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Undergraduate Programs
which literature emerges. Prerequisite: ENGL
101.
+ENGL 240. Fiction and Film 3 credits
A study of fiction that has been reproduced as
film, including a critical examination of the characteristics
and techniques of both media. The
course will consider the nature of “text” in cinema,
make connections between the two media,
and encourage students to use each to illuminate
the other. Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
+ENGL 242. Popular Literature 3 credits
A study of literature in “popular” forms such as
science fiction and detective fiction. Prerequisite:
ENGL 101.
+ENGL 244. Literature of the Sacred 3 credits
A study of the spiritual dimensions of literature.
Readings may be drawn from Christian and non-
Christian traditions. Sections may focus on particular
topics or issues. Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
+ENGL 246. Literature of Place 3 credits.
A study of literature by authors who have a central
concern within their work for issues pertaining
to the environment, wilderness, travel, location,
and urban landscapes. Each section will
specify a particular theme or focus. Prerequisite:
ENGL 101.
Note: Students should have some background in
college English before taking 300-level courses.
+WI-ENGL 303. Shakespeare
3 credits
A critical examination of Shakespeare’s poetry
and/or drama, this course explores the language
of his comedies, tragedies, romances, and/or histories
, as well as the ways in which they resonate
with the concerns of early modern culture.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
+ENGL 304. Renaissance Literature 3 credits
A critical examination of major poetry and
drama of 16th- and 17th-century England—its
+ = Applicable toward general education degree requirements
WI = Writing intensive course
cultural and aesthetic context, focusing on one or
more of the literary genres flourishing in the period:
drama, poetry, the epic. Prerequisite: ENGL
101.
+ENGL 307. Romanticism
3 credits
A critical examination of British poetry and fiction—by
writers such as Wordsworth, Byron,
and Mary Shelley—that emerged from the revolutionary
spirit that swept through Europe and
America at the end of the 18th and beginning of
the 19th centuries. Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
+ENGL 309. Victorian Literature 3 credits
A critical examination of British poetry, fiction
and non-fiction from the 1830s to the end of the
century. The threat of revolution, urban collapse,
the captains of industry and imperialist adventurers,
the fallen woman and the angel of the house,
the aesthetes and decadents are among possible
targets for investigation. Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
+ENGL 310. Nineteenth-Century Fiction3 credits
A critical examination of the novel in the U.S.,
Great Britain, and on the Continent, considering
questions such as why the novel becomes so
important in the West, what distinguishes the
novels of different countries from each other, and
what characteristics these novels share.
Prerequisite: ENGL 101.
ENGL 313. Linguistics: Language and
Learning
3 credits
A general overview of the structure of the English
language, with an emphasis on topics that will be
useful for educators. Topics covered include sentence
level grammar and syntax, words and word
parts, and the sounds of English. Issues surrounding
dialects, profanity, the link between language
skills and intelligence, and the relationship
between grammatical knowledge and writing
ability are among those explored.
ENGL 316. Expository Writing
Workshop
3 credits
An advanced workshop in expository writing
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