RockhuRst univeRsity 2012–2014 catalog

120are offered by semester. Students should consultdepartmental announcement. Prerequisite:EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, or EN 1150.EN 2900-2989. Studies in World Literature (3)These courses provide a concentrated study ofparticular themes, genres, or periods of worldliterature, with emphasis on critical thinking, reading,and writing. The “Studies” courses explore abroad range of representative works of world literaturewithin a framework that compares culturesand historical periods and invites considerationof both what is shared among cultures and whatis unique about the culture from which each textemerged.EN 2960. Journeys, Voyages, and Quests (3)From Homer’s Odyssey, through Swift’s Gulliver’sTravels, Voltaire’s Candide, and Conrad’s Heart ofDarkness, to Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, journeys,voyages, and quests have thematically structuredliterary works, enabling readers to venture abroad,experience new worlds, and to reflect on what theyand the characters in particular works have learnedalong the way as well as at their ports of call. Prerequisite:EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, orEN 1150. (LTI)EN 3000. Major Figures of British Literature (3)This course examines a selection of major authorsin the history of English literature with attentiongiven to the developing traditions of English literatureand to the use of various literary forms asthey appear in the tradition. A selection is madefrom authors like the Beowulf Poet, Chaucer, thePearl Poet, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Dryden,Pope, Swift, Blake, Wordsworth and Coleridge,Keats, Dickens, Browning, Hopkins, and Eliot.Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, or EN1150. (LTII)EN 3110. Creative Writing (3)Introduction to the art of writing poetry and fiction.Emphasis on writer-teacher conferences. Bestproductions are published in the Rockhurst Review,the student literary and arts publication. Prerequisite:EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, or EN 1150.EN 3140. Introduction to Playwriting (3)A course designed to introduce the student to theprinciples of playwriting including the scenario,plot structure, character, thought, diction, andspectacle. Some attention is given to the requirementsof play production in script-writing. Regularcreative exercises, workshop readings in the class,and the writing of original drama are required.Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, orEN 1150.EN 3150. Advanced Composition (3)Designed to assist students in mastery of writingtechniques and to acquaint students with rhetoricalprinciples and backgrounds useful in developingvarious types of written communication. Attentionis given to rhetorical theories and their practicalapplication through regular writing assignments.Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140, orEN 1150.EN 3160. Writing for the Marketplace (3)The course covers four kinds of business documents:letters/memos, marketing/sales brochures,reports, and proposals. It includes editing strategiesand techniques incrementally throughout thecourse. Design, graphics, layout, and analyticalcommentary are reviewed for structuring readabledocuments. Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, orEN 1140, or EN 1150.EN 3170. Practical Stylistics (3)Designed to acquaint the student with the practicaluses of stylistics by reviewing the place ofvocabulary, syntax, register, and rhetorical contextin written discourse as applied to specific goals ofwriting. Regular writing assignments are used toapply stylistic principles and readings are analyzedas models. Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN1140, or EN 1150.EN 3180. Business Writing (3)Theory and practice in writing business letters,memos and reports. Includes study of basic communicationtheory as it applies to writing in theseforms. Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140,or EN 1150.EN 3190. Technowriting: the Technologies ofWritten Communication from the Alphabet tothe World Wide Web (3)This course focuses on four overlapping kinds ofwritten applications based on network technology:e-mail, information sharing, document management,and office automation. With an ongoingemphasis on technologically based writing thatincorporates the best of information available onthe Internet, the World Wide Web, and developingmultimedia technologies, the course’s purposeis to familiarize the student with the literacyrequirements of the 21st century in a technologicalsetting. Prerequisite: EN 1110/1120, or EN 1140,or EN 1150.EN 3200. Exploring the Self in Readingand Writing (3)Students will read literature that reveals the Self,focusing especially on genres marked by selfexploration such as autobiography, memoir, andpersonal essay. Students will respond to theirreading by writing in these same genres, striving toimprove as writers and to develop as readers. Theclass will include instruction in writing, with attentionto process, audience, publication, and collaborationin workshops, taking advantage of thenatural relationship between reading and writing.Prerequisite: EN 1110 and 1120; or EN 1140; orEN 1150. (LTII)EN 3220. Chaucer and His World (3)The primary focus of this course is Chaucer’s writing.The course begins with his earlier poetry andmoves to an in-depth study of The Canterbury