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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 111-112 or equivalent. Using literary texts as a focal point, this course explores the nature and functions of literature, the basics of literary analysis, the three principal genres (poetry, fiction, drama), conventions of writing about literature, and methods and materials of research. The course is intended to be the first course in the English major and is required for all English majors.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 201 or 202 and ENGL 220 or consent of instructor. This course is a study of major literary movements and writers from the time of the earliest settlers to the Civil War. Authors include Bradstreet, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Dickinson , and others.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 201 or 202 and ENGL 220 or consent of instructor. This course is a study of major literary movements and writers from the end of the Civil War to the end of World War II, including poetry and short fiction by Whitman, Twain, James, Hemingway and others.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 201 or 202 and ENGL 220 or consent of instructor. This study of short fiction written by masters of the genre emphasizes the careful and accurate reading that leads to comprehending and appreciating the subtleties and nuances of fiction as well as the larger concerns of theme, character, and plot.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 201 or 202 and ENGL 220 or consent of instructor. This course is a survey of the major English literary texts of the medieval period, 500-1500 A.D. The course explores the tensions between warfare and romance in secular and religious literature of the period, including Beowulf, Arthurian legend, mystery plays, Chaucerian poetry, and the courtly lyrics of the later Middle Ages. All Old and Early Middle English texts are read in translation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 210 or consent of instructor. Advanced Technical Writing is the sequel to Technical Writing, and develops skills necessary for researching, planning, designing, writing, and editing full-length technical documents such as manuals. Students will apply techniques learned in Technical Writing, such as physical and process description, to put together a complete and detailed technical document.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: ENGL 201 or 202 and ENGL 220 or consent of instructor. Especially recommended for those planning to teach, this course meets Virginia State Department of Education certification requirements for the teaching of English. This course provides an introduction to the basic terms and forms used in traditional English grammar, including parts of speech, sentence types, agreement, parallelism, and punctuation. It also offers an introduction to the basic elements of linguistics, including phonology (sound patterns), morphology (word formation), syntax (sentence structure), semantics (vocabulary) and orthography (spelling). The course also explores ways of teaching grammar and its impact on writing, reading, and speaking.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 205 or consent of instructor. This course in writing is taught by the Thornton Writer-in-Residence. Enrollment is limited to specially selected students; prospective enrollees should apply to the Thornton Committee and be prepared to submit writing samples for admittance. The course is usually structured as a workshop and may be repeated for credit if the specific title and instructor are different.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 203 or consent of instructor. This course emphasizes the preparation of different kinds of essays for submission for publication by the students. Development of style, adjustment to audience, analysis of rhetorical means, and control of greater range of material are among the topics covered.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: ENGL 205 or consent of instructor. Application of the "tools of the fiction writer" (i.e. structure, characterization,sensory detail) to the writing of non-fiction commonly known as "immersion journalism." Major emphasisis placed on student writing and the study of models from contemporary writers in the genre.
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