English Language and Literature - Curriculum - BA

This course offers vocabulary understanding and appreciation of the visual arts in their cultural contexts in history religion literature music and ideas It focuses on the achievements of ancient Greece and Rome the medieval period and the Renaissance while also exploring related issues in non European cultures May be taken independently of FAS 202

This course offers vocabulary understanding and appreciation of the visual arts in their cultural contexts in history religion literature music and ideas It focuses on the cultural periods of the Baroque the Enlightenment Romanticism and Early Modernism while also exploring related issues in non European cultures May be taken independently of FAS 201

This course is an introduction to the following topics in English linguistics history of English etymology vocabulary morphology phonology dictionaries syntax semantics dialects discourse analysis and child language acquisition The course is designed for students who want to learn about the English language as preparation for teaching or for becoming better writers or for studying literature Students will have the opportunity to research write about and present on a linguistic topic of individual interest such as the language of advertising or propaganda

This course is an introduction to the major schools of contemporary critical theory and an examination of principal exponents of these theories The student will become familiar with the most important features of psychoanalytic criticism Marxism and feminism and examine the meaning of structuralism and post structuralism In addition the course affords an opportunity to practice applying the theories to specific literary texts Not available every semester

Students in LIT 319 study selected Shakespearian comedies tragedies and chronicle plays The course also provides the students with a general overview of the Elizabethan era and the world in which Shakespeare lived and worked Not available every semester

This course is an option for seniors of exceptional ability who are majoring in English language and literature and who wish to have a graduate level research and writing experience in some chosen area of American British or world literature Students must petition to take the course The following requirements are for undergraduate day campus students Students who receive permission from the area coordinator department chair and their academic advisors must proceed to formulate a written thesis proposal and assemble a three person academic support committee equipped with relevant expertise no later than March 30th of the junior year The proposal will then be submitted for approval to the individual s advisory committee Assuming the project is universally approved the student will meet with one or more members of the committee on a biweekly basis to review progress on research and written work The final result will be a scholarly essay of 40 to 60 pages to be presented as an academic paper in a public forum at least three weeks before graduation Offered on an ongoing basis as this is a yearlong course option The following requirements are for undergraduate COCE students Students who receive permission from their academic advisors must proceed to formulate a written thesis proposal to be submitted for approval to the selected instructor If the project is approved the student will collaborate with the instructor in the online course to review progress on research and written work The final result will be a scholarly essay of 40 to 60 pages to be presented to the instructor as a cohesive and polished academic paper with a supplemental essay that outlines plans to present publish the paper after the course is complete Offered on an ongoing basis as this is at a minimum a two term research and writing project

This course is a roundtable forum in which 10 to 15 students will write stage plays of various lengths using traditional and experimental methods and forms Members of the class will produce at intervals to be established by the instructor and will take turns presenting their works to the group for comment and discussion The class will produce some student plays during the term May not be used as a literature elective Not available every semester Writing Intensive Course

This course is a roundtable forum in which 10 to 15 students will write short or long poems using traditional and experimental forms Members of the class will produce on a weekly basis and take turns presenting their manuscripts to the group for commentary and discussion May not be used as a literature elective Not available every semester

This course is a roundtable forum in which 10 to 15 students will write short or long fiction using the techniques of 19th century realism as well as modernist and experimental techniques Members of the class will produce on a weekly basis and take turns presenting their manuscripts to the group for commentary and discussion May not be used as a literature elective Not available every semester

This course introduces students to the basic skills and principles of writing creative nonfiction and magazine feature articles Student centered workshop critiques and frequent conferences with the instructor are the primary methods used in the course The course includes significant reading assignments in nonfiction genres