English

The craft and art of creating plot, character, scene, conflict, and style. Always scheduled.

Further practice in the craft and art of creating plot, character, scene, conflict, and style. May be repeated for credit. Always scheduled.

The structure and idiom of American English, levels of usage, phonetics, old and new concepts of language, and other related developments. Scheduled fall semester.

The craft and art of writing poetry. Always scheduled.

Further practice in the craft and art of writing poetry. May be repeated for credit. Always scheduled.

Critical theory of the 20th century in the context of current theoretical developments. Critical perspectives and schools may include: Structuralism, formalism, Marxism, New Historicism, feminism, African American theoretical thought, post-colonial theory, Deconstruction, and psychoanalysis as well as other theoretical positions. Students have an opportunity to apply specific theoretical practices to literary texts.

Intensive study of contemporary poetic theory with an emphasis on its development in twentieth-century American poetry. Scheduled irregularly.

The forces that have helped shape the character of the English language. Scheduled every spring semester.

Readings in Middle English including the more remarkable achievements in English verse and prose between 1050 and 1500, their forms, themes, and language.

Specialized literary research techniques that serve as a foundation for English courses and capstone experience. Required course for M.A., M.S. and M.S. with certification. Scheduled every semester.

An examination of pedagogical theory and theories of teaching college writing in order to prepare students to conceptualize, develop, and teach first-year composition courses. Required for first semester Graduate Teaching Assistants; Graduate Assistants will take the course concurrently with ENG 597. Scheduled every fall.

A study of the works of Wright, Ellison, and Baldwin. Conducts an inquiry into the nature of race relations in contemporary American society. Scheduled spring semesters.

A study of recent African American novelists such as Morrison, Naylor, Johnson, and Wideman, with particular emphasis on emerging writers.

A study of the works of the major poets and novelists of the period covering 1910-1930, including Toomer, Johnson, Thurman, McKay, Fauset, Larsen, and Hughes.

The major poetry of the seventeenth century (excluding that of Shakespeare and Milton) in its various manifestations - baroque, metaphysical, Cavalier, and mystical.

Selected works by such writers as Swinburne, Hopkins, the Rosettis, Hardy, Mew, Mill, Morris, Pater, Nightingale, Shaw, and Wilde.

A study of the fiction of such writers as Dickens, Eliot, Gaskell, and Hardy with critical analyses of their style, structure, literary form, and sociopolitical contexts.

Representative plays by William Shakespeare: histories, comedies, and tragedies. Assumes previous undergraduate study of Shakespeare. Scheduled every third semester.

This survey of non-dramatic English literature since 1900 considers works of representative authors, as well as significant literary trends and intellectual developments. Scheduled irregularly.

The emergence of the American novel, with representative works of James Fenimore Cooper and his contemporaries.

The “power of blackness” in these writers of the American Renaissance, examined against a background of the ideas and the general culture of their day.

Such poets as Robinson, Frost, Stevens, Williams, Lowell, and Plath among others.

Examination of major themes and authors in post-World War II fiction.

A study of the history, theory, and techniques of the short story, from Poe and Chekhov to Lessing, Borges and Barthelme.

A critical examination of young adult literature that covers its generic characteristics; common archetypes and themes; rhetorical elements of author, audience, and message; and the popular, academic, and critical reception of young adult books.

An in-depth critical study of Chaucer’s major works, Chaucer’s language, and his relation to continental literary tradition. Scheduled every third semester.

A study of the literary, philosophical, religious, and poetic depth of Milton’s work, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Regained. Scheduled every third semester.

Intensive study of a major writer or selected topic, with choice changing each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 586 courses if the topics differ. Typical topics include: Melville, American Women Dramatists, Biblical Traditions in American Literature.

Intensive study of a major writer or selected topic, with choice changing each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 587 courses if the topics differ. Typical topics include: Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury, James Joyce.

Intensive study of a major writer or selected topic, with choice changing each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 588 courses if the topics differ. Typical topics include: African Novelists, Contemporary Drama, Epic in England, Detective Fiction, Feminist Utopias, Modern Drama—Ibsen to O'Neill, Norse and Celtic Mythology, Psychoanalysis and Feminism, and Women's Autobiography.

Research and writing of the thesis in the area of concentration, under the direction of an English department faculty member. For specific details, consult the chairperson or graduate coordinator of the department.

English teacher candidates learn theories, pedagogies, and practices associated with teaching English at the secondary level. Course activities include initial practice with unit design and lesson planning, literacy theory, and field observations. Field work required.

English teacher candidates learn theories, pedagogies, and practices associated with teaching writing at the secondary level. Course activities include writing history project, instructional unit, and implementation of lessons at a secondary school. Field work required.

Teaching internship in an English Department introductory-level writing course under the supervision of a faculty mentor; for graduate students with particular interests and strengths in teaching writing. Required for first-semester Graduate Teaching Assistants who will enroll concurrently in ENG 519. May be repeated for credit; permission of graduate coordinator is required.

Study of an area of English studies under the direction of a faculty member of the department and with the consent of the chairperson of the department. Students should remember that they may study such important but difficult to schedule fields as literature of the Anglo-Saxons and Beowulf under independent study.

Students in this seminar focus on the development of an educational Special Project within the field of English education. For graduate students in the Master of Science with Certification in English Program only. To be taken after student teaching (ENG 494). Course taken as pass/fail only.