University of Delaware 1995-1996 Undergraduate Catalog 1995-1996 Courses English ENGL 011 English Essentials 3 RP Required of students whose admissions credentials indicate a need for additional training in the fundamentals of composition prior to enrollment in ENGL110. Individual (tutorial) conferences and small-group instruction. ENGL 015 Preparatory English 3 RP English fundamentals for students inadequately prepared for college composition. ENGL 110 Critical Reading and Writing 3 Expository and argumentative composition through analysis of selected readings. RESTRICTIONS: Required of all Freshmen. ENGL 166 Special Problem 1-3 ENGL 200 Approaches to Literature 3 Dual emphasis on reading and writing. Offers an introduction to poetry, fiction and drama, and provides for extensive practice in writing about literary subjects. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 202 Biblical and Classical Literature 3 Study of Greek, Roman, and Biblical literatures, set in their mythical, historical and cultural contexts, introducing appropriate critical concepts. May be cross-listed with CMLT202 and/or FLLT202. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 204 American Literature 3 Study of representative nineteenth-and twentieth-century works, set in their historical and cultural contexts, introducing appropriate critical concepts. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Not for major credit. ENGL 205 British Literature I 3 Study of representative Medieval and Renaissance British works, set in their historical and cultural contexts, introducing appropriate critical concepts. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 206 British Literature II 3 Study of representative eighteenth-through twentieth-century British works, set in their historical and cultural contexts, introducing appropriate criticalconcepts. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 207 Introduction to Poetry 3 Representative masterworks of English, American and world verse. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 208 Introduction to Drama 3 Representative masterworks from the classical era to the present. May be cross-listed with CMLT218 and/or WOMS208. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 209 Introduction to the Novel 3 Representative masterworks of fiction, emphasizing those of Europe and America. May be cross-listed with CMLT219 and/or WOMS209. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 210 Short Story 3 Study of the short story as a narrative form, with readings from American and foreign short story traditions. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Not for major credit. ENGL 211 Great Writers of the Western World I: 1100-1700 3 See CMLT207 for course description. ENGL 212 Great Writers of the Western World II: 1650-1950 3 See CMLT208 for course description. ENGL 214 Literature and Gender 3 Specific concepts of gender in society, as manifested in the literature of writers of both sexes. May be cross-listed with WOMS214. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 217 Introduction to Film 3 Focuses on different techniques of acting,, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound, color movies used to encourage audiences to respond in the ways they do. May be cross-listed with CMLT217. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 260 Humanities Colloquium 3 See ARSC260 for description. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 300 Texts and Contexts 3 Explores fundamental questions such as why read literature, what is the relation between literary and "everyday" language, and whether readers make or discover meanings in texts. Examines cultural, historical, and theoretical contexts of a broad range of literary, critical and nontraditional texts. PREREQ: ENGL202, ENGL205 and ENGL206. RESTRICTIONS: Any two of the three Prerequisites acceptable. ENGL 301 Expository Writing 3 Expository writing, with related studies in grammar, diction and rhetoric. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Does not count toward English major. ENGL 302 Advanced Composition 3 Expository writing in a variety of forms, with emphasis on literary analysis. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 304 Poetry Writing 3 Practice in writing a variety of verse forms. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Final enrollment set after first class and submission of five poems. ENGL 305 Fiction Writing 3 Practice in writing the short story. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Final enrollment set after first class and submission of a short story. ENGL 306 Topics in Writing 3 Special topics in writing (for example, autobiography, scriptwriting). Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Final enrollment set after first class and submission of appropriate written sample. ENGL 307 News Writing and Editing 3 News judgment, news gathering, feature writing, libel problems, and ethics. Assignments include writing for the campus newspaper. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Minimum grade of B required in ENGL110. Counts toward English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 308 Reporter's Practicum 3 Builds on ENGL307 with extensive reporting and writing for the campus newspaper. Attention to libel and privacy issues. PREREQ: ENGL307. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 309 Feature and Magazine Writing 3 All aspects of the newspaper and feature article. Developing ideas, researching, interviewing, writing, and marketing. PREREQ: ENGL307. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 310 Copy Editing and Layout 3 Newspaper copy editing, headline writing and layout, with emphasis on practical experience. Explores improvement or updating of news stories by rewriting. PREREQ: ENGL307. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 312 Written Communications in Business 3 Examines the role of written communication in corporate decision making. Students write memos, letters, proposals and reports that simulate on- the-job communication tasks, and are encouraged to use materials from their fields of specialization. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. ENGL 314 Introduction to Folklore and Folklife 3 Traditional forms of folklore with emphasis on modern folklore as it functions in contemporary societies. May be cross-listed with CMLT314. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 315 Ballad and Folksong 3 English-language ballad and folksong tradition in America. Consideration of oral, literary, historical and sociocultural aspects of the Anglo- Scots-Irish and Afro-American heritages. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 316 Peer Tutoring/Advanced Composition 3 See ARSC316 for course description. ENGL 317 Film History 3 History of American or various foreign national cinemas. Content varies from year to year. May be cross-listed with CMLT317. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 318 Studies in Film 3 Special topics such as film genres, major directors and Soviet cinema. Variable content. May be cross-listed with CMLT318, JWST318 and/or WOMS318. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 320 The Bible as Literature 3 Studies the cultural contexts, narrative strategies, poetic forms, and literary archetypes of the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 321 Medieval Literature and Culture 3 Study of selected topics in medieval literature (romance, Chaucer's contemporaries, drama). Texts usually read in English translations. Emphasis on medieval culture as a European phenomenon. Variable content. May be cross-listed with CMLT321. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 322 Chaucer 3 The Canterbury Tales (in part), Troilus and Criseyde, and some of the shorter poems. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 324 Shakespeare 3 Representative histories, comedies and tragedies. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 325 Renaissance Literature 3 Survey of varied literature written in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, from the age of the Reformation through the English Civil Wars. For example, selected works of Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Jonson, Webster, Herbert, Vaughan, Marvell and Milton. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 326 Topics in Renaissance Literature 3 Studies in single writers or groups of writers (More and Erasmus; Shakespeare and Cervantes; John Donne), or of particular themes (kingship; the family; the sense of self), or of one of the literary genres (e.g. tragedy; the lyric poem; comedy and satire; narrative poetry and prose). PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 328 Milton 3 Milton's major poetry and selected prose. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 331 The Age of Satire 3 Dryden, Pope, Swift and their contemporaries. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 332 Studies in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature 3 Studies of selected topics in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature and culture, e.g., the epistolary novel, Restoration and eighteenth-century drama, and women in eighteenth-century literature. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 334 The Early Romantics 3 Poetry and prose of Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, and their associates. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 335 The Later Romantics 3 Poetry and prose of Byron, Shelley, Keats and their associates. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 336 Victorian Poetry 3 Tennyson, the Brownings, Arnold, Bronte, and their contemporaries. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 337 Victorian Prose 3 Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold and their contemporaries. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 338 Victorian Fiction 3 Authors may include Dickens, the Brontes, Eliot, Hardy and their contemporaries. May be cross-listed with WOMS337. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 340 American Literature to the Civil War 3 PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 341 American Literature: Civil War to World War II 3 PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 342 American Literature Since World War II 3 PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 344 African American Literature I 3 Literature by African American writers from the eighteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance. May be cross-listed with BAMS313. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 345 African American Literature II 3 Literature by African American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to the present. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 346 Cultural Issues in American Literature 3 Studies of broad cultural issues as reflected in American literature. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 347 Studies in American Literature 3 Special topics, ranging from the beginnings to contemporary American literature; may include studies in a single author or authors (e.g., the detective stories of Poe) or period and genre studies (e.g., the Harlem Renaissance or the humor of the old southwest). Variable content. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 348 Contemporary Jewish-American Literature 3 Lectures and discussions of outstanding contemporary Jewish American novelists, short story writers, and others. May be cross-listed with JWST348. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 349 Introduction to Jewish Sources: Text and Interpretation 3 This course examines the central texts which form the basis of Jewish thought, religion and culture-the Torah, or Hebrew Bible (in translation) and the interpretive traditions which have evolved to understand it (e.g. Midrash, Rashi, contemporary theology) as sources of uniquely Jewish meanings. May be cross-listed with JWST349. ENGL 351 Introduction to Irish Literature 3 Survey emphasizing modern and contemporary writers of various genres such as Yeats, Synge, Joyce, Beckett, Heaney and Bolomod. Critical reading set in mythic, historic and cultural contexts. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 352 Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature 3 Special topics in an author or authors, a genre, literary movement, or an idea. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 353 Twentieth Century British Literature 3 Broadly focused study of literature in several genres, including a variety of eras and movements such as turn-of-the-century realism, war poetry, modernism, and post-colonial writing. May be cross-listed with WOMS353. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 354 Modernism 3 Studies the experimental forms and the politics of a literary movement that involved such writers as T. S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 355 King Arthur in Literature 3 Study of the historical background and literary treatments of Arthurian characters and themes in English literature. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 356 Studies in Modern/Contemporary Literature 3 Study of selected topics in 20th Century British, American and world literature, e.g., the contemporary epic novel, post-colonial writing and politics. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 357 Literature of London 3 The interaction between London and a variety of literary works. RESTRICTIONS: Offered only through the Semester in London Program. ENGL 358 Linguistics and Language Arts 3 See EDST358 for course description. ENGL 360 Humanities Colloquium 3 See ARSC360 for course description. May be cross-listed with PHIL360. ENGL 361 Literary Criticism and Theory 3 Study of problems in textual interpretation and aesthetics from the ancient world through the present, with attention to both the principal movements in critical theory and the social and philosophical contexts of interpretation. May be cross-listed with CMLT361. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 365 Studies in Literary Genres, Types and Movements 3 Particular areas or writers to be announced. May be cross-listed with CMLT365 and/or CSCC365. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Not for major credit. ENGL 366 Independent Study 1-6 ENGL 368 Literature and Science 3 Comparative examination of literature and science in several important philosophical, methodological, cultural and social aspects, including the study of elementary philosophy and history of science and theory and history of literature and the analysis of individual scientific and literary texts. May be cross-listed with CSCC368. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 369 Literature and Medicine 3 See CSCC369 for course description. ENGL 371 Studies in Fiction 3 Special topics in the novel and short story. Topics may emphasize an author or authors, a type or types of fiction, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 372 Studies in Drama 3 Special topics in an author or authors, a type or types of drama, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 373 Studies in Poetry 3 Special topics in a poet or poets, a type or movement, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 379 Introduction to Ethnic and Cultural Studies 3 Focuses on representations of ethnicity, social class, race, gender, and other constructions of identity in literature, arts, and folk culture. Required for concentrators in English: Ethnic and Cultural Studies. PREREQ: Any two of the following: ENGL 202, ENGL 205, ENGL 206, ENGL 324. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. Required for concentrations in English, Ethnic and Cultural Studies. ENGL 380 Women Writers 3 Study of a variable set of women writers. Addresses such topics as the idea of women's tradition, formation of the canon, use of genre, language, and form. May be cross-listed with JWST380 and/or WOMS380. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 381 Women in Literature 3 Cultural representations of women by male as well as female writers. Variable in historical range, geography, and genre. May be cross-listed with WOMS381. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 382 Studies in Multicultural Literature in English 3 Consideration of multiculturalism as it pertains to American culture or literature in English from Africa and other non-European societies. Variable in historical range, geography, and genre. May be cross-listed with JWST382 and/or WOMS382. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 383 Teaching Composition in Secondary Schools 3 Study of current composition theory, with emphasis on the relationship between theory and classroom practices in the secondary schools. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 384 Teaching English in Secondary School 3 Approaches to the teaching of grammar, composition and literature. Includes treatment of aims, materials, unit organization, evaluation and teaching techniques. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 385 Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory 3 Studies in selected topics in literary criticism and critical theory. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 390 English Linguistics 3 General introduction to the study of the English language, with emphasis on modern linguistic approaches. May be cross-listed with LING390. ENGL 391 Honors Colloquium 3 See ARSC390 for description. May be cross-listed with JWST390. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 398 Film and Modern American Culture 3 Survey of the main themes in American culture from the Jazz Age through the Cold War as reflected in feature film and popular literature. May be cross-listed with HIST398. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Cannot be counted toward film studies concentration. ENGL 404 Advanced Poetry Writing 3 Intensive practice in composition. Group discussion and individual conferences. Wide reference to professional poems as well as models. Emphasis on student competence in traditional prosody as well as exploring freer forms. PREREQ: ENGL304. RESTRICTIONS: Final enrollment set after first class and submission of five poems. May be repeated once for credit. ENGL 405 Advanced Fiction Writing 3 PREREQ: ENGL305. RESTRICTIONS: Final enrollment set after first class and submission of a short story. May be repeated once for credit. ENGL 407 Advanced Reporting 3 In-depth reporting, research methods, ethics, and other topics. PREREQ: ENGL307. RESTRICTIONS: Maximum of three credits for any registration with no more than six credits toward graduation. Counts toward English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 408 Sports Writing 3 Training and covering all major sports including both women's and men's sports. Topics include keeping statistics, game coverage, player profiles, and sports columns. PREREQ: ENGL307. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward the English major only as part of journalism concentration. ENGL 409 Topics in Journalism 3 Special studies and writing in selected kinds of journalism (opinion writing, science journalism) or in an aspect of the profession (history of American journalism, ethics of journalism). Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. Does not count as part of the journalism concentration. ENGL 410 Technical Writing 3 Selected problems in technical communications, the preparation of reports and technical editing. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. ENGL 411 Rhetoric for Business and Technical Writers 3 Study of rhetorical theories and strategies within the context of business and technical skills. PREREQ: ENGL312, ENGL410, or ENGL415. RESTRICTIONS: Open only to English majors. Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. ENGL 412 Business and Technical Publication 3 Advanced instruction in the production of business publications and technical documents; team projects provide practical experience in preparing instruction manuals, research proposals, formal reports, brochures and newsletters. PREREQ: ENGL411. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. ENGL 413 Topics in Technical Writing 3 Special studies and writing in selected kinds of business and technical communication (e.g., computer software documentation) or in an aspect of business and technical communication profession (e.g., ethics of business and technical communication). Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL312, ENGL410, or ENGL415. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 414 Technical Editing 3 Practical work and study of the editorial procedures essential in editing technical publications and documentation. PREREQ: ENGL312, ENGL410, or ENGL415. ENGL 415 Writing in the Professions 3 Designed to improve the communications skills of students aiming toward careers in any of the professions. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Counts toward English major only as part of the concentration in business and technical writing. ENGL 416 Literature of Fact 3 How great and near-great writers have approached the craft of journalism and sometimes turned it into an art. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Does not count as part of the journalism concentration. ENGL 417 Film Theory and Criticism 3 Survey of major theories of film. PREREQ: ENGL217. RESTRICTIONS: For film concentrators and advanced film students. ENGL 460 Humanities Colloquium 3 See ARSC460 for description. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 464 Internship in Business/Technical Writing 3 PF Students work on writing projects at local corporations, government divisions, or public agencies, under joint supervision of the Department of English and the sponsoring organization. The internship involves approximately ten hours of work a week. PREREQ: ENGL411 and ENGL412. RESTRICTIONS: Open to qualified students on the basis of a portfolio review by all concentration faculty. ENGL 465 Studies in Literature Genres, Types and Movements 3 Particular areas or writers to be announced. May be cross-listed with CMLT465 and/or WOMS465. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 466 Independent Study 1-6 ENGL 471 Studies in Fiction 3 Special topics in the novel and short story. Topics may emphasize an author or authors, a type or types of fiction, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 472 Studies in the Drama 3 Special topics in an author or authors, a type or types of drama, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 473 Studies in Poetry 3 Special topics in a poet or poets, a type or movement, a period or theme. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 477 The Structure of English 3 See EDST477 for course description. ENGL 480 Seminar 3 Intensive program in creative writing or study of some aspect of literature, be it a critical problem (e.g., reader response criticism), a movement (e.g., experimental American literature), a single author (e.g., John Keats), a group of authors (e.g., Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck), or a genre (e.g., autobiography). Stresses critical writing and literary research. May be cross-listed with CMLT480 and/or WOMS480. ENGL 481 Seminar in Teaching English 3 PF Seminar to accompany student teaching in secondary school English. Deals with classroom management, teaching techniques and other professional issues. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: Open only to student teachers in English. ENGL 485 Studies in Literary Criticism and Theory 3 Study of selected topics in literary criticism and critical theory, e.g., narrative theory and the novel, semiotics and literary criticism, and feminist criticism. Variable content. PREREQ: ENGL110. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 494 History of the English Language 3 The development of Modern English with emphasis on changes in sounds, inflections, spelling, and vocabulary. Attention also to usage, dialects, attitudes toward language, and cultural history. PREREQ: ENGL110. ENGL 600 Methods of Research 3 Research methods and problem-solving strategies in literary and cultural studies. ENGL 604 Poetry Writing Workshop 3 Intensive practice in verse composition. Group discussions and individual conferences. Wide reference to professional poems as models. Emphasis on student competence in traditional prosody as well as exploring freer forms. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 621 Medieval Literature and Culture 3 Survey course will study medieval culture and ideas as expressed in literature (e.g., Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Divine Comedy) and/or in history, philosophy, etc. (e.g., Boethius, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas), and topics (e.g., orality and literacy, epic and romance, genres). RESTRICTIONS: For graduate students with little or no medieval literature and culture background. ENGL 625 Studies in the Renaissance 3 Survey course, intended primarily for students with no previous experience of the period. A wide selection of authors will be studied (e.g., More, Wyatt, Sidney, Spenser, Marlowe, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Jonson, Webster, Middleton, the Cavalier poets, Marvell, Milton); some of Shakespeare's works may also be included. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 627 Seventeenth-Century Literature 3 This survey course covers representative examples of prose, poetry, and drama from Jacobean comedies, tragedies, and masques to the satire, burlesque, and mannnered literature of the Restoration. Points of focus are the counsels and propositions of Francis Bacon and his followers; developments in lyrical, narrative, descriptive, and meditative poetry of Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Marvell and Milton; classicism from Jonson to Cowley and Dryden; romance and prose fiction. ENGL 631 Eighteenth-Century Literature 3 Variable content. Course topics may include (but are not restricted to) general survey (i.e., selected poetry, drama, fiction), genre survey, gender studies (e.g., women writers), or thematic issues (e g., literature and politics). RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 634 Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature 3 Survey of the Romatic and/or Victorian literature. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 636 Twentieth-Century Literature 3 Broadly focused to include multiple genres and/or movements (e.g., turn- of-the-century realism, war poets, modernism, postmodern drama) from before and after World War II. May include American, European and post- colonial, in addition to British literature. ENGL 639 Studies in Modern/Contemporary Literature 3 Variable content. Study of selected poetry, prose, and drama of the twentieth century, with an emphasis on the major texts of English and American literature during the period. Some attention given to other literary traditions and writings. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 641 American Literature: Period Studies 3 Historical survey of American literature of the Colonial Romantic period or the Realistics period, emphasizing "canonical" works of major writers along with selected "non-canonical" writings. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 651 Irish Literature: Period Studies 3 Variable content. Study of a set of Irish writers related by genre or period, set in historical and political contexts. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 671 Studies in Fiction 3 Special topics in the novel and short story. Topics may emphasize an author or authors, a type or types of fiction, a period or theme. Variable content. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 672 Studies in the Drama 3 Special topics in an author or authors, a type or types of drama, a period or theme. Variable content. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 673 Studies in Poetry 3 Special topics in a poet or poets, a type or movement, a period or theme. Variable content. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 677 The Structure of English 3 See EDST677 for course description. ENGL 680 Seminar 3 ENGL 684 Literary Theory and Criticism 3 Introduction to some of the leading problems in contemporary literary theory, with some attention to their historical precedents. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 685 Cultural Theory and Criticism 3 A topical introduction to cultural theory, emphasizing in different terms such varied topics as semiotics, deconstructionism, feminism, post- colonial and third-world studies, and problems of representation and signification in literary and non-literary texts. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 688 Teaching Composition 3 Study of current composition theory, with emphasis on the relationship between theory and classroom practices. ENGL 694 History of the English Language 3 Development of Modern English, with emphasis on changes in sounds, inflections, spelling, and vocabulary. Attention also given to usage, dialects, attitudes toward language, and cultural history. ENGL 802 Studies in Old and Middle English 3 A study of the English language either from before 1100 or between 1100 and 1400 with selected readings in Old or Middle English Poetry and prose. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 804 Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture 3 Variable content. Intensive study of literature and language in Old English or Middle English, with attention to history and culture. Recent course titles: Chaucer, Beowulf, The Gawain-Poet, The Age of Langland, The Romance. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 806 Studies in Renaissance Literature 3 Focuses on one or two authors (e.g., Shakespeare or Spenser), on genres (e.g., narrative verse and prose, the lyric, drama) or on specific periods (Elizabethan, Jacobean, the Civil War). ENGL 815 Studies in Seventeenth-Century Literature 3 Research seminars on writers (Donne and Jonson; Bacon, Browne, Hobbes, and Locke; the Fletchers, Cowley, and Milton); genres (classical, metaphysical, and neo-classical poetry; Jacobean, Caroline, and Restoration drama); or topics and themes (empiricism; skepticism; gender and society; literature of the civil wars; puritan culture). RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 820 Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature 3 Variable content. Possible course topics include: The Restoration Theatre; English Neoclassicism; The Rise of the Novel; individual writers or groups of writers; applications of theory. ENGL 830 Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature 3 Seminar in Romantic and/or Victorian literature with emphasis on selected writers, genres, and/or topics. Possible course topics: women and nature poetry; Dickens; religious doubt; the provincial novel. ENGL 840 Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature 3 Variable content. Concentrated study of an aspect of Twentieth-Century British, European, American and/or post-colonial literatures. Possible focuses: a genre, a set of writers, cultural issues (e.g., gender, race, the Holocaust, aesthetics vs. politics). ENGL 844 Seminar: Special Topics in American Literature 3 RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 846 Seminar: Special Topics in English Literature 3 RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 848 Special Topics in Comparative Literature 3 Variable content. Possible course topics include: Existential literature, The Avant-Garde, and literature and aesthetics. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated once for credit when topics vary. ENGL 850 Studies in Colonial American Literature 3 Variable content: e.g., New England Puritanism, Southern Colonial Literature, and Major Early American Authors. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 852 Seminar: American Realism and Naturalism 3 Classic works by Clemens, James, Crane, Chopin, Dreiser, Stein, and Wharton, with focus (1) on the practice of theory and aesthetic assumptions of current criticism and (2) on labels for the period (Realism, Naturalism) as formulations from specific literary texts (including some expurgated texts). RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 853 Modern/Postmodern American Literature 3 Variable content. Modern American Novelists (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner); modern and postmodern American novelists (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Bellow, Barth, Heller, Morrison, Pynchon); modernist poetry (Pound, Eliot, Stevens). Drama of the Absurd. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 868 RESEARCH 3 ENGL 869 Master's Thesis 1-6 ENGL 884 Studies in Literary and Cultural Theory 3 Close examination of a single topic or a closely related group of topics (e.g., psychoanalysis and interpretation, genre theory, literary historiography, feminist critique) in textual study. PREREQ: ENGL684 or 685. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary. ENGL 890 Studies in Linguistics 3 See LING890 for course description. ENGL 964 Pre-Candidacy Study 3-12 PF Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work. RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy. ENGL 969 Doctoral Dissertation 1-12 PF