2007-09 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

Graduate Catalog: Section 6.8http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/15900.htmlStudy of the language and reading of representative prose and poetry.EN 625 Seminar in English Linguistics. Three hours.The application of specific linguistic techniques to a variety of problems in the description of the English language; thecourse has a different focus each time it is taught.EN 627 Seminar in the History of the English Language. Three hours.The close analysis of diachronic issues in the English language; a different set of issues is explored each semester thecourse is taught.EN 630 Directed Readings. One to three hours. By arrangement.EN 631 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature. Three hours.An analytical study of selections from ancient Greek, Roman, and Hebrew literature, with special emphasis on itsinfluence upon English and American authors.EN 635 Seminar in Literary Criticism. Three hours.Intensive study in the writings of one critic or exploration of a topic involving works by several critics. Recent topicshave included feminist criticism and psychoanalytic criticism.EN 637 Workshop in Academic Writing. Three hours.A writing workshop normally taken in the student's final year of coursework. To pass this course, the doctoral studentwill be required to revise a paper and submit it for publication.EN 638 History of Rhetoric and Composition I: Ancient Greece to the Renaissance. Three hours.This seminar covers rhetorical texts from ancient Greece to the Renaissance, particularly texts having influence ontoday’s field of composition.EN 639 Seminar in Special Topics in Rhetoric and Composition. Three hours.Topics to be proposed by faculty each semester. Typical topics include literacy theory, theoretical perspectives onbasic writers, and computers and literacy.EN 640 Special Topics Seminar in American Literature. Three hours.Recent topics have included "American Madness: the Literary Figurations of Unreason"; and Thoreau, Dickinson, andrelated contemporary writings.EN 641 Seminar in American Literature before 1850. Three hours.Intensive literary and historical study of writing by one or more American authors. A recent topic was the making,recording, and remaking of history in 19th-century American literature.EN 642 Seminar in American Literature, 1850–1900. Three hours.Intensive literary and historical study of writing by one or more American authors. A recent topic was themythologizing of Mark Twain.EN 643 Seminar in 20th-Century American Literature. Three hours.Intensive literary and historical study of writing by one or more American authors. Recent topics have included theAmerican 1960s and Hemingway.EN 647 Seminar in Southern Literature. Three hours.An intensive look at a major aspect of Southern American drama, poetry, and/or prose. Recent topics have included astudy of race and gender in writings of Southern women; Faulkner and his legacy; and Tennessee Williams.EN 648 Seminar in African-American Literature. Three hours.A critical exploration of African-American literature—culturally, historically, politically, and aesthetically—with effortsto define and contextualize the African-American experience.EN 651 Politics and Writing Pedagogy. Three hours.An introduction to the theories and practices of pedagogical politics as they impact teaching, learning, and powerrelations in the composition classroom.EN 652 Theories of Teaching Composition. Three hours.A survey of major theories in composition studies, exploring philosophical underpinnings and major issues in the field.EN 653 Composition/Rhetoric Research Methodology. Three hours.The study of empirical research methods as well as practice using methodological frameworks employed incomposition/rhetoric research reports and designs.EN 654 Seminar in Visual and Digital Rhetoric. Three hours.This seminar focuses on understanding what rhetoric is and how to identify it in visual and digital "texts." It exploreshow to use rhetoric as a pedagogical tool for incorporating visual elements into composition classes.