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English (ENGL)
The Uni ver sity of Oklahoma 2006-2008 Gen eral Cat a log
theology, ethics. Themes of loss, guilt, free will, male-female relationships.
(Irreg.)
G4563 Drama of the Restoration and Eighteenth Century. Changes in
the theatre, the audience and critical theory; foreign and native models;
moral reform and political censorship; such genres as heroic, tragedy, wit,
comedy and sentimental drama; such playwrights as Dryden, Otway,
Congreve, Farquhar, Rowe, Steele and Sheridan. (Irreg.)
G4573 Eighteenth-Century English Novel. Sources, early reputation and
emerging critical theories; economic, moral, feminine influences; realistic,
psychological, sentimental, gothic and satiric directions; technical
developments in structure and point of view; works by such novelists as
Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Sterne and Jane Austen. (Irreg.)
G4583 Major Authors in Eighteenth-Century British Literature. Prerequisite:
1213. May be repeated with change of subject; maximum credit six hours.
Examines the works of major writers from the long 18 th century (ca.
1660-1832), including poets, dramatists, novelists, or essayists such as Aphra
Behn, John Dryden, Eliza Haywood, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Henry
Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen, or Mary Wollstonecraft. (Irreg.)
G4613 Nineteenth-Century English Novel. Historical and aesthetic study
of the novel in relation to main developments in English literary history
during the period. Emphasis, however, is on the intrinsic literary values in
the novels read. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
G4623 English Romantic Poetry. Prerequisite: 1213 or equivalent. May
be repeated once with change of content; maximum credit six hours.
Intensive study of the most important poems and criticism of early
Romantic poets and later Romantic poets. (Irreg.)
G4643 Twentieth-Century English Novel. Intensive study of the major
British novels of the twentieth century with attention to the relation
between the novel and its social, intellectual and cultural contexts.
Readings will include the work of Conrad, Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Waugh,
Huxley, etc. (Irreg.) [IV-WC]
G4653 Twentieth-Century English Poetry. A survey with emphasis on
Yeats, Pound, Eliot, Lawrence, Graves, Auden, and Dylan Thomas. (Irreg.)
G4713 Major Authors in Nineteenth-Century American Literature.
Prerequisite: 1213. May be repeated with change of subject; maximum
credit six hours. Intensive study of one or more major 19 th century American
authors such as James Fenimore Cooper, Catharine Maria Sedgwick,
Frederick Douglass, Walt Whitman, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily Dickinson, or Mark Twain. (Irreg.)
G4723 Issues in Nineteenth-Century American Literature. Prerequisites:
1213. May be repeated with a change of subject; maximum credit six hours.
Intensive study of 19th century American texts in a specific literary or
historical context, such as the Civil War and Reconstruction, the women’s
rights movement, transcendentalism, regionalism or sentimentalism. (Irreg.)
G4733 American Naturalism and Realism. Major American novelists
from the Civil War to the end of World War I, including Howells, James,
Twain, Crane, Dreiser, Norris and Wharton. (Irreg.)
G4813 American Drama. An examination of representative American
plays ranging from naturalistic tragedy to farce. Emphasis is on the period
since 1918. (Irreg.)
G4823 American Novel Since 1920. Major authors and schools in
American fiction including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck and
others selected by the instructor. (Irreg.)
G4833 Twentieth-Century American Poetry. A survey from Frost to the
present with emphasis on major figures in each of three generations.
(Irreg.)
4853 The English Capstone Course. Prerequisite: 1113, 1213, and 2433
and 2443 or 2543 and 2653 or 2773 and 2883, plus twelve hours. Combine
English majors from diverse tracks to work on a topic involving major cultural
issues, artifacts and texts. Projects include a significant amount of writing
demonstrating the students’ accomplishments in analyzing literature. (F, Sp) [V]
G4913 The Teaching of English (Crosslisted with EDEN 4913).
Prerequisite: 3222, nine hours of education, and senior standing. To be
taken preferably the semester immediately preceding student teaching.
Development of skills in teaching the language arts at the secondary level.
Introduction to current trends, professional literature and resource
materials. Practice in presenting model lessons. Written reports. (Sp)
4923 Advanced Fiction Writing (Slashlisted with 5923). Prerequisite: six
hours of creative writing, application and departmental permission. May be
repeated; maximum credit six hours. Work at an advanced level for
qualified students. Intensive writing, peer criticism, revision, and reading in
current markets with the goal of producing publishable work. No student
may earn credit for both 4923 and 5923. (Irreg.)
4933 Advanced Poetry Writing (Slashlisted with 5933). Prerequisite: six
hours of creative, application and departmental permission. May be repeated;
maximum credit six hours. Intensive writing, peer criticism, revision, and
reading in current markets with the goal of producing publishable work. No
student may earn credit for both 4933 and 5933. (Irreg.)
4943 Advanced Creative Nonfiction Writing (Slashlisted with 5943).
Prerequisite: six hours of 2000-3000-level writing courses, application and
departmental permission. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours.
Intensive writing, peer criticism, revision, and reading in current markets
with the goal of producing publishable creative nonfiction. No student may
earn credit for both 4943 and 5943. (Irreg.)
4970 Special Topics in World Literature Today. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite:
1213 and permission of instructor. May be repeated with a change of
topic, maximum credit six hours. In-depth study of selected contemporary
international writers/jurors who visit campus as part of the Neustadt and/or
Puterbaugh symposiums for World Literature Today. (Irreg.)
4990 Independent Study. 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: three courses in general
area to be studied; permission of instructor and department. May be repeated;
maximum credit six hours. Contracted independent study for topics not
currently offered in regularly scheduled courses. Independent study may
include library and/or laboratory research and field projects. (F, Sp, Su)
Courses in English numbered 5000 and above are primarily for
graduate students who have had eighteen hours of English, or the
equivalent, but are open by permission to seniors.
G5003 Seminar-Special Topics in English, American or Comparative
Literature. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated with change
of subject matter. Topics in theoretical and historical problems of English,
American or comparative literature in different periods. (Irreg.)
G5113 Teaching College Composition and Literature. Prerequisite:
graduate standing. In a workshop format, students will apply readings in
composition and literary theory to such practical concerns of freshman
English teaching as course planning, assignment preparation, grading and
discussion techniques. (F)
G5133 Teaching Technical Writing. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
Introduction to the types of writing professional engineers and scientists are
expected to do and methods of teaching these forms of writing. In
addition, students will attend classes being taught by the professor and
have the opportunity to design and teach some workshops as well as
evaluate the undergraduates’ work. (Irreg.)
G5223 Seminar-Film. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Will involve reading
and analyzing the works of the more sophisticated film theorists and critics
as well as studying approaches to the teaching of film (the auteur theory;
film history; film genres; visual literacy; film and society; film as narrative;
non-narrative forms). (Irreg.)
G5243 Women Writers. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be repeated
twice with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. Topics vary. Focus
is on women’s achievements, the context of the ages in which they wrote,
and on critical approaches including feminist theory and criticism. (Irreg.)
G5253 Transatlantic Women Writers. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
Explores work of eighteenth and early nineteenth century women writers who
were “transatlantic” in different ways: some were born and/or lived in America
and published in England; some wrote novels which crossed the Atlantic or
were set on both sides; some corresponded and wrote in tandem. (Irreg.)
G5313 Literary Criticism. Prerequisite: graduate standing. May be
repeated with change of content; maximum credit nine hours. A
comprehensive history of literary criticism, the study of a particular
movement or related movements in literary criticism; or a study of a
particular issue or related issues in literary criticism. (Sp)
G5323 Contemporary Cultural Studies. Prerequisite: graduate standing.
May be repeated once with change of topic; maximum credit six hours.
Addresses variable topics and issues in cultural studies such as popular
culture, mass media, subcultures, gender codes, visual media, minority
literatures, global cultural, and post-modernization. (Irreg.)
G5333 Native American Women Writers. Prerequisite: graduate
standing. Reading or viewing poetry, fiction, autobiography, and film by
Native American women. Examining traditional Indian societies’
conceptions of gender, and the relationship between Western feminism
and Native women’s political experiences. (Irreg.)
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