Graduate Courses
ENGL
500 Old and Middle English Literature (3)
A study of Beowulf, other Old English poems, and Old English prose in
translation; and also a study of such Middle English works as Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight, Pearl, Piers Plowman, the Ancrene Riwle, The Owl
and the Nightingale, and other romances, lyrics, and drama. Most of
the Middle English is read in the original. (Chaucer is excluded.)
ENGL
501 Chaucer (3)
A study of Chaucer's language, art, and cultural milieu through the
reading of Troilus and Criseyde, the Canterbury Tales, and many of the
shorter works.
ENGL
502 Shakespeare (3)
A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's art, including an intensive reading
of several plays and appropriate attention to the primary critical approaches.
ENGL
503 English Drama to 1642 (3)
A study of English drama from its origins in the Middle Ages, through
the predecessors and contemporaries of Shakespeare, and on to the closing
of the theatres in 1642.
ENGL 504 Poetry and Prose of the English Renaissance (3)
Non-dramatic poetry and prose of the 16th and early 17th centuries,
with emphasis on the major authors (Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson,
Donne, and Herbert) and on the major literary types.
ENGL
505 Milton (3)
A study of the major poetry, selected prose, and selected minor poems
with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
ENGL
506 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama (3)
A study of such important dramatists of the period as Otway, Etherege,
Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar, Goldsmith, Sheridan,
and others.
ENGL
507 Survey of Restoration and Eighteenth Century Literature (3)
A
study of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Blake, and other important poets
and prose writers of the period.
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509 Romantic Literature (3)
A study of the chief features of the Romantic writings of the early
19th century, with special emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,
Shelley, and Keats.
ENGL
510 Victorian Literature (3)
A study of English literature from 1832 to 1900 and of major writers
such as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Swinburne, and Rossetti.
ENGL
512 Southern Literature (3)
A study of the best literature written in the South from the time of
William Byrd to the present. The focus will be on the "Southern
Renaissance," with special attention given to the Fugitive Poets
and William Faulkner.
ENGL
516 Continental Literature (3)
A study of European literature in translation since the Renaissance,
including works by such authors as Cervantes, Moliere, Racine, Goethe,
Stendhal, Balzac, Tolstoy, Dostoyevski, and important writers of the
20th century.
ENGL
517, 518 Special Topics in Literature (3, 3)
A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in literature
which is outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject
for each course will be announced.
ENGL
520 A Survey of World Literature I (3)
Masterpieces of world literature in translation from the Vedic literature
to Racine with special attention to the philosophical content and the
development of literary forms.
ENGL
521 A Survey of World Literature II (3)
Masterpieces of world literature in translation from Voltaire to the
present time with special attention to the philosophical content and
the development of literary forms.
ENGL
522 Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature (3)
A
detailed study of major American writers from the earliest settlers
through the end of the 18th century.
ENGL
523 Nineteenth Century American Literature I--Romanticism (3)
A study of major figures of the American Romantic period (approximately
1830-1860), including Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville.
ENGL
524 Nineteenth Century American Literature II--Realism (3)
A study of major figures of the American Realistic period (approximately
1860-1900), including Whitman, Dickinson, James, Howells, Twain, and
Crane.
ENGL
525 Eighteenth Century British Novel (3)
A study of the origins of the British novel, including such figures
as Fielding, Richardson and Defoe.
ENGL
526 Victorian Novel (3)
A study of major British novelists of the late 19th century, including
Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
ENGL
527 British Fiction 1900 to Present (3)
A
study of the novels and short stories of major 20th-century British
writers, including such figures as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Woolf,
and Joyce.
ENGL
528 American Fiction 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the novels and short stories of major 20th-century American
writers, including such figures as Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Faulkner, and
Hemingway.
ENGL 529 American Fiction Since 1945 (3)
A study of significant American novels and short fiction published since World War II.
ENGL
530 Special Topics in Humanities (3)
A study of special areas of the humanities or related areas which are
outside the normal course offerings of the English Department. The subject
for each course will be announced.
ENGL
531 British Poetry 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the poetry of major 20th-century British authors, such as
Hardy, Yeats, Thomas, and Auden.
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532 American Poetry 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the poetry of major 20th-century American authors, such as
Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Williams, and Frost.
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533 British Drama 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the work of major 20th-century British dramatists, such as
Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard, and Beckett.
ENGL
534 American Drama 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the work of major 20th-century American dramatists, such
as O'Neill, Williams, Miller, and Albee.
ENGL
535 African American Literature (3)
A survey of African American literature from the early days of slavery
to the struggle for emancipation, to the twentieth century Harlem Renaissance
and civil rights movement.
ENGL 537 Contemporary British Literature (3)
A study of post-World War II British writers.
ENGL
550, 551 Special Topics in Composition or Language (3)
A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in composition
or language which is outside the routine offerings of the department.
The subject for each course will be announced.
ENGL
552 Literature for Adolescents (3)
A study of literature for the adolescent, including methods of introducing
the major literary genres to the secondary school student.
ENGL
553 Modern English Grammar (3)
A study of the forms and functions of words, morphology, and syntax.
The course includes a study of the conceptual basis of language and
the way in which grammar generates meaning.
ENGL
554 History of the English Language (3)
A historical survey of the development of Old, Middle, and Modern English.
The course begins with a study of Indo-European languages and traces
the development of the English language through major phonological,
morphological, and syntactic changes; some attention is given to dialectical
variations and semantic changes.
ENGL
555 Literary Criticism (3)
A study of the major theories of how to understand literature and practical
application of the theories to particular works of literature.
ENGL
556 Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition (3)
A study of traditional and contemporary theories of the composition
process and applications of those theories to teaching composition.
ENGL 557 Creative Writing--Poetry (3)
Class discussion of student writing using 20th-century poems as models.
ENGL 558 Technical and Professional Writing (3)
Principles and practice of technical communication as applied to reports,
technical papers, oral presentations, and business communications.
ENGL
559 History and Theory of Rhetoric (3)
A study of language as a means of winning the assent, sympathy, or cooperation
of an audience. Includes contemporary rhetorical theory and its development
from classical rhetoric.
ENGL
560: Film Studies (3)
This
film course will expose students to films from a variety of nations
and filmmakers that represent the chief cinematic movements of the twentieth
century (Weimar Expressionism, French New Wave, American noir, etc.),
and it will instruct students in the terminology and techniques of filmmaking.
The students will, by studying the relationship between the tools of
filmmaking and the finished products, learn to "read" films
as metaphors of reality
ENGL
562 Workshop in Advanced Composition (3)
The study and practice of advanced writing techniques. This course fulfills
state teacher certification requirements for advanced composition.
ENGL 563 Creative Writing--Fiction (3)
Class discussion of student writing using 20th-century short stories
as models.
ENGL
570: Topics in African American literary genres (3)
A
study of a particular genre of African American literature, such as
drama, novels, or poetry. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL
571: Topics in African American literary periods (3)
A
study of a particular period of African American literature, such as
the Harlem Renaissance. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL
572: Topics in Major African American Writers (3)
A
study of a particular African American writer, such as Langston Hughes
or Toni Morrison. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL
573: Special Topics in African American Literature (3)
A
study of a specific topic in African American literature that is not
a genre, period, or individual writer. Topics will vary according to
instructor.
ENGL
650 Principles of Literary Research (3)
Study of textual bibliography, research methods and resources, and methods
of presenting research.
ENGL
698 Tutorial (3)
Individual study of a given topic following a syllabus of readings,
papers, and other requirements prescribed by a faculty member.
ENGL
699 Independent Study (3)
Individual study of an agreed-upon topic under the direction of a faculty
member but following a course of reading and other requirements proposed
by the student and established by negotiation with the director.
ENGL
700 Seminar (3)
Individual research into a scholarly or critical problem in literature,
composition, or language. Progress, methods, and results will be shared
with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the preparation
of a single long paper.
ENGL
701 Thesis (6)
Six
credit hours for completion of a formal master's thesis under faculty
direction.
ENGL
702 Internship (1-3)
A supervised, field
experience in which the student observes and participates in a professional
occupation related to the English degree, such as publishing, technical
writing, or teaching. The internship will consist of 100-300 hours of
work and the completion of a formal report. Permission of the graduate
director required. Graded on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.