ENGLISH (EH)

EH 101 Composition I 4 cr
EH 101 takes the student through a series of sequenced assignments designed to move from expressive, personal writing early in the course to informal, expository writing by the end of the quarter. Grading is A, B, C, and U. Attendance is required. The day student who misses more than five (evening, three) of the regularly scheduled class meetings, with or without excuses, will receive a U for the course.

EH 102 Composition II 4 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. Prerequisite: EH 101 or placement. (See Writing Competency Requirements.)
NOTE: EH 101 AND 102 are prerequisites to all subsequent English courses.

EH 188 Academic Writing 4 cr
Practice in the writing necessary in various academic disciplines. Emphasis is on the summary, the critique, the synthesis, and the proposal. Research is a necessary component of the course. Prerequisite: EH 102.

EH 201 Literary Genres 4 cr
A varying-content course treating literary forms. The student may choose from a number of specific topics that will be designated prior to each quarter. May be repeated once for credit when course content varies.

EH 202 Literary Themes 4 cr
A varying-content course treating particular concepts that recur in literature. The student may choose from a number of specific topics that will be designated prior to each quarter. May be repeated once for credit when course content varies.
NOTE: EH 201 and 202 do not count toward the 48-hour major requirement.

EH 211, 212, 213 Survey of 4 cr each qtr
British Literature I, II, III These courses introduce the student to the cultural heritage of the English-speaking peoples by studying representative works.
211 Literature from Anglo-Saxon times through 1603, with emphasis on Beowulf, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, and Elizabethan lyric poetry.
212 The literature of the 17th and 18th centuries, with concentration on Donne, Milton, Swift, Pope, and Johnson.
213 Literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, with particular attention to Wordsworth, Keats, Browning, major Victorian prose writers, and Yeats.

EH 221 Survey of American Literature I 4 cr
This course traces the development of American literature from the beginning through 1865 by studying the works of representative writers.

EH 222 Survey of American Literature II 4 cr
This course traces the development of American literature from 1865 to the present by studying the works of representative writers.

EH 231 World Masterpieces 4 cr
A survey of masterpieces of World Literature featuring excerpts in translation from the works of ancient and modern authors.

EH 241 Black Writers in America 4 cr
Major black writers with attention to their individual responses to the human experience. Readings will include fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, and polemical prose.

EH 290 Special Topics 4 cr
A variable-topic course treating separate English topics.
EH 321 Ballads of Britain and America 4 cr
The literary tradition of the popular folk ballad in Britain and America from early times to the present, with some attention to the tunes.

EH 323 American Prose 4 cr
Major non-fictional prose writers of America studied, with concentration on the works of Edwards, Franklin, Emerson, Thoreau, and Adams.

EH 325 American Poetry (W) 4 cr
Major pre-20th-century American poets studied, with emphasis on Poe, Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson.

EH 326 History of the English Language 4 cr
A study of the development from Old English through Middle English to Modern English with attention to cultural background, linguistic structure, and literary uses of the language.

EH 327 Chaucer's Canterbury Tales 4 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, and others.

EH 329 Renaissance Literature 4 cr
Non-dramatic literature of the English Renaissance with particular attention to the works of Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, and Spenser.

EH 332 The English Bible - Old Testament 4 cr
King James Version of the Bible studied, with respect to literary forms, philosophical concepts, and problems of translation.

EH 333 The English Bible - Apocrypha and 4 cr
New Testament King James Version of the Bible studied, with respect to literacy forms, philosophical concepts, and problems of translation.

EH 338 17th-Century Prose 4 cr
Religious, political, and expository prose, 1600-1670, including Donne, Bacon, and Milton.

EH 339 17th-Century Poetry 4 cr
Poetry of the 17th century to 1660, including such poets as Donne, Herbert, Vaughn, Jonson, Herrick, and Marvell.

EH 345 Restoration and Early 18th-Century Literature 4 cr
Non-dramatic literature with particular attention to Dryden, Bunyan, Pope, and Swift.

EH 346 Later 18th-Century Literature (W) 4 cr
Non-dramatic literature with emphasis on Boswell, Johnson, Goldsmith, Burns, and Blake.

EH 352 Romantic Poetry 4 cr
The poetry and critical ideas of Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley.

EH 355 Modern Poetry 4 cr
Critical analysis of British and American poetry from 1900 to 1960 with emphasis on Hopkins, Yeats, Eliot, Frost, and Stevens.

EH 363 Victorian Poetry 4 cr
The poetry and critical ideas of Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and the Pre-Raphaelites, with some attention to lesser writers.

EH 364 Victorian Prose 4 cr
Prose, exclusive of the novel, with emphasis on Carlyle, Newman, Mill, Ruskin, and Arnold.

EH 367 Shakespeare's Comedies 4 cr
Three to six plays will be given a close textual study and then viewed on video tape.

EH 368 Shakespeare's Histories 4 cr
Three to six plays will be given a close textual study and then viewed on video tape.

EH 369 Shakespeare's Tragedies 4 cr
Three to six plays will be given a close textual study and then viewed on video tape.

EH 372 Modern Short Story 4 cr
Representative modern short-story writers of America, Britain, and continental Europe. Oral and written analyses and critiques required.

EH 374 Contemporary Fiction 4 cr
A close reading of selected recent fiction from such authors as Bellow, Vonnegut, Updike, Cheever, Durrell, Powell, Lessing, and Stillitoe.

EH 375 Contemporary Prose 4 cr
Analysis of modern non-fictional prose, the work of literary artists treating politics, sociology, natural sciences, law, religion, and historical events. Authors include Capote, Talese, Tuchman, Asimov, Thurber, C.S. Lewis, and Mailer.

EH 376 Approaches to English Grammar (W) 4 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.

EH 381, 382, 383 Fiction Writing I, II, III 4 cr each qtr
Intensive practice in the writing of the short story. Constructive, critical discussions are conducted on each composition. Emphasis is upon creation of high quality fiction with possible view to publication. These courses require special permission.

EH 385, 386 Poetry Writing I, II 4 cr each qtr
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.

EH 387 Technical Writing (W) 4 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.

EH 388 Writing in the Professions (W) 4 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.

EH 403 Theory and Practice in Composition (W) 4 cr
A study proceeding by discussion, application, and writing workshop of theories of composition and the teaching of composition.

EH 410 Rhetoric: Ancient and Modern (W) 4 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.

EH 411 Literary Criticism I 4 cr
Literary criticism of the Classical and Neo-classical periods.

EH 412 Literary Criticism II 4 cr
Literary criticism of the Romantic, Victorian, and modern periods.

EH 432 American Novel I 4 cr
The novel from the beginnings to the 20th century (Charles Brockden Brown through Henry James). Offered 1995-96 and alternate years.

EH 433 American Novel II 4 cr
The novel from the turn of the century to the present (Stephen Crane through Saul Bellow). Offered in 1995-96 and alternate years.

EH 441 Contemporary Black Novel 4 cr
A close reading of five or six novels published since World War II by such authors as James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Ernest J. Gaines, Gloria Naylor, and Julius Lester.

EH 451, 452, 453 Screen Writing I, II, III 4 cr each qtr
A sequence of guided workshops in the writing of the dramatic narrative screenplay that, depending on the individual student, will culminate in an original feature-length treatment or screenplay.
In 451, story structure, character development, and the first act will be completed.
In 452, the first act may be re-written, and the second act will be completed.
In 453, the third act and a revision of the entire treatment or screenplay will be completed.
Prerequisites: EH 101, 102, junior standing, and permission of the instructor. The courses are to be taken in sequence.

EH 461 British Novel I 4 cr
The eighteenth-century novel, including such writers as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Goldsmith, and Burney. Offered in 1996-97 and alternate years.

EH 462 British Novel II 4 cr
The nineteenth-century novel, including such writers as Austen, Scott, the Brontes, Dickens, Eliot, Thackeray, and Hardy. Offered in 1996-97 and alternate years.

EH 463 British Novel III 4 cr
The twentieth-century novel, with emphasis on such modern writers as Conrad, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Forster, Greene, and Waugh. Offered in 1996-97 and alternate years.

EH 465 Contemporary American Poetry 4 cr
The course is a study of representative poets and poetry since 1960, their individual theories of poetic meaning, form, and the influences that shaped their work.

EH 470 Medieval English Drama 4 cr
Mystery plays of the great cycles of Wakefield, York, Chester, or N-Town.

EH 471 British Drama I 4 cr
Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, excluding Shakespeare. Offered in 1995-96 and alternate years.

EH 472 British Drama II (W) 4 cr
Restoration and 18th-century drama. Offered in 1995-96 and alternate years.

EH 475 Milton (W) 4 cr
Milton's major poems, with emphasis on Paradise Lost. Poetic methods and structure analyzed.

EH 477 Modern Drama 4 cr
Twentieth-century British, American, and Continental drama, with major emphasis on the plays of Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw, Pirandello, O'Neill, and Beckett. Offered in 1996-97 and alternate years.

EH 479 Middle English Literature 4 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.

EH 481, 482, 483 Advanced Fiction Writing 4 cr each qtr
I, II, III Advanced work in writing the story and the novel, for students of exceptional talent. Prerequisites: EH 381 and 382 or the equivalent. These courses require special permission.

EH 484, 485, 486 Advanced Poetry Writing 4 cr each qtr
I, II, III Advanced work in writing poetry, for students of exceptional talent. These courses require special permission. Prerequisites: EH 385 and 386 or equivalent.

EH 489 The Art of the Essay 4 cr
A continuation of advanced expository writing from EH 387 and/or EH 388. 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. Prerequisite: EH 387 or EH 388.

EH 490 Special Topics 4 cr
Selected topics in writing in literary studies. May be repeated for credit when course content varies.

EH 492 Seminar 4 cr
A specific subject in American or British Literature to be assigned prior to each quarter. Can be taken twice with credit when subject offerings are from different literary areas.

EH 494 Directed Studies 1-4 cr
Directed individual study. Prerequisite: Permission of the department chair.

EH 496 Professional Studies: Internship 1-8 cr
On-the-job experience which relates to the student's classroom work in the field of English. Written reports required. A maximum of 8 hours credit may be earned in internships. Students should consult with the department chair regarding internship opportunities and specific requirements for eligibility. English majors and minors who are juniors and seniors may enroll. Prerequisites: Permission of the department chair and of the Program Director or Supervising Professor.

EH 501 Introduction to Critical Theory 4 cr
Required of all M.A. students in their first year of work. The course 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 510 Studies in Old English 4 cr
Old English poetry and prose with instruction in the language and readings in the original and translation.

EH 511 Beowulf 4 cr
A study of the Old English poem Beowulf. Prerequisite: EH 510 or equivalent.

EH 513 Studies in Chaucer 4 cr
A study of Chaucer's major poetry.

EH 514 Renaissance Poetry 4 cr
Examination of non-dramatic Renaissance poetic development, including the sonnet, and a close reading of Spenser's poetry with emphasis on The Faerie Queene.

EH 516 Studies in Shakespeare I 4 cr
A study of topics in the histories, comedies, and poetry of Shakespeare.

EH 517 Studies in Shakespeare II 4 cr
A study of topics in the tragedies, problem plays, and poetry of Shakespeare.

EH 521 The Metaphysical Poets 4 cr
A study of several major metaphysical poets, such as Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Crashaw, and Marvell.

EH 525 Restoration and 18th-Century Satire 4 cr
A study of the satiric writings of Wycherley, Etherege, Congreve, Dryden, Swift, and Pope.

EH 527 The Age of Johnson 4 cr
A study of several major figures of the period, such as Johnson, Boswell, Goldsmith, Gibbon, Burke, and Sheridan.

EH 532 The Early Romantic Poets 4 cr
A study of Wordsworth and Coleridge, with some attention to Blake and Burns.

EH 534 The Later Romantic Poets 4 cr
A study of Byron, Shelley, and Keats.

EH 536 Victorian and Edwardian Poetry 4 cr
A study of several major Victorian and Edwardian poets (such as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, and Pre-Raphaelites, Swinburne, Hopkins, and Hardy.)

EH 538 Victorian and Edwardian Prose 4 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 4 cr
A study of several major figures of the American Romantic Movement, such as Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, and Dickinson.

EH 545 American Realism 4 cr
A study of several major figures of the American Realistic Movement, such as Howells, Twain, James, Crane, and Dreiser.

EH 547 The Southern Renaissance 4 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 Twentieth-Century Poetic Revolution 4 cr
A study of the key figures in the shaping of modern poetry-Yeats, Eliot, Pound, Stevens, and Frost.

EH 571 Modern and Contemporary British Fiction 4 cr
Examination in depth of selected works of such authors as Conrad, D. H. Lawrence, Woolf, Forster, Joyce, Greene, and Lessing.

EH 573 Modern and Contemporary American Fiction 4 cr
Examination in depth of selected works of such authors as Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Bellow.

EH 581, 582, 583 Graduate Fiction Writing 4 cr each qtr
Workshop Special individual instruction in fiction writing. These courses require special permission.

EH 584 Poetry Writing Workshop I 4 cr
Special individual instruction in poetry writing. These courses require special permission.

EH 585 Poetry Writing Workshop II 4 cr
Special individual instruction in poetry writing. These courses require special permission.

EH 586 Poetry Writing Workshop III 4 cr
Special individual instruction in poetry writing. These courses require special permission.

EH 590 Special Topics 4 cr
A graduate seminar designed to allow close study of selected literary topics or figures. Can be taken twice with credit when the subject offerings are from different literary areas.

EH 592 Seminar 4 cr
A specific subject in American or British Literature to be assigned prior to each quarter. Can be taken twice with credit when the subject offerings are from different literary areas.

EH 594 Directed Studies 1-4 cr
Directed individual study.

EH 599 Thesis
One to eight credits per quarter with a maximum of eight hours' credit.

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