ENGL200: The Pursuits of English

An inquiry into what constitutes contemporary literary study: its subject matter and its underlying goals and methods. Students study literary and cinematic texts of various genres, as well as literary criticism and theory; inquire into the nature of authorship and of texts; examine and expand their ways of reading, interpreting, and writing about texts; trace the relation of literary criticism to theory; consider the relation of literary study to issues of power; and develop independent habits of thought, research, discussion, and analytic writing that are informed by literary theory and criticism. Meets the University Writing Requirement for ENCW, ENED, ENEL and ENGL majors. 4 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; English majors only.

ENWR200: Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, Drama

Writing as a creative process with explorations in poetry, drama, fiction and autobiography. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.

ENWR205: Creative Nonfiction

Advanced writing skills with stress on developing a personal writing style, adapting writing style to various subjects and audiences and experimenting with different modes of exposition. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101.

ENWR310: Writing: Drama

Writing and evaluating dramatic dialogue with consideration of the problems of form, characterization and action. Usually students will complete a one-act play. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 200; Departmental approval.

ENWR311: Writing: Fiction. Start Spring 2011: Intermediate Fiction Workshop

Fundamentals and techniques of writing prose fiction (stories and/or novels), with evaluations in class and extensive individual conferences. Starting Spring 2011: Intermediate practice in techniques of writing fiction, with an emphasis on longer, more complex material. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 200; Departmental approval. Starting Spring 2011: ENWR 213 and departmental approval.

ENWR312: Writing: Poetry. Starting Spring 2011: Intermediate Poetry Workshop

Techniques and fundamentals of writing poetry through writing, reading, and class and professorial evaluations. Starting Spring 2011: Intermediate practice in writing poetry through reading, workshops, and exercises in form and technique. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 200; Departmental approval. Starting Spring 2011: ENWR 212 and departmental approval.

ENWR411: Advanced Writing: Fiction. Starting Spring 2011: Advanced Fiction Workshop

Writing of prose with intensive class analyses and individual conferences. Starting Spring 2011: Fiction writing with intensive class analyses, individual conferences, and completion of a capstone project. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: Departmental approval. Starting Spring 2011: ENWR 311 and departmental approval.

ENWR412: Advanced Writing: Poetry. Starting Spring 2011: Advanced Poetry Workshop

Writing of poetry with intensive class analyses and individual conferences. Starting Spring 2011: Poetry writing with intensive class analyses, individual conferences, and completion of a capstone project. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: Departmental approval. Starting Spring 2011: ENWR 312 and departmental approval.

ENWR491: Seminar in Writing

Creative writing, expository writing or theories of the teaching of composition for the advanced student. Enrollment limited. May be repeated without limit as long as the topic is different. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101; junior or senior English major.

LNGN220: Structure of American English

The phonology, morphology, syntax of American English, geographical and social dialects; traditional, structural and transformational approaches to grammar. Meets the 1983 General Education Requirement (GER) - Foreign Language. 3 sh.

LNGN284: History of the English Language

English from its Indo-European origins up to and including the eighteenth-century grammarians. The Germanic strains; old, middle and modern English. 3 sh.

LNGN384: The Grammars of English

A critical overview of traditional, structural, and transformational-generative approaches to the problems of analyzing the grammar of the English language; practical applications for teaching English and for understanding grammatical principles as a means of more effective writing and literary analysis. Cross listed with English, ENGM 384. 3 sh.

Prerequisites: ENWR 106 or HONP 101 or LNGN 210.