Undergraduate - Lee University

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES 165
ENG 350. NONFICTION WRITING:
Three hours credit
THE CRAFT OF WRITING ARTICLES
A survey of the techniques of news, editorials, feature, technical and research writing
with an emphasis on the preparation of materials for publication. Prerequisite: ENG 110.
Offered Fall Semester.
ENG 351. CREATIVE WRITING
Three hours credit
A study of the techniques of writing essays, fiction, and poetry with primary emphasis
on the short story. Prerequisite: ENG 110.
ENG 360. INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS
Three hours credit
An introduction to scientific language study including morphology, phonology, syntax,
pragmatics, and the nature of language. Prerequisite: ENG 110.
ENG 361. LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT Three hours credit
An investigation of the cognitive processes of first and second language acquisition and
development with special attention to the acquisition of literacy, language diversity, and
bilingualism. Offered every semester.
ENG 391. INTRODUCTION TO MODERN LITERARY CRITICISM Three hours credit
A study of literary theory in the 20th century with a brief overview of the history of criticism.
Students will apply critical theories to a number of literary texts. Prerequisite: At least
one upper-division literature course. Offered Fall Semester.
ENG 399. HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
One-Four hours credit
An independent study supervised by three faculty members that provides the student who
qualifies under the honors guidelines the opportunity to pursue a special topic of his/her choice.
ENG 405. THE AMERICAN NOVEL
Three hours credit
The reading and in–class analysis of representative American novels with some attention
to related literary history and with a written analysis of one additional novel by each student.
Offered Spring Semester, even years.
ENG 406. THE BRITISH NOVEL
Three hours credit
The reading and in–class analysis of representative British novels with some attention to
literary history and with a written analysis of some aspect of one of the novels. Offered Fall
Semester, odd years.
ENG 410. SHAKESPEARE
Three hours credit
A study of Shakespeare’s histories, comedies, tragedies, and poetry. Offered Fall Semester.
ENG 415. MILTON
Three hours credit
A study of John Milton’s poetry, with major emphasis on Paradise Lost, and a brief survey
of his prose.
ENG 421. RESTORATION AND EIGHTEENTH
Three hours credit
CENTURY LITERATURE
A study of Restoration and eighteenth century British poetry and prose, with special
attention to Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. Offered Spring Semester, even years.
ENG 431. ENGLISH ROMANTIC PERIOD
Three hours credit
A study of the Romantic Movement with emphasis on the poetry of Blake, Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats, and on the essays of Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey, and
Landor. Some attention will be given to the critical writing and letters of the period. Offered
Fall Semester, even years.
ENG 441. VICTORIAN LITERATURE
Three hours credit
A study of the literature of Victorian Britain including representative authors of poetry,
prose and fiction. The poetry of Tennyson, Browning and Arnold will be emphasized. Offered
Spring Semester, odd years.