semester.
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1.50 Credits
This course introduces students to the tools and strategies needed to publish the Prelude, Medaille's creative arts journal. This course will help students learn how to obtain submissions for publication, set up editorial criteria for selection of submissions, notify authors about selection or rejection of their submissions, and create a story board for format and layout of the journal. This course also will help students learn how to edit selected copy and how to organize, publicize, and implement campus and community readings or other events to encourage interest in and support for the Prelude. One and a half credit hours (1.5). Prerequisite: None. Offered Fall semester.
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1.50 Credits
This course helps students master the tools and strategies needed to complete desk-top publication of the Prelude, as well as a website. This course also is designed to help students learn how to edit and organize copy, as well as how to use desk-top publishing software to format and layout a book of poems, stories, and visual art. The course also helps students master the software skills necessary to build a web-related materials for the Prelude. One and a half credit hours (1.5). Prerequisite: ENG 330. Offered Spring semester. ENG 335 American Literature: Civil War through the Twentieth Century This course is an intensive critical study of American literature from the start of the Civil War through the 20th century, emphasizing both individual works and literary/historical traditions. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the development of film as an art form in its historical, political, and cultural contexts. Students learn to become active viewers of film through analysis of film technique, genre, and theory. Special emphasis is placed on the connections between cinematic "language" and the world of literature:not only because film and literature are closely linked in their use of narrative, but also because methods of literary analysis provide a useful avenue into film analysis. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered as needed.
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3.00 Credits
This courses studies one of the important forms of literature: drama, short story, novel, or poetry using representative examples. The course will include the history and development of the form as well as its nature and variety. A student may take the course more than once for credit under different literary forms. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered Fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course teaches advanced critical thinking and writing skills for application in various academic disciplines and professional contexts. Students also learn how most effectively to produce professional and academic discipline specific texts that are print-ready, coherent, and cohesive. Students produce a portfolio in both print and web-based media that will include an advanced research report and a proposal. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: ENG 200. Offered Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course analyzes the literature of selected minority groups. The course will focus on the literature of African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and Jews. It will cover the cultural and historical heritage expressed through the literature as the vision of the minority experience in America and the more universal nature of the human condition. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course. Offered Spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of modern approaches to the teaching of writing, emphasizing writing for practice, responding to writing, and developing practical tools for secondary school writing instruction. Coursework will include holistic scoring and portfolio evaluation. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisites: EDU 200, EDU 233 or 234, or by instructor permission. Offered as needed. ENG 375 Young Adult Literature This course is a study of modern adolescent literature, which focuses primarily on novels, and includes poetry and drama, in the context of teaching middle and high school language arts. The course will examine the history, development, and genres of secondary school literature. Three credit hours (3). Prerequisites: ENG 200, any 200-level Literature course, EDU 233 or 234, or by instructor permission. Offered as needed.
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