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Clarion University of Pennsylvania 87ENG 130: The Literary Experience 3 s.h.Provides a wide selection of literature to introduce the student to various literary genres. No prerequisite. Recommended for allstudents. Not for declared B.A. English majors. Each semester.ENG 140: Introduction to Drama as Literature 3 s.h.Introduces students to the structures and strategies playwrights use to create different experiences for their readers. Draws on avariety of plays to focus on how to read a dramatic text so as to perceive the special cues it uses to stimulate imaginative engagementand how the text can be translated into theatrical performance. No prerequisites.ENG 199: Introduction to English Studies 3 s.h.Designed for and required of English majors. Provides intensive introduction to reading, discussing, and writing about literature.A small number of texts will be read, allowing for an introduction to different theoretical and critical approaches to English studies.Students will apply various theories as they analyze texts. Students will use research techniques appropriate for English majors.Prerequisite: Exemption from or successful completion of the general education writing requirement. Spring, annually.ENG 200: Composition and Literature 3 s.h.Stresses the writing of papers as a direct result of reading, analysis, discussion, and interpretation of a variety of literary types.Examines fiction, plays, essays, and poems from various cultural perspectives. Addresses research techniques and related skills.Includes studies of women and minority writers. Prerequisite: Exemption from or successful completion of the general educationwriting requirement. Each semester.ENG 202: Beginning Creative Writing 3 s.h.Introduces the techniques of creative writing in prose and poetry. Emphasizes writing practice for students and opportunities forguidance and critical examination of their work. Prerequisite: Exemption from or successful completion of the general educationwriting requirement.ENG 207: Research Methodology and Writing 3 s.h.Teaches how to conduct research and how to write a research paper. Prerequisite: Exemption from or successful completion of thegeneral education writing requirement. Each semester.ENG 221: English Literature: Beginnings to 1800 3 s.h.Surveys English literature and its historic, intellectual, and cultural contexts beginning with Beowulf and extending through theworks of such writers as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Pope, Swift, Dryden, and Johnson, and provides highlights of the developmentof modern English. Fall, annually.ENG 222: English Literature: 1800 to Present 3 s.h.Surveys English literature from circa 1800 and includes selected works of such major writers as the Wordsworths, Coleridge, theShelleys, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Woolf, Joyce, Eliot, and Lessing. Spring, annually.ENG 225: American Literature: Beginnings to 1860 3 s.h.Surveys major periods and writers of American literature from its beginnings to 1860. Enables students to understand the continuitiesand discontinuities of American literature. Includes writings by traditional male and female authors, as well as minority authors.Instructors may use historical and/or thematic approaches. Fall, annually.ENG 226: American Literature: 1860 to the Present 3 s.h.Surveys major periods and writers of American literature from 1860 to the present. Enables students to understand the continuitiesand discontinuities of American literature. Includes writings by traditional male and female authors, as well as minority authors.Instructors may use historical and/or thematic approaches. Spring, annually.ENG 227: World Literature: Backgrounds and Traditions 3 s.h.Examines some of the world’s most influential literature, providing an overview of literary history from antiquity into the 19 th century.Considers Asian, Middle Eastern, and pre-colonial American literatures as well as works from the European tradition. Fall, annually.ENG 228: Modern and Contemporary World Literature 3 s.h.Surveys international literature from the past 150 years, with a focus on the fiction, drama, and poetry of significant authors.Studies national literatures within their respective social, historical, and geographical contexts, with an effort to identify cross-culturaldevelopments. Spring, annually.ENG 230: Introduction to African–American Literature 3 s.h.Provides insight into the African-American experience through the reading and discussion of the works of African-Americanwriters who have made significant contributions to literature. Includes various genres: poetry, short fiction, drama, film, the novel,autobiography. No prerequisite.ENG 231: Introduction to Asian–American Literature 3 s.h.Provides an overview of Asian-American literature, introducing students to representative authors from its various periods ofdevelopment, emphasizing contemporary works in different genres. No prerequisite.ENG/ANTH 242: Introduction to American Folklore 3 s.h.Introduces the major genres of American folklore: legend, tale, folk belief, song and ballad, and material folk culture; and variousfolk groups in America: occupational, gender, ethnic, age, regional, and their traditions. Analyzes examples of American literatureand American popular culture through an examination of their American folk elements. Provides students with fieldwork experiencesand methods of analysis of oral, customary, and literary traditions. No prerequisite. Fall, annually.ENG 244: Special Topics 1-3 s.h.Focuses on themes and topics of universal and/or current interest as embodied in literature. The special subject of each semester’sofferings will be announced in pre-registration. Suitable for both English and non-English majors and may be taken up to three timesfor credit, provided different topics are offered. On demand.pages i-viiCollege of Artsand Sciences