Victory University 2012-2013 Academic Catalog

Studies include the development of the English language from the beginning to the present.
Covers both semantic and cultural progression. Prerequisite: EN-1202. Offered Fall and Spring
semesters.
EN-3035 CREATIVE WRITING NONFICTION WORKSHOP (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
Creation of original short nonfiction works, further readings in contemporary and classical
masters of nonfiction writing, as well as what it means to be a Christian and a writer in the
realistic tradition; in all, to produce a minimum of 2-4 nonfiction pieces amounting to 25-35
typed, double-spaced completed pages per semester. Prerequisite: EN-1102, EN-1202, EN-
2502, one humanities course or humanities course concurrent with course, or special
permission from instructor. This course may be repeated for credit.
EN-3232 EXPOSITORY WRITING (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
Techniques of effectively writing expository, argumentative, descriptive, and narrative prose.
Incorporates usage of source material and citation. Prerequisite: EN-1202.
EN-3400 FORMS IN FICTION I (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
This course explores further readings and analysis of various forms, genres, and methods of
fictional approaches to material, such as the use of landscape and/or nature in fiction,
language, syntax, naturalism, magical realism, modernism and post-modernism, and the various
ways different writers structure their novels and stories; usually up to four novels read in class
as well as short stories, from 17 th to 21 st century writers. Prerequisite: EN-1102, EN-1202, and
one humanities course or concurrent with a humanities course.
EN-3411 FORMS OF CREATIVE WRITING, NONFICTION (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
This course is designed to explore different forms of Creative Nonfiction from essays to
narratives; short nonfiction to experimental nonfiction. It will familiarize students with an array
of past and contemporary writers of the genres.
EN-3500 AFRICAN AMERICAN RHETORIC (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
This course is structured to utilize the tools of rhetorical and literary theory to help students
explore, evaluate, analyze, and engage in critically thinking about African American discourse.
Students will be exposed to various speeches and essays to which they will apply rhetorical
criticism regarding a specific element of the assigned discourse.
EN-3502 SHAKESPEARE (3 SEMESTER HOURS)
Six to eight representative plays, inclusive of at least one play from each of the genres of
comedy, history, and tragedy, will be covered in both textual and visual representations.
Selected sonnets will also be covered. Students will write upon each play and also explicate at
least one sonnet. Incorporates contemporary criticism and secondary source usage.
Prerequisite: EN-1202. Offered Fall and Spring semesters of even-numbered years.
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