English ENG 352 American Literature II A survey of American literature from the end of the Civil War to the contemporary period. The course will use American history and culture to examine such writings as Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, James’ Daisy Miller, Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, poetry by Langston Hughes and Sylvia Plath and short stories by Louise Erdrich and Toni Cade Bambara. Co-prerequisites: ENG 220 or equivalent and sophomore or higher standing. Spring Term.
Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Pynchon, Milan Kundera, Jeanette Winterson, Helen Parente Cunha, Graham Swift and Angela Carter. Prerequisite: ENG 220 or equivalent.
ENG 372 Multicultural/Postcolonial Literature A study of how literature written by writers from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds explores and responds to contemporary ideas, political developments and various quests for social justice. Writers with such diverse aesthetic and political interests as Toni Morrison, Amy Tan, August Wilson, Kurt Vonnegut, Leslie Marmon Silko, Chinua Achebe, Laura Esquivel, Yusef Komunyakaa, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Bharati Mukherjee could be explored. Prerequisite: ENG 220 or equivalent. Spring Term.
ENG 365 Media Practicum .25 credit This course in applied journalism helps students learn the skills needed to produce a publication for a mass audience. Students must be a member of a student organization that produces media for the campus community. A minimum of five hours of activity per week is required. May be repeated for credit. Up to four quarter-course practica may be counted for credit. Prerequisite: ENG 105 or consent of instructor.
ENG 401 Composition IV: Theory and Research A writing course that introduces students to the scholarly field of composition studies. Students will read and respond to texts that define contemporary theories of and report recent research in, composition and rhetoric. The course will include practical experience in tutoring students in 100-level writing courses. Recommended for students with junior or senior standing and required for students seeking teacher licensure. Prerequisite: ENG 201 or equivalent. Fall Term.
ENG 370 Portfolio Synthesis Seminar .25 credit This course is designed to assist and assess students in completing the exit portfolio now required of all students seeking teacher licensure. Students will work on completing the portfolio that meets Illinois State Board of Education standards in teaching, subject area and technology. Required of all students seeking secondary teaching licensure. Pass/No Pass only. Consent of the instructor is required. Fall Term.
ENG 403 Advanced Professional and Multimedia Writing Building on foundational theories and practices of professional writing, this course engages students in the study and production of advanced genres of professional writing. Students learn rhetorical theory and apply rhetorical skills to produce an array of sophisticated multimedia and traditional print texts. Includes a possible public/civic-engagement component in which students may draft print and digital texts for local charitable organizations. Prerequisites: ENG 303 or equivalent.
ENG 371 Modernism/Postmodernism A study of the development, themes and characteristics of modernism and postmodernism in British, American and world literature. The course will explore the ways in which these two movements exist in relationship to and are defined by each other. Students will read selected modernist and postmodernist authors in an effort to determine the usefulness of the terms and the potential value of the literary movements. Works by such writers as Virginia
ENG 410 Advanced Writing Seminar A writing-intensive course, topics vary and 180