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EH 101 Composition I 3 cr
EH 101 takes the student through a series of sequenced assignments
designed to move from expressive, personal writing early in the course
to formal expository writing by the end of the semester. Grading is
A, B, C, and U. Attendance is required. Day students who miss more
than five (evening, three) of the regularly scheduled class meetings,
with or without excuses, will receive a U for the course. Core Course.
EH 102 Composition II 3 cr
This course emphasizes the types of writing that students will need
to do in their college careers, e.g., development of a central idea
in reviews, essay-examination answers, other types of expository writing,
and the research paper. Grading is A, B, C, and F. Prerequisite: EH
101 or placement. Core Course. NOTE: EH 101 and 102 are prerequisites
for all subsequent English courses.
EH 203 Literary Genres 3 cr
Variable-content course featuring literary forms. May be repeated
once for credit when topic varies. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 204 Literary Themes 3 cr
Variable-content course treating particular concepts that recur in
literature. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 207 Literature and Gender 3 cr
A variable-topics course to study gender issues in literary texts.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 215 Survey of British Literature I 3 cr
This course introduces the student to the cultural heritage of the
English-speaking peoples by studying representative works from Anglo-Saxon
times to Blake. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 216 Survey of British Literature II 3 cr
This course introduces the student to the cultural heritage of the
English-speaking peoples by studying representative works from Blake
to the present. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 225 Survey of American Literature I 3 cr
This course traces the development of American literature from the
beginning through 1865 by studying the works of representative writers.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 226 Survey of American Literature II 3 cr
This course traces the development of American literature from 1865
to the present by studying the works of representative writers. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 235 Survey of World Literature I 3 cr
A survey of literature from the Ancient World, the Middle Ages, and
the Renaissance, featuring selections in translation. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 236 Survey of World Literature II 3 cr
A survey of literature from neoclassicism, romanticism, 19th century
realism and naturalism, and the modern world, featuring selections
in translation. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102. Core Course.
EH 242 Black Writers in America 3 cr
A survey of literature by major African American authors from the
days of slavery to the present. Readings will include fiction, poetry,
drama, autobiography, and polemical prose. Prerequisites: EH 101 and
102.
EH 288 Academic Writing (W) 3 cr
Practice in the writing necessary in various academic disciplines.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 290 Special Topics 3 cr
A variable-content course treating selected topics in literature and
language. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 301 Poetry: Critical Reading and Analysis 3 cr
Introduction to close reading and interpretation of poetry, including
written explications and analysis. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 302 Drama: Critical Reading and Analysis 3 cr
Introduction to close reading and interpretation of drama, including
written analysis. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 303 Fiction: Critical Reading and Analysis 3 cr
I ntroduction to close reading and interpretation of fiction, including
written analysis. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 311 Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales 3 cr
Introduction to the poetry of Chaucer with instruction in the background
and the language of Chaucer’s England and with readings of selected
Tales such as those of the Knight, the Miller, the Wife of Bath. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 321 Renaissance Literature 3 cr
Non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance through 1600. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 322 Shakespeare’s Comedies and Romances 3 cr
Study of Shakespeare’s comedies and romances. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 323 Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Histories 3 cr
Study of Shakespeare’s tragedies and histories. Prerequisites: EH
101 and 102.
EH 324 Seventeenth-Century Literature 3 cr
Non-dramatic literature 1600-1660. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 331 American Novel to 1900 3 cr
American novel from beginning to 1900. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 332 American Nonfiction Prose 3 cr
Major American nonfiction prose. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 334 American Poetry to 1900 (W) 3 cr
Major American poets from beginning to 1900. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 340 Restoration and Early 3 cr
18th-Century Literature Literature of the period, including such authors
as Behn, Dryden, Finch, Defoe, Pope, Montagu, Swift, and Fielding.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 342 Later 18th-Century 3 cr Literature (W)
Literature of the period, including such authors as Gray, Boswell,
Johnson, Sheridan, Radcliffe, Wollstonecraft, Blake, and Austen. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 343 18th-Century British Novel 3 cr
Eighteenth-Century British Novel. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 351 British Romanticism 3 cr
The poetry and prose of Romantic-era writers, including Wordsworth,
Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 352 Victorian Poetry 3 cr
The poetry and critical ideas of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and the
Pre-Raphaelites, with some attention to lesser writers. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 353 Victorian Prose 3 cr
Prose, exclusive of the novel, with emphasis on Carlyle, Newman, Mill,
Ruskin, and Arnold. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 354 19th-Century British Novel 3 cr
Novels of the Romantic and Victorian periods. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 360 Modern British and American Poetry 3 cr
British and American poetry from 1900 to 1960. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 361 American Novel Since 1900 3 cr
Twentieth-century American novel. Pre- requisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 367 British Novel Since 1900 3 cr
Twentieth-century British novel. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 368 Contemporary Poetry 3 cr
Representative poets and poetry since 1960. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 370 History of the English Language 3 cr
A study of the development from Old English through Middle English
to Modern English. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 371 Approaches to English Grammar (W) 3 cr
A course designed primarily to help education majors translate between
the languages of conventional grammar and the syntactical grammar
relevant to the teaching of English at pre-college levels. Consideration
will also be given to the rationales basic to the formation of different
grammars and to methods of presenting grammatical material in a classroom
situation. Non-education majors interested in a sophisticated approach
to the study of grammar might also benefit from this course. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 372 Technical Writing (W) 3 cr
The purpose of this course is to train students in the kinds of written
reports required of practicing professionals, aiming to improve mastery
of the whole process of report writing from conceptual stage through
editing stage. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 373 Writing in the Professions (W) 3 cr
Practice in the kinds of writing done in such professions as speech
pathology and audiology, nursing, teaching, criminal justice, and
business. Assignments, which emphasize persuasive writing, may include
position papers, correspondence, and reports. Prerequisites: EH 101
and 102.
EH 374 The English Bible - Old Testament 3 cr
King James Version of the Bible studied with respect to literary forms,
philosophical concepts, and problems of translation. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 375 The English Bible - Apocrypha and New Testament 3 cr
King James Version of the Bible studied with respect to literary forms,
philosophical concepts, and problems of translation. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 391, 392 Fiction Writing I, II 3 cr
Intensive practice in the writing of the short story. Constructive,
critical discussions are con-ducted on each composition. Emphasis
is upon creation of high-quality fiction with possible view to publication.
These courses require special permission. Prerequisites: EH 101 and
102.
EH 395, 396 Poetry Writing I, II 3 cr
The English language as it may be used in embodying poetic knowledge.
Readings in contemporary poetry, study of fixed and open verse forms
and their metrics, and practice in producing poems and explications.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 401* Theory and Practice in Composition (W) 3 cr
A study of theories of composition and the teaching of composition
proceeding by discussion, application, and writing workshop. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 402* Rhetoric: Ancient and Modern (W) 3 cr
Readings in rhetorical theory, ancient and modern, are applied in
specific writing assignments which encourage students to adopt a point
of view and address a specific audience. Prerequisites: EH 101 and
102.
EH 403* Art of the Essay 3 cr
Advanced expository writing. Discussion of British and American essays
by such writers as Bacon, Addison, Swift, Arnold, Emerson, Chesterton,
Lewis Thomas, and Joan Didion, with applications in written assignments.
Student writings are discussed in class or in conference. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 421* Literary Criticism to 1900 (W) 3 cr
Classical, NeoClassical, Romantic, and Victorian literary theory.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 422* Literary Criticism Since 1900 (W) 3 cr
Modern and contemporary literary theory. Prerequisites: EH 101 and
102.
EH 460* Medieval Drama 3 cr
Mystery or Corpus Christi plays of the great cycles of Wakefield,
York, Chester, or N-Town, and morality plays such as Everyman or The
Castle of Perseverance. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 461* Tudor and Stuart Drama 3 cr
A historical and generic study of plays by authors including Kyd,
Marlowe, Dekker, Jonson, Middleton, Beaumont, Fletcher, and Webster.
The course will include a performance component. Prerequisites: EH
101 and 102.
EH 462* Restoration and 18th-Century Drama (W) 3 cr
A historical and generic study of plays of authors such as Wycherley,
Etheridge, Behn, Dryden, Otway, Congreve, Steele, Goldsmith, and Sheridan.
The course will include a performance component. Prerequisites: EH
101 and 102.
EH 463* Drama 1890-Present 3 cr
Twentieth-century British, American and Continental drama, with major
emphasis on the plays of Ibsen, Checkhov, Shaw, Pirandello, O’Neill,
and Beckett. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 465* Middle English Literature 3 cr
Major romances and dream-visions of the late Middle Ages, such as
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Troilus and Criseyde, Sir Orfeo,
Pearl, Parliament of Birds, and others. Prerequisites: EH 101 and
102.
EH 467* Milton (W) 3 cr
Milton’s major poems, with emphasis on Paradise Lost. Poetic methods
and structure analyzed. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 468* Contemporary Black Fiction 3 cr
A close reading of selected fiction published since World War II by
such authors as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison,
Ernest J. Gains, Gloria Naylor, and Julius Lester. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 470* Studies in Medieval Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from medieval literature. Prerequisites:
EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 471* Studies in Renaissance Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from Renaissance literature. Prerequisites:
EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 472* Studies in Shakespeare 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from Shakespeare. Prerequisites: EH 101,
102 and junior standing.
EH 474* Studies in Restoration and 18th-Century Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from Restoration and 18th-Century Literature.
Prerequisites: EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 475* Studies in 19th-Century Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from 19th-century literature. Prerequisites:
EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 476* Studies in 20th - Century Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from 20th-century literature. Prerequisites:
EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 477* Studies in Genre 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from various genres. Prerequisites: EH
101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 478* Studies in Film 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from film studies. Prerequisites: EH 101,
102 and junior standing.
EH 479* Studies in Modern/Postmodern Poetry 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from modern/ postmodern poetry. Prerequisites:
EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 480* Studies in Gender and Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics dealing with gender issues in literature.
Prerequisites: EH 101, 102 and junior standing.
EH 482* Studies in American Literature 3 cr
Seminar in specific topics from American literature. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102.
EH 483*, 484* Advanced Fiction Writing I, II 3 cr
Advanced work in writing the story and the novel, for students of
exceptional talent. Prerequisites: EH 391 and 392 or the equivalent,
EH 101 and 102. These courses require special permission.
EH 485*, 486* Advanced Poetry Writing I, II 3 cr
Advanced work in writing poetry, for students of exceptional talent.
Prerequisite: EH 395 and 396 or equivalent, EH 101 and 102. These
courses require special permission.
EH 487*, 488* Screen Writing I, II 3 cr
Guided workshops in writing a dramatic narrative screenplay. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102, junior standing.
EH 490* Special Topics 3 cr
Selected topics in writing in literary studies. May be repeated for
credit when course content varies.
EH 492* Seminar 3 cr
Specific topics in literature. Can be taken twice for credit when
topic varies. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 494* Directed Studies 3 cr
Directed individual study. Prerequisites: EH 101,102 and permission
of the directing professor and department chair.
EH 496* Professional Studies: Internship 3 cr
On-the-job experience which relates to the student’s classroom work
in the field of English; reports required. A maximum of 6 hours of
credit may be earned in internships. Students consult with the department
chair regarding internship opportunities and specific required eligibility.
English majors and minors who are juniors or seniors may enroll. Prerequisites:
Permission of the department chair and the supervising professor.
Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102.
EH 501 Introduction to Critical Theory 3 cr
Required of all M.A. students in their first year of work. Surveys
current literary theory from structuralism to the present. The purpose
is to introduce the conceptual lexicons and reading strategies of
advanced literary analysis. Topics treated include structuralism,
deconstruction, psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, Marxism, feminism, and
reception theory.
EH 505 Teaching College Writing 3 cr
A study of contemporary theories of writing and rhetoric, with an
emphasis on their application in a college-level curriculum.
EH 510 Introduction to Old English 3 cr
Old English poetry and prose studied in its original linguistic form.
EH 511 Beowulf 3 cr
A study of the Old English poem Beowulf in its original linguistic
form. Prerequisite: EH 510 or equivalent.
EH 513 Studies in Chaucer 3 cr
A study of selections of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and dream visions.
EH 514 Renaissance Poetry 3 cr
Examination of non-dramatic Renaissance poetic development, including
the sonnet.
EH 516 Studies in Shakespeare I 3 cr
A study in Shakespeare’s comedies and romances.
EH 517 Studies in Shakespeare II 3 cr
A study of Shakespeare’s histories and tragedies.
EH 521 Seventeenth-Century Poetry 3 cr
A historical and formal study of the poetry of the early seventeenth
century, including the works of Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Vaughan, Herrick,
Marvel, Wroth, Lanyer, and Phillips. The course will emphasize the
close reading of poems.
EH 525 Restoration and Early 18th-Century Literature 3 cr
A study of literature in the period, including such authors as Dryden,
Rochester, Behn, Congreve, Defoe, Pope, Swift, Gay.
EH 526 The 18th-Century Novel 3 cr
A study of prose fiction narratives from the Restoration and eighteenth
century by such authors as Behn, Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett,
Stern, and Burney, with emphasis on the establishment of the novel
as a respected genre.
EH 527 The Age of Sensibility 3 cr
A study of several late eighteenth-century literary figures, such
as Stern, Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Wollstonecraft, Radcliffe,
and Blake.
EH 532 Early Romantics 3 cr
A study of early Romantic poetry and prose, with emphasis on the poetry
of William Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge.
EH 534 Late Romantics 3 cr
A study of late Romantic poetry and prose, with emphasis on the poetry
of Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and John Keats.
EH 536 Victorian and Edwardian Poetry 3 cr
A study of several major Victorian and Edwardian poets, (such as Tennyson,
Browning, Arnold, Pre-Raphaelites, Swinburne, Hopkins, and Hardy.)
EH 538 Victorian and Edwardian Prose 3 cr
A study of selected masters of Victorian and Edwardian prose fiction
(such as Dickens, Thackeray, George Eliot, Morris, Hardy, Kipling)
and expository prose (such as Newman, Carlyle, Mill, Ruskin, Arnold,
and Stevenson.)
EH 543 American Romanticism 3 cr
A study of writers of the American Romantic Movement, such as Emerson,
Thoreau, Douglass, Whitman, and Dickinson, focusing primarily on nonfiction
prose and poetry.
EH 544 Antebellum American Fiction 3 cr
Examines the emergence and development of American fiction before
the Civil War, focusing on the tale and the novel, and including such
figures as Cooper, Hawthorne, Poe, Melville, and Stowe.
EH 545 American Realism 3 cr
A study of writers of the American Realistic Movement, such as Howells,
Twain, James, Crane, and Dreiser.
EH 547 The Southern Renaissance 3 cr
A study of several representative figures from twentieth-century Southern
literature, such as Faulkner, Warren, Tate, Ransom, O’Connor, and
McCullers.
EH 562 The 20th-Century Poetic Revolution 3 cr
A study of the key figures in the shaping of modern poetry: Yeats,
Eliot, Pound, Stevens, and Frost.
EH 571 Modern British Fiction 3 cr
Examination of selected works of such authors as Conrad, D.H. Lawrence,
Woolf, Forster, Joyce, Greene, and Lessing.
EH 572 Modern American Fiction 3 cr
Examination of selected works of such authors as Anderson, Fitzgerald,
Hemingway, and Faulkner.
EH 573 Contemporary Fiction 3 cr
Provides an overview of significant works since 1950 by such authors
as Flannery O’Connor, Comac McCarthy, Walker Percy, John Updike, Marge
Piercy, Alice Walker, and Amy Tan.
EH 583 Graduate Fiction Writing Workshop I 3 cr
Special individual instruction in fiction writing. This course requires
special permission.
EH 584 Graduate Fiction Writing Workshop II 3 cr
Special individual instruction in fiction writing. This course requires
special permission.
EH 585 Graduate Poetry Writing Workshop I 3 cr
Special individual instruction in poetry writing. This course requires
special permission.
EH 586 Graduate Poetry Writing Workshop II 3 cr
Special individual instruction in poetry writing. This course requires
special permission.
EH 590 Special Topics 3 cr
A graduate seminar designed to allow close study of selected literary
topic or figures. Can be taken twice for credit when the subject offerings
are from different literary areas.
EH 592 Seminar 3 cr
A specific subject in American or British Literature to be assigned
prior to each semester. Can be taken twice for credit when the subject
offerings are from different literary areas.
EH 594 Directed Studies 3 cr
Directed individual study on a topic not covered by a listed course.
Prerequisite: prior permission of the directing professor and the
department chair.
EH 599 Thesis 1-6 cr
One to six credits per semester with a maximum of six hours of credit.
*Courses may be taken by Advanced Undergraduates and Graduates
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