English Courses

ENGL 200. Scholarship: Research Methods. 3 crs. Lays the foundation for advanced literary research and scholarship. Required for all M.A. and Ph.D. students.

ENGL 201. Scholarship: Critical Methods. 3 crs. Focuses on major orientations in the current practice of literary criticism. Required. for all M.A. and Ph.D. students.

ENGL 204. Linguistics. 3 crs. Study of language change, structural and transformational principles, and research methods.

ENGL 206. Special Topics. 3 crs. Seminar on a thematic or historical topic within literature written in English.

ENGL 211/212. Renaissance English Literature. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive study of Renaissance poetry, drama, and prose.

ENGL 213. Shakespeare. 3 crs. Shakespeare’s plays and poetry, with emphasis on major criticism.

ENGL 215. Studies in Renaissance Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, author(s), or research problem. Prereq. ENGL 211 or 212.

ENGL 220/221. Restoration and Eighteenth Century English Literature. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive study of the major works and trends.

ENGL 222. Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, author(s), or research problem. Prereq. ENGL 220 or 221.

ENGL 223/224. Nineteenth-Century British Literature. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive study of the major works and writers of the Romantic and Victorian periods.

ENGL 225. Studies in English Romantic Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, author(s), or research problem. Prereq. ENGL 223 or 224.

ENGL 227. Studies in Victorian Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, major author(s), or research problem. Prereq. ENGL 223 or 224.

ENGL 228/229. Twentieth Century British Literature. 3 crs. ea. Presents major authors, trends, and themes of British poetry and fiction during the twentieth century.

ENGL 230. Studies in Literary Criticism. 3 crs. Theoretical and practical investigation of specific critical approaches or issues. Prereq. ENGL 201.

ENGL 231/232. Caribbean Literature. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive study and analysis of the nature and development of Caribbean literature and its relationship to Western literary traditions.

ENGL 233/234. American Literature. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive study of significant works, writers, themes, currents, and criticism of American literature from its beginnings to 1900. And from 1900 to present.

ENGL 235. Studies in Caribbean Genre(s). 3 crs. Analysis of a selected genre of Caribbean literature. Prereq.: ENGL 231 or 232.

ENGL 242. Studies in American Realism and Naturalism. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, major author(s), or research problem. Prereq.: ENGL 233 or 234.

ENGL 243. Studies in American Modernism and Post-Modernism. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, major author(s), or research problem. Prereq.: ENGL 233 or 234.

ENGL 244. Studies in American Literature through Romanticism. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, major author(s), or research problem. Prereq.: ENGL 233 or 234.

ENGL 246/247. History of Literary Criticism. 3 crs. ea. Comprehensive survey of theories of literature that form the background of English and American literature, and the critical practices developed from those theories.

ENGL 248/249. African American Literature. 3 crs. ea. Chronological survey of African American literature from its beginnings to the present.

ENGL 251. Studies in African American Literature. 3 crs. Examination of selected topic or research problem in African American literature. Prereq.: ENGL 248 or 249.

ENGL 253. Studies in Caribbean Criticism. 3 crs. Examination of critical thought on Caribbean literature. Prereq.: ENGL 231 or 232 or 246 or 247.

ENGL 254. Studies in Methods of Comparative Literature. 3 crs. Prereq.: ENGL 201.

ENGL 257. Studies in Twentieth-Century British Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic, major author(s), or research problem in British literature of this century. Prereq.: ENGL 228 or 229.

ENGL 258. Studies in African American Genre(s). 3 crs. Analysis of a selected genre in African American literature. Prereq.: ENGL 248 or 249.

ENGL 260. Studies in Caribbean Literature. 3 crs. Examination of special topic or major author(s) in Caribbean literature. Prereq.: ENGL 231 or 232.

ENGL 261. Studies in AfricanAmerican Criticism. 3 crs. Study of the development of critical thought among African American scholars and artists. Prereq.: ENGL 248 or 249 or 246 or 247.

ENGL 270. History of English. 3 crs. Comprehensive study of main structural and lexical changes from Anglo-Saxon to modern English.

ENGL 271. Major African American Author(s). 3 crs.

ENGL 272. Harlem and Chicago Renaissances. 3 crs.

ENGL 273. Black Arts Movement. 3 crs.

ENGL 274. Black Women Writers. 3 crs.

ENGL 299. Teaching English. 3 crs. The theory and practice of teaching composition and literature.

ENGL 301. Thesis: English Literature. 3 crs. Guided research and writing leading to a thesis or dissertation in an area of English literature.

ENGL 302. Thesis: American Literature. 3 crs. Guided research and writing leading to a thesis or dissertation in an area of American literature.

ENGL 303. Thesis: AfrricanAmerican Literature. 3 crs. Guided research and writing leading to a thesis or dissertation in an area of African American literature.

ENGL 304. Thesis: Caribbean Literature. 3 crs. Guided research and writing leading to a thesis or dissertation in an area of Caribbean literature.

ENGL 305. Thesis: Literary Criticism. 3 crs. Guided research and writing leading to a thesis or dissertation in an area of literary criticism.