using electronic research and documentation. Introduction to different genres and selected critical theories. English majors should complete this course before the end of the sophomore year. This course satisfies the proficiency requirement for Written Communication in the disciplines. ENGL 203 World Literature Introduction to classics of world literature, with attention to mythology, religion, philosophy, and the multicultural aspects of our culture. ENGL 231 Introduction to Poetry Introduction to the reading and enjoyment of poetry through the study of poems from selected time periods and diverse cultural traditions. English majors in the creative writing track are encouraged to take this course prior to English 322. ENGL 232 Introduction to Fiction Introduction to short fiction, including stories and short novels, with attention to a variety of forms from classical narrative to fantasy and expressionism. English majors in the creative writing track are encouraged to take this course prior to English 323. ENGL 233 Introduction to Drama Introduction to drama, with a focus on the literary issues specific to drama as a form of narrative; consideration of dramatic genre and theory, and some attention to staging and performance, with an introduction to important playwrights of the tradition. English majors in the creative writing track are encouraged to take this course prior to English 325X. ENGL 234 Introduction to Film Introduction to film techniques and conventions; consideration of social, artistic, and historical contexts of films, how they shape and are shaped by their time; and systematic exploration of such influential film genres as silent film, documentary, film noir, New Cinema, and auteur analysis. ENGL 250 Major British Writers I Introduction to earlier British literature with attention to selected works by authors including Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. English majors should complete this course before the end of the sophomore year. ENGL 251 Major British Writers II Introduction to later British literature with attention to selected works by authors including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, G. Eliot, Woolf, Yeats, and T.S. Eliot. English majors should complete this course before the end of the sophomore year. ENGL 252 Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Writers Introduction to literature from Modernism to the contemporary and its diverse cultural, social, and political contexts. Study of English-language authors from the British Isles, Africa, India, and the Caribbean, with attention to English as a language of world literature.
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