English Courses [169-199]

[001-093] [101-168] [169-199]

NOTICE: The courses and curriculum offered by the Department of English are being revised, and the changes will become effective in Fall 2001. Please contact the Department of English to obtain information concerning the revised courses and curriculum.

ENGL 169. {Selected Genre in Caribbean Literature.} 3 crs. An advanced studies course for English majors, minors, and others by permission.

ENGL 172. The Bible as Literature. 3 crs. Examination of the origin, character, and formation of the Old and New Testaments, and the variety of literature contained in the Bible. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 174. African-American Poetry. 3 crs. Examines poetry and poetics of major African-American poets. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 175. English Renaissance Literature. 3 crs. Study of the nondramatic prose and poetry of the period. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 101.

ENGL 177. Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature. 3 crs. Study of the philosophical, religious, and literary currents that produced the era known as the Neoclassical Age, the Age of Reason, or the Augustan Age, with special emphasis on such writers as Dryden, Congreve, Butler, Swift, Gay, Sterne, Johnson, Goldsmith, and Gray. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 101.

ENGL 178. British Romantic Literature. 3 crs. Study of major writers and works in the Romantic movement in Great Britain during the first half of the nineteenth century. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 102..

ENGL 179. Victorian Literature. 3 crs. Study of major writers and works in English literature from 1832 to 1901. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 102.

ENGL 181. Introduction to Comparative Literature. 3 crs. Comparison of literary types and major works in various cultures of the world. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 125.

ENGL 182. Introduction to Folk Literature. 3 crs. Examination of various types of folk literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 183. Twentieth-Century British Literature. 3 crs. Study of major writers and significant literary trends in twentieth-century English literature. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 102.

ENGL 186. Old and Middle English Literature. 3 crs. Analysis of major literary genres and authors from the twelfth to the fifteenth centuries, with emphasis on their social and historical milieu. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, ENGL 101.

ENGL 187. British Drama. 3 crs. Examines the genre through examples drawn from the British stage, with special emphasis on types most popular through history.

ENGL 188, 189. {Special Topic.} 3 crs. ea. Considers a literary topic that cuts across genres and periods.

ENGL 190. British Fiction. 3 crs. Critical study of fiction, examining the differences among popular and experimental subgenres such as satirical novel, romance, epistolary novel, gothic novel, novel of manners, stream-of-consciousness fiction, and so on. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 191. Senior Project. 3 crs. An opportunity for senior English majors to work under faculty guidance on an individual topic or singular undertaking.

ENGL 192. Creative Writing Workshop. 3 crs. Designed for those students who have special literary projects they wish to present for criticism and refinement. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 193. Twentieth-Century United States Literature. 3 crs. Critical study of the major forces and writers that have influenced American literature from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. Prerequisites: ENGL 003, -103.

ENGL 194. United States Fiction. 3 crs. Critical study of the genre, with examples taken from the works of such authors as James Fenimore Cooper, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, Upton Sinclair, Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis, Edith Wharton, and Willa Cather. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 196. United States Drama. 3 crs. The study of drama, with examples taken from among the best American plays written and produced from the 18th century to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 003.

ENGL 199. African-American Fiction. 3 crs. Study of the genre as practiced by African-American writers.

Noncredit Offerings

Students may avail themselves of the following tutorial services on a voluntary basis or through the recommendation of their instructor: The Writing Laboratory and the Tutorial Program. The Laboratory is an open facility designed to meet the needs of undergraduate and graduate students who have completed ENGL 002 and ENGL 003 but who still lack proficiency in expository writing. The Laboratory concentrates on patterns of exposition, organization and development of ideas, stylistic devices, and writing for the humanities and for the natural and social sciences. The tutorial program is designed for students enrolled in ENGL 002 and ENGL 003 who need additional help in developing and improving writing techniques and in achieving precision, accuracy, and effectiveness in written and/or oral expression.