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English

  
  • ENGL 2092 - Topics in English - Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 2093 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive and Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O,W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O), Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 2100 - Writing About Literature


    Combined practice in writing and study of literature, emphasizing writing processes including revision.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    Restriction(s): English major or minor, or Education major.
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 2101 - Masterpieces of British Literature I


    An introduction to British Literature written before 1800. The course also provides backgrounds in the society and culture of the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Age of Reason.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2102 - Masterpieces of British Literature II


    An introduction to masterpieces of British Literature written since 1800. The course also provides backgrounds in the society and culture of the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2103 - Masterpieces of Modern Fiction


    Readings in selected novels and short stories written since 1850.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2104 - Major American Writers


    Introductory readings from six to eight authors, approximately half from the 19th century and half from the 20th century, both poetry and prose.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2105 - Introduction to Poetry


    Representative poems and poets, drawn from several literary periods that introduce students to several poetic genres, to varied treatments of universal themes (such as love, death, disappointment, joy), and to various ideas about poetic imaginations.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 2106 - Film Criticism


    Introduction to film as an art form. Emphasis will be on the critical analysis of the form and the content of films with attention to issues of visual narrative, audience, cinematography, editing, acting, etc.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2108 - Introduction to Drama


    Representative plays of the western world from the classical period to the modern period to introduce students to drama as literature, with consideration of staging, conventions of the theater, types of drama, and dramatic theory.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 2114 - Learning Community Seminar


    Educational forum for activities of the English Learning Community. Students will devise and complete assignments relating to their cultural and intellectual activities.

    Credit Hours: (1)
    Restriction(s): Acceptance into English Learning Community.
    Grading Method: Graded on a Pass/No Credit basis.
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to 3 credits.


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  • ENGL 2116 - Introduction to Technical Communication


    Technical Communication theory (such as organization, audience analysis, and editing) is taught in the context of oral and written formats, such as memoranda, proposals, reports, PowerPoint presentations, and includes formats and content common to students’ own disciplines.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 2125 - Imagined Worlds: Creative Writing Laboratory


    In an “experimental” classroom laboratory for creative writers, students learn basic methods, theories, terminology, and approaches to the art of creative writing.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2126 - Introduction to Creative Writing


    Introduction to creative writing, including both poetry and fiction writing, assuming little or no previous creative writing experience.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 2127 - Introduction to Poetry Writing


    An introductory course for those with little experience in reading, writing, and critiquing poetry. Students read and discuss poetry in an anthology and also be responsible for writing poems based on assigned formal strategies or themes and for bringing them to a workshop setting for group critique.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2128 - Introduction to Fiction Writing


    An introductory course for those with little experience in reading, writing, and critiquing fiction. Students read and discuss short stories in an anthology and also be responsible for writing stories based on assigned formal strategies or themes and bringing them to a workshop setting for group critique.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2161 - Grammar for Writing


    A systematic, hands-on review of the grammar behind professional copy editing for academic and public submission, including techniques for using sentence structure, word choice, and information management to make texts intuitively appealing without sacrificing precision and to maximize reading speed.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2200 - Contemporary Literature


    Introduction to trends in contemporary literature. Encourages creativity through scholarly engagement with the world of contemporary literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2201 - Contemporary Poetry


    Introduction to current trends in American and world poetry. Encourages creativity and scholarly engagement with the exciting and multifaceted world of contemporary poetry.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2202 - Contemporary Fiction


    Introduction to current trends in contemporary fiction. Encourages creative and scholarly engagement with the world of contemporary fiction.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2301 - Introduction to African American Literature


    Survey of the major periods, texts, and issues in African American literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): WRDS 1103  or WRDS 1104  with a grade of C or above, or permission of department.
    Cross-listed Course(s): AFRS 2301 


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  • ENGL 2400 - American Literature Survey


    Surveys the whole of American literature from the Colonial to the Modern period. Major authors and literary movements, as well as important ideas and cultural issues are addressed.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2401 - British Literature Survey I


    Surveys British literature from the Medieval period to the Renaissance. Major authors and literary movements as well as important ideas and cultural issues are addressed.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2402 - British Literature Survey II


    Surveys British literature from the Neoclassical to the Modern period. Major authors and literary movements, as well as important ideas and cultural issues are addressed.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 2403 - British Literature Survey


    British literature from the Medieval period to the present. Major authors and literary movements as well as important ideas and cultural issues are addressed.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3050 - Topics in English


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 3051 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 3052 - Topics in English - Oral Communication


    Offers topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 3053 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive and Oral Communication


    Offers topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O,W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O), Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 3072 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Selected topics in literature and/or film. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 3074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture


    Study of children’s literature as it relates to other media for young people, including film, television, digital narratives, games, and/or comics.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 3100 - Approaches to Literature


    Introductory study and application of major critical approaches to literature, such as historical, psychological, mythological, and formalistic.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)


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  • ENGL 3102 - Literature for Young Children


    Critical study of literature for children under the age of eight, covering such topics as picture books, nursery rhymes, and books for beginning readers.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3103 - Children’s Literature


    Critical study of various genres of children’s literature, such as realistic fiction, fantasy, and picture books.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3104 - Literature for Adolescents


    Critical study of literature intended for adolescent and preadolescent readers, as well as texts that deal with coming-of-age themes.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3125 - Introduction to U.S. Latinx Literature


    Examines contemporary and recent literatures written in English in the U.S. by Latinx writers, and is designed to introduce students to the variety of texts and contexts which shape contemporary U.S. Latinx literary experiences. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): LTAM 3003  


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  • ENGL 3132 - Introduction to Contemporary American English


    Introduction to the study of word formation, the sound system, and the structure of contemporary American English, including characteristics and applications of traditional grammar.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3157 - Twentieth Century Black American Literature: Prose


    Intensive study of selected black American 20th century writers of fiction and nonfiction, beginning with the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3158 - Gender and African American Literature


    Exploration of the intersection of gender and African American literature, focusing on either Black women writers or Black male writers, or a combination in dialogue.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): AFRS 3158 .


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  • ENGL 3159 - African American Poetry


    Intensive study of African American poetry, focusing on one period or traversing several.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): AFRS 3159 .


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  • ENGL 3162 - Language and the Virtual World


    Explores the various ways in which language is used in cyberspace, and how those practices are re-shaping our daily lives and our cultural expectations.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3180 - Language and Digital Technology


    Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written, graphic, and digital communication within technical, rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3190 - Teaching Academic English to Adolescent Learners


    An overview of the theories, approaches, and challenges of teaching academic English in secondary school language arts settings.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3211 - Medieval Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Medieval era.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3212 - British Renaissance Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 16th and/or 17th centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3213 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Restoration and/or 18th century.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3214 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832


    Literature from the Romantic period, with emphasis on the works of specific writers, which may include works by men and women writers such as Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and Smith.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3215 - British Victorian Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the Victorian era.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3216 - British Literature in Transition, 1870-1914


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the period 1870-1914.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3217 - Modern British Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3231 - Early African American Literature


    Exploration of the major periods, texts, and issues in African American literature from its origins to the Harlem Renaissance.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3232 - Early American Literature


    Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, and Brown.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3233 - American Literature of the Romantic Period


    Important writers and ideas of the period of American romanticism, from Irving through Whitman, including such authors as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, and Melville.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3234 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods


    Important writers and ideas of American literature, from Whitman through the period of World War I, including such authors as Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, and Frost.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3235 - Modern American Literature


    Representative American literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3236 - African American Literature, Harlem Renaissance to Present


    Exploration of the major periods, texts, and issues in African American literature from the Harlem Renaissance to the present.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3237 - Modern and Recent U.S. Multiethnic Literature


    Representative U.S. multiethnic texts (poetry and/or prose) exemplifying the literary and cultural developments of the 20th and 21st centuries.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3267 - Vocabulary, Etymology, and Grammar


    Theoretical and practical exploration of vocabulary, etymology, and grammar for applications in teaching, writing, and editing in professional and technical arenas.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 3852 - Independent Study


    Individual investigations and appropriate exposition of the results. (Unless special permission is granted by the department chair, no more than six hours of ENGL 3852  may apply toward the English major.)

    Credit Hours: (1 to 3)
    Restriction(s): Permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4002 - Women and Literature


    Selected topics focusing on women and literature, such as images of women, women as writers, and women as literary critics. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic and permission of department (however, only six hours may be used for the requirements for the English major).


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  • ENGL 4008 - Topics in Advanced Technical Communication


    Exploration, both theoretically and practically, of the interrelation of written, oral, graphic, and digital communication within technical rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116  and COMM 1101 .
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4050 - Topics in English


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4051 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive


    Special topics not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4052 - Topics in English - Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4053 - Topics in English - Writing Intensive & Oral Communication


    Designed to offer topics of general interest not included in other courses.

    Credit Hours: (3) (O,W)
    General Education Requirement(s) Satisfied: Oral Communication (O), Writing in the Disciplines (W)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4061 - Approaches to Discourse


    Provides tools to understand and analyze discourse and pragmatics in order to analyze genres belonging to various discourse systems such as theater plays, classroom interaction, religious ritual, courtroom interaction, therapy sessions, and service encounters.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4072 - Topics in Literature and Film


    Selected topics in literature and/or film.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5072
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4074 - Topics in Children’s Literature, Media, and Culture


    Study of children’s literature as it relates to other media for young people, including film, television, digital narratives, games, and/or comics. 

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Cross-listed Course(s): ENGL 5074
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4090 - Major Authors


    The works, ideas, and life of one to three significant authors.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated one time using different author(s) and permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4102 - British Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in British and British Colonial Children’s literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4103 - American Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works in American Children’s literature.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4104 - Multiculturalism and Children’s Literature


    Focuses on works that represent one or more kinds of cultural, ethnic, or social diversity of the United States and other national literatures.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit with change of topic.


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  • ENGL 4111 - Ancient World Literature


    Readings of ancient world literature, in English translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4112 - Modern World Literature


    Readings in modern world literature, in English and in English translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4114 - Milton


    A study of the major poems and selections from the minor works of Milton.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4116 - Shakespeare’s Early Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the comedies, histories, and tragedies written 1590-1600.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4117 - Shakespeare’s Late Plays


    A study of 10 representative plays from the period 1600-1611, including the late tragedies and tragi-comedies.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4118 - British Renaissance Literature


    Readings of prose, poetry, and/or drama from the Renaissance period in England (16th and 17th centuries), which may include works by men and women writers such as Shakespeare, Milton, Donne, Lanyer, Wroth, and others.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4120 - Romantic British Literature, 1785-1832


    Literature from the Romantic period, with emphasis on the works of specific writers, which may include works by men and women writers such as Wordsworth, Blake, Coleridge, Wollstonecraft, Austen, and Smith.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4121 - British Literature of the Restoration and 18th Century


    Representative poetry, prose, and/or drama from this period in British literary history, which may include works by men and women writers such as Pope, Dryden, Sheridan, Behn, Centlivre, and others.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4122 - British Victorian Literature


    Readings in British literature during the Victorian period in England. Texts studied may include selections from poetry, prose, and/or drama and men and women writers such as Dickens, Browning, Tennyson, Bronte, Eliot, and Wilde.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4123 - Modern British Literature


    Representative British literary texts (poetry, prose, and/or drama) that embody the cultural and literary developments of the 20th century.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4132 - British Drama to 1642, Excluding Shakespeare


    A survey of late-medieval and Renaissance drama in England.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4139 - Early American Literature


    Origins of American literature, from Colonial times to Washington Irving, including such authors as Edwards, Taylor, Franklin, Crevecoeur, Freneau, Brown.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4140 - American Literature of the Romantic Period


    Important writers and ideas of the period of American romanticism, from Irving through Whitman, including such authors as Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4141 - American Literature of the Realist and Naturalist Periods


    Important writers and ideas of American literature, from Whitman through the period of World War I, including such authors as Dickinson, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dreiser, Frost.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4142 - Modern American Literature


    Important writers and ideas of modern American literature, including such authors as Faulkner, Eliot, Hemingway, Cummings.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4145 - Literature of the American South


    Selected works of Southern writers that reflect literary and cultural concerns from Colonial times to the present, including such authors as Poe, the early humorists, local color writers, Chopin, Faulkner, Warren, O’Connor, Welty.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4150 - Poetry


    Poetry written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4151 - Drama


    Drama written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4153 - Fiction


    Fiction written in English, focusing on a particular period, nationality, or topic.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Repeatability: May be repeated for credit one time with permission of department.


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  • ENGL 4155 - Pan-African Literature


    Introduction to significant Pan-African literature, emphasizing the oral tradition, selected works of major authors in the Caribbean and Africa, and the relationships of these traditions to American, British and other literary traditions. Works not originally written in English will be studied in translation.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4160 - Origins of Language


    Study of linguistic theories of how and when human language developed, with attention to parallel work in anthropology, archeology, and psychology.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4161 - Modern English Grammar


    A study of the structure of contemporary English, with an emphasis on descriptive approaches.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4165 - Multiculturalism and Language


    Readings in and discussion and application of the interrelationships between language and culture, including basic introduction to contemporary American dialects and to social contexts of language.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4167 - The Mind and Language


    Introduction to the study of the mind from a linguistic perspective. Topics include: language growth and loss, language deficits, modularity and hierarchical processing, the interaction of cognitive and linguistic faculties, parsing/processing strategies and limitations, and applications such as therapy, forensics, computing, teaching.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4168 - Multimodality and Text Description


    Explores how different modes of communication interact and are integrated in adapted, new or emergent digital discourses and genres. Multimodal analysis includes the analysis of communication in all its forms, but is particularly concerned with texts in which two or more semiotic resources-or ‘modes’ of communication-are integrated and combined. Such resources include aspects of speech such as intonation and other vocal characteristics, gesture (face, hand, and body) and proxemics, as well as products of human technology such as carving, painting, writing, architecture, image, sound recording, and interactive computing resources.

    Credit Hours: (3)


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  • ENGL 4180 - Theories of Technical Communication


    Rhetorical, psychological, and anthropological theories that underscore the interrelations of written, graphic, and digital communication within technical and rhetorical contexts.

    Credit Hours: (3)
    Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2116 .


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