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  • ENG 415W: Advanced Poetry Workshop

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    An intensive, graduate-style writing workshop for advanced poetry writers, particularly those preparing a portfolio with which to apply to graduate programs in creative writing and those seeking publication in literary journals. Emphasis is on writing and revising poems and on indepth workshop response to peer work. In addition to the practical study of poetry writing, the course includes significant focus on a chronologically organized exploration of theories of poetry, beginning with the 16th century. Admission to the course requires the submission of a poetry sample (five pages) to the instructor or the director of creative writing. Prerequisites: ENG 225W, ENG 310W, and permission of the instructor. (Writing-intensive course)
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  • ENG 420: British Drama,1660-1830

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    A study of British drama between the Restoration and the Victorian era. Emphasis on changes in theatre practice (the appearance of women on the stage, the Licensing Act, spectacle), on controversies about the morality and purpose of the theatrical arts, and on the emergence of new dramatic genres (libertine comedy, she-tragedy, bourgeois tragedy, farce, comic opera, sentimental comedy, closet drama). Playwrights may include Dryden, Congreve, Behn, Wycherley, Rowe, Centlivre, Fielding, Gay, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Inchbald, Baillie, and Byron. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 421: Literature for the Adolescent Reader

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Reading and discussion of literature appealing to, or written for, adolescents and young adults. Various genres will be studied: poetry, drama, short stories, novel, essay. (State certification requirement for secondary school teachers of English.) Prerequisite: Any 200- level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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  • ENG 425W: Advanced Fiction Workshop

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    This workshop is an intensive, graduate-style writing workshop for advanced fiction writers, particularly those who are preparing a portfolio with which to apply to graduate school in creative writing and those ready to seek publication in literary journals. Emphasis is on writing and revising short stories and on in-depth workshop response to stories written by others in the group. Students admitted to the class should expect to submit a new draft of a story every other week and to prepare written responses to stories by others for each class meeting. Research and discussion of current literary journals and publications therein are included. Submission of at least one piece to a literary journal by the end of the course is required. Admission to this course requires the submission of a fiction writing sample (5-10 pages) to the instructor or the director of creative writing. Prerequisites: ENG 225W, ENG 311W, and permission of the instructor.
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  • ENG 432: Rebellion to Restoration 17th Century British Literature

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Reading and discussion of such writers as Shakespeare, Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Wroth, Herbert, Lanyer, Hobbes, Milton, Marvell, Philips, Dryden, Behn, and Bunyan against the background of the enormous social, political, religious, and economic turmoil England experienced between 1600 and 1700. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 433: Milton

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Reading and discussion of the major poems ( Comus, Lycidas, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, sonnets) and selected prose works (e.g., Of Education, Areopagitica). Also, a study of pertinent background material, some corroborative reading (e.g., in the Bible and Cavalier poets), and readings in modern critics of Milton. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 436: Satire and Sentiment,1660-1800

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Detailed study of the poetry and prose of such writers as Dryden, Behn, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Sterne, and Austen, with emphasis on the relations of these writers to the literary, social, political, and philosophical questions of their day. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 437: Eighteenth-Century British Novel

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    A study of the emergence and development of the novel in 18th-century Britain, with particular attention to writers such as Behn, Defoe, Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, and Austen. Emphasis on the novel's relationship to other literary forms and on its negotiation of gender and class issues. Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of instructor. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 438: The Romantic Movement in Britain

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    Detailed study of the poetry and prose of such writers as Blake, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Austen, the Wordsworths, Byron, the Shelleys, and Keats. Emphasis on the relations of these writers to the literary, social, political, and philosophical issues of their day, such as the role of the poet and the language appropriate to poetry, revolution, social justice, the transformative power of the imagination, and women's education. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of instructor.
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  • ENG 452: History of the English Language

    3.00 Credits
    University of Hartford

    The history and development of the English language, Indo-European origins, the evolution of the language from the earliest periods to the present. Studies in etymology, phonetics, and historical linguistics, with supplementary readings illustrating the language through its successive stages of development. Prerequisite: Any 200-level literature course or permission of the instructor.
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