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MONMOUTH COLLEGE ACADEMIC CATALOG 2012–2013
ENGL 210. Creative Writing 1 course credit Practice in the writing and critical analysis of imaginative literary forms, especially poetry and fiction. Satisfies the General Education requirement for “Beauty and Meaning in Works of Art” component. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 220. British Survey I 1 course credit A historical survey emphasizing literary and cultural developments in English literature from the Medieval through the Neoclassical periods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 221. British Survey II 1 course credit A historical survey emphasizing literary and cultural developments in English literature from the Romantic through the Modern periods. This course is a continuation of ENGL 220 but may be taken alone and without regard to sequence. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 224. American Survey I 1 course credit A historical survey emphasizing literary movements and cultural and developments in the literature of the United States. Readings will include: Native American creation myths; explorer narratives; poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from such writers as Bradstreet, Mather, Edwards, Franklin, Cooper, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, Whitman, and Dickinson. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 225. American Survey II 1 course credit A historical survey focusing on poetry and fiction written after the Civil War and before American involvement in the Second World War. Included are works from such writers as Jewett, Wharton, Twain, James, Chopin, Crane, Pound, Robinson, Frost, Anderson, Stevens, Eliot, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Emphasis on literary, cultural, and historical movements. The course is a continuation of ENGL 224, but may be taken alone and without regard to sequence. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 250. Special Topics May be repeated for credit.
.5-1 course credit
ENGL 288. Special Topics .5-1 course credit Experimental/pilot course. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. ENGL 299. Writing Fellows .5 course credit An introduction to the tutoring process, as well as basic pedagogical and developmental strategies for teaching writing. Course requirements will include: readings in composition/ tutoring theory and practice as well as tutoring in the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC). Enrollment through nomination and recommendation only. Prerequisite: ENGL 110. ENGL 301. Creative Nonfiction 1 course credit This course combines the study of the rhetoric and modes of the “fourth genre,” creative nonfiction, with practice of its craft. Examples of memoir, lyric essay, literary journalism, and nature writing will be analyzed even as students learn to write in the same modes. Open to juniors and seniors or by permission of the instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110.. ENGL 310. Advanced Creative Writing 1 course credit Students write intensively in fiction or poetry, individually selecting their subject matter throughout the course. Students sharpen their critical skills by evaluating one another’s work and by investigating contemporary writing and publishing. Prerequisite: ENGL 210 or permission of the instructor. ENGL 337. Genre Studies in British Literature
.5-1 course credit