English (EN)

English (EN)

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EN-100   Writing WorkshopCredits: 3   

Term Offered: Summer Term

Course Type(s): None

Development of skills useful for essay writing; opportunity to write in other forms; and projects to fit individual student needs. Offered in summer only; restricted to EOF students.

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EN-101   College Composition ICredits: 3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

A college-level writing course designed to prepare students to make the transition from high school to college by familiarizing them with the standards for academic writing they will encounter throughout their educational and professional careers. Students will gain intense experience in writing academic prose that demonstrates knowledge, understanding, analysis, and application of ideas from a variety of progressively sophisticated and interrelated texts.

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EN-102   College Composition IICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Reinforces and expands the reading and writing activities taught in English 101 (academic writing demonstrating knowledge, understanding, analysis, and application of ideas). In addition to sustaining what has already been learned in other writing courses, EN 102 focuses on the academic "research" essay as a fundamental written form needed across the disciplines.

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EN-201   Literature I: Ancient Through RenaissanceCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Works from the Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance periods.

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EN-202   Literature II: Neoclassical to the PresentCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Works from the Renaissance to the present.

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EN-209   Literature and the EnvironmentCredits: 3   

Course Type(s): LIT

Ecocriticism, also called environmental criticism, examines the ways in which literary texts represent the natural world and human relationships with it. This course examines literary works from the pre-modern period through the twenty-first century, from anglophone and other traditions, to investigate how they represent natural and constructed environments, humans and non-human animals, how humans have interacted with the environment, and how constructed human categories such as race, gender, religion, and disability interact with various environments.

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EN-211   Environment and Pre-Modern LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Environmental criticism, sometimes called "ecocriticism", examines the ways in which literary texts represent the natural world and human relationships with it. Looks at several works from the Ancient and Medieval periods, considering how people from different times and places before the modern era think about "nature" and natural resources.

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EN-212   Literature of OppressionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ADS, LIT

Selected works of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries are covered, with attention to representations of oppression as displayed in slavery, colonialism, imperialism, and post-colonial responses.

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EN-213   Tragedy and the TragicCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Explores the nature of literary tragedy by having students consider the conventions of both classical and Shakespearean tragedy and decide whether literary narratives that are merely sad - particularly those in contemporary times and from genres other than drama - may similarly be termed "tragedy".

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EN-214   The Irish: Home and AbroadCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

A comparison of the Irish epic The Tain to The Odyssey and exploration of the literature and culture of Ireland and the Irish diaspora, which may include writers of Irish descent from Canada, the U.S., Australia, South America, and other parts of the world.

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EN-215   Vampire Literature: Bite MeCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Literature about vampires starting with nineteenth-century European texts and moving into the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the Americas. These texts involve themes of vampirism representative to cultural, ethical, and political issues for their times.

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EN-216   Illness in LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): HE.EL, HEPE, LIT

An examination of illness in literature.

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EN-217   Rebirth in ComedyCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): LIT

Selected texts of the tradition of comedy, from Ancient Greece to the present, including plays, novels, and movies.

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EN-218   Here Be Dragons: Heroic JourneysCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Explores representative heroic journeys in literature. These heroes follow an archetypal path outlined by mythologist Joseph Campbell. The diverse heroes arrive to understand and engage ethical, moral, political, gender, social, economic, and ethnic challenges. They must learn to develop beyond their limitations and flaws in order to face the dragon, danger and evil, and to lead and save a people, place, and/or idea.

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EN-219   Science FictionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102 or equivalent

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): LIT

This LIT course on the literature of Science Fiction is designed to introduce students to the genre of Science Fiction (SF) from works that were written between the mid-nineteenth century and the late twentieth. As a uniquely modern form of literature, it is important to contextualize the genre historically, politically, and culturally, as it reflects attitudes about science, progress, and the human condition that dominated at the time the works were written and, often, provide clues to cultural orientations that persist to this day. We will examine both SF short stories and novels to more clearly understand how this genre of literature has become one of the most popular forms of social commentary on the past, present, and future of humanity.

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EN-220   Literature of the SeaCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Literature of the sea since the Enlightenment with major texts representing diverse nations and global contexts.

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EN-221   Literature and the EnvironmentCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT, OL

Ecocriticism, also called environmental criticism, examines the ways in which literary texts represent the natural world and human relationships with it. This course examines literary works from the pre-modern period through the twenty-first century, from anglophone and other traditions, to investigate how they represent natural and constructed environments, humans and non-human animals, how humans have interacted with the environment, and how constructed human categories such as race, gender, religion, and disability interact with various environments.

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EN-222   Superheroes: Echoes of EpicCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Close reading and analysis of narratives based on epic myths from Ancient through Contemporary periods in order to develop students' critical judgement of the texts and their knowledge of relevant historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethical backgrounds, Development of writing and research abilities, building on skills learned in EN-101 and EN-102 (prerequisites) This course fulfills the General Education LIT requirement.

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EN-223   The Campus NovelCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Explores literature depicting the college experience, campus life, and scholarly pursuits. Novels, short stories, and plays from the early 20th century to the present will be considered, as well as essays on campus related issues and controversies.

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EN-224   Ghost Stories and Other Haunting TalesCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Close reading and analysis of ghost stories from ancient through contemporary periods in order to develop students' critical judgement of the texts and their knowledge of relevant historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethical backgrounds. Development of writing and research abilities, building on skills learned in EN-101 and EN-102.

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EN-225   Legal Fictions: Literature and the LawCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT

Close reading and analysis of literary narratives about the law and justice from Ancient through Contemporary periods in order to develop students' critical judgment of the texts and their knowledge of relevant historical, aesthetic, cultural, and ethical backgrounds. Development of writing and research abilities, building on skills learned in EN-101 and EN-102 (prerequisites). This course fulfills the General Education LIT requirement.

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EN-226   Literary Studies for English MajorsCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): WT

An introduction to literary studies. Close study of representative texts in fiction, poetry, drama, the essay, and literary theory and criticism; writing of analytical essays, integrating close reading of text with theoretical critical approaches.

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EN-227   Foundations of British LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102; or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT, ENCWU

A British and Irish literature survey from the Middle Ages through the late eighteenth century, emphasizing close analysis of texts and fundamental approaches to critical writing.

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EN-228   Foundations of American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): LIT, ENCWU

An American literature survey from the Colonial period to the Civil War, emphasizing fundamental critical terms and concepts and the use of writing to explore relationships between literature and criticism.

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EN-229   Non-European Literature in EnglishCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): GU, LIT, ENCWU

Survey of national literature from the non-western, non-European world. Literary analysis and class reading of selected prose, poetry and dramatic literature.

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EN-251   Creative Writing: IntroductionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Students analyze in a workshop setting readings in two or more genres of literature (poetry, fiction, drama, non-fiction) to observe techniques in craft, and present their own creative writings for intensive examination by workshop participants.

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EN-252   Creative Writing: FictionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ENCWU

Short-story writing with critiques. This course is repeatable once for credit, with departmental permission.

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EN-253   Creative Writing: PoetryCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): ENCWU

Experiment with a variety of verse forms and techniques for the purpose of developing creativity and deepening the appreciation of poetry. Repeatable once for credit, with departmental permission.

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EN-254   Creative Writing: DramaCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ENCWU

The writing of one-act plays; development of comic and dramatic techniques. Repeatable once for credit with departmental permission.

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EN-255   Creative Writing: Non-FictionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): ENCWU

Development of advanced writing skills to explore a variety of personal essay forms, such as the memoir, travel writing, and the lyric essay. Repeatable once for credit, with departmental permission.

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EN-271   Professional WritingCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): TL

An advanced writing workshop introducing the rhetorical principles and writing practices necessary for producing appropriate workplace writing; emphasis on a wide range of audiences, genres, ethical issues and contexts that professional writers commonly encounter.

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EN-298   Special Topics in English (200 Level)Credits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

An intensive study of a particular subject or problem in English to be announced prior to registration. The course may be conducted on either a lecture-discussion or a seminar basis.

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EN-299   Independent Study in EnglishCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Independent Study in English: Reading, writing, and research on a selected topic under the direction of an English department faculty member. For the CW or any of the Writing Minors, development of a major writing project under the guidance of a faculty member.

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EN-305   Shakespeare ICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101 and EN-102, and three credits from any course with a course designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): WT

Shakespeare's life and times; theatrical conventions of the Elizabethan stage; close reading of dramatic poetry in representative early comedies, histories and tragedies.

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EN-306   Shakespeare IICredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): WT

Shakespeare's life and times, his dramatic technique, and the conventions of the Elizabethan stage, with emphasis on the later tragedies and romances.

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EN-307   Middle English LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

Arthurian legends, dream visions, and the beginnings of English drama, from the twelfth through fifteenth centuries, in translation or in Middle English.

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EN-309   Renaissance in EnglandCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Poetry, prose, and drama from the reign of Elizabeth I through the Protectorate, excluding Shakespeare. Authors may include: Spenser, Marlowe, Webster, Sidney, Bacon, Donne, Milton, and Marvell.

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EN-310   Restoration and Augustan LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Survey of British poetry, prose and drama from the Restoration to the late eighteenth century, with special attention to genre and the development of the novel. Authors may include: Behn, Defore, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Burney, Gray, Leapor, Austen, and Cowper.

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EN-312   British Romantic LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

The romantic involvement with self, including major poets and prose writers from Blake through Shelley.

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EN-315   British Victorian LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

The post-romantic literature of crisis among the Victorians. Authors may include: Carlyle, Tennyson, the Brontes, and Browning.

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EN-316   Modern British and Irish LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

British and Irish writers from the 1890's through the Second World War, including W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Stevie Smith.

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EN-318   Contemporary British and Irish LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

British and Irish writers since the Second World War, including Samuel Beckett, Philip Larkin, and Seamus Heaney.

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EN-319   Modern and Contemporary Irish DramaCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and 3 credits from any course with a course type of LIT.

Course Type(s): None

A study of Irish drama from the turn of the twentieth century to the present day. Authors may include Yeats, O'Casey, Beckett, and McPherson.

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EN-324   Literature of Colonial AmericaCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Major genres, texts, and narratives of the early Americas, from exploration and conquest to colonization. May include Native American narrative and poetry as well as the following writers: Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith, Mary Rowlandson, William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Edward Taylor, Benjamin Franklin, William Byrd, and Sarah Kemble Knight.

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EN-327   Mid-Nineteenth Century American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Literature of the United States from the rise of transcendentalism to the Civil War. Authors may include: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Stowe, Douglass, Melville, and Hawthorne.

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EN-329   American RealismCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

American literature from 1870 to 1910, emphasizing developments in realistic fiction and poetry.

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EN-331   Twentieth Century African American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ADS

An overview of African American poetry, drama, fiction and non-fiction in the context of the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, the African American feminist movement, and the new African American Renaissance, while considering the contemporary events and literary movements that affected the writers. Authors include McKay, Hurston, Hughes, Baldwin, Morrison, Walker, Angelou, Wilson.

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EN-332   Modern American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

American writers from World War I to World War II, including Willa Cather, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, and Richard Wright.

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EN-334   Contemporary American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

American writers from World War II to the present, including Arthur Miller, James Baldwin, John Updike, and Elizabeth Bishop.

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EN-342   Children's and Young Adult LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102 and three credits from any course with a course type of LIT

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): WT

Examines contemporary chapter books, pre-adolescent illustrated texts, and young adult literature, including realism, fantasy, and science fiction, as well as poetry. Through an exploration of representative authors, works, genres, and criticism, the course emphasizes trends and developments in literature written for children and youth. An introduction to basic bibliographic tools and review media is included. Authors studied may include: Maurice Sendak, Roald Dahl, E.B. White, J.K. Rowling, Jack Prelutsky, Lemony Snicket, Sandra Disneros, and winners of the Caldecott and Newberry Medals. EN-342 does not fulfill the 300-level English elective requirement for English majors.

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EN-352   Craft of WritingCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ENCWU

An in-depth study of the creative writing process, either single - or multi - genre. Students may develop a craft workbook that focuses on both traditional and contemporary literary forms and strategies. Students write by assignment and develop techniques of reviewing in order to compare and contrast major authors' aesthetics with their own creative gestures. A final portfolio may consist of approximately thirty pages of revised fiction, nonfiction, or drama, or approximately fifteen pages of revised poetry, or twenty to twenty-five pages, revised, of some combination of genres agreed upon between the student and the professor. The collection should be titled and given a cohesive arrangement. Repeatable once for credit, with departmental permission. Open only to students with a creative writing concentration and minor only.

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EN-373   The Art and Practice of PersuasionCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, and three credits from any course with a designation of LIT

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

Classical and contemporary perspectives on the nature, functions, and scope of persuasion and rhetoric. Potential print and visual texts for analysis include but are not limited to non-fiction prose, novels, short fiction, speeches, films, video clips, and Web sites.

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EN-384   Language and CommunityCredits: 3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): EX5

This course helps students explore a broad range of career options. Through readings, interviews, guest speakers, and outside-the-classroom experiences, students will take ownership of their own professional identities and career trajectories. This course does not qualify as a 300+ English elective.

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EN-388   Cooperative Education: EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): Completion of all required 100- and 200-level EN courses and at least two EN electives at the 200-level or higher; permission of department chair may also be required.

Course Type(s): EX2

Integration and application of knowledge gained in the academic setting with career-related or community experiences. Work in an external setting, meeting at least three times in the semester with a faculty sponsor from the English department to establish reasonable goals and expectations for the experience, to determine progress at or near the mid-term and to make the final presentation-oral and written-for evaluation. This course may be repeated for credit.

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EN-389   Internship in EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): EX1

Supervised practical experience in English; repeatable for credit. Departmental approval and Junior standing are required to take this course.

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EN-398   Special Topics in English (300 Level)Credits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): three credits from any course with a designation of LIT or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An intensive study of a particular subject or problem in English to be announced prior to registration.

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EN-399   Independent Study in EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Reading and research on a selected topic under the direction of an English department faculty member. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.

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EN-405   ChaucerCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

Selections from the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and short poems in Middle English.

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EN-410   What is a Book?Credits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): WT

A study of texts and codices in the transitions from manuscript to print and from print to digital which serves as a basis for exploring what can be both lost and gained in our current movement to digital transmission.

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EN-414   Place and Space in American LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, and EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Defines and differentiates spaces and places in various genres of American literature and explores how select texts reflect aspects of American regions, time periods, literary groups, culture, politics, history, aesthetics, identity, and/or mores. Students will analyze and interpret what diverse places and spaces represent and will apply theory about space and place in their evaluation of select literature.

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EN-415   New Jersey LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An advanced survey of New Jersey literary history from the Colonial period to the present.

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EN-416   Secret Gardens: Classic Children's LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

English-language children's literature, focusing on "Golden Age" illustrated narratives by authors such as Nesbit, Burnett, Milne, and Grahame, but also including poetry and earlier prose fiction by Carroll and Alcott.

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EN-417   Writing World War II in BritainCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from courses with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Major poems and prose of World War II Britain that treat the Battle of Britain, the Blitz, the Holocaust, and the North Africa campaign.

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EN-421   African Diaspora LiteraturesCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, 3 credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): ADS, RE

The study of the twentieth century literatures of worldwide African Diaspora. Primary texts will be drawn from different genres - prose, poetry, and drama - and will represent the different shores and locations of African Diasporas worldwide.

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EN-424   Postmodern LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Explores the works of key figures in postmodern American and/or British literature and includes a study of theoretical structures and cultural changes that help define literary postmodernism.

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EN-425   Postcolonial LiteratureCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ADS, RE

Selected literary representations of colonial and postcolonial discourses in literature, theory, and criticism. Focus on creative representation from African nations, the Caribbean, and the Indian Subcontinent.

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EN-426   The Short Story in EnglishCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

Development of the short story genre in English from the eighteenth century to the present, including critical readings.

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EN-427   Contemporary PoetryCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Fall Term

Course Type(s): None

Analysis of selected, recent poets to evaluate developments in contemporary verse.

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EN-428   Novel in EnglishCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Course Type(s): None

The development of long prose fiction from the eighteenth century to the present, with consideration of criticism that defines the novel as a genre.

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EN-430   Nature of TragedyCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226 three credits from any course with a designation of LIT and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Tragic literature in various genres and periods from the ancient Greeks to the present.

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EN-431   Contemporary Women NovelistsCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits for any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): GS

Critical analysis of selected novels in English by women from both literary, gender, and feminist perspectives.

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EN-441   Criticism and TheoryCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Classic literary criticism and/or contemporary critical theory from Aristotle to Coleridge, Marx to Derrida, addressing how, why, and what we read.

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EN-442   Language and LinguisticsCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT and one course from EN-227 or EN-228 or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): TL

A grounding in the structural aspects of general linguistics: morphology, syntax, semantics, phonology, and pragmatics. Examines the structure of the English language, including nouns and noun classes, ways of talking about actions and states, how ideas are combined into complex sentences, and how context and purpose affect how we use language. Also considers differences between learning a first and second language.

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EN-443   History of the English LanguageCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

The development of the English language from its Indo-European roots to the present, including both linguistic and cultural factors in language change.

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EN-451   Advanced Creative WritingCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-226 and EN-251 or permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): ENCWU

Students analyze in a workshop-setting longer works (long poems and/or poetic-sequences; novellas; plays; creative nonfiction) in American and World literature to observe techniques in craft, and present their own capacious, sustained, and at times self-generative creative writings for intensive full-revised and cohesive final portfolio of a length appropriate to the genre. Open only to students with a creative writing concentration or minor only. This course may be repeated once for credit.

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EN-470   Theory and Practice of WritingCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Instruction in theories of expressive and expository writing and integration of language skills, with a focus on writing process research and its applications. Cannot be taken as an English 300+ elective. Limited to Elementary or Special Education majors only.

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EN-474   Approaches to Composition TheoryCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: Spring Term

Course Type(s): None

Instructions in the foundations of composition theory, with a focus on writing process research and its applications. Cannot be taken as an English 300+ elective. Limited to Secondary Education majors only.

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EN-475   Writing for Digital AudiencesCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-271; or permission of the instructor.

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

A study of theories and concepts of writing and rhetoric in digital media with emphasis on the uses of verbal and visual media in digital spaces, such as web sites, blogs, web articles, and social media. Topics examined include authorship and copyright, digital rhetoric, digital composition processes, multimodal composition theory, theories of new media, and theories of systemic oppression in digitally composed spaces and content.

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EN-488   Cooperative Education: EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): Completion of all required 100- and 200-level EN courses and at least two EN electives at the 200-level or higher; permission of department chair may also be required.

Course Type(s): EX2

Integration and application of knowledge gained in the academic setting with career-related or community experiences. Work in an external setting, meeting at least three times in the semester with a faculty sponsor from the English department to establish reasonable goals and expectations for the experience, to determine progress at or near the mid-term and to make the final presentation- oral and written-for evaluation. This course may be repeated for credit.

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EN-489   Internship in EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): EX1

Supervised practical experience in English; repeatable for credit. Departmental approval and Junior standing are required to take this course.

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EN-491   Seminar in EnglishCredits: 3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

A concentrated study on a single author, a related group of authors, or a single topic or theme, which includes the production of a scholarly paper based on substantial, independent research. This course is repeatable for credit.

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EN-498   Special Topics in English (400 Level)Credits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, three credits from any course with a designation of LIT, and one course from either EN-227, EN-228, and EN-229, or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

An intensive study of a particular subject or problem in English to be announced prior to registration.

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EN-499   Independent Study in EnglishCredits: 1-3   

Prerequisite(s): EN-101, EN-102, EN-226, EN-201 or EN-202, and two courses from either EN-227, EN-228, or EN-229 , or written permission of the instructor

Term Offered: All Terms

Course Type(s): None

Reading and research on a selected topic under the direction of an English Department faculty member. Prior permission of the directing professor and department chair is required to take this course.