Undergraduate Catalog 2008-2010 - Immaculata University

ENG 262 Twentieth Century British Authors (3)
An examination of the major trends in 20th century British
poetry and fiction from World War I to the present. Critical
approaches and written analysis form part of the course.
ENG 263 Modern Drama (3)
A study of selected texts in English and American drama from
mid-nineteenth century to the present. The course includes readings
in dramatic criticism.
ENG 264 Modern Poetry (3)
A study of major twentieth-century poets and literary
movements in England and America and Modernism’s complicated
relationship with its literary predecessors.
ENG 265 Modern Women Writers I: Fashioning “A Room of
One’s Own” (3)
An exploration of the energies, purposes, attitudes, and literary
contributions of modern and contemporary women writers.
ENG 266 Modern Women Writers II: Furnishing “A Room of
One’s Own” (3)
A study of the work of women writers of mid- and late twentieth
century. While ENG 265 is not a prerequisite for this course, its
background provides a helpful framework for this sequel.
ENG 267 African-American Literature I: Captivity to Freedom (3)
This course explores the writings of African-Americans from
17th-19th centuries in a cultural, historical, and literary context.
The genres of captivity narrative, autobiography, and short story are
examined with focus on their contribution to the canon of American
literature as well as their unique African-American characteristics.
ENG 268 African-American Literature II: Transforming
Identity (3)
What lies ahead? Focus on African-American literary tropes
after Reconstruction, through the Harlem Renaissance, into the
Civil Rights movement, and to the present. This course explores
how race as a social construct and literary identity has been
articulated and altered through the 20th century, and considers what
lies ahead. (ENG 267 is not a prerequisite for this course.)
ENG 275 Special Topics in Literature (1-3)
Varied approaches to authors, themes, and literary genres.
ENG 299 Advanced Composition (3)
A further reinforcement of the strategies of rhetoric and style
introduced in freshman writing courses. Students learn writing by
investigating theories of writing, particularly argumentation.
(Required for all English and communication majors.)
ENG 314 Film Adaptations of Literature (3)
An exposition of good literature and good films made from this
literature as a means of learning to appreciate the value of both
methods of presenting great stories and ideas. Students form a
critical apparatus that allows perceptive judgments of both genres.
ENG 321 Literary Theory (3)
An introduction to literary theory and analysis. This course
explores the development of literary theory, the variety of
approaches that open up literary works, and the influence of cultural
diversity on the varied theories. Students explore, evaluate, and
discover their own preferences as literary critics.
ENG 329 Ancient and Medieval World Literature (3)
A study of representative works of ancient and medieval world
literature (in translation) with a concentration on myth, epic, and
drama.
ENG 337 History of the English Language (3)
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An introduction to the development of modern English, with
historical background providing proper perspective for examination
of current linguistic trends. (Fulfills the requirement for a linguistics
course for students pursuing secondary certification in English.)
ENG 338 Linguistics: Introductory Readings (3)
A study of linguistic systems and related topics including
language acquisition and comprehension, brain theory, language
bias, and non-verbal communication.
(Fulfills the requirement for a linguistics course for students
pursuing secondary certification in English.)
ENG 340 Chaucer (3)
A study of Chaucer’s early works, Troilus and Criseyde and The
Canterbury Tales.
ENG 341 English Literature to 1500 (3)
A study of early English works with emphasis on Old English
poetry, the evolution of Arthurian literature, medieval romances, and
the development of drama.
ENG 342 Renaissance Literature (3)
An introduction to representative works of English literature of
the 16th and 17th centuries, exclusive of Shakespearean drama.
ENG 343 Shakespeare (3)
A concentrated study of selected major comedies, histories, and
tragedies with an introduction to Shakespearean criticism.
ENG 344 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (3)
An introduction to representative works in English literature
1660-1775.
ENG 346 Romantic Literature (3)
A study of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron,
with an additional focus on contemporary essayists and writers of
Gothic fiction.
ENG 348 Victorian Literature (3)
A study of the major poets and prose writers of nineteenth
century Britain, including selected works of Carlyle, Arnold,
Tennyson, Browning, Dante and Christina Rossetti, and Hopkins.
ENG 349 Irish Literature (3)
An introduction to selected works in classical and contemporary
Irish literature.
ENG 350 Major American Writers I (3)
A study of major American writers with concentration on
Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville.
ENG 351 Major American Writers II (3)
A study of major American writers with concentration on
Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, Eliot, Hemingway, Faulkner,
and Frost.
ENG 353 Major American Writers III (3)
A study of major American writers from the late 20th century
and contemporary literature.
ENG 365 Postcolonial Literature (3)
A study of the literature of nations that have experienced and/or
are reacting to some type of colonization. The course examines
recurrent themes, such as identity, power, migration, race, gender,
nation, representation, containment, and resistance.