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  • EN 268: Nature and American Literature

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    Are wilderness and nature the same, and do we still need them in American culture A study of how writers imagine and represent nature and wilderness in American literature, and which genres are most effective. Readings are drawn from writers ranging from Henry Thoreau, John Muir, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Willa Cather to Thoedore Roethke, Gary Snyder, Margaret Atwood, and Leslie Marmon Silko. The class will also consider artistic themes of nature and wilderness, such as paintings from the Hudson River School and American Impressionism to more contemporary visions of the American landscape. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 280: Practicum

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    The English Department offers suitably prepared students the opportunity to apply and develop reading and composing skills in work environments such as hospital administration, marketing, publishing, television news studios, and newspaper offices. Requires permission of Department Chair, with whom hours and credits are arranged.
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  • EN 283,284: Shakespeare I,II

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    These two courses, which can be taken together or separately, explore the literary and theatrical genius of one of the world's greatest and most controversial artists. We will read, discuss, and watch performances (both film and live) of Shakespeare's major plays. EN 283 focuses on the turbulent history plays ( Richard II, Henry IV Part I and Part II, Henry V); sparkling romantic comedies ( A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It); and two of the most popular and poignant tragedies ( Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet). EN 284 focuses on three great tragedies (Macbeth, Othello, King Lear); two mind-bending, problematic plays ( Antony and Cleopatra, Measure for Measure); and the fascinating and beautiful final plays ( The Winter's Tale, The Tempest). Generally offered every other year. 3 credits each
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  • EN 335: British Novel of the Nineteenth Century

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    An upper-level course that investigates thematic, narrative, and other stylistic developments in the British novel as represented in selected major works by authors such as Jane Austen, Charlotte and Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 337: Modern Poetry

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    This course traces the development of modern poetry in Britain and America, with an emphasis on the origin and impact of modernism. Through reading and appreciating modern poetry in all its variety, students will explore what it means to be modern-and perhaps post-modern as well. Poets may include Yeats; Pound; Frost; Eliot; Stevens; Williams; Auden; Moore; Hughes; Bishop; Larkin; Ashbery; and Heaney. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 343: a/b Seminar in Poetry Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    This seminar explores and develops students' interest in different kinds of poetic forms. Includes a final portfolio in the form of a collection of poems or a single long poem. Students can expect to submit their more accomplished work to various literary publications (including Breakwater) and poetry competitions. P: EN 244a/b or permission of instructor. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 344: a/b Seminar in Fiction Writing

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    An intensive class in composing and evaluating short stories and longer fiction. Students will work on a variety of brief exercises and one major project in narrative composition. P: EN 244a/b or permission of instructor. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 345: a/b Seminar in Composing Autobiography

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    This seminar uses readings, class exercises, and workshop activities to help students begin the process of exploring different versions of writing one's self as a literary text. Issues addressed include becoming the "author" of oneself; autobiography as the "rewritingof the self; confession and deception as "autobiographical" impulses; the relationbetween autobiography and fiction. Students compose autobiographical poems or narratives as their final portfolio project. P: EN 143 or permission of the instructor. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 346: a/b Seminar in Playwriting

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    This seminar introduces the student to different kinds of dramatic texts and encourages experimentation in more than one theatrical mode. Students will complete either a one act play or several scenes from a work-in-progress by the end of the course. If possible, completed dramatic texts written by members of the class will be given workshop productions. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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  • EN 355: American Literary Modernism Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Albertus Magnus College

    This seminar explores literary modernism in the Americas, with a focus on the ways in which modernist writers from several nations imagine national identity and cultural difference. By reading authors from the United States, Latin America, and Canada, students will be introduced to the richness of New World literatures, and learn how they responded to the challenges of modernity. Readings may include poetry and prose by such authors as Pound; Williams; Faulkner; Stein; Paz; Borges; Scott; Page; and Klein. Generally offered every other year. 3 credits
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