2103
WESTERN LITERATURE
3 hours
A theme-based survey of representative works from the Western canon. Texts representing multiple authors, genres, periods, and cultures are considered within historical, religious, political, social, and aesthetic contexts. Satisfies the literature requirement of the General Education Curriculum. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (fall, spring, summer)
2114H* CLASSICS OF WESTERN CULTURE II See Honors 2114H. (TBA)
2123
4 hours
Introduction to Creative Writing 3 HOURS
Students are introduced to the genres commonly associated with creative writing: creative non-fiction, poetry, fiction, and drama (or screenplay). Each genre has its own forms and concentrations, yet each can interrelate to the next. This class helps students build skills that will help them translate their values, concerns, and thoughts into unique and creative texts. (fall)
2303
CRITICAL READING AND WRITING
2403
Survey of British Literature, Beowulf to Milton
3 hours
This course includes an examination of how to read for understanding and insight; how to undertake reflective, critical analysis of what is read; how to structure critical viewpoints and interpretations; and how to write effectively about texts. Required of all English majors and minors. (fall, spring)
3 hours
Survey of british literature, Restoration to Romanticism
3 hours
British literature from Restoration to Romantic Age; materials arranged chronologically according to major historical periods, literary movements; major authors, history of ideas, and representative texts from different genres in poetry, drama, and prose. Authors may include Swift, Defoe, Dryden, Behn, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Byron, Shelley, Austen. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (spring, even).
2603
WORLD LITERATURE
3 HOURS
A theme-based survey of representative works from world literature; explores universal human themes as well as unique cultural practices. Texts representing multiple authors, genres, periods, and cultures are considered within historical, religious, political, social, and aesthetic contexts. Satisfies the literature and cross-cultural requirements of the General Education Curriculum. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (fall, spring, summer)
2613*
Histories and Theories of Rhetoric 3 hours
2703
Survey of British Literature: Victorian to Present
Introduction to classical and contemporary rhetorical theory and the historical role of the discipline of rhetoric in Western culture. Cross-listed PHRH 2613. (fall, odd)
3 hours
Introduction to such representative major authors as Emily Bronte, Charles Dickens, James Joyce, and Zadie Smith and literary movements of Victorian, modern, and contemporary British writing; chronological arrangement; emphasis on cultural context, history of ideas and genre development. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (spring, odd)
undergraduate catalog
Survey of American Literature, Colonial to Civil War
3 hours
Critical examination of works by major and selected minor writers with emphasis on the history of ideas in American culture from the Age of Exploration through the Romantic period and the Civil War era. Authors may include Bradstreet, Franklin, Wheatley, Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Douglass. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (spring, even)
2803*
VALUES IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE 3 hours
2813
Survey of American Literature, Realism to Present
3 hours
LITERATURE AND THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN TRADITION
3 hours
SPIRITUALITY AND LITERATURE
3 hours
An exploration of systems of values and, therefore, of implied worldviews as they are embodied in a selection of readings in contemporary literature. Discussion of values as fundamental to structures of meaning are basic to the literary analysis of the works. Cross-listed REL 2803. (TBA)
Critical examination of major and selected minor writers with an emphasis on the history of ideas in American culture and artistic movements, including Realism, Naturalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism. Authors may include Twain, Wharton, Crane, Jewett, Chopin, Frost, Eliot, Pound, Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, O’Neill, Williams, Hughes, Ginsberg, Salinger, Plath, Ellison, Morrison, McCarthy, O’Brien, Alexie, Franzen. Prerequisites: ENGL: 1113 and 1213. (fall, even)
2903*
Surveys development of British literature from Beowulf to Milton; includes Anglo-Saxon Age to English Civil War and Protectorate; materials arranged chronologically according to major historical periods, literary movements; major authors, history of ideas, and representative texts from different genres in poetry, drama, and prose. Authors may include Chaucer, Spenser, Marlowe, Jonson, Shakespeare, Donne, Herrick. Prerequisites: ENGL 1113 and 1213. (fall, odd)
2413
2713
Explores Christian characters and concepts in literature, particularly in the short story and novel. The Judeo-Christian aspect is seen both in terms of a thematic basis for imaginative literature and as a source of meaningful awareness on which interpretation can be based. Cross-listed REL 2903. (TBA)
2913
A thematic study that explores the relationship of writers and writing to the spiritual life. Students explore major motifs of spiritual expression, including creative inspiration, vision quests, compassion, and social responsibility. (TBA)
3063 FICTION WRITING WORKSHOP
3 hours
Introduction to writing fiction. Emphasis on critique of student manuscripts in a workshop setting. Students study technical aspects of fiction writing and read, analyze, and discuss published works by professional writers. (spring, even)
3093
WRITING AND EDITING FOR PUBLISHING 3 hours
3123*
Writing for Stage and Screen
3143
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN WRITING 3 hours
Students study and apply principles of writing in a variety of forms, arranging individual projects including short stories, novels, poetry, magazine articles, or other areas of interest. (TBA)
See MIAP 3123. (spring, odd)
3 hours
This course provides opportunities for students to expand their understanding of writing as they tutor other students in grammar, usage, organization, focus, conciseness, development, specificity, and general language skills. In addition to tutoring, students work on their own writing projects. Enrollment with instructors permission only. (fall, spring)
3163 Poetry Writing Workshop
3 Hours
Introduction to writing poetry. Emphasis on critique of student manuscripts in a workshop setting. Students study technical aspects of poetry writing and read, analyze, and discuss published works by professional writers. (spring, even)
undergraduate courses
161
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