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42.101 College Writing ICredits: 3
A workshop course that thoroughly explores the writing process from pre-writing to revision, with an emphasis on critical thinking, sound essay structure, mechanics, and academic integrity. Students will read, conduct rhetorical
analyses, and practice the skills required for participation in academic discourse. Students will write expository essays throughout the semester, producing a minimum of four formal essays.
Anti Req for 42.101 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.101 and 42.111 (103).
42.102 College Writing IICredits: 3
A workshop course that thoroughly explores the academic research writing process with an emphasis on entering
into academic conversation. Building on the skills acquired in College Writing I, students will learn to write
extensively with source material. Key skills addressed include finding,assessing, and integrating primary and secondary sources, and using proper documentation to ensure academic integrity. Students will produce analytical writing throughout the semester, including a minimum of four formal, researched essays.
Pre-Req: 42.101 or 42.111; Anti Req for 42.102 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.102 and 42.112 (104).
Serves as the equivalent to 42.101, for students who speak English as a second language. Credit for both 42.101 and 42.103 may not be granted.
Instructor consent required; Anti Req for 42.111, 103 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.111 (103) and 42.101.
Serves as the equivalent to 42.102, for students who speak English as a second language. Credit for both 42.102 and 42.104 may not be granted.
Pre-Req: 42.103/111 Col Writing I-Internatl; Anti Req for 42.112, 104 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.112 (104) & 42.102.
42.110 College Writing A ESLCredits: 3
A workshop course that provides a thorough review of the basics of essay writing in preparation for success in
College Writing I ESL, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students. Students placed into this course will use the writing process to strengthen the fundamental skills necessary for clear academic writing in English, including the basic rules of grammar and principles of rhetoric.
Credit for both 42.100 and 42.110 will not be granted.
Instructor consent required; Anti req for 42.110 - students cannot recieve credit for both 42.110 and 42.100.
Satisfies the first half of the first-year writing requirement, equivalent to 42.101 College Writing I, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students.
Credit for both 42.101 and 42.111 will not be granted, nor credit for both 42.101 and 42.103.
Instructor consent required; Anti Req for 42.111, 103 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.111 (103) and 42.101.
Satisfies the second half of the first-year writing requirement, equivalent to 42.102 College Writing II, with a focus on the particular needs of multilingual students.
Credit for both 42.102 and 42.112 will not be granted, nor credit for both 42.102 and 42.104.
Pre-Req: 42.103/111 Col Writing I-Internatl; Anti Req for 42.112, 104 - students cannot receive credit for both 42.112 (104) & 42.102.
42.200 Critical Methods of Literary InquiryCredits: 3
Examination of diverse critical and theoretical approaches to literature in the development of literary analysis.
Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.
42.201 Great Books of AntiquityCredits: 3
Studies representative literary selections from the Hebrews, the Greeks, the Romans, and other societies of the ancient world.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.202 Great Books of the Modern PeriodCredits: 3
Much of what we consider "contemporary" was born out of the modernist period, roughly 1900-1950, and was considered radical, even salacious, in its time.This course provides a sampling of modernist literature. Students will explore this period by examining exemplary texts, numerous historical and social events, and a few films.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.205 Human Values in Western Culture ICredits: 3
Addresses some of the important questions of human existence through a close study of representative literature from ancient times to the present. In the first semester students explore and evaluate three perennial themes: the problem of evil; self and society; freedom and fate.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.206 Human Values in Western Culture IICredits: 3
A continuation of 42.205. In the second semester students explore and evaluate three perennial themes: the pursuit of knowledge; the nature of humankind; the experience of love. May be taken independently of 42.205.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Presents a study of plays from the classical period to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Studies selections from the Renaissance through contemporary periods.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.212 The Short StoryCredits: 3
Studies the development of the short story from Poe and Chekhov to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.216 Monsters, Apes & NightmaresCredits: 3
This course examines literary responses to science in England and the United States from the early Nineteenth Century to the present. Readings include novels--Frankenstein, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jurassic Park--essays, and poems.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.217 The Horror StoryCredits: 3
Explores the genre from Poe to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Presents the theory and practice of comedy from the Greeks to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
The main goal of this course is to enhance the student's understanding of
the elements of effective communication, and to put that knowledge into practice in a supportive, co-operative, workshop environment. Limited to Computer Science majors.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101 College Writing I, 42.102 College Writing II; Computer Science Majors only.
42.221 Writing for Interactive MediaCredits: 3
Adds new dimensions to traditional, text-based writing. Hypertext links allow for multiple story lines, while integrating audio, animation, and video presents new challenges for the writer. Participants will examine successful multimedia scripts and work on their own creations.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.222 Oral CommunicationCredits: 3
Develops and applies the basic speaking skills that can be adapted to a variety of personal and professional contexts. Emphasis is placed on selection, analysis, organization and presentation of speech materials. Practice skills include listening, interviewing and the delivery and critique of extemporaneous speeches.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.224 Business WritingCredits: 3
Studies the theory and practice of writing letters, memoranda and reports on specific business and technical problems. Registration preference for students enrolled in Business programs.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.226 Technical and Scientific CommunicationCredits: 3
Studies the theory and practice of letters, memoranda, reports and oral presentations on specific scientific and technical problems.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.227 Essay Writing for English MajorsCredits: 3
Analyzes and discusses the techniques and styles of selected professional essayists as well as the preparation of student essays. Emphasis will be placed on the writing process from prewriting through drafting and revising. English majors and minors only.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.229 Essay Writing for Non-English MajorsCredits: 3
Analyzes and discusses the techniques and styles of selected professional essayists as well as the preparation of student essays. Emphasis will be placed on the writing process from prewriting through drafting and revising. Non-English majors only.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.232 Turning Fiction into FilmCredits: 3
Often when we encounter narratives (in the movies or in books) we tend to practice a "suspension of disbelief" letting the story unfold, following the conventions of film and fiction without question This course will direct our critical focus on the mechanisms through whic writers and filmmakers convey meaning to their audiences.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.233 Play AnalysisCredits: 3
An introduction to the principles of play construction and the vocabulary and methods of interpreting play texts for theatrical production. Required of all theatre arts concentrators.
Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.
42.236 Science Fiction and FantasyCredits: 3
Designed to introduce students to understand science fiction and fantasy within the broader context of literature and literary theory. It attempts to develop and hone student's skills of critical analysis as it supplies them with the tools to contextualize their reading experience - i.e., to understand the origins and politics of the books that they read.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.238 Introduction to Creative WritingCredits: 3
A course for aspiring creative writers among freshman and sophomores which offers an introduction to the craft of creative writing in its primary genres: poetry, fiction, drama, creative non-fiction (emphases will vary depending upon instructor). The focus of this course will be on learning the fundamentals of craft techniques and peer review.
Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II and English Majors Only.
42.240 Literature and WomenCredits: 3
A survey of literary attitudes toward women from the Judaic and Hellenic periods through the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.242 The Heroine in Modern FictionCredits: 3
Provides a study of selected short stories and novels which deal sympathetically with the changing roles of women.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.243 Contemporary Women WritersCredits: 3
Contemporary Women Writers introduces students to American women writers of the last fifty years. We examine the historical,socio-cultural, political, and personal influences on these writers' work by studying trends and events in recent American history and themes reflected in the works. By studying contemporary women's writing in this contextualized fashion, students can appreciate larger trends in our society, the role writing plays in examining such trends, and the value of literature as an exploration of human growth and struggle. Through discussion, group collaboration, critical analysis, and by designing their own graphic organizers, students gain a breadth of knowledge in the following areas: the themes and stylistic concerns of contemporary American women writers; the key historical events that influence contemporary American women's writing; the critical reading of literary texts.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
A study of major literary and historical women of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Attention to impact on their times and their place in society.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.246 Gay & Lesbian LiteratureCredits: 3
Explores the treatment of homoeroticism and homosexual love in literature from Antiquity to the present. Emphasis is given to texts reflecting the construction of a homosexual identity and recurring motifs among gay, lesbian, and bisexual writers.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.248 Values in American CultureCredits: 3
Deals with the development and interrelationship of American views on individualism, nature, science, technology, democracy, ethnicity, and the American dream. Readings begin with the Puritans and end with contemporary essayists. Deals with the development and interrelationship of American views on individualism, nature, science, technology, democracy, ethnicity, and the American dream. Readings begin with the Puritans and end with contemporary essayists.
A study of the relationship between works of fiction, cultural attitudes toward technology, and social values.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.250 The Bible as LiteratureCredits: 3
Presents a literary and historical analysis of selected Old and New Testament books.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.251 War in LiteratureCredits: 3
In "War in Lierature" we will study conflict and human values in times of war, focusing on the literature of World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Gulf War. Content covered includes a selection of representative (and divergent) literary texts written throughout the 20th century in a variety of genres (poetry, essays, memoir, short story, novel, and hybrid forms like the "graphic novel").
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.253 The Culture of American SportCredits: 3
An examination of the history, literature, sociology, and aesthetics of sport. Attention to corollary issues and values including racism, sexism, and violence.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.257 The Family in American LiteratureCredits: 3
A study of literary selections dealing with traditions of family life, the individual, and social change.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.258 Disability in LiteratureCredits: 3
The course will focus on historical and contemporary portrayals of disability and disabled people in literature.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.267 Introduction to ShakespeareCredits: 3
A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies. Not for English majors.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.272 Continental FictionCredits: 3
A study of selected fiction by major continental writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.274 The Literature of the Beat MovementCredits: 3
Explores both the writings and the personal lives of a loose confederation of poets, novelists, and essayist who emerged onto the American literary and cultural scene following World War II and who came to be known as the -Beat Generation.+ The primary focus will be on the life and writings of Lowell native Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) with others of the -beat circle+ included as well, i.e., Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Diana DiPrima, etc.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.277 American Ethnic LiteratureCredits: 3
The course addresses the literature of America's immigrant and cultural groups and how it contributes to defining our national character.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.278 Literature of the Vietnam WarCredits: 3
In this course, the student will read some of the best known contemporaneous Vietnam War narratives, study personal choices from the genre, analyze text in an understanding of its time and place, and study the impact of this war on United States literature, society, culture and myth.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.280 Introduction to American StudiesCredits: 3
This course introduces students to the history of the field of American Studies. To this end, students read major critical works from the 1920s to the present in order to map the shifting tenets, methodologies, and unstated assumptions of the field. The course focuses on seminal moments in U.S. history which are also transformative moments in the field.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.281 British Literary TraditionsCredits: 3
A survey of British Literary history from the medieval through the modernist periods.
Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.
42.282 American Literary TraditionsCredits: 3
A survey of American Literary history from early contact between Native American populations and European colonists through contemporary American writing.
Pre-req: 42.101 College Writing I, and 42.102 College Writing II, or English Majors.
42.285 Crime in LiteratureCredits: 3
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
While picture-images date as far back as sthe Egyptian tombs, or the caves of Lascaux, this course wiill consider the development of the modern comic in twentieth-and twenty-first century America. Readings will include not just comics, but also the history of comics, art and literary theory, a novel about comics, and articles that consider the legal, political, and social issues surrounding comics. We will also look at traditional and contemporary comic strips and graphic novels to explore what we can learn from them about American Popular Culture. Comics are on the cutting edge of contemporary literature, and there are many avenues to pursue in the study of this narrative form. This course will include intensive reading and writing, and will ask students to engage with demanding theoretical works, in addition to incorporating a considerable amount of research. While the subject matter can be lighthearted the course takes these texts seriously, and asks for intellectual engagement with the issues and concerns of culture depicted in these words and pictures. (Full proposal and supplemental material available).
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.291 History of English Literature ICredits: 3
A survey of representative writers and works from the Anglo-Saxon period to the mid-seventeenth century.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.292 History of English Literature IICredits: 3
A survey of representative writers and works from Milton into the twentieth century.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.294 History of American Literature ICredits: 3
Studies the historical development of American literature from the Colonial period to the Civil War. Selected works by representative authors from each period are studied.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.295 History of American Literature IICredits: 3
Studies the historical development of American literature from the Civil War to World War I.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.298 Children's LiteratureCredits: 3
A survey course covering traditional and contemporary children's literature. Texts are selected to represent different historical periods and a diversity of authorial perspectives. Attention is given to changing views of children and childhood as reflected in selected texts.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.300 Intro to JournalismCredits: 3
An introduction to techniques of writing for the news media.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.301 NewswritingCredits: 3
Introduction to techniques of radio and television newswriting, to fundamentals of public affairs reporting, and to principles of newspaper editing.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.302 Creative Writing: FictionCredits: 3
Studies the theory and practice of fiction. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.
Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.
42.303 Creative Writing: PoetryCredits: 3
Discusses the theory and practice of poetry. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.
Pre-req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors, or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Intro to Creative Writing.
42.304 Creative Writing: PlaywritingCredits: 3
Studies the theory and practice of playwriting. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.305 Reviewing the ArtsCredits: 3
Theory and practice of writing short, critical essays in a journalistic mode on the visual and performing arts. Special attention to theater, movie, and television criticism. Conducted as a workshop with close analysis of student work.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.307 History of the English LanguageCredits: 3
Examines the phonetic, lexical, syntactical, and semantic shifts in the English language from its beginnings to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.308 Analysis of Modern EnglishCredits: 3
A study of English syntax examining traditional, structural, and transformational grammars. Attention to issues of dialect, usage, phonology, and morphology.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.309 Writing About IssuesCredits: 3
Analyzing and writing arguments. Emphasis on the claim, support, and warrant approach to argumentation. Attention to research skills and bibliographic techniques applying both to traditional and the developing electronic resources.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.311 The South in American LiteratureCredits: 3
A study of the writers, movements, and social culture of the South, from both the nineteenth- and twentieth-centuries.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
A study of realism and naturalism in fiction from the end of the Civil War to World War I.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.315 Old English Language and LiteratureCredits: 3
Students will acquire reading knowledge of the Old English language, spending half the semester mastering grammar and vocabulary, and the second half translating texts such as The Wanderer, Dream of the Rood, and Beowulf. Attention will also be given to Anglo-Saxon culture.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.316 American DialectsCredits: 3
An examination of the dialects in America that reflect regional, social, ethnic and cultural differences in the way we speak. Dialect samples will be described in terms of phonology, morphology, and syntax.
A study of twentieth-century British short stories, poetry, and drama.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.320 Personal and Reflective WritingCredits: 3
A workshop format encourages peer criticism of individual writings and discussion of models from various texts.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.321 Community Writing ICredits: 3
Students work on various writing projects the professor brings into the classroom on behalf of local non-profit organizations. This service learning course provides opportunities for students to learn through thoughtful engagement with the community, applying kowledge of writing gained in the classroom to real world problems. The course will be held in a workshop format with strong emphasis on revision.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.323 Writing About PeopleCredits: 3
A creative non-fiction course run in a workshop format. Writing assignments are equally divided between reflective, personal pieces about people you know and more journalistic, biographical writing about people you don't know. Readings cover both categories.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.324 Writing About PlaceCredits: 3
Writers throughout time have been thoroughly grounded in place. Students in this course will read and write on a variety of topics: travel, cities, suburbs, dwelling places, nature, environmental issues, etc., in a variety of genres: creative non-fiction, essays, journalism, short stories, poetry, journals. This course will be held in a workshop format with strong emphasis on revision.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.325 The Rise of the NovelCredits: 3
A study of the British novel in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries from DeFoe through Austen.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.327 Victorian FictionCredits: 3
A study of fiction from 1837 through 1901. May include reading and writing about texts by Dickens, Collins, Gaskell, Bronte, eliot, thackeray, Trollope, Hardy, wilde, and others.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.328 Writing About WomenCredits: 3
Writing About Women
42.330 Twentieth Century British NovelCredits: 3
A study of the novel from Conrad through Greene and others.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.331 American Novels to 1900Credits: 3
A study of the American novel from colonial beginnings to 1900.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.333 American AutobiographyCredits: 3
A Study of autobiographical writing from Colonial America to the present. Works from the 17th to the 21st century will allow students to explore the genre of autobiography and related sub-genres, including the captivity narrative, the slave narrative, and the immigration narrative. Readings will also explore literary and political autobiographies.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.335 American Women NovelistsCredits: 3
A study of selected novels by American women. Focus on the female voice within the American tradition. Treatment of such issues as domesticity, education, and authorship.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.337 The Gothic Tradition in LiteratureCredits: 3
This course will consider works that fall under the very broad genre known as "The Gothic." As this genre is one of highly contested boundaries, we will consider how to define the Gothic, and what exactly constitutes this form. We will look at texts from both England and America, and spanning from the late 18th century to our own times. Our study will focus on the form of the novel, and the development and emergence of the gothic novel from its beginnings in England to its contemporary manifestations in the United States.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.341 Studies in FilmCredits: 3
A rigorous examination of a topic of current interests in film studies organized by particular themes, genres or filmmakers.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.342 Women Writers and the PastCredits: 3
Women Writers and the Past
42.345 British Women NovelistsCredits: 3
Selected novels by writers such as Austen, the Brontes, Eliot, Woolf, Bowen, and Drabble.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.348 Modern American DramaCredits: 3
A study of such playwrights as O'Neill, Odets, Wilder, Williams, and Miller.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.349 Arthurian LiteratureCredits: 3
Will examine works in modern English translation from a variety of genres (romance, history, tragedy, epic) that tell stories of the mythical King Arthur and the knights and ladies of his courtly world. The course will focus primarily on texts of the medieval and renaissance periods, but will include attention to nineteenth- and twentieth-century versions in poetry, prose, art, music and film.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.351 Literature of the Middle AgesCredits: 3
A study of the prose, poetry, and drama of England from 1200-1500 set against cultural and historical backgrounds.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.353 Literature of the Seventeenth CenturyCredits: 3
A study of English prose and poetry of the period excluding Milton.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.354 Literature of the Eighteenth CenturyCredits: 3
A study of the prose and poetry of the period.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.355 Literature of the Romantic PeriodCredits: 3
A study of English prose and poetry from 1798-1832.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.356 Literature of the Victorian PeriodCredits: 3
A study of British fiction, poetry, and prose from 1837 to 1901.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.360 Medieval & Renaissance TheaterCredits: 3
A study of Medieval mystery cycles, morality plays, interludes, and other forms of popular and court theater.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.361 Restoration ComedyCredits: 3
A study of comic plays from 1660 to the mid-eighteenth century. Focus on the works of Ethridge, Wycherley, Congreve, and Sheridan.
Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I; Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.
42.362 Modern DramaCredits: 3
A study of selected Continental, British and American plays of the late nineteenth century to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.363 English Renaissance DramaCredits: 3
A study of major dramatists of the Age of Shakespeare including Marlowe, Dekker, Webster, Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, Massinger, Ford and others
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.366 Creative Writing: Poetry IICredits: 3
Combines discussion and critique of student poems with readings in contemporary poetry and poetics. The focus is on enabling students to develop their individual voices, forms, and subjects.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II (or 42.111/112), & 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing or 42.238 Introduction to Creative Writing & 42.303 Creative Writing: Poetry.
42.369 Reading and Writing New MediaCredits: 3
This course will focus on learning how to write for electronic media and understanding the changing world of journalism.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.370 Contemporary American FictionCredits: 3
Discusses novels and short fiction from World War II to the present.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.373 Modern PoetryCredits: 3
A study of the development of British and American poetry from 1900 through World War II.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.374 Contemporary PoetryCredits: 3
A study of selected British and American Poets since World War II.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.375 Modern Irish LiteratureCredits: 3
Poetry, drama, and prose fiction from the Irish literary renaissance to the present. Writers will include Yeats, Joyce, O'Casey, Friel and Heaney.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.376 African-American LiteratureCredits: 3
A study of selected works by black American writers, such as Toomer, Wright, Ellison, Walker, and Morrison.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.378 Asian American LiteratureCredits: 3
Asian Americans hold an intriguing place in the cultural imagination: as perpetual foreigners, as so-called 'model minorities' that serve to maintain hegethonic power relations, and as living embodiments of America's memory of its involvement in recent wars. As artists, however, Asian Americans have contributed and impressive body of literary work, and we'll examine some of the most enduring and provocative of these texts. We'll explore themes such as trauma and the immigrant experience, issues of exile and dislocation, Asian Americans' embattled place in our country's history, and the intersections of race and ethnicity with gender and sexuality.
Pre-Req: 42.102 College Writing II.
42.379 Post Colonial LiteratureCredits: 3
When the peoples of Africa, India, the Caribbean, Ireland, and Canada finally gained, to a greater and lesser extent, independence from the British during the 20th century, they found that their national, cultural, and individual identities had been radically altered by the experience of colonization. In this course, we will examine how authors have related this postcolonial condition. We will examine a diverse body of texts--poetry which eloquently describe the heroic journey out of colonialism, drama which lays bare the conflicts of assimilation, and novels which fantastically present political struggle--as we determine how postcolonial theory and literature affects and possibly redefines all literature.
Pre-Req: 42.101 College Writing I and 42.102 College Writing II.
A survey of ancient to early modern theatre in its historical and social contexts, tracing changes and developments in acting syles, theatre architecture, scenic practices, dramatic literature, and the audience. The course examines how theatre both reflects and shapes the changing beliefs and priorities of a culture.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
A survey of theatre in its historical and social contexts from the 19th century to the present, focusing on innovations in design and technology, the advent of the director, the emergence of modern schools of acting, and the creation of new forms of theatre to suit the changing needs of a modern world.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.386 The Science of EditingCredits: 3
The course will examine the varied editing roles in a publishing company, from acquisitions to copy editing.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.387 Introduction to Editing and PublishingCredits: 3
The course will examine the nature of publishing from traditional modes to desktop production, including the development of the industry and the reasons for change. The course also includes hands-on publishing activities, such as designing newsletters.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Training in writing theory for direct application in peer tutoring. Discussion supplemented by experimental exercises, class presentations, reading, and writing. Meets two hours each week. Students tutor four hours each week.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Class meets weekly to examine secondary school curricula and methodology. Regularly schedules participation in English classes in local secondary schools is a major requirement.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.391 Writing on the JobCredits: 3
A study of special problems of writing in business from memos and press releases through reports and proposals, including strategies for correspondence, presentation of complex information, and writing for diverse audiences.
For English majors and minors.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.401 Selected AuthorsCredits: 3
A study of selected works. Authors to be announced each semester.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.402 Topics in WritingCredits: 3
A study of issues and the practice of skills needed in specific areas of professional writing. Topics to be announced each semester..
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.403 Special TopicsCredits: 3
Discussion and practice of skills necessary for newspaper feature writing. Special attention to lead writing, the "nut" paragraph, attribution, transitions, dialogue, and the inverted pyramid. Field experience. Guest writers and editors. Preparation of submissions for public encouraged. Prerequisite: 42.300.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.406 Community Writing IICredits: 3
Students work for a local non-profit for the semester completing a variety of writing tasks, depending on the placement. In class students apply the principles of rhetoric and use the tools of research and revision to write effectively for their community partner; to articulate in a public presentation a thoughtful, intelligent position on relevant social policy; and to become more active, engaged citizens.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & College Writing II, 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.407 Creative Writing Fiction IICredits: 3
Creative Writing Fiction II
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
Using young adult literature as a vehicle, this course considers traditional methods of interpretation and evaluation. Particular attention is given to the analytical, psychological and sociological approaches.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
A study of the major works of Chaucer in Middle English.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.423 Shakespeare ICredits: 3
A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.424 Shakespeare IICredits: 3
A study of selected histories, comedies, and tragedies not covered in 42.243. Shakespeare I is not a prerequisite.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.429 Introduction to Literary TheoryCredits: 3
A solid introduction to major trends in contemporary critical theory. Emphasis on producing a sample critical paper treating one or more current critical approaches to reading a literary text.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.450 Writing WorkshopCredits: 3
A substantial writing project is developed through collaborative efforts of a students major department and the Department of English. Permission of Chairperson required.
Pre-req: 42.366 Creative Writing Poetry II.
42.465 Nanoscience and LiteratureCredits: 3
The burgeoning fields of nanoscience, nanothechnology, and nanomanufacturing promise not only to become a trillion-dollar business within the next decade or two, but also profoundly to impact many aspects of the daily lives of ordinary people globally. Many commentators are predicting, more or less cautiously, that nanoscience will equal or surpass the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the ways that it will transform both the more mundane aspects of human life and the very nature of human nature. The primary focus of this course is to offer students the opportunity to explore a representative survey of literary responses to, reflections on, and representations of nanoscience. As a cultural studies course concerned with intellectual and cultural history more broadly, it also considers these responses, reflections, and representations in the context of relations between the "two cultures" of scientific and humanistic inquiry.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.479 Senior SeminarCredits: 3
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.490 Directed Studies in WritingCredits: 3
The student develops a plan for a sustained writing project or portfolio and submits preliminary and final versions for critique and evaluation.
Pre-Reqs: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II and 42.227 Essay Writing/Eng Majors or 42.229 Essay Writing.
42.491 Directed Study in LiteratureCredits: 3
The student develops a plan of directed reading, defines a problem for individual research, and prepares a paper or papers.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.492 Directed Study in Language AnalysisCredits: 3
The student develops a plan of directed readings in linguistics, semantics, or stylistics and defines a topic for individual research.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.493 Directed Study in Creative WritingCredits: 3
The student develops a series of projects in creative writing and composes poetry, fiction, or drama.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
An off-campus writing experience for English Majors. Practicum experience is intended to provide students with the opportunity of applying their writing skills in actual business, technical, or professional situations.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.
42.498 Practicum-English StudyCredits: 1
A short-term, intensive project related to English study and/or writing.
Pre-Req: 42.101/102 College Writing I & II.