2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 6.8http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/15900.htmlEN 589 Victorian Literature. Three hours.Advanced introduction to Victorian literature and to current developments in Victorian studies.EN 591 Modern British Fiction. Three hours.An advanced survey of major British novels from the 1890s to the present. Included are works by Hardy, Conrad,Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Forster, and others.EN 593 Modern British Poetry. Three hours.A study of major British poets from Hardy to Ted Hughes. The emphasis is on the poetry of Yeats, Auden, and DylanThomas.EN 594 Contemporary British Writing. Three hours.Advanced introduction to trends and issues in British writing from 1945 to the present.EN 595 Modern British Drama. Three hours.A survey of British plays from Black-ey'd Susan to contemporary productions.EN 598 Research Not Related to Thesis (M.A.). Variable credit.EN 599 Thesis Research (M.A.). Variable credit.EN 600 Special Topics Seminar in British Literature. Three hours.A recent topic was Joyce and his contemporaries.EN 601 Fiction Workshop. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon admission to the M.F.A. program orduring advising period—see creative writing director). Focus will be discussion of original student writing; otherreading and writing may be assigned.EN 603 Poetry Workshop. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon admission to the M.F.A. program orduring advising period—see creative writing director). Focus will be discussion of original student writing; otherreading and writing may be assigned.EN 605 Writing Workshop: Special Topics. Three hours.Enrollment limited to students with approved portfolios (approval secured upon admission to the M.F.A. program orduring advising period—see creative writing director). Focus will be discussion of original student writing; otherreading and writing may be assigned.EN 608 Forms: Special Topics. Three hours.Through readings of primary works and theory by writers in a particular genre or form, this course examines thetraditional and contemporary practice of that genre's aesthetics. Sample topics: Prosody, Short Short Fiction and theProse Poem, Characterization Across Genres.EN 609 Writers at Work: Form. Theory. Practice. One hour.Short course in specialized topic of interest to creative writers. Sample topics: Teaching Creative Writing, Professionof Authorship, Writing Internship, Publishing: A Brief History, Poetry and Dance, Episodic Form.EN 610 Methods in TESOL. Three hours.A detailed account of language teaching approaches and methods according to their underlying theories of languageand language learning.EN 612 Topics in Applied Linguistics. Three hours.Rotating topics in applied linguistics.EN 613 Second Language Development. Three hours.A study of psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, neurolinguistic, and other approaches to understanding how peopledevelop skill in a second language.EN 617 Teaching Academic Language Skills to Non-Native English Speakers. Three hours.A course focusing on the teaching of academic writing skills in the context of an American university.EN 618 Language in Cultural Context. Three hours.A course focusing on language learning and use in cultural context.EN 620 English Linguistics. Three hours.An advanced introductory linguistics course that focuses on the English language and which has relevance forstudents in the applied linguistics/TESOL, literature, rhetoric and composition, and M.F.A. programs.EN 622 Old English. Three hours.