2007-2008 Undergraduate Academic Catalog - Plymouth State ...

Coursesof calm and healing. Louise De Salvo (authorand professor) describes writing as a “righting”process. Dickinson, Hemingway, Fitzgerald,Woolf and others used prose and poetry writingas part of a healing process. In reading,one might find inspiration in a biography ofArthur Ashe or in fiction, as in Austen’s Senseand Sensibility, when Marianne experiencesa physical recovery through the joy of readingShakespeare’s sonnets. Examines a collectionof texts, fiction and non-fiction, poetryand prose, written about or for the purpose ofhealing and enables students to explore theirown writing as a process towards wellness. Lastoffering Spring 2008. (WECO)EN 3610 Currents in BritishLiterature I3 creditsFocuses on early British literature to 1789.Centers on a particular theme of the instructor’schoosing and investigates how this themeinteracts with the historical events and literarytrends of the period. Falls.EN 3620 Currents in BritishLiterature II 3 creditsFocuses on British literature from 1789through the mid-20th century. Centers on aparticular theme of the instructor’s choosingand investigates how this theme interacts withthe historical events and literary trends of theperiod. Springs.EN 3630 Rhetoric3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on persuasion.Topics include: the sources of argument;identification; emotion, logic and character;critical doubt and the good reasons for changingone’s mind; the functions of symbols; andrhetoric as a way of knowing the world. Falls.EN 3670 Journalism3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on theskills, principles and challenges associatedwith print and online journalism. Introducesstudents to journalistic ethics, basic newspaperstyle for news and feature writing, interviewingand research techniques and copyediting conventions. Important for peopleinterested in professional writing. Falls andSprings. Prerequisite(s): EN 1200 or equivalent.(TECO)EN 3680 Scriptwriting 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Focuses on analysisand writing of dramatic scripts; primarilyof theatrical plays, but also with brief coverageof radio plays and screen plays. Springs.Prerequisite(s): EN 1200 and a literaturecourse.EN 3690 Critical Theory 3 creditsIn Studies in English students explored basicquestions about texts, genre, authorshipand the role of the reader in literary analysis.Critical Theory seeks to build on that generalintroduction and to acquaint students withspecific modern and contemporary schools ofliterary theory including: Formalism, ReaderResponse, Psychoanalysis, Structuralism,Semiotics, Marxism, Poststructuralism,Feminism, Queer Theory, Postcolonial Theoryand New Historicism. More importantly, studentsbegin to develop their own theoreticalapproach, informed by what they learn fromreading important literary theorists. Falls andSprings. Prerequisite(s): EN 2500.EN 3710 Currents in AmericanLiterature I3 creditsFocuses on North American literature fromthe period of early exploration and colonizationthrough the Civil War, roughly 1600 through1865. Centers on a particular theme of theinstructor’s choosing and investigates howthis theme interacts with the historical eventsand literary trends of the period. Falls.EN 3720 Currents in AmericanLiterature II 3 creditsFocuses on North American literature from theperiod of the ending of the Civil War throughthe present day, roughly 1865 through thepresent. Centers on a particular theme of theinstructor’s choosing and investigates how thistheme interacts with the historical events andliterary trends of the period. Springs.EN 3750 Topics in Literature 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Considers topicsnot covered in other literature courses. May berepeated with different topic. Springs.EN 3760 Topics in Writing 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Topics not coveredin detail in other writing courses, such as flashfiction, writing about the outdoors and sciencewriting. May be repeated for credit with a differenttopic. Spring of odd years.EN 3870 Literature in the InformationAge3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Examines theemerging literary trends of the Internet era.Students read and respond to hypertexts,fan-fiction and other new media, as well ascritical essays and other commentary. Specialattention is given to the changing roles ofreaders and authors in the digital realm. Falls.Prerequisite(s): EN 3690 (may be concurrent).(TECO)EN 4020 Chaucer: The CanterburyTales3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses onGeoffrey Chaucer’s tales in Middle English,against their 14th century background. Springof odd years.EN 4030 Advanced PoetryWorkshop3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. A final in-depthcourse in a Writing Option student’s program,designed to improve students’ creative and criticalfaculties through the writing and intensivecritiquing of original poetry. Spring of evenyears. Prerequisite(s): EN 3140.EN 4090 Advanced TechnicalCommunication 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. Students apply thetheories and techniques learned in TechnicalCommunication to complete a collaborativeproject for a real-world client. Themes varyfrom year to year but may focus on online Help,multimedia instructional design, in-depthanalyses or grant proposals. Recommendedfor those interested in professional writingcareers. Fall of odd years. Prerequisite(s): EN3090 and permission of the instructor.EN 4110 Shakespeare I 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses onselected tragedies, comedies and chronicles.Fall of odd years. (WRIT)EN 4120 Shakespeare II 3 creditsAdvanced Study in Literature. Focuses onselected tragedies and comedies as well as thesonnets and non-dramatic poetry. Spring ofeven years. (WRIT)EN 4130 Advanced ProseWorkshop3 creditsAdvanced Study in Writing. A final, in-depthcourse in a Writing Option student’s program,designed to improve students’ creative andcritical faculties through the writing and intensivecritiquing of original prose fiction and/ornonfiction. Fall of even years. Prerequisite(s):EN 3100 or EN 3130.EN 4310 Teaching Writing in theSecondary School 3 creditsInstructional methods and materials used inprocess and workshop based writing, communicationand language at the secondary level.Observation and participation in public secondaryschools required. Springs. Prerequisite(s):EN 2560; junior status; acceptance into TeacherCertification Candidacy.EN 4320 English Student TeachingSeminar1 creditAccompanies English Student Teaching ingrades 5-12 and focuses on theory in practice.Establishes a professional learning communityfor reflection, dialogue and inquiry. Assistspre-service teachers in their transition into theprofession. Falls and Springs. Corequisite(s):EN 4420.262 Plymouth State University Academic Catalog 2007–2008