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3.00 Credits
Explores the literature and culture of the British Isles by surveying authors and their works from the Anglo-Saxon period and the Middle Ages, through the Renaissance and Restoration, and ending with the 18th century. Emphasis is on the works as reflections of historical, cultural, social, religious, political, and thematic development over time. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in ENGL 1013 and either READ 1023 or minimum ACT reading score of 18 or Accuplacer reading score of 91. Course Rotation: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Explores the literature and culture of Great Britain by surveying authors and their works from Romanticism, the Age of Victoria, the two world wars, to the present. Emphasis is on the works as reflections of historical, cultural, and thematic development over time. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in ENGL 1013 and either READ 1023 or minimum ACT reading score of 18 or Accuplacer reading score of 91. Course Rotation: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of contemporary grammar as it pertains to Standard English. Students will become familiar with grammar terminology, will learn to recognize and resolve grammatical weakness in their own and others' writing, and will devise strategies to produce prose that is grammatically error-free. Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in ENGL 1023. Course Rotation: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Open to all students, this course offers further practice in interpreting literature, presenting ideas orally, and in writing, and editing manuscripts. Professional criticism, fields of English study, and career options will be introduced. Specific course emphases will be determined by students' needs and interests. May include one or two field trips (e.g., theatrical productions, regional research universities, academic conferences.). Prerequisites: ENGL 1023 and completion of the General Education literature requirement. Course Rotation: Spring.
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3.00 Credits
Provides students the opportunity to learn and practice the essentials of writing poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction in a workshop setting. Prerequisites: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of the instructor. Course Rotation: Fall.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the origins and early development of a national literature by tracing the roots of American character to exploration, the ambivalent response to nature, the conflict between "the civil" and "the savage," the tension between the religious and the secular, and the resolve for political and personal independence. Focuses on writers representing colonial, revolutionary, and early national periods, among them, Captain John Smith, William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Cotton Mather, Mary Rowlandson, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of instructor. Course Rotation: Alternate fall.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the American literary renaissance centered in New England in the mid 19th century during the emergence of symbolism, the popularity of the gothic tale, and the flowering of Transcendental poetry and nonfiction. Central themes and conflicts include the natural world as both a spiritual haven and a dark force, the growing divide between nature and civilization, the problems inherent in human subjugation, and the philosophical tensions between Reason and Imagination. Among the writers included are Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Margaret Fuller, Herman Melville, Walt Whitman, and Emily Dickinson. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of instructor. Course Rotation: Alternate spring.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the emergence of realism following the Civil War, the flowering of local color, and the rise of naturalism in the early 20th century. The central historical-cultural forces are the rise of urbanism and industrialism, the impact of Darwinism and Marxism, and the rise of the female identity. Among the authors included are Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Henry James, Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Stephen Crane, Kate Chopin, Sarah Orne Jewett, Edith Wharton, Theodore Dreiser, Ambrose Bierce, Frank Norris, and Jack London. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of instructor. Course Rotation: Alternate fall.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the literature of the early to mid 20th century whose main currents spring from two world wars; the emergence of theories of psychology, sociology, and literary criticism; violence; and a deeply segregated South. Among the authors included are Gertrude Stein, William Carlos Williams, Sherwood Anderson, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Willa Cather, John Steinbeck, J.D. Salinger, Eugene O'Neill, Richard Wright, Eudora Welty, and Flannery O'Connor. May also include contemporary writers. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of instructor. Course Rotation: Alternate spring.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of representative Southern writers such as William Faulkner, Robert Penn Warren, Eudora Welty, and Bobbie Ann Mason. Explores how Southerners write about themselves and their world. Prerequisite: Completion of the General Education literature requirement or permission of instructor. Course Rotation: Alternate spring.
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