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    Dr. Howard C. Daudistel, Dean

    Dr. Mimi R. Gladstein, Associate Dean

    Dr. Evelyn Posey, Associate Dean


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    		• English
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  • 1.- General information
  • 2.-English (ENGL) Clases

    2.- English (ENGL) Courses

    3010 Introduction to Writing (3-0)

      Integrated instruction in the reading and writing processes. Emphasis is on (1) the connected nature of reading and writing, (2) the development of literal, inferential, analytical, and evaluative comprehension, and (3) the composition of essays addressing specific audiences and purposes. This course is designed as an introduction to English 3011 and may not be used to satisfy any institutional degree requirements.
    3011 Basic English Composition (3-0)
      Introduction to the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revision, and editing/proofreading; emphasis on adapting the writer's ideas and purpose to an audience. Editing skills (punctuation, spelling, grammar/usage) are presented within the context of the students' own writing. The course is designed as an introduction to English 3111 or English 6111. (ESOL 5110 may be substituted by non-native English speakers.)
    3111 Expository English Composition (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 1301)
      Instruction in addressing academic writing tasks through the composing process, with emphasis on strategic use of language, of rhetorical form, and of authorial voice and point-of-view to inform and persuade effectively; development of critical thought through writing and reading complex discourse. Prerequisite: ENGL 3011 or placement by examination. (Non-native English speakers may substitute ESOL 3111).
    3112 Research and Critical Writing (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 1302)
      Instruction in incorporating research into writing, with emphasis on 1) focusing questions, 2) using academic methods and resources, 3) learning to comprehend, analyze, synthesize, and critically evaluate materials, 4) shaping materials into coherent pieces of persuasive discourse appropriate to the writer's purpose and audience, and 5) understanding the logic and forms of documentation. (Non-native English speakers may substitute ESOL 3112 .) Prerequisite: ENGL 3111 /6111 or placement by examination.
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    3113 Writing about Literature (3-0)

      A research and writing course in the analysis and interpretation of literature, progressing from basic exegesis of diction and syntax to the broad range of critical and stylistic approaches to literary works. Strongly suggested as preparation for junior and senior level courses in literature. Required of all English majors in lieu of English 3112. Strongly advised for all English Education students. Fulfills the catalog requirements for English 3112 .
    6111 Written and Oral Communication (6-0)
      Integrated study of and practice in oral and written communication, with emphasis on the processes leading to the creation of effective essays and speeches. Students are offered the opportunity to develop complementary skills of reading and listening through extensive response to others' written and spoken work. Counts for English 3111 and Communication 3101 . Prerequisite: ENGL 3011 or placement by examination.
    3211 English Literature (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 2322)
      English literature from its beginning through the eighteenth century. Required of all English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3212 English Literature (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 2323)
      English literature from the Romantics to the present. Required of all English majors. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3213 Introduction to Fiction (3-0)
      Contemporary works as well as the historical development of the short story and the novel. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3214 Introduction to Drama (3-0)

      Study of the nature and variety of drama through examination of the contemporary Theatre and its historical development. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3215 World Literature in Ancient, Medieval, and Early Renaissance Times (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 2332)
      Ancient literatures such as the works of Homer, the Bible, Greek tragedy and comedy, up to Cervantes' Don Quixote. All foreign literatures are read in contemporary translation. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3216 World Literature from the Late Renaissance to the Present (3-0) (Common Course Number ENGL 2333)
      Great writers from the late Renaissance to such modern authors as Dostoevsky, Kafka, Hesse, and Solzhenitsyn. All foreign literatures are read in contemporary translation. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3218 Introduction to Poetry (3-0)
      Study of the nature and forms of poetry through examination of modern poetry and its historical antecedents. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    The prerequisites for 3300-3400 level courses are ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 . and junior standing.

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    3300 Introduction to Literary Studies (3-0)

      An overview of various types of literary criticism, with particular attention to analysis of literary texts. Required of all majors in English and American literature. For English majors only, except by special permission.
    3301 Literary Studies (3-0)
      A study of special literary subjects of interest to non-English majors. Topic varies with the instructor. May be repeated once for credit when subject changes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3303 English Grammar and Usage (3-0)
      Concepts and terminology of traditional grammar, the conventions of the written language, issues in contemporary usage. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3305 Children's Literature (3-0)
      A survey of the major genres of literature for children from the seventeenth century to the present, including traditional to contemporary poetry, folk and fairy tales, fantasy, realistic fiction, biography, and informational books. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3306 Young Adult Fiction (3-0)
      Study of major works of fiction that appeal to the young adult reader, with emphasis on contemporary novels and short stories. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3310 Chicano Literature (3-0)
      Study of representative Chicano works, in prose, poetry, drama, and folklore, from 1848 to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3311 American Literature to 1860 (3-0)

      Representative writers from the Pre-Colonial period to 1860. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3312 American Literature since 1860 (3-0)
      Representative writers from the Civil War to the present, with emphasis on major figures. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3315 African-American Literature (3-0)
      Study of representative African-American prose and poetry from the Colonial period to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3316 Native American Literature (3-0)
      A study of Native American literature representing various tribes of North America. The course includes poetry, short stories, novels, and other genres of Native American writing. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3319 Sixteenth-Century Prose and Poetry (3-0)
      The study of the major non-dramatic prose and poetry from More through Drayton, with special emphasis on the period of Spenser. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3320 Shakespeare's Major Plays (3-0)
      Detailed study of the major plays, including Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, The Tempest, and others. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3321 Representative Shakespearean Works (3-0)

      Detailed study of Shakespeare's other well-known plays, such as Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Troilus and Cressida, as well as non-dramatic works such as the Sonnets. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3323 Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry (3-0)
      A study of the major poets and prose writers, with emphasis on such authors as Donne, Jonson, the Cavalier Poets, Milton, Bacon, Browne, and Hobbes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3325 Literature of the Bible (3-0)
      A study of the English Bible as a collection of literary texts and as an important source of ideas and allusions in English and American literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3330 Neo-Classical Literature (3-0)
      A study of major poets and prose writers from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century, with emphasis on such authors as Rochester, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Gay, Fielding, Johnson, Collins, and Cowper. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3333 Romantic Literature (3-0)
      A study of the major poets and prose writers, with emphasis on such authors as Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Landor, and DeQuincey. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3337 Victorian Literature (3-0)
      A study of the major poets and prose writers, with emphasis on such authors as Tennyson, Browning, Macaulay, Carlyle, Arnold, Newman, Ruskin, Pater, Stevenson, Rossetti, Meredith, Morris, Swinburne, Hardy, Hopkins, and Housman. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3343 Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3-0)

      A study of British poetry of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3344 Twentieth-Century American Poetry (3-0)
      A study of American poetry of the twentieth century. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3355 Business Communications (3-0)
      A course that focuses on critical decision making in professional contexts. Principles of professional rhetoric are applied to the composing process; strategies for planning, organizing, drafting, and presenting written and oral communication for a workplace context are emphasized. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3357 Computers and Writing (3-0)
      A variable topics writing class exploring the connections between computers and writing. Course may be repeated when topic changes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3358 Special Topics in Writing (3-0)
      An advanced writing course emphasizing topics in professional writing and rhetoric. Course may be repeated when the topic changes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3359 Technical Writing (3-0)

      A professionally oriented communication course centered on assembling, organizing, drafting, revising, and presenting technical information for generating written documents and oral reports. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3360 Women in Literature (3-0)
      A study of women writers and images of women in literature. Topic varies with the instructor. May be repeated once for credit when the topic changes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3361 Introduction to Creative Writing: Forms and Techniques (3- 0)
      An introduction to creative writing, with emphasis on reading and analysis of recent poetry, fiction, and non-fiction to determine how form and technique are used to achieve desired effects and how a given work is put together. Analysis and writing assignments in each genre are designed to give students the opportunity to gain a working knowledge of fundamental elements such as visualization, free writing, journal writing, prosody, concrete versus abstract language, imagery, characterization, dialogue, and narration. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3362 Creative Writing Workshop: Introduction to Fiction and Poetry Writing (3-0)
      An extension of techniques in 3361, continued in workshop format and aimed towards an understanding of writing as a process that involves the conception, structuring, and revision of complete poems and stories. Students will be asked to critique one another's work and to use critiques of their own work towards making revisions. Prerequisite: ENGL 3361.
    3365 Advanced Composition and Rhetoric (3-0)
      Study of classical and contemporary rhetorical theory with emphasis upon the aims and modes of contemporary discourse; practice in techniques of invention, organization, and style as applied to written composition. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 . . Open to freshmen exempted from ENGL 3112.
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    3367 Creative Writing: Fiction Techniques (3-0)

      Study and practice in the techniques of contemporary fiction writing, emphasizing such matters as point of view, tone, characterization, plot, setting, and diction, with assignments requiring the resolution of fiction writing problems. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362.
    3368 Creative Writing: Commercial Fiction (3-0)
      Emphasis on writing contemporary fiction for commercial publication. Attention is given to the techniques necessary for the freelance writer to meet the requirements at various levels of the ever-changing literary marketplace. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362.
    3369 Creative Writing: Television and Screenplay Writing (3-0)
      Basic techniques for conceiving and writing the contemporary television and screen play with assignments devoted to resolving specific problems. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362.
    3370 Creative Writing: Poetry Techniques (3-0)
      Study and practice in writing and critiquing poetry, with attention to basic elements such as imagery, the line, and use of formal techniques. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362.
    3371 Life and Literature of the Southwest (3-0)
      The social background of the Southwest and its reflection in literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112.
    3372 Folklore (3-0)
      The types and characteristics of folk literature with particular emphasis on the folklore of the Southwest and Mexico. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3374 Folklore of the Mexican American (3-0)

      A study of folklore theory and Mexican-American folk genres, with background readings on Mexico and with a special emphasis on the folklore of the border. ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3381 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature in Translation (3-0)
      Prose fiction beginning with Pushkin and extending through the Golden Age of the nineteenth century, with special emphasis on Lermontov, Gogol, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Andreyev, and Gorky. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3382 Twentieth-Century Russian Literature in Translation (3-0)
      Emphasis on prose fiction from the 1917 Revolution to the present day. Covers such writers as Blok, Babel, Sholokhov, Bulgakov, Pasternak, Yevtushenko, and Solzhenitsyn. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3386 Background Readings (3-0)
      A course of variable content that will provide readings of foreign literature in translation as background support for significant portions of English and American literature. May be repeated once for credit when the topic varies. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3400 Senior Writing Practicum (3-0)
      Required for Professional Writing and Rhetoric minors. Directed study to be taught with the consent of the professor and with the approval of the Department Chairperson. Advanced writing Practicum aimed toward design and completion of a senior project. Students will submit a Practicum proposal and engage in all aspects of a professional-level writing project. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3408 Chaucer (3-0)
      A survey of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer with emphasis on The Canterbury Tales and on the relationship of Chaucer's poetry to the literary tradition of his time. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3409 Milton (3-0)

      An introduction to the works of John Milton, with emphasis on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3414 Literary Criticism (3-0)
      The theory and practice of the major critical approaches to literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3416 American Nonfiction and Poetry through the Nineteenth Century (3-0)
      A study of American nonfiction and/or poetry through the nineteenth century. Prerequisite: E ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3417 American Fiction to 1900 (3-0)
      A study of representative works of fiction in America from their beginnings through early naturalism, with emphasis on such writers as Brown, Cooper, Melville, Hawthorne, Twain, James, Howells, Wharton, and Crane. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3418 Early Twentieth-Century American Fiction (3-0)
      A study of representative works of American fiction from the successors of Stephen Crane to 1945, with emphasis on such writers as Dreiser, Norris, London, Glasgow, Cather, Lewis, Anderson, Porter, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Faulkner. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3419 American Fiction since 1945 (3-0)

      A study of representative works of contemporary American writers with emphasis on such writers as Wright, Ellison, Heller, Barth, O'Connor, Bellow, Welty, and Oates. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3422 American Drama (3-0)
      Drama from the Colonial and Revolutionary periods to modern times, with special attention to the mature period in American drama from Eugene O'Neill to the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3425 British Drama since 1880 (3-0)
      Historical study of dramatic theory and practice in England during the modern era, through reading of representative plays. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3440 Advanced Literary Studies (3-0)
      Seminar involving intensified study of a particular author or topic, to vary with the professor in charge. May be repeated once for credit when the topic varies. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3441 Advanced Studies: Creative Writing (3-0)
      A creative writing course, the genre to vary with the professor in charge. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362.
    3447 The English Novel through the Eighteenth Century (3-0)
      Prose fiction in England from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth century, with emphasis on such authors as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Smollett, Walpole, Burney, and Austen. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3448 The English Novel: Nineteenth Century (3-0)

      A continuation of English 3447, with emphasis on such authors as Dickens, Thackeray, the Brontes, Eliot, Meredith, and Hardy. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3449 The English Novel: Twentieth Century (3-0)
      The important English novelists of the twentieth century, with emphasis on such authors as Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce, Forster, Waugh, Woolf, Greene, Cary, Golding, Burgess, and Murdoch. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3450 Major Individual American Author (3-0)
      Close study of the work, life, and critical reputation of a major American author chosen from such authors as Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, Cather, O'Neill, Frost, Faulkner, Steinbeck, and Hemingway. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3454 Writing Processes of Children (3-0)
      Current theory and practice in K-8 writing development; review of applicable rhetorical and linguistic theories; evaluation and assessment of written work; relationships between reading and composition. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3455 Teaching Composition and Literature in the Secondary School (3-0)
      Current theory and practice in teaching writing and literature in the secondary schools; review of applicable research along with practices for teaching literature and the composing process. Field experience may be required. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    3457 Special Subjects in English for Teachers (3-0)
      Special subjects in teaching elementary or secondary school English language arts. Topic may vary with professor in charge. May be repeated for credit when the topic varies. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
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    3460 Creative Writing: The Literary Essay (3-0)

      An essay course which emphasizes the use of fictional techniques and imagery as a means to exposition and persuasion through autobiographical form such as the memoir and personal essay, and through more journalistic forms such as the profile, the interview, and historical account. Prerequisite: ENGL 3362 .
    3490 Directed Study (3-0)
      Individual directed study on an approved topic, to be taught with the consent of the professor and with the approval of the Department Chairperson. For English majors only.
    The following Linguistics courses may be taken for English credit (see advisor for special prerequisites).

    3220 Introduction to Linguistics (3-0)

      Introduction to modern language studies with emphasis on contemporary as opposed to historical linguistics.
    3308 Methods of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (3-0)
      Modern foreign-language teaching techniques with particular attention to the problems of the learner of English. Theories of language learning and testing, and the practical use of language laboratory equipment. Prerequisite: ENGL 3112 or ENGL 3113 or ESOL 3112 .
    Students majoring in English are also encouraged to consider taking courses, or to fulfill requirements for the minor, in Translation (TRAN). See the Translation section of the Department of Languages and Linguistics course offerings for details.

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