ENGL 434 – Advanced Study in British Literature After 1785
Prerequisites/Corequisites: ENGL 300 Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on major British writers, groups of writers, a genre, or a theme (e.g., Dickens, the Brontës, C.S. Lewis). May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
ENGL 491 – Senior Seminar
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on a variety of topics not included in the regular English curriculum. Taught by several faculty members, using a seminar format with emphasis on student presentations and on the types of research projects students are likely to encounter in graduate school.
ENGL 497 – Special Studies
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Open only to juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in their major courses. A maximum of three semester hours may be earned. All individual research projects are reviewed by three faculty members from two different disciplines. May be […]
ENGL 465 – Adv Study of Critical Theory & Lit
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on a range of critical theories or on areas or issues in literature with emphasis on critical methods of inquiry. This course is strongly recommended for majors planning on graduate studies.
ENGL 466 – Advanced Study in International Lit
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on the literature of countries other than Britain and the United States (e.g., Latin American literature, Arab literature, Sub-Saharan African literature). May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
ENGL 447 – Advanced Study in American Lit
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on major American writers, groups of writers, a genre, or a theme (e.g., Faulkner, Dickinson, drama). May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
ENGL 448 – Advanced Study/African-American Lit
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on major African-American writers, groups of writers, a genre, or a theme (e.g., Toni Morrison, the Harlem Renaissance). May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
ENGL 444 – American Poetry
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Familiarizes students with American poetry from colonization to the present day. Lecture and discussion will emphasize the historical and sociocultural context of the poems. Potential poets of focus include Bradstreet, Wheatley, Whitman, Dickinson, Eliot, Pound, Hughes, Stein, Williams, Stevens, Brooks, Bishop, Lowell, Plath, Ammons, […]
ENGL 443 – The American Novel
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Considers how this particular genre has evolved within the framework of American literature. Traces the development of the novel in America from its beginnings as a hybrid form toward its more contemporary forms in later centuries. Examines how the novel changes to accommodate other […]
ENGL 427 – Adv Study British Lit Before 1785
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses on major British writers, groups of writers, a genre, or a theme (e.g., Chaucer, Milton, Satire). May be taken twice for academic credit with departmental approval.
ENGL 426 – Rise of the British Novel
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-300. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Focuses exclusively on the development of prose fiction from 1660 through 1832. Covers a representative sample of novels and explores various explanations for the “sudden” development of the novel as a distinct genre.
ENGL 421 – Gender and Public Rhetoric
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Take ENGL-102(3122); Minimum grade C. (Required, Previous). Credit Hours: Min: 3; Max: Description: Studies non-fiction texts through the lens of gender and rhetorical theory. Students will compose critical essays, prepare presentations, and conduct research for a final project focusing on gender and language.