ENGL 311 Wells of the Past: Classical Foundations (3)
An intensive study of varieties of great literature organized thematically, and in terms of ideas connected with periods of important historical or philosophical change. Stressed at present is the age of classical antiquity. Recommended for all students interested in a humanistic and cultural approach to literature and ideas.

ENGL 313 Worlds Beyond The West (3)
An intensive study of some of the great writing from literatures other than those of the West. This study may range from Middle to Far East, from the Orient to Africa. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 315 The Short Story (3)
An investigation of the various forms a short story may take and the kinds of effects writers have tried to produce. Particular attention is given to authors of the 20th century.

ENGL 316 Modern Poetry (3)
A reading and discussion of 20th century poetry. Emphasis given to major works of those poets thought best to define the modern and its diversity of poetic response.

ENGL 317 English Fiction: Journey in Experience (3)
A study of the development of English fiction. The course moves from the eighteenth century to the early 20th century with analogues from present and past.

ENGL 318 Modern English Fiction: Journey Into the Mind (3)
An examination of the break with the past in 20th century English fiction. Studies in new developments and techniques in thought, structure, and style.

ENGL 319 European Fiction (3)
Readings in major European fiction focusing on the nature of realism and subjectivity in writers from beginnings to the 20th century.

ENGL 320 Contemporary Literature (3)
An investigation of trends and individual writers of today with respect to their immediacy and possible universality. Varied emphasis on the many different forms of current poetry drama, and prose.

ENGL 327 Children's Literature (3)
Exploration of classic and contemporary literature for children from an international and multicultural perspective. Emphasis on the art of storytelling through words and images, criteria for evaluating children's literature, and techniques for classroom presentation. Attention to children's literature as an expression of its time.

ENGL 328 Adolescent Literature (3)
A study of literature written for adolescents or young adults. Examines differences between adolescent and adult literature, criteria for evaluating it, guidelines used by writers, and ways in which teachers incorporate it into the curriculum.

ENGL 330 The Art of Film (3)
A study of film as an art form. Course considers film as an artifact, made in particular ways and having a certain style and structure. Emphasis is placed on the ways film represents space and time. Laboratory fee.

ENGL 332 Literature and Film (3)
A study of famous and infamous adaptations of literary classics, ancient and modern. The problems involved in adapting one medium of communication to another. Laboratory fee.

ENGL 333/CMAT 333 Media Genres (3)
Analysis of the patterns and conventions of a specific type of media program (e.g., Western, science fiction, situation comedy), media artist (e.g., Hitchcock, Allen Capra), or style (e.g., Film Noir). May be repeated for credit when the topic changes. Laboratory fee.

ENGL 334/CMAT 334 Oral Interpretation of Literature (3)
Creative reading: the transformation of the writer's word through the reader's voice in expository, poetic, narrative, and dramatic forms. A progression from reading to analysis to interpretation to presentation.

ENGL 337 Great Plays: From the West and East (3)
A study of plays from major periods of world drama, with a view to showing the shaping of the literary movements, forms, and techniques of the modern theater.

ENGL 338 Modern Drama (3)
The drama of the 20th century, with emphasis on contemporary movements and innovations.

ENGL 341 American Literature: The Central Years (3)
A critical and historical study of representative American authors and movements-Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism-with emphasis on the literary renaissance of the 19th century.

ENGL 342 Melville, Poe, and Whitman: American Voyages (3)
A study of three major American authors whose work explores the romantic figure of the voyager and of the voyage itself, both physical an metaphysical. Emphasis placed on these authors' use of allegory and symbolism and their affirmation and criticism of certain American ideals and dreams.

ENG 344 American Fiction (3)
A critical and historical study of the ideas, structure, and themes of major American novels and short stories, with emphasis on works of the first half of the 20th century.

ENGL 346 The American Dream (3)
The continuing cycle of faith and doubt in the brave new world of America, with particular attention to the writers of America's maturity.

ENGL 348 The Multicultural Americas (3)
A study of post-colonial literature in the Americas, other than the United States with an emphasis on tensions between the European cultural tradition and that of the indigenous or non-white populations of the Americas. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 349 Identities: Explorations in the American Past and Present (3)
A study of problems of individual identity and social roles: racial, ethnic, and sexual. The voices of writers and poets that reflect two worlds, yet are urgently their own.

ENGL 350 Origins: In Search of Self (3)
Readings in the literature of self-discovery, initiation, and the quest for identity. The contemporary sexual, racial, religious, regional, and class experience are examined with a look back to their roots in tradition.

ENGL 351 Ancient Myth: Paradigms and Transformations (3)
An introduction to classical mythology as well as other ancient literatures and mythographies along with their later adapters and interpreters.

ENGL 354 Images of Love (3)
A varying look at the faces and reflections of love in literature, art, and myth from east of Eden to the western isles. Readings in selected classical and modern works invite students to compare and contrast modern and traditional about love.

ENGL 357 Other Worlds: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Mystery (3)
Explorations and discoveries of distinctive literary worlds from Scotland Yard to outer space. Specific emphasis may vary. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 358 Tolkien: Master of Fantasy (3)
A close examination of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien in fiction and criticism, with emphasis on The Lord of the Rings. Also considers some of Tolkien's sources and inspiration from fairy tale, legend, and myth.

ENGL 361 The Hero and the Quest (3)
The hero and the quest as archetypes, and an introduction to the mythic quest in early English literature from Beowulf to the Arthurian romance. Several modern works are read against the background of the heroic tradition.

ENGL 362 Dante, Chaucer, and Cervantes: Three Versions of Pilgrimage (3)
An examination of Medieval and Renaissance concepts of love and the journey as they are reflected in the major works of these three writers.

ENGL 364 Shakespeare: Kings, Knaves, and Fools (3)
A thematic approach to Shakespeare's development and variety, resolving around one work such as Hamlet, and dealing with Renaissance attitudes toward power, freedom, and the individual. Shakespeare's plays are viewed against the background of the Elizabethan period.

ENGL 365 Shakespeare: Love, Myth, and Metamorphosis (3)
A thematic approach to Shakespeare's development and variety, centering around one play such as Othello, and dealing with renaissance attitudes toward love and myth. Shakespeare's plays are viewed against the background of his age.

ENGL 366 Milton, Blake, and Yeats: Poet as Prophet (3)
A study in development and contrast: concepts of order and revolt, of vision and revision, in the major works of the three poets. Emphasis among the three may vary from year to year.

ENGL 371 Changing Woman (3)
An examination of sexual roles and politics in literature from the Victorian age to the present. Consideration will be given to the relationship between gender and genre.

ENGL 372 Feminine Realities: In the Context of Their Times (3)
Women's writing and writing about women in the context of specific times and/or places. Emphasis on the literature, legends, and other means (e.g., letters, journals, biographies) by which women's voices can be heard. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 374 Austen, The Brontes, and Woolf: Rooms of Their Own (3)
Classic, Romantic, Modern-these women brought their unique visions to life within the context of larger literary movements but created rooms of their own within which to write and live.

ENGL 391 Language as Technology (3)
A consideration of narratives in the information age, historical developments through which changes in linguistic practice manifest themselves, and information theory. The role of languages in the social construction of reality as well as in the narrower sense of specific agents of change.

ENGL 392 The Archaeology of Language (3)
A study of the beginnings, principles, and designs of language. Competing paradigms of what language is and how it does what it does: how it communicates and conceals meaning; and how it expresses what we feel, think, represent, and construe.

ENGL 395 Narrative Discourse: Cross Media Comparisons (3)
A study of narrative, both verbal and visual, as a form of discourse. The course focuses on the nature of narrative, types of narrative, and the role of the reader/viewer in the narrative process. In addition to reading and viewing a wide range of narrative texts, from fairy tales to modern fiction, classical myths to television commercials and popular films, students compose their won narratives to gain a deeper understanding of what stories are and why they matter to us.

ENGL 397 Reading Strategies (3)
An exploration of ways in which we make sense of literary works, both for ourselves and others. Emphasis is placed on the relationships between literary texts and contexts (e.g., formal, intertextual, historical, cultural), which make reading, as an interpretive act, a vital, rich and complex experience. Prerequisite or co-requisite: Three credits of literature courses.

ENGL 400 Literature in Society (3)
An investigation of how literature emerges from and is shaped by the cultural historical circumstances of specific times and places. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 421 The Elizabethan Renaissance: In the Green World (3)
A study, through poetry and drama, of the 16th century English Renaissance. The world that molded Shakespeare and of which Shakespeare wrote.

ENGL 431 The Metaphysical Moment: From T.S. Eliot to John Donne (3)
The 20th century response to 17th century literature and a study of the metaphysical idea and poetry that sparked that response.

ENGL 432 The Age of Reason (3)
A study of major 18th-century writers; readings in poetry, prose, and drama. The social, cultural, and intellectual fabric of the age.

ENGL 441 The Romantic Imagination (3)
A critical analysis of Romanticism and its meaning. The poetry, and some prose, is set against the background of the neoclassical and is viewed as a continuing literary force ad ideal.

ENGL 442 The Victorian Paradox (3)
Synthesis versus alienation. The Victorian consciousness torn by the emerging turmoil of modern society. Literature as the reflection of an age in transition.

ENGL 450 The Great Moderns (3)
A seminar concentrating on three to five major writers of the early 20th century considered against the critical background of modernism. Prerequisite or CO-requisite: Three credits of literature courses. May be repeated for credit when the topic changes.

ENGL 489 Directed Independent Study (3)
Consideration and completion of a special topic or project in the study of literature or language. Each student works closely with a faculty member who helps set goals, develop a course plan, and guide progress. The project must be carefully planned and have approval of the instructor involved and of the literature program director. May be taken for a continuing studies (CS) grade.

ENGL 490 Honors Thesis (3)
Directed individual instruction in the writing of a scholarly, critical, or research paper. Each student works closely with a faculty director who guides his/her progress. The thesis must be of honors quality and must be finally approved by both the director and a second reader, one of whom is usually the division chair. Prerequisite: honors standing: 3.5 GPA and/or permission of program director and division chair. May be taken for a continuing studies (CS) grade.

ENGL 493 Honors Seminar (3)
An advanced interdisciplinary seminar that focuses on important books and issues, encourages independent thinking, clear presentation, and an understanding of the concerns and methods of various disciplines. The course is team taught, and subject and instructors may change from semester to semester. Prerequisite: 3.5 GPA or recommendation of the student's division chair and permission of the instructor.

ENGL 494 Collegiate Honors Thesis (3-6)
The research project component of the Collegiate Honors Program provides the student with the opportunity to demonstrate intellectual creativity and analytical sophistication. The student identifies and explores an area of investigation in consultation with a faculty advisor. Procedures include approval of the proposal and final draft by the College honors committee, and public presentation of the approved thesis. Prerequisite: Participation in Honors Program. May be taken from three or six credits, and for a continuing studies (CS) grade.

ENGL 497 Topics in Literature (1-3)
Intensive exploration of topics in literature of mutual interest to students and faculty. Content varies according to the concurrent interests of faculty and students. The topic studied appears under that name in the Class Schedule. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Prerequisite: None unless listed in the Class Schedule.

ENGL 498 Seminar in English: The Modern Tradition (3)
A culminating close examination of a major 20th-century work in the light of modern literary traditions. Students relate the work, as a touchstone, to other writings of the past and present. Emphasis on independent thought culminating in a written project, presented before the class. Subject may change from year to year. Prerequisite: Senior major status or permission of the division chair. Recommended prerequisite or CO-requisite: ENGL 397. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.

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