160 English ENG 2121 Introduction to Writing Studies. Introduces students to a set of representative issues, problems, methods, and concerns in the field of Writing Studies. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. ENG 2122. Introduction to Creative Writing. Introductory instruction in analyzing, evaluating, and writing fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits.
complete a minimum of 20 hours of work with community partners. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L, SL] ENG 2239. Literature of the American South. Readings in the literature of the southern United States from colonization to the present, focusing on the historical and cultural contexts that shape the literary contours of the southern region. Some attention to recent southern literature and its global context. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L]
ENG 2200. Critical Reading and Interpretation. Organized around one specific theme, topic, or tradition, this course focuses on the close reading and careful analysis of literary texts. Through the study of a limited number of works, students develop their ability to read carefully and to understand the relationships between literary texts and a range of cultural, historical, and/or literary contexts. The course introduces students to some of the terms, critical approaches, and research methodologies necessary for literary study. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L]
ENG 2249. American Humor. Explores both literary and popular culture texts, including folk tales, urban tales, stories, sketches, parodies, comic strips, editorial cartoons, situation comedies, clips from film, caricatures, and stand-up comedy within the context of humor theory. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L]
ENG 2217. Post-colonial Literature in English. Readings in selected works by writers from former British and American colonies, with attention to the theoretical and aesthetic issues raised by the emergence of Anglophone literary traditions among formerly colonized peoples. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L]
ENG 2730. British Literature II. Surveys the major authors, texts, and traditions of British literature beginning with the nineteenthcentury. Prerequisite: ENG 2200 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. Four credits.
ENG/WGS 2220. Women’s Literary Tradition. Exploring women’s roles as producers and consumers of literature, this course traces the evolution of a women’s literary tradition through the reading and discussion of a variety of authors and genres. Rather than follow a strict linear trajectory, the course is arranged thematically to reflect the diversity of women’s voices, roles, and experiences. Topics to be covered may include identity and difference, the female body, and marriage and motherhood. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L] ENG 2225. African-American Literature. Examines the principal traditions and movements in African American writing and culture from the 1800s to the present, with a concentration on major themes and the evolution of African American voice and identity. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. [L] ENG 2230. Literature and Community. Organized around a specific theme (such as globalization, ecoliterature, etc), students will develop an understanding of the relationship between literature and contemporary society. This course focuses on close reading and analysis of literary texts as well as ethical questions raised by thematic content. It also includes a substantial service learning project with local organizations within the Piedmont Triad region. Students will be required to
ENG 2720. British Literature I. Surveys the major authors, texts, and traditions of early British literature through the “long” eighteenth-century. Prerequisite: ENG 2200 or equivalent or permission of the instructor. Four credits.
ENG 2820. American Literature I. Surveys American literature from beginnings to 1865 with special emphasis on the literary movements of colonialism, federalism, and romanticism. Prerequisite: ENG 2200 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Four credits. ENG 2830. American Literature II. Surveys American literature from1865 to the present with special emphasis on the literary movements of realism, naturalism, modernism, postmodernism, and multiculturalism. Prerequisite: ENG 2200 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor. Four credits. ENG 3110 Studies in Writing, Language, and Literacy. An introduction to the fields of writing studies, linguistics, literacy studies, and rhetoric. Prerequisite: ENG 1102 or ENG 1103. Four credits. ENG 3111. Writing Fiction. Practice in analyzing, evaluating, and writing short fiction, focusing on elements of craft such as plot, characterization, point of view, and setting. Prerequisite: Either ENG 2121 or ENG 2122. Four credits. ENG 3112. Writing Poetry. Practice in writing poetry, with particular attention to the nature of the poetic line, meter, rhyme, figures of speech, sound effects, and forms like the ballad and sonnet. Prerequisite: Either ENG 2121 or ENG 2122. Four credits.