The Writing Sequence
Admission: the Writing Sequence is open to
freshmen and sophomores: 50 students per
year, on a first-come, first-served basis. A
number of places in the sequence are also
reserved for transfer students. Interested
students should contact the Director of
Writing, Dr. Amy Lee, Department of English,
Humanities 333. Students must be enrolled in
English 202Z before applying for formal
admission to the Writing Sequence.
B.A. Writing Sequence: 36 credits in English,
including the following 21 credits in this
recommended order of study:
3 credits selected from one of the following
reading courses, preferably the Writing
Intensive version (catalog number with "E"
suffix):
A Eng 121 Reading Literature
A Eng 122 Reading Prose Fiction
A Eng 123 Reading Drama
A Eng 124 Reading Poetry
A Eng 202Z Introduction to Writing: Creative and Persuasive (Poetics & Rhetoric)
A Eng 210 Introduction to Literary Study May be taken concurrently with Eng 202Z.
A Eng 303Z Forms of Argumentative and Persuasive Writing
A Eng 304Z Forms of Creative Writing
A Eng 350 Contemporary Writers at Work
A Eng 450 Special Topics in Rhetoric and Poetics
The remaining 15 credits must be taken from
English course work outside the writing
sequence, including at least 6 credits at or
above the 300-level. Sequence courses may be
repeated for Eng credit with permission of
Director.
Teacher Education Program
Students interested in a career in secondary
school teaching must apply for and be
admitted to the Teacher Education Program
administered by the Department of Educational
Theory and Practice before they can be
officially enrolled in this major in the
Teacher Education Program. Qualified students
may apply after satisfactorily completing one
year of undergraduate study and a minimum of
24 graduation credits. Admission requirements
are described in this bulletin under the
section headed "Department of Educational
Theory and Practice." Students admitted to
the program must complete the teacher
education professional requirements described
in this bulletin under "Undergraduate
Professional Requirements" within the section
headed "Department of Educational Theory and
Practice." Students must also complete those
courses within the English major which are
listed in this section under the B.A. General
Sequence, and they must apply 3 credits from
their 12 credits in "Elective" courses to a
Linguistics course, i.e., A Eng 216, 217M or
311L.
Honors Program
The honors program in English is designed to
promote intellectual exchange and community
among able English majors and to prepare them
to do independent work. Successful completion
of the Program earns an Honors Certificate in
English and nomination for graduation with
"Honors in English" from the University.
Admission to the honors program is through a
competitive selection process. Application
for the honors program is normally made in
the sophomore, spring semester, to the honors
program coordinator. Transfer students may
apply upon acceptance to the University. For
admission, students should have completed 12
credits in English, including A Eng 210 and
one 300-level course. Students should have an
overall average of at least 3.25, and 3.50 in
English. The honors committee may waive the
entry requirements where appropriate.
Students in the honors program are required
to complete 38 credits as follows:
- 12 credits as described previously;
- 14 honors credits: A Eng 398Z, 399 (4 credits
each) and 498 and 499 (3 credits each) in
which the honors thesis is written;
- 12 additional credits in English distributed
along the lines laid down for the major;
Fulfillment of the honors program waives the
regular requirements of the English major. To
remain in the honors program students are
required to maintain a minimum cumulative
grade point average of 3.50 in English
courses and a minimum 3.25 overall. Any
student who leaves the honors program is held
responsible for the English major
requirements.
The Departmental Honors Committee reviews
applications and admissions, monitors the
progress of honors students, and evaluates
the honors thesis. Upon students' completion
of the requirements, the honors committee
recommends candidates for the degree with
honors in English.
Honors Seminars
A Eng 398 Honors Seminar I
A Eng 399 Honors Seminar II
A Eng 498 Honors Seminar III
A Eng 499 Honors Seminar IV
Combined B.A./M.A. Program
The combined B.A./M.A. program in English
provides an opportunity for students of
recognized academic ability and educational
maturity to fulfill integrated requirements
of undergraduate and master's degree programs
from the beginning of their junior year. A
carefully designed program can permit a
student to earn the B.A. and M.A. degrees
within nine semesters.
The combined program requires a minimum of
141 credits, of which at least 30 must be
graduate credits. In qualifying for the B.A.,
students must meet all University and college
requirements, including the requirements of
the undergraduate major described previously,
the minor requirement, the minimum 90-credit
liberal arts and sciences requirement, the
general education requirements, and residency
requirements. In qualifying for the M.A.,
students must meet all University and college
requirements as outlined in the Graduate
Bulletin, including completion of a minimum
of 30 graduate credits and any other
conditions such as a research seminar,
thesis, comprehensive examination,
professional experience, and residency
requirements. Up to 9 graduate credits may be
applied simultaneously to both the B.A. and
M.A. programs.
Students are considered as undergraduates
until completion of 120 graduation credits
and satisfactory completion of all B.A.
requirements. Upon meeting B.A. requirements,
students are automatically considered
graduate students.
Students may be admitted to the combined
degree program at the beginning of their
junior year, or after the successful
completion of 56 credits, but no later than
the accumulation of 100 credits. A cumulative
grade point average of 3.20 or higher and
three supportive letters of recommendation
from faculty are required for consideration.
Students will be admitted upon the
recommendation of the Graduate Admissions
Committee of the department.
English Courses Descriptions
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Note: Courses that can be used to fulfill the
English major category requirements are
indicated by an asterisk (*). Courses without
an asterisk can be used to meet the remaining
number of credits in English required for the
major. |
A Eng 102Z Introduction to Creative Writing (3)
General Education: WI
Introductory course for students with little
or no experience in creative writing.
Practice in the writing of poetry, fiction,
autobiography, and other literary or personal
forms. Consideration of such elements of
composition as rhythm, imagery, poetic
conventions, narrative, tone, point of view,
and atmosphere. May be taken only by freshmen
and sophomores. S/U graded.
A Eng 121L *Reading Literature (3)
General Education: HA
Development of the critical skills for
interpreting and evaluating literature in the
major genres-fiction, drama and poetry-with a
focus on significant representative works
from a variety of cultures and historical
periods. A Eng 121E is the writing intensive
version of A Eng 121L; only one may be taken
for credit.
A Eng 121E *Reading Literature (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 121E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 121L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 122L *Reading Prose Fiction (3)
General Education: HA
Introduction to methods of analyzing fiction:
plot, character, theme, point of view,
symbolism, setting, etc. Readings consist of
short stories and novels from a variety of
cultures and historical periods. A Eng 122E
is the writing intensive version of A Eng
122L; only one may be taken for credit.
A Eng 122E *Reading Prose Fiction (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 122E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 122L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 123L *Reading Drama (3)
General Education: HA
Introduction to the study of dramatic
literature from ancient Greece to the
present. Primary focus on dramatic structure,
plot, character, theme, setting, dialogue-but
attention also given to the relationship
between the plays and the cultures that
produced them. A Eng 123E is the writing
intensive version of A Eng 123L; only one may
be taken for credit.
A Eng 123E *Reading Drama (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 123E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 123L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 124L *Reading Poetry (3)
General Education: HA
Introduction to the analysis of poetry. The
course considers a range of modes through
readings from various periods of English and
American poetry, examining such elements as
voice, figures of speech, diction, tone and
poetic form. A Eng 124E is the writing
intensive version of A Eng 124L; only one may
be taken for credit.
A Eng 124E *Reading Poetry (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 124E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 124L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 144L Reading Shakespeare (3)
General Education: HA
Introduction to the variety of Shakespearean
genres-comedy, history, tragedy, romance,
tragicomedy and sonnets-in light of both
their Renaissance context and their relevance
to contemporary issues. (Intended for
nonmajors.) A Eng 144E is the writing
intensive version of A Eng 144L; only one may
be taken for credit.
A Eng 144E Reading Shakespeare (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 144E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 144L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 202Z Introduction to Creative Writing: Creative & Persuasive (Poetics & Rhetoric) (3)
General Education: WI
An introduction to writing as it is informed
by rhetoric and poetics. Features extensive
student writing. Emphasis on key concepts and
basic terminology, analysis of both literary
and student texts, and workshop pedagogy. May
be taken only by freshmen and sophomores.
A Eng 210 *Introduction to Literary Study (3)
A study of relationships among writer, text
and reader as they bear upon literary
interpretation and theory. Primary focus will
be on the basic issues and assumptions
underlying literary study and on varying
approaches to practical criticism. Readings:
selected literary texts, essays in practical
criticism and critical theory.
Prerequisite(s): completion of or current
enrollment in a 100-level English literature
course.
A Eng 215L Methods of Literary Criticism (3)
General Education: HA
This course involves investigation and
application of a particular critical method
such as Freudian, Marxist, historical,
structural or mythic criticism. By focusing
on only one critical method among many in the
discipline, nonspecialist students gain
experience with an important tool of literary
analysis, using it to discover new dimensions
in a variety of literary texts. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
A Eng 216 (= A Lin 216) Traditional Grammar and Usage (3)
Thorough coverage of traditional grammar and
usage with an introduction to the principles
of structural and transformational grammar.
Brief exploration into recent advances in
linguistic thought. Practice in stylistic
analysis using such grammatical elements as
syntax, voice, subordination and sentence
structure.
A Eng 217M (= A Ant 220M & A Lin 220M) Introduction to Linguistics (3)
General Education: SS
The principles of modern structural,
transformational, and historical linguistics,
with English as the prime example in the
examination of language and languages. Only
one of A Eng 217M, A Ant 220M & A Lin 220M
may be taken for credit.
A Eng 221 (= A Jst 242 & A Rel 221) The Bible as Literature (3)
General Education: CHP
Literary genres of the Hebrew Bible (Old
Testament) and the cultures from which they
emerged. Attention to parallel developments
in other literatures and to the influence of
the Hebrew Bible on Western life and letters.
Only one of Eng 221, Jst 242, and Rel 221 may
be taken for credit
A Eng 222L Masterpieces of Literature (3)
General Education: HA
Major works of world literature in a variety
of forms, including epic, dramatic and
narrative as they provide a context of
literary tradition and a foundation for
literary study and intellectual history.
A Eng 222E is the writing intensive version
of 222L; may be repeated once for credit when
content varies.
A Eng 222E Masterpieces of Literature (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 222E is the writing intensive version
of 222L; may be repeated once for credit when
content varies.
A Eng 223L Short Story (3)
General Education: HA
Analysis and interpretation of the short
story as it occurs in one or more periods or
places. A Eng 223E is the writing intensive
version of A Eng 223L; only one may be taken
for credit.
A Eng 223E Short Story (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 223E is the writing intensive version
of A Eng 223L; only one may be taken for
credit.
A Eng 224 Satire (3)
Exploration of the mode of satire: the view
of the human estate which informs it and the
characteristic actions and images by which
this view is realized in prose fiction, drama
and poetry and in the visual arts. Studies
Roman, medieval, 17th and 18th century,
modern and contemporary works.
A Eng 226L Study of a Literary Theme, Form or Mode (3)
General Education: HA
Exploration of a single common theme, form or
mode using varied texts to promote fresh
inquiry by unexpected juxtapositions of
subject matter and ways of treating it.
Sample themes might include Slavery,
Radicalism, or the Old West. Sample forms
might include the sonnet or lyric. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
A Eng 227 Literature and Technology (3)
An examination of the relations between
technology and literature. Topics to be
addressed may include the presentation of
science and technology in fiction, drama and
poetry as well as the impact of technological
innovation on literary production and
consumption.
A Eng 232L Modern Novel (3)
General Education: HA
Consideration of the forms, techniques and
themes of the modern American, British and
Continental novel.
A Eng 233L Modern Drama (3)
General Education: HA
Survey of modern European and American drama
from naturalistic theatre to post-modern
theater. Dramatists include Ibsen, Chekhov,
Shaw, O'Neill, Brecht, Ionesco, Williams,
Pinter and others.
A Eng 234L Modern Poetry (3)
General Education: HA
The forms, techniques and themes of modern
British and American poetry, with
concentration on such major figures as Yeats,
Eliot, Williams, Bishop and Stevens.
A Eng 240 *Growing Up in America (3)
General Education: HD
A reading of novels, autobiographies and
other literary works in which authors, both
men and women, of various ethnic and racial
backgrounds describe the experience of
growing up in a multi-ethnic society.
Discussions will be aimed at increasing an
understanding of the problems and pleasures
of diversity.
A Eng 241L Popular Literature (3)
General Education: HA
Examines aspects of popular literary culture
such as the best-seller, song lyrics, popular
romances, detective and mystery fiction, or
books that have been in vogue on the campus
during the last 20 years. The course explores
the power of cultural ephemera and gives
insight into the nature of popular appeal.
May be repeated once for credit when content
varies.
A Eng 242L Science Fiction (3)
General Education: HA
The development of science fiction and the
issues raised by it. Authors include such
writers as Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Huxley
and LeGuin.
A Eng 243 Literature and Film (3)
Both films and literary works as outgrowths
of their culture. From term to term the
course focuses on different periods or
themes. May be repeated once for credit when
content varies.
A Eng 243Z Four American Directors (3)
General Education: WI
Representative films of Orson Welles, John
Ford, Alfred Hitchcock and Billy Wilder from
several perspectives. Analyzed as examples of
film art, expressions of an individual' s
personal vision, products of a complex
industrial organization (Hollywood,) and
texts to help explain a society's complex
cultural condition.
A Eng 251 *British Poetic Tradition I (3)
A study of the British poetic tradition,
focusing on representative works of a small
number of authors. Readings will include
works from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and
17th century (e.g., Chaucer, Spenser, Donne).
A Eng 252 *British Poetic Tradition II (3)
A continuation of British Poetic Tradition 1,
which, however, may be taken independently.
Readings will include works from the 17th to
20th centuries (e.g., Milton, Pope, a
Romantic or Victorian poet, a poet of the
20th century).
A Eng 260L *Forms of Poetry (3)
General Education: HA
A study of the forms of poetry, such as the
ballad, sonnet and dramatic monologue, and
poetic modes, such as meditative, lyrical and
satiric. Students will examine why certain
forms are popular at certain times, and how
British and American poets adopt or change
the forms they inherit.
A Eng 261L *American Poetic Tradition (3)
General Education: HA
A study of American poetry from the 17th
century through the modern period, stressing
the richness of the early poetic tradition
and the resulting varied spectrum of 20th
century poetry. Emphasis on close reading of
individual texts and theoretical issues that
arise in the reading of poetry.
A Eng 289 Topics in English (1-6)
Topics in literature with a university-wide
appeal. May be repeated once for credit when
content varies.
A Eng 291L *English Literary Tradition I: From the Anglo-Saxon Period through Milton (3)
General Education: HA
Representative works by major authors from
the Anglo-Saxon period through Milton, with
some attention to necessary historical,
biographical and intellectual background
information. Provides a sense of continuity
and change in the English tradition, offering
broad overviews of extended chronological
periods.
A Eng 292L *English Literary Tradition II: From the Restoration through the Modern Period (3)
General Education: HA
Representative works by major authors from
the Restoration through the Modern period,
with some attention to necessary historical,
biographical and intellectual background
information. Provides a sense of continuity
and change in the English literary tradition,
offering broad overviews of extended
chronological periods.
A Eng 295L *Classics of Western Literature I: Ancient Epic to Modern Drama (3)
General Education: HA
Classics of Western Literature I and II offer
a foundation for literary study by tracing
the evolution of modern literary genres from
Homeric epics. A Eng 295L/E examines the
relationship of The Iliad to the Western
dramatic tradition. Representative authors
include Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles,
Euripides, Shakespeare, Molière, Racine,
Goethe, Ibsen, Chekhov, Brecht. Critical
writing is emphasized. A Eng 295E is the
writing intensive version of 295L; only one
may be taken for credit.
A Eng 295E *Classics of Western Literature I: Ancient Epic to Modern Drama (3)
General Education: HA & WI
A Eng 295E is the writing intensive version
of 295L; only one may be taken for credit.
A Eng 296L *Classics of Western Literature II: Ancient Epic to Modern Novel (3)
General Education: HA
Classics of Western Literature I and II offer
a foundation for literary study by tracing
the evolution of modern literary genres from
Homeric epics. A Eng 296L/E examines the
emergence of the modern novel from the epic
tradition. Representative authors include
Homer, Virgil, Dante, Cervantes, Joyce.
Critical writing is emphasized. Prior
completion of A Eng 295L or 295E is
recommended but not required. A Eng 296E is
the writing intensive version of 296L; only
one may be taken for credit.
A Eng 296E *Classics of Western Literature II: Ancient Epic to Modern Novel (3)
General Education: HA, WI
A Eng 296E is the writing intensive version
of 296L; only one may be taken for credit.
A Eng 300Z *Expository Writing (3)
General Education: WI
For experienced writers who wish to work on
such skills as style, organization, logic and
tone. Practice in a variety of forms:
editorials, letters, travel accounts, film
reviews, position papers and autobiographical
narrative. Classes devoted to discussions of
the composing process and to critiques of
student essays. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. S/U graded.
A Eng 301Z *Critical Writing (3)
General Education: WI
Exercises in literary description and
literary criticism; attention to various
critical tasks and approaches to the major
resources of literary bibliography. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors. S/U
graded.
A Eng 302Z *Creative Writing (3)
General Education: WI
For the student who wishes to experiment with
a variety of kinds of writing, but who has
limited experience. Admission is by
permission, and those seeking to enroll
should submit a sample of their work to the
instructor. Intended primarily for juniors
and seniors. Prerequisite(s): permission of
instructor. S/U graded.
A Eng 303Z *Forms of Argumentative and Persuasive Writing (Rhetoric) (3)
General Education: WI
Concentrated study of writing with an
emphasis on rhetoric as a disciplinary
context. Features extensive practice in one
or more of a variety of forms (argument,
narration, exposition). Focuses on detailed
analysis of both literary and student texts,
with special attention to generic
conventions, rhetorical context, textual
logics, and style. Prerequisite(s): A Eng
202Z. May be repeated once for credit with
permission of the Director of Writing.
A Eng 304Z *Forms of Creative Writing (Poetics) (3)
Concentrated study on writing with an
emphasis on poetics as a disciplinary
context. Features extensive practice in one
or more of a variety of forms (e.g., drama,
fiction, poetry). Focuses on detailed
analysis of both literary and student texts,
with special attention to generic
conventions, authorial voice, textual logics,
and style. Prerequisite(s): A Eng 202Z. May
be repeated once for credit with permission
of the Director of Writing.
A Eng 308Z (= A Jrl 308Z) *Journalistic Writing (3)
General Education: WI
Expository writing that might be done for
newspaper, magazine, radio or television
journalism. Designed for students in the
journalism second field but open to others.
Admission is limited, and those seeking to
enroll should submit a sample of their work
to the instructor. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Only one of A Eng 308Z
and A Jrl 308Z can be taken for credit. S/U
graded. Prerequisite(s): permission of
instructor.
A Eng 309Z *Practical Writing (3)
General Education: WI
Practice in the kinds of writing particularly
useful to students in business and in the
natural and social sciences. Emphasis on
clear, accurate, informative writing about
complex subjects. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. S/U graded.
A Eng 310 Studies in Contemporary Theory (3)
Intensive study of a particular issue or
nucleus of issues in critical/cultural
theory. Individual semesters may concentrate
on feminist theory, gay and lesbian theory,
theories of the imagination, or other topics.
The course may be repeated once for credit
when the content varies.
A Eng 311L History of the English Language (3)
General Education: HA
A broad tracing of the history, development
and structure of the language from the
beginnings to modern English, including
foreign influences on English, basic
tendencies of the language, grammatical
constructs, and regional usages, especially
American. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors.
A Eng 320 *British Novel I (3)
Origins and development of the British novel
from its beginnings to 1850. Representative
novelists may include Defoe, Richardson,
Fielding, Austen, the Brontes and Dickens.
A Eng 321 *British Novel II (3)
Development of the British novel from 1850
through the modern period. Representative
novelists may include George Eliot, Hardy,
Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce and Woolf.
A Eng 322 *British Drama (3)
A chronological study of representative plays
of major dramatists, periods and movements
from the Middle Ages through the 20th
century.
A Eng 323 *Nineteenth-Century American Novel (3)
A study of the American novel in the 19th
century, emphasizing its development in form
and theme, its intersections with American
history and culture, and/or the context of
literary movements such as Romanticism,
Realism and Naturalism.
A Eng 324 *Twentieth-Century American Novel (3)
A study of the 20th century American novel,
emphasizing the shifts and developments in
form and theme in this century.
A Eng 325L *American Drama (3)
General Education: HA
A survey of the American drama. The primary
focus will be on representative works by 20th
century playwrights as well as on major
theatrical movements in this country.
A Eng 341 *Chaucer (3)
The medieval background and the ideas and
narrative art in the poet's major works. No
previous knowledge of Middle English is
required. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 344 *Early Works of Shakespeare (3)
The development of Shakespeare's dramatic
art, with emphasis on character, language,
theme, form and structure in comedies,
histories and tragedies of the 16th century.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 345 *Later Works of Shakespeare (3)
The development of Shakespeare's dramatic
art, focusing on works from the 17th
century-the mature tragedies (including
Hamlet,) the "dark" comedies, and the
dramatic romances-with emphasis on character,
language, theme, form and structure, as well
as dramatic history. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level
English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 348 *Milton (3)
Milton's poetry and selected prose in the
intellectual context of his time. Major
emphasis on Paradise Lost, with appropriately
detailed study of Comus, Lycidas, Samson
Agonistes and significant minor poems. In
prose, emphasis on Of Education and
Areopagitica. Intended primarily for juniors
and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level
English literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 350 *Contemporary Writers at Work (3)
Rhetoric and poetics as practiced by
contemporary writers across a range of genres
and media. Particular attention to social,
intellectual, and aesthetic contexts out of
which such work emerges. Prerequisite(s):
junior or senior class standing.
A Eng 352 *Study of a British Author (3)
The major British author to be studied in
depth varies from section to section and from
term to term. May be repeated once for credit
when content varies. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor. This course is cross-listed
with A Wss 352 when the topic is Virginia
Woolf.
A Eng 353 *Study of an American Author (3)
The major American author to be studied in
depth varies from section to section and from
term to term. May be repeated once for credit
when content varies. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 354 *Comparative Study of Authors (3)
Study of two authors whose works illuminate
each other in terms of style, theme and their
relationship to particular historical eras.
May be repeated more than once for credit
when content varies. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level
English literature course or permission
of instructor. This course is cross-listed
with A Wss 354 when the topic is Woolf and
Lessing.
A Eng 362L (= A Wss 362L) *Critical Approaches to Women in Literature (3)
General Education: HA
An examination of the relations among gender,
text and literary study. The course analyzes
different images of women in texts, the
relationship of these images to the form and
content of the works studied, and the
connections between individual works and
cultural or critical history. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor. Only one of A Eng 362L & A Wss
362L may be taken for credit.
A Eng 365 *Comparative Study of Minority Literatures (3)
A comparative study of works from the
literature of different minorities. The
course focuses on the relationships of
writers and works to cultural and critical
history, on the conditions under which these
groups write, and the effect of these
conditions on the moods, themes, language and
shape of reality in literature. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 366 (= A Wss 366) *Minority Writers (3)
A study of the literature of a given
subculture and the ways in which such factors
as sex, age, class and race are presented in
literature. The course focuses also on the
relationship of minority works to cultural
and critical history, on the effects of
writing outside the cultural mainstream, and
on the questions of technique, voice and
tradition for minority writers. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor. Only one of A Eng 366L & A Wss
366L may be taken for credit.
A Eng 367 *Jewish-American Literature (3)
Literature written by American Jews of the
20th century. Among the topics offered are
Jewish fiction writers, Jewish-American
Drama, Jewish-American Women Writers, Jewish
Humor, and Jewish-American Literature and
Film. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. May be repeated once for credit.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 368L (= A Wss 368L) *Women Writers (3)
General Education: HA
Selected works of English and/or American
women writers in the context of the literary
and cultural conditions confronting them. The
course focuses on the development of a female
tradition in literature and on the narrative,
poetic, and/or dramatic styles of expression,
voice and values of women writers. May be
repeated for credit with change in topic.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor. Only one of A Eng 368L & A Wss
368L may be taken for credit.
A Eng 371 *Regional Studies in British Literature (3)
The regional literature of Great Britain and
the literature written in English in the
Commonwealth and former British possessions.
Topics to be discussed may include how the
literature reflects the political and
cultural experiences of inhabitants of a
region and to what extent these regional
writers have developed distinctive voices,
literary languages, forms and/or themes.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
May be repeated once for credit when content
varies. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 374 *Regional Studies in American Literature (3)
The literature of various regions of the
United States. Topics to be discussed include
how the literature reflects the political and
cultural experiences of inhabitants of a
region and to what extent these regional
writers have developed distinctive voices,
literary languages, forms and/or themes.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
May be repeated once for credit when content
varies. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 375 The Literature of New York State (3)
Readings from authors, whether native New
Yorkers or not, who deal with New York
settings, themes and subjects. Writers may
include Irving, Cooper, Melville, Whitman,
James, Wharton, Dos Passos and more recent
authors. Attention will be given to the
cultural and social backgrounds of the
literature. Intended primarily for juniors
and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level
English literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 378 Mythic Concepts in Literature (3)
Individual sections concentrate on a
particular mythic concept which recurs in
literature such as the hero, the monster, the
ideal society, the fantastic voyage. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 382 Literature and Other Disciplines (3-6)
Carefully focused study of literature in
relation to one or more of the other subject-matter
fields (e.g., the literature and
history of a period, literature and art,
literature and philosophy, literature and
psychology or psychoanalysis, or even
literature as part of the total culture of a
period). Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. May be repeated once for credit when
content varies. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level
English literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 382U The Psychiatric Case Study in Literature (3)
A psychoanalytic approach to literature,
which emphasizes the author's own experience
with mental illness and the reflection of
that experience in art. Discussion topics
include the link between the creative and
therapeutic process as well as literary
representations of psychological breakdown
and the patient-therapist relationship.
Authors studied are Freud, Fitzgerald, Eliot,
Plath, Lessing, Nabokov and Roth. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 382Z Literature and Medicine (3)
General Education: WI
Explore the area where the field of medicine
and the field of literature intersect. the
course begins by examining the works of
literature written by doctors; works in which
medical issues of illness and health play a
larger role; and works which treat illness
and healing in other cultures. In the latter
stages of the course an examination of
narrative relationships that exist between
the case study and fiction, sampling various
works from a continuum that exists between
these two endpoints. Finally, a study of
plague literature, focusing on the current
A.I.D.S. epidemic and the way it has shaped
the dramatic discourse of the 1980's and
1990's. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 385 *Topics in Cultural Studies (3)
This course will deal with a particular
subject or issue in the study of culture.
Individual courses may deal with post-
coloniality, the impact of social
institutions on the production of
subjectivities, and similar topics. This
course may be used to fulfill the English
major subculture requirement only if so
approved by the English Academic Adviser.
A Eng 398Z Honors Seminar I (4)
General Education: WI
First course in the English Honors sequence
of four seminars offered over a two-year
period. Topics vary with each sequence. The
seminars explore special topics in literary
history, literary theory and critical
methodology. May be repeated for credit when
topic varies. Prerequisite(s): admission to
Honors Program.
A Eng 399 Honors Seminar II (4)
Second course in the English Honors sequence
of four seminars offered over a two-year
period. Topics vary with each sequence. The
seminars explore special topics in literary
history, literary theory and critical
methodology. May be repeated for credit when
topic varies. Prerequisite(s): A Eng 398Z.
A Eng 403Z *Writing Prose Fiction (3)
General Education: WI
Advanced workshop in writing fiction.
Admission is limited, and those seeking to
enroll should submit a sample of their work
to the instructor. May be repeated once for
credit. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): permission of
instructor. S/U graded.
A Eng 404Z (= A Thr 406Z) *Writing Drama (3)
General Education: WI
Advanced workshop in writing for the stage.
Admission is limited, and those seeking to
enroll should submit a sample of their work
to the instructor. May be repeated once for
credit. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Only one of A Eng 404Z & A Thr 406Z
may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s):
permission of instructor. S/U graded.
A Eng 405Z *Writing Poetry (3)
General Education: WI
Advanced workshop in writing poetry.
Admission is limited, and those seeking to
enroll should submit a sample of their work
to the instructor. May be repeated once for
credit. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): permission of
instructor. S/U graded.
A Eng 421 *Literature of the Middle Ages (3)
Students will examine a number of
representative works of the Middle Ages, read
in translation. Additional readings in, for
example, the classics and religious
literature will help to situate each work in
time and place. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 422 *Literature of the Earlier Renaissance (3)
The various forms that developed and
flourished in England during the 16th
century: prose, narrative and lyric poetry,
and drama (exclusive of Shakespeare.)
Attention to classical and continental
influences, the historical background, the
legitimation of English, and the power of
individual texts. Major figures may include
More, Wyatt and Surrey, Sidney, Marlowe,
Spenser and Jonson. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 423 *Literature of the Later Renaissance (3)
The poetry, prose and drama of England from
1600 to 1660 (exclusive of Milton). Major
figures may include Bacon, Donne, Hobbes,
Herbert, Marvell and Webster. Attention to
political issues intellectual issues and
religion as they bear upon the poetry of wit,
the prose of conviction, and the drama of
power and intrigue. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 425 *Literature of the Restoration and the 18th-Century Enlightenment (3)
In poetry, the range and variety achieved
within the ordered, urbane, civil style of
Dryden and Pope and the later development of
the innovative, exploratory style of Gray,
Collins and Cowper. In prose, the achievement
of Swift, Addison and Steele, and its
extension in Johnson, Goldsmith, Gibbon and
Burke. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of instructor
A Eng 426 *The Romantic Period (3)
Literature of the early 19th century in
England, especially the poetry of Blake,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and
Keats, studied particularly as it reflects
the developing concepts of romantic
imagination and romantic individualism,
concepts basic to modern literature. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 427 *The Victorian Period (3)
Prose and poetry of Tennyson, Carlyle,
Browning, Ruskin, Arnold and others, studied
in relation to the broad social, intellectual
and artistic movements of the latter part of
the 19th century in England. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of instructor
A Eng 428 Twentieth-Century British and Irish Literature (3)
Major works in prose, poetry, and drama, and
major literary movements in British and Irish
literature in the modern period. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 432 *American Literature to 1815 (3)
Major poetry and prose of the colonial and
federal periods, with some attention to the
theological and political backgrounds.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 433 *American Literature 1815-1865 (3)
The works of the major writers of the
romantic period. Particular attention to the
transcendental writers and to the development
of the American novel. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 434 *American Literature 1865-1920 (3)
The major writings of the great period of
American realism. Special attention to the
development of critical theory, the local
color writers, the psychological novel.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 435 American Literature 1920 to Present (3)
Selections from American literature from the
modern and contemporary periods, emphasizing
the novel. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 439 Contemporary American Novel (3)
The major formal and thematic developments in
the American novel of the past 25 years, with
particular attention to contemporary
fictional experiments and aesthetic
preoccupations. Intended primarily for
juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course or permission
of instructor.
A Eng 442 Modern Drama (3)
The growth of naturalism, realism and
expressionism. Selected European and American
playwrights from Ibsen to O'Neill. Intended
for juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a
100-level English literature course or
permission of instructor.
A Eng 446 Modern American Poetry (3)
Selected poets from Robinson to the present
with emphasis on analysis. Intended primarily
for juniors and seniors. Prerequisite(s): a
100-level English literature course or
permission of the instructor.
A Eng 447 *The Historical Imagination I (3)
An investigation of the relationship between
history and literature and the meaning of the
concept of "literary history." Work from two
or more eras will be discussed and compared
with attention to such questions as the
connection between history and literary
production, what constitutes a literary
period, the influence of its literature on
that of subsequent eras, and the decline and
reemergence of particular literary forms,
themes or approaches.
May be repeated once for credit when content
varies. This course may be used to fulfill
the English major period requirement only
when it is linked with another "period
course" (448 or other course) that has been
approved for such pairing, and a waiver has
been provided, by the English academic
adviser.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of the
instructor.
A Eng 448 *The Historical Imagination II (3)
When linked with another "period course"
(subject to approval by the English academic
adviser), this course will fulfill the
English major period course requirement.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 450* Special Topics in Rhetoric and Poetics (3)
Carefully focused study in the history,
theory, or practice of rhetoric and/or
poetics (e.g., narrative theory; poetic
movements; twentieth century rhetorical
theory). May be repeated once for credit with
permission of the Director of Writing.
A Eng 461 Forms of Modern Fiction (3)
A study of the major narrative modes in
modern British, American, and Continental
fiction. Special attention to the problem of
how experimentation in fictional forms
relates to the social realities and
philosophical attitudes of the contemporary
world. Intended primarily for juniors and
seniors. Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 462 Study of a Literary Movement (3)
Study of an international literary movement
or movements, their aesthetic philosophy,
representative works, and their passages from
one culture to another. May be repeated once
for credit when content varies. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 487 Studies in Literature (1-6)
Special topics in literature. Intended
primarily for juniors and seniors. May be
repeated once for credit when content varies.
Prerequisite(s): a 100-level English
literature course or permission of
instructor.
A Eng 489 Advanced Topics in English (1-2)
A short course devoted to the intensive study
of limited materials-a particular work or
works, a particular author or authors, a
limited theme or topic, a minor genre.
Directed to the special interests of upper-
division students. May be repeated for credit
when content varies. Prerequisite(s): a 100-
level English literature course.
A Eng 490 Internship in English (3)
Supervised practical apprenticeship of 10-15
hours of work per week in a position
requiring the use of skills pertaining to the
discipline of English, such as reading and
critical analysis, writing, research,
tutoring, etc., with an academic component
consisting of the internship colloquium.
Written work and report required. Selection
is competitive and based on early
application, recommendations, interviews and
placement with an appropriate internship
sponsor. Open only to junior or senior
English majors with a minimum overall grade
point average of 2.50 and a minimum 3.00
average in English. S/U graded.
A Eng 494 Seminar in English (3)
A seminar for qualified upper-division
students; the topic for each term varies and
is announced in advance. Prerequisite(s): a
100-level English literature course or
permission of instructor. May be repeated
once for credit when content varies.
A Eng 497 Independent Study and Research in English (1-4)
May be taken for a maximum of 8 credits.
Intended primarily for juniors and seniors.
Prerequisite(s): permission of a faculty
member in the department and of the
appropriate departmental committee.
A Eng 498 Honors Seminar III (3)
Independent honors thesis individually
formulated and written under the direction of
the coordinator. Students writing theses will
meet occasionally in colloquia to become
acquainted with each other's work in
progress. Prerequisite(s): A Eng 399. S/U
graded.
A Eng 499 Honors Seminar IV (3)
Continuation and completion of thesis begun
in A Eng 498. The thesis will be reviewed and
evaluated by an honors committee.
Prerequisite(s): A Eng 498.
