English (ENGL)
ENGL 0900 - Introduction to Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Assists in the development of the basics of written expression and reading, including grammar, sentence and paragraph structure, thesis formulation, complexities of expository works. Pass/No Pass only.
ENGL 1000 - Writing in the Disciplines: Philosophy
Credit(s): 6 Credits
This combined English and Philosophy course focuses primarily on the nature of argumentation and critical thinking through the writing process while engaging significant philosophical issues. Methodological topics covered in the course will include the identification and application of basic elements of critical thinking including deductive and inductive logic, informal fallacies, identifying reputable sources, and the nature of argumentation. Additionally, the course will introduce the student to some of the perennial questions in philosophy including the nature of a good life and happiness, personal identity, the existence of God, and the problem of evil. By learning and then employing basic strategies of effective thinking, communication, composition, and process, students will become more comfortable and adept at composing interdisciplinary writing across various genres. Students will explore the intricacies of the composition process by engaging philosophical concepts, from prewriting to final editing, along with sentence and paragraph organization, grammar, and mechanics as needed. At the end of the course, students will be able to produce an effective philosophical essay, and will be prepared to continue with their other college courses. Prerequisite: special permission from advisor.
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies college.
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 1001 - Writing in the Disciplines: Theology
Credit(s): 6 Credits
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 1040 - Accelerated Reading
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 1500 - The Process of Composition
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Develops effective personal and expository prose writing skills, including methods of invention, organization, audience analysis, and style. Focuses on the compositional process.
ENGL 1505 - The Process of Composition
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Develops effective personal and expository prose writing skills, including methods of invention, organization, audience analysis, and style. Focuses on the compositional process. Prerequisite: Writing Assessment.
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 1900 - Advanced Strategies Of Rhetoric and Research
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies complex structures of language including its logical and persuasive possibilities. Emphasizes analytical reading, critical thinking, and research methodology skills. Prerequisite: ENGL-150, or equivalent.
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500, ENGL 1505, ACT English with a minimum score of 25, SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 600, EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE with a minimum score of 600, English Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1500, or SLU English Portfolio with a minimum score of P)
Attributes: Foundations of Discourse (A&S)
ENGL 1920 - Advanced Writing for Professionals
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Advanced instruction in expository and argumentative writing with issues relevant to engineers.
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500, ENGL 1505, ACT English with a minimum score of 25, SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 600, EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE with a minimum score of 600, or English Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1500)
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Parks College of Eng, Av Tch college.
ENGL 1930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 1940 - Advanced Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
[Equivalent to ENGL 1900.] Designed for probable majors in English or Humanities. Through study of a subject tied to the research interests of the professor, this course emphasizes critical reading, argumentative writing, rhetorical awareness, and research. Serves as the first in a recommended sequence that includes ENGL 3750, and ENGL 4940. Pre-requisite: ENGL 1500 or equivalent. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): (ENGL 1500, ENGL 1505, ACT English with a minimum score of 25, SAT Verbal with a minimum score of 600, English Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1500, or EVIDENCE-BASED READ/WRIT SCORE with a minimum score of 600)
Attributes: Foundations of Discourse (A&S)
ENGL 1980 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 2005 - Writing & Research Methods
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Required for all incoming SPS students, this course focuses on the elements of rhetoric that govern communication (audience, purpose, discourse community, and context). This course is designed to introduce students to and help them develop the rhetorical strategies necessary for writing and speaking persuasively in academic, work, and public settings. Students will develop their skills of critical reading, writing, and thinking—tools that students will require as they journey through the academic setting of the university and beyond. This course will explore what writing is and why we do it; students will also examine how to compose persuasive arguments and incorporate research methods into writing. Offered every semester.
Prerequisite(s): (SLUS with a minimum score of 6 or ENGL 1505 with a grade of C or higher)
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies college.
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 2020 - Introduction to Literary Study
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to literary texts, including major terms, methods, and concepts.
Prerequisite(s): (English Waiver per Advisor with a minimum score of 1900 or ENGL 1900)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2025 - Intro to Literary Study
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to literary texts, including major terms, methods, and concepts.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 2250 - Conflict, Social Justice and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Cultural Conflict and Social Justice. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Urban Poverty - Social Justice
ENGL 2350 - Faith, Doubt and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Faith and Doubt. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - this course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2400 - Introduction to Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to drama, including major terms, methods, and concepts.
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the 1818 Advanced College Credit college.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2450 - Nature, Ecology & Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Nature and Ecology. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2550 - Gender, Identity & Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Gender and Identity. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 2600 - Introduction to Short Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to short fiction, including major terms, methods, and concepts. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2605 - Introduction to Short Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to theoretical and methodological approaches to short fiction, including major terms, methods, and concepts. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
ENGL 2650 - Technology, Media & Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Technology and Media. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2750 - Film, Culture and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of Film and Culture. Through the reading of a wide variety of genres - including drama, poetry, and fiction - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative writing.
Attributes: Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2850 - Nation, Identity and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course introduces literary study within the context and theme of nation and identity. Through reading a wide variety of genres - including drama, fiction, and poetry - the course engages students in literary ways of knowing. Methods include close reading, comparative textual analysis, and argumentative and reflective writing.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 2980 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3030 - The Writer as Reader
Credit(s): 3 Credits
In this course, we’ll consider what it means to read like a writer (vs. a scholar) and practice doing this kind of reading ourselves on a range of short fiction. Students will complete weekly assignments that will be alternately critical (craft-oriented) or creative in nature and write a craft-oriented paper.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2000
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3040 - Writing Literacy Narratives
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Enables students to understand what reading and writing mean to them, and to appreciate why cultures struggle for literacy. Students will write several essays/narratives. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3050 - Creative Writing: Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to common poetic forms. Offered regularly. Prerequisite: One ENGL 2000 Level Course.
Prerequisite(s): 1 Course from ENGL 2000-2999
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3060 - Creative Writing: Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to the fundamentals of short story writing, with some attention to the problems of longer narrative forms. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): 1 Course from ENGL 2000-2999
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3065 - Creative Writing: Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to the fundamentals of short story writing, with some attention to the problems of longer narrative forms. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 3070 - Creative Writing: Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to the fundamentals of drama writing. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3080 - Creative Writing: Non-Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction through reading and writing to different aspects and modes of prose nonfiction, e.g., journal writing, the personal essay, and the development of individual style.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3090 - Creative Writing: Poetry and Translation
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A study through reading and writing of the problems involved in literature and translation. Specific techniques will be introduced through translation exercises. Emphasis may be on poetry, fiction or drama.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2000
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3100 - Topics in Creative Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected topics in creative writing: content varies.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3110 - American Short Story
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies short stories by nineteenth and twentieth-century American authors, to show the unity and diversity of the form from the beginning to the present. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3130 - American Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines American fiction from the 19th century to the present, including cultural trends and historical contexts. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3140 - Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies poetry to show the unity and diversity of the form from the beginning to the present. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3170 - European Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will familiarize students with the wide range of European dramatic literature. Close attention will be paid to the plays’ social, political, and economic contexts, their illustration of literary and dramatic form and practice, and what makes them work as texts for performance.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3180 - Film
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
A study of selected films to show the diversity of films from the beginning to the present.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3190 - Literature of Ridicule and Satire
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines satiric literature from Aristophanes to the contemporary American novel. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3200 - Detective Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines detective and international spy literature. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3210 - Fantasy and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines literature about imaginary beings and worlds, including chivalric romance, fairy tales, and ghost stories. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3220 - Film and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines works of literature and film. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3230 - Journalism and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines works of literature and journalism. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3240 - Reading the Female Bildungsroman
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Although as a genre the Bildungsroman has traditionally focused on the intellectual, social, and moral education of a male hero, women have variously employed this genre to tell alternate stories focused upon female intellectual, social, and sexual development. This course provides a critical examination of the American Female Bildungsroman. Students will consider American novels, films and television shows that depict a girl’s emergence into an often hostile national and social order to consider how gender affects selfhood, citizenship, and authorship.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Film Studies, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Diversity in the US (A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3241 - Young Adult Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Exploration of trends and issues in young adult literature, from its modern origins in the 1960s to its most recent thematic and literary innovations. Designed with beginning teachers in mind but also intended to meet the needs of English majors and others with a general interest in the topic.
Attributes: English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3250 - British Literary Traditions to 1800
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works of medieval, renaissance, restoration, and eighteenth century British literature in light of historical and cultural developments. Strongly recommended for majors. Fall semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800, Medieval Renaissance
ENGL 3260 - British Literary Traditions after 1800
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works of nineteenth and twentieth century British literature in light of major historical and cultural developments. Strongly recommended for majors. Spring semester.
Attributes: English History & Context, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3270 - American Literary Traditions to 1865
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works in American literature from the beginnings to 1865 in light of major historical and cultural developments. Strongly recommended for majors. Fall semester.
Attributes: American Literature, English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3275 - American Literary Traditions to 1865
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works in American literature from the beginnings to 1865 in light of major historical and cultural developments. Strongly recommended for majors. Fall semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies college.
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 3280 - American Literatures after 1865
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works in American literature after 1865 in light of major historical and cultural developments. Includes coverage of issues of cultural diversity (e.g. race, class, gender) in relation to American literary culture during the period. Strongly recommended for majors.
Attributes: American Literature, English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Urban Poverty - Exclusion, Diversity in the US (A&S)
ENGL 3285 - American Literary Traditions after 1865
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works in American literature from1865 to the present in light of major historical and cultural developments. Strongly recommended for majors.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Attributes: American Literature, English History & Context, Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 3290 - Topics in American Literary Traditions
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines selected topics and areas in American literary traditions: content varies.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3295 - American Literary Traditions: Special Topics
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Special topics in American literary traditions: content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies college.
Attributes: English History & Context, Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 3300 - Eastern European Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Studies literary reactions to and treatments of some of the most sweeping changes in Europe. Offered frequently.
Attributes: English History & Context, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3310 - World Literary Traditions I
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies selected literary works from the ancient world through the Renaissance. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Global Citizenship (A&S), Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3320 - World Literary Traditions II
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Intended as a continuation of ENGL 340, studies selected works of literature from the seventeenth-century to the present. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Global Citizenship (A&S), Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3330 - World Literary Traditions III
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies selected fiction, drama or other topics from a diverse range of authors. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Global Citizenship (A&S), International Studies, International Studies-Arts, Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3340 - Modern Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies the variety and range of modern contemporary literature. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3350 - Selected Major British Authors
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A study of several major British writers. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3353 - Scottish Literature: Rediscovering the Voices
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Review of key events and connections in Scottish history, politics and society, and their effects on Scottish literature. Close readings of texts from the Highlands, the East Coast, Edinburgh, Clydeside, and Orkney. Development of literary analysis and critical thinking skills, as well as effective response through discussion and written essays.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3360 - Contemporary Irish Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the genres and themes in contemporary Irish literature and culture, including modernist literary texts, and aspects of Irish culture. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3370 - The Oxford Christians: Tolkien, Lewis and Williams
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to the works of Tolkien, Lewis, and Williams, examining their popularity, and their place in history. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3380 - The Classics and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines classical epics, tragedies, comedies, lyrics and myths and their adaptations in English literature from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Classical Humanities, Catholic Studies-English, English Form & Genre, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3390 - Literature and Film of World War II
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the rhetoric of American representation of its experience of World War II, and how the war shaped the American experience. Offered frequently.
Attributes: English History & Context, Film Studies, International Studies, Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3400 - War in Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines how literature and film have represented war. Students will read literary, historical and journalistic texts, and will view films. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3470 - Introduction to Shakespeare
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines a selection of Shakespeare's major works with a focus on his appeal as a popular author as well as his achievement as a major poet and craftsman. Offered every semester.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3490 - 19th Century British Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the development of British literature from 1800-1899, including the various genres and forms, cultural trends and historical contexts. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English History & Context, International Studies, Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3491 - Public Health and the Victorian Home
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will focus on nineteenth-century homes and other aspects of the built environment, as depicted in poetry, short stories, and novels by George Eliot, Charles Dickens, Emily Brontë, and other major authors of the period.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3492 - The Golden Age of Children’s Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
The Victorian and Edwardian eras have often been considered the "golden age" of children's literature, thanks to classics like Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass (1871), Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (1883), and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden (1911). This class juxtaposes works like these with Victorian-era child psychology.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3500 - Literature of the Postcolonial World
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representative works and major literary, historical, and cultural developments in the postcolonial literatures of Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean. Strongly recommended for majors. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Film Studies, Global Citizenship (A&S), International Studies, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3510 - African American Literary Traditions I: Before 1900
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines African American literature prior to 1900 including works of literature, essays, poems and short stories.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3515 - Special Topics:
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies: This course will focus on literature as seen from special viewpoints and perspectives.
ENGL 3520 - African American Literary Traditions II: After 1900
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines African American literature of the 20th and 21st centuries including works of literature, essays, poems and short stories. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Urban Poverty - Exclusion, Diversity in the US (A&S)
ENGL 3530 - Topics in African American Literary Traditions
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines selected topics and areas in African American literary traditions: content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3535 - African American Literary Tradition: Special Topics
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Special topics in African American literary traditions: content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 3540 - Literature of the African Diaspora
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction to the fiction and poetry of Black African and African -American writers.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: African American Studies, English Culture & Critique, Global Citizenship (A&S), International Studies, International Studies-Africa, Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3550 - Native American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the ways in which Native American writers struggle to maintain their cultural identities and how they tell stories. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Diversity in the US (A&S)
ENGL 3560 - Ethnic American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the ways in which ethnic American writers tell and write stories, and what "ethnic" and "American" mean as concepts. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Diversity in the US (A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3565 - Ethnic American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the ways in which ethnic American writers tell and write stories, and what "ethnic" and "American" mean as concepts. Offered occasionally.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Restrictions:
Enrollment limited to students in the Schl for Professional Studies college.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Prof. Studies Students Only, Diversity in the US (A&S)
ENGL 3570 - Writing Sex in the Middle Ages
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines medieval texts in various genres that represent sexuality and gender. Offered frequently.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature
ENGL 3580 - Literature of the Natural World
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies modern and contemporary literary texts as social, aesthetic, and humanistic foundations for environmental and ecological perspectives. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3590 - Nature and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines literary works reflective of the world of nature and the environment. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3591 - Monsters of Europe: Nature and Monstrosity in European Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course tracks literature's engagement with the relationship between monstrosity and nature across various historical moments.
Prerequisite(s): 0 Course from ENGL 2000-2999
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3600 - Women in Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Analyzes works authored by and about women; studied from a feminist perspective.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3610 - The City and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines representations of the city in literature and film including how Americans use the city as fundamental cultural space. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3620 - Topics in Spirituality and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies literature that considers the nature of God and of spirituality, broadly defined: content varies.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3630 - Disaster Narratives
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course reflects on the nature and implications of selected disasters by considering their real-life effects, both on innocent victims caught by forces beyond their control and on perpetrators.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900; (PHIL 1050 or PHIL 2050)
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3640 - British Culture and Travel
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An introduction to literatures of travel produced by various writers through time and across space, exploring ways in which travel, transport, and tourism influence politics, social thought, and artistic inspiration as reflected in literary works. Topics addressed may also include the construction of the other; modes of transportation; immigration and expatriation; narrative perspectives/constructions of location; the function of digression in narrative; etc. This course may combine the study of literary works with travel (for example, to London, during the spring break) and thus may require an extra fee.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3650 - Science Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A survey of futuristic fantasies that emphasize science and technology.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Film Studies, Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3660 - LGBTQ Literature and Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces twentieth- and twenty-first century LGBTQ culture through literature, film and television. Examines key late 19th and early 20th century literary texts key to the emergence of an LGBTQ literary tradition; also surveys the emergence of LGBTQ film and television culture, with examples drawn from early Hollywood through the present.
Attributes: English Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 3700 - The Bible & Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies poems and narratives from scripture, e.g., Genesis, the Psalms, and the Gospels, with attention to literary works based on the Bible.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3730 - Introduction to Medical Humanities, Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines narratives of illness experience to understand illness and health as historically and culturally constructed; students interpret representations of suffering, confusion, despair, hopelessness, and hope that people experience when confronted with illness.
Prerequisite(s): 1 Course from ENGL 2000-2999
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Medical Humanities
ENGL 3740 - Medicine and Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines literature dealing with medicine, medical issues, and the relationship between medicine and literature. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, English Culture & Critique, Literature BS Requirement(A&S), Medical Humanities
ENGL 3750 - Writing about Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores ways to write effectively about literature, stressing skills in analysis and theories and methods of reading. Recommended for English majors.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3760 - Topics in Rhetorical Analysis
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to advanced methods of rhetorical criticism through the study of rhetorical theory and literary theory. Students study the rhetorical expression and effects of literary texts, including fiction, poetry, drama, and literary nonfiction. Students also study the rhetorical structure of criticism and practice those structures in their own writing. Recommended for students with interests in legal studies, professional writing, communication, political science, and philosophy.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3850 - Foundations Rhetoric & Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
English 300 introduces students to the field of rhetoric and writing through a sustained engagement with its practices and principles. Work in the course stresses the importance of primary research, document design, effective writing, and audience awareness, considerations that will shape the professional lives of students.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Rhetoric, Writing, Technology
ENGL 3854 - Teaching the Writing Life
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the basic issues in rhetorical theory and writing pedagogy as they apply to secondary education in English. No prerequisites.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument
ENGL 3859 - Writing Consulting: Forms, Theories, Practice
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This hands-on, discussion-oriented course trains students to become staff writing consultants in University Writing Services. Coursework includes weekly writing, assigned reading, participating in projects, and engaging the diverse community of SLU. Students will learn to guide a writing consultation, work within various genres, and respond to writing at various stages.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument
ENGL 3860 - Public Rhetoric
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to advanced methods of rhetoric, persuasion, and deliberation in both print and digital formats. Recommended particularly for students pursuing the English department concentration in Rhetoric, Writing, and Technology.
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument
ENGL 3870 - Technical Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
English 3870 is designed to introduce students to the principles of technical writing. Technical writing is the presentation of technical material in written and visual formats that are user-centered and context-specific. The course and its principles are grounded in rhetorical theory, which students are introduced to throughout the semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument
ENGL 3880 - Writing Personal Narratives and Memoirs
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will enable students to write in a way that creates more meaning in their lives, to describe what reading and writing mean to them, and understand personal writing practices. Students will write about 4 essays/narratives (16-35 pages) and a process journal.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: English Rhetoric & Argument, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3885 - Writing Personal Narratives
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will enable students to write in a way that creates more meaning in their lives, to describe what reading and writing mean to them, and understand personal writing practices. Students will write about 4 essays/narratives (16-35 pages) and a process journal.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
ENGL 3910 - Internship
Credit(s): 1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 3930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 3980 - Independent Study
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4000 - Business and Professional Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Teaches business and professional writing from a rhetorical perspective. Involves case studies based on research in actual professional settings, with special attention to strategic planning and rigorous revision and editing. Offered every semester.
ENGL 4005 - Business and Professional Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Teaches business and professional writing from a rhetorical perspective. Involves case studies based on research in actual professional settings, with special attention to strategic planning and rigorous revision and editing. Offered every semester.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 2005
Attributes: Prof. Studies Students Only
ENGL 4010 - New Media Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
New Media Writing explores such questions as: what is the impact of new media technologies on the composition and distribution of texts, on the work of persuasion and identification, and on the cultivation of ethos and identity? This exploration takes place across multiple, short writing assignments, podcasts, and multimedia projects.
Attributes: Rhetoric, Writing, Technology, Film Studies
ENGL 4020 - History of Rhetoric I
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to the history of rhetorical theory in the West and centers on the long-standing debate between rhetoric and philosophy concerning the nature of persuasion. Focuses on major thinkers, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintilian, and studies their influence on both medieval and renaissance rhetoric.
ENGL 4030 - History of Rhetoric II
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 403 traces the development of rhetorical theory and practice from the dawn of the Enlightenment up to the present. The course’s attends to how 20th century thinker Kenneth Burke saw rhetoric: the work of bringing people together. The course focuses particular attention on technology’s role in this rhetorical work.
ENGL 4040 - Topics in Rhetoric
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines various aspects of language, literature, culture and communication, using rhetorical theory as a critical apparatus: content varies.
ENGL 4050 - The Craft of Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of poetic craft, with weekly reading and writing assignments. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4060 - The Craft of Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of craft, with regular reading and writing assignments. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4070 - The Craft of Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of playwriting, building from small sketches toward a full-length play. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4080 - The Craft of Nonfiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing a particular aspect of creative nonfiction, with regular reading and writings. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4090 - The Craft of Time in Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing the craft of time in fiction, with regular reading and writings. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4091 - Craft Course: Poetry and Translation
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A workshop for experienced writers addressing the problems involved in the translation of literature, with regular reading and writings. Offered regularly.
Attributes: English Creative Writing, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4100 - History of the English Language
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A survey of the main features of Old, Middle and Modern English. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, Medieval Renaissance
ENGL 4110 - Introduction to Linguistics
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A survey of how the nature and structure of human language, focusing on English, are studied. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
ENGL 4120 - Language Studies: Topics
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Attributes: English Creative Writing
ENGL 4130 - Literary Theory
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores theories and movements of/about literature, with special emphasis on twentieth century literary theory. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4150 - Ethnic and Race Studies
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores the ways in which individuals reflect on their ethnic and racial experience through language and how the terms "race" and "ethnicity" are dynamic, and changing. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Urban Poverty - Social Justice
ENGL 4170 - American Film History
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Explores the issues and developments that characterized the development of film and film traditions in America from the beginnings to the present. Offered frequently.
Attributes: American Literature, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4173 - Irish Cinema
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Students will focus on how Irish film engages with and complicates familiar Irish cultural issues, including nationalism and postcoloniality; the Catholic / Protestant divide; gender and sexuality; nostalgia and landscape; exile and emigration. In addition to exploring modern Irish history and culture, students study Irish cinema in terms of genre and aesthetics.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4176 - Queer Cinema: History, Aesthetics and Activism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course traces the history of Queer cinema from the mid-20th into the 21st century. Students will study the interlocked histories of Queer film and Queer activism to consider how Queer film aesthetics are embedded within and help shape the complex, contested, and politically-volatile history of homosexuality in America and abroad.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4180 - Film Theory
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores theories and movements of/about film, with special attention to twentieth century film theory. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4190 - Topics in Religion & Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Studies the influence of religion on literature and culture.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4200 - Introduction to Old English
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Enables students to read Old English works in the original. At the end students will be prepared to read Beowulf. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4210 - Beowulf
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Enables students to read and translate Beowulf. It will explore comparisons to works in both Old English and Old Norse. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4220 - Intro to Old Norse
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Enables students to read Old Norse works in the original, thereby providing access to the myths and sagas of the Viking age. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4230 - Literature of the Vikings
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores the myths, legends and sagas of the Viking era, including heroic poems. Examines their impact on European culture. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4240 - Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduces students to the characters, narratives, and genres in The Canterbury Tales, and explores their socio-cultural contexts. The tales will be read in the original Middle English. Offered frequently.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature
ENGL 4250 - Chaucer: Troilus and Shorter Works
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores the poems Chaucer wrote outside The Canterbury Tales, including the "dream poems", short lyrics, addresses and begging poems, and Troilus. Offered frequently.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4290 - Topics in Medieval Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Topics in Medieval Literature: content varies.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800, Medieval (Major) - Literature, Medieval (Minor) - Literature, Medieval Renaissance, Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 4300 - Age of Elizabeth
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines non-dramatic poetry and prose from 1558 to 1603, including works by Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, the Sidneys, and Donne. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4310 - Early Shakespeare
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines Shakespeare's plays written during the 16th century, with attention to their variety and development. Fall semester.
Attributes: English History & Context, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4320 - Topics in Shakespeare
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in Shakespeare's work: content varies.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4330 - Renaissance Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines plays written during the 16th and 17th centuries by Shakespeare and his contemporaries, including Kyd, Marlowe, Jonson, Webster, Middleton, and Ford. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4340 - Falling in Love in Renaissance
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores selected issues, writers, and writing, exemplifying the literary concerns of the Renaissance. Offered frequently.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Literature BS Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4350 - 17th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines selected writers and writing from the early 17th century to the Restoration, with particular attention to literary development and historical context. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4360 - Milton
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines Milton's major poems and selected prose, with special attention to Paradise Lost. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4370 - Renaissance Literature and Rhetoric
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Familiarizes students with the oral-rhetorical tradition in Renaissance England, focusing mainly on the early Tudor humanist program of rhetoric. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Catholic Studies-English, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4380 - Early Women Writers
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the writings of English women in the period from 1600 to 1700, including autobiographies, tracts, letters, fiction, poetry and plays. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4390 - Topics in 16th and 17th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the early modern period: content varies.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4450 - Topics in Restoration & 18th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the long eighteenth century: content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4490 - 18th & 19th Century Women Writers
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines women writers and literary traditions in the 18th and 19th centuries including Eliza Haywood, Fanny Burney, Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë and Christina Rossetti. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4500 - The Age of Romanticism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies the thought and character of the Romantic Movement in England in the early part of the 19th century, through the examination of representative authors and works. Offered regularly.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4520 - Topics in 18th and 19th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: content varies.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), British Lit prior to 1800
ENGL 4530 - Medicine, Mind, and Victorian Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will examine Victorian novels, poetry, and short stories from the perspective of nineteenth-century developments in psychology and related mental sciences.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4531 - Mental Illness in Victorian Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course examines depictions of mental illness in Victorian literature alongside secondary readings by prominent literary scholars and historians of science.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4550 - Victorian Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Surveys the panorama of poetry in the Victorian era in an effort to understand the vast changes brought about by this rapidly changing modernizing civilization. Offered regularly.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4580 - Major Victorian Authors and Movements
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Surveys major Victorian authors and/or movements including Tennyson, Brontë, Browning, Dickens, Eliot and Wilde; the crisis of faith, the emergence of women writers, and social critique. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4590 - Topics in 19th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in the literature and culture of the nineteenth century: content varies.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4600 - Topics in British Literature 1900 - 1945
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Studies the fiction, drama and poetry of the first half of the 20th century with special attention to Conrad, Woolf, Joyce and Eliot, in an effort to assess the modernism of the period. Offered regularly.
Attributes: International Studies, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4605 - Major Modernist Writers and Movements
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
This seminar offers a focused, single- or two-author study of writers central to literary modernism. Courses may focus on such writers as Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and others. Major cultural movements may include Aestheticism / Decadence, the New Woman, Avant-Garde movements, and formal experimentation as response to political and social upheaval.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4608 - 20th-Century British Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Poetry by a range of authors, such as Hopkins, Mew, Yeats, Smith, Eliot, Auden, Nichols, Hughes, Hill, and Duffy in order to explore the development from Modern to Postmodern poetries. No Prerequisites.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4610 - Female/Expatriate Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Addresses the concept of a "female modernism" expounded by such texts as No Man's Land and Gynesis. Readings include early 20th century men's and women's literature that stresses gender ideologies. Offered regularly.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4615 - Queer Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Considers formal experimentation in the arts circa 1890-1930 as informed by concurrent advancements in Queer cultural visibility. Focusing on writers who approached literary form as an extension of sexual experimentation, this course considers the term “queer” broadly— illuminating both non-normative desire and non-normative textual practice. Authors include Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann, Virginia Woolf, Radclyffe Hall, Quentin Crisp, Sylvia Townshend Warner, E.M. Foster and Christopher Isherwood.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4620 - British Postmodernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies contemporary British fiction, drama, and poetry through appropriate readings in postmodern theory. Offered regularly.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 4630 - Nationalism and Irish Cultural Revival
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores the conjunction of politics and aesthetics in the art of the Irish Literary Revival. Examines visions of the nation, cultural nationalism and Yeats' influence. Offered regularly.
Attributes: British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4640 - Irish Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines the development of Irish literature in English from 1890-1920. Places Irish writing within a wide range of cultural contexts, including revolutionary politics, aestheticism and decadence, and the rise of the 'national' theatre. Authors include Oscar Wilde, W.B. Yeats, Lady Gregory, J. M. Synge, James Joyce, Sean O’Casey and Elizabeth Bowen.
Attributes: International Studies, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4650 - Contemporary Irish Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Analyzes the nexus of aesthetics and politics in contemporary Irish culture, including texts written by playwrights, poets, fiction writers, directors, cultural critics and historians. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4670 - Contemporary Postcolonial Literature and Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines literary representations of social upheavals, post-independence disillusionment, violence, and globalization in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean from the 1970s to the present. Offered regularly.
Attributes: International Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 4680 - Major Post-Colonial Writers
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines major postcolonial writers like Achebe, Rushdie, Desai, Gordimer, Soyinka, and Walcott, including their attitudes to race, politics, language, gender and history. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Global Citizenship (A&S), International Studies, International Studies-Arts, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4690 - Topics in 20th/21st Century British, Irish, & Postcolonial Literature & Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Examines selected topics and areas in 20th and 21st century British, Irish and Postcolonial literature and culture: content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: International Studies, British Lit after 1800, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4700 - American Literary Tradition to 1865
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Identifies and explores emerging themes and methods in American literature in the Puritan, Enlightenment, and Romantic periods. Offered regularly.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4715 - American Postmodernisms
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Avant garde and emerging ethnic literature inspired by the Holocaust, the atomic bomb, 1960s social revolution, the Vietnam War, increasingly global consciousness, and ghetto, suburban, and mass culture. Authors include Flannery O’Connor, Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Toni Morrison, John Edgar Wideman, Jessica Hagedorn, Margaret Atwood, Chang-Rae Lee.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4720 - Contemporary American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies significant figures and trends that have shaped contemporary American literature. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4740 - 19th Century American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies major American literature of the 19th century, keeping in mind the historical and cultural forces that influenced the writers. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4760 - 20th Century American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies the major American literature of the 20th century, keeping in mind the historical and cultural forces that influenced the writers. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Film Studies, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4770 - 20th Century American Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Surveys major trends and developments from the Imagists and the 20th century traditionalists to the major modernists (e.g. Pound, Williams), to the beats and confessionals of the later century. Offered regularly.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1900
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4780 - Recent American Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores American poetry in its varied forms. Surveys the current state of poetry and maps some possible directions for the future. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4790 - American Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines major American playwrights of the 20th century, the socio-cultural contexts out of which they worked, and the aesthetic canons which their plays helped to form. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4800 - American Short Story
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Surveys representative examples and major practitioners of the short story form from the 19th and 20th centuries. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4810 - Major American Authors
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Examines one or more of the major American writers of the modern period focusing on their influences and their historical and literary contexts. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4830 - Post-1900 African American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores African American writings from the beginnings of the 20th century to the present, through a reading of a variety of literary, critical and historical texts from the Harlem Renaissance to Afro-Centrism. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Urban Poverty - Exclusion
ENGL 4840 - Representations of Native Americans in Text & Film
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Explores how Native American authors read and write a "different" history, including how storytelling helps create community and a sense of home. Offered regularly.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4880 - Tha Machine Age in American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
An analysis of the relationship of industrial and post industrial technologies to the literature and culture of America from the later Nineteenth century to the present.
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4890 - Special Topics: American Literature & Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Topics in American literary and cultural studies, content varies.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 190
Attributes: American Literature, Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4900 - Interdisciplinary Studies
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Studies pertinent writings from an interdisciplinary focus relating literature to other media and other literature. Offered occasionally.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S), Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 4910 - Internship
Credit(s): 1-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 4930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4960 - Senior Inquiry Seminar
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course requires intensive reading, writing and research. Students will produce substantial research projects that integrate knowledge and skills developed in prior English coursework. Focus of course content will vary by instructor. Required for all English majors. Prerequisite: Senior standing.
Restrictions:
Enrollment is limited to students with a major in English or English.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4962 - Rhetoric, Writing and Technology Capstone
Credit(s): 3 Credits
With a faculty mentor, students apply their knowledge from RWT coursework to plan and develop a well-researched and audience-aware composition (e.g. podcast series, video documentary, public relations campaign, or set of advocacy materials). Fulfills a requirement for the English major with Rhetoric, Writing and Technology concentration.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 3850; (ENGL 4020 or ENGL 4030)
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4980 - Advanced Independent Study
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
May vary from 1 to 3 hours. Prerequisite: Permission of Department Chair.
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 4990 - Senior Honors Project
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Attributes: Literature BA Requirement(A&S)
ENGL 5000 - Methods of Literary Research
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to resources and methods of research central to the scholarly study of literature.
ENGL 5010 - Teaching Writing
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to traditional and contemporary theories of rhetoric and composition, with special attention to their application in classroom practice.
ENGL 5020 - History of Rhetoric I
Credit(s): 3 Credits
English 5020 offers an overview of rhetorical history in the West, starting in Ancient Athens and ending in Renaissance Europe. The course focuses on the rhetorical theory of major thinkers in the tradition, including Aristotle, Plato, Isocrates, Cicero, Quintilian, Augustine, Boethius, and many others.
ENGL 5030 - History of Rhetoric II
Credit(s): 3 Credits
The course begins with the Rhetoric Q&A essay, which has students draft a working definition of rhetoric. Next, the Rhetorical Object Analysis has students investigate the role played by a particular technology in the history of rhetoric. Students also complete a variety of in-class exercises and participate in online discussions.
ENGL 5040 - Problems in Rhetoric
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Focused examination of a specific historical, theoretical, or practical issues in rhetoric and composition.
ENGL 5100 - Literary Criticism: Aristotle
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Historical introduction to the significant epochs in the development of literary criticism from ancient to modern times.
ENGL 5110 - Literary Theory
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to the conceptions of the literary text that have influenced the reception and criticism of literature, with special attention to the development of theory through the twentieth century.
ENGL 5120 - Perspectives in Medieval Lit
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5130 - Perspectives in Renaissance Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through a examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5140 - Perspectives in Restoration/British Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5150 - Perspectives in 19th Century British Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5160 - Perspectives 20th Century British Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5170 - Perspectives in American Lit
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5180 - Perspectives in Contemporary Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Serves to introduce students to literary theory through an examination of theoretical approaches to writings drawn from particular periods or epochs.
ENGL 5190 - History of the English Language
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A survey of the main features of Old, Middle and Modern English. Offered regularly.
ENGL 5200 - Intro to Old English
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon language, its grammar and vocabulary, with particular application to a selection of the most prominent works of Old English Literature.
ENGL 5260 - Intro to Old Norse
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to the Old Norse language, its grammar and vocabulary. Select readings in Old Norse mythology and Viking sagas.
ENGL 5270 - Arthurian Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course covers the development of the Arthurian legend from medieval times to the present day, taking in material from Celtic, French, English, and American cultural traditions, but centered on Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur.
ENGL 5290 - Special Topics in Medieval Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 5340 - Anglo-Saxon/Old English Lit
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Introduction to the Anglo-Saxon language, its grammar and vocabulary, with particular application to a selection of the most prominent works of Old English literature.
ENGL 5350 - Beowulf
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 5710 - American Fiction 1900-1950
Credit(s): 3 Credits
The transformation of American fiction that occurred during the first half of the 20th century, placing emphasis more or less equally upon thematic and aesthetic considerations. The writings of approximately eight authors, including Faulkner, Hemingway, and Dos Passos.
ENGL 5800 - Studies in Contemporary Culture
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Media such as film, photography, television, and periodical journalism which supply an indispensable context for study of modern literature. Designed around various themes, styles, and movements.
ENGL 5899 - Professionalization Practicum
Credit(s): 0 Credits
This practicum carves out an official time in an advanced doctoral student's schedule to prepare documents for the job market. By the end of the semester, each student enrolled will either have submitted job applications or have a set of job materials with which to work at a later date.
ENGL 5930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 5980 - Graduate Reading Course
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 5990 - Thesis Research
Credit(s): 0-6 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 6040 - Rhetorical Theory
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Major rhetorical theories underlying discourse pedagogy, with special attention to the ways in which specific theoretical positions inform curricular practices.
ENGL 6100 - Studies in Literary Theory
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected issues, developments, or schools in literary theory.
ENGL 6150 - Genre Studies
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected writings and issues integral or peculiar to the definition of particular genres or subgenres.
ENGL 6170 - Literary Themes
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Exploration of selected writers, writings, and issues associated by common themes.
ENGL 6190 - Interdisciplinary Studies
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected figures, works, and issues studied from the perspective afforded by specific disciplines or media.
ENGL 6250 - Chaucer: Canterbury Tales
Credit(s): 3 Credits
A study of Chaucer's writings with special attention to The Canterbury Tales.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 4230
ENGL 6260 - Studies in Chaucer
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected issues in and portions of Chaucer's writings with special attention to Troilus and Crisseyde and other major works by Chaucer apart from The Canterbury Tales.
ENGL 6270 - Middle English Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Selected issues or representative figures in Middle English literature.
ENGL 6300 - 16th Cent Non-Dramatic Lit
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Non-dramatic figures or currents in the literature of Tudor England.
ENGL 6310 - Renaissance Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Renaissance dramatists other than Shakespeare.
ENGL 6320 - Shakespeare
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected groupings of Shakespeare's works.
ENGL 6350 - 17th Century Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Figures or developments in English literature of the seventeenth century.
ENGL 6360 - 17th Century Prose
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Groups or movements in English poetry of the seventeenth century.
ENGL 6390 - Topics: Renaissance Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Particular issues and developments in the literature and culture of the English Renaissance.
ENGL 6400 - Restoration Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Representative figures, issues, and developments in English writing of the late seventeenth century.
ENGL 6410 - Restoration & 18th Cent Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Significant figures and developments in English poetry of the Restoration and the eighteenth-century English literature.
ENGL 6420 - Restoration & 18th Century Prose Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
The novel and prose fiction writing in Restoration and eighteenth-century English Literature.
ENGL 6430 - Restoration & 18th Cent Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected playwrights, plays, and issues in the English theater of the Restoration and eighteenth century.
ENGL 6490 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Particular issues and developments in Restoration and eighteenth-century English literature.
ENGL 6500 - Romanticism
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatability up to 6 credits)
Selected writers and works of the Romantic period in British literature.
Attributes: Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 6510 - 19th Century Prose Non-Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected writers and works of prose non-fiction in nineteenth-century England.
ENGL 6520 - Victorian Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected figures, works, and issues in nineteenth-century British poetry.
ENGL 6530 - Nineteenth-Century Novel
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected writers, works, and issues in nineteenth-century British fiction.
ENGL 6590 - Topics in 19th Century English Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Studies in particular issues and developments in British literature of the nineteenth century.
ENGL 6600 - Studies in Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected figures, movements, and developments representative of modernisms in English in the first half of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6610 - Twentieth-Century Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected writers and works of fiction of the twentieth century.
Attributes: Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 6620 - Twentieth-Century Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected figures, movements, and developments in poetry of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6630 - Twentieth-Century Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Selected figures, epochs, and developments in literatures in drama of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6650 - Twentieth Century Postcolonial Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
This course will focus on postcolonial literature and film with attention to current critical theories and approaches. We will examine how novels, poetry, drama and films from Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean have impacted postmodern culture as a whole. We will look at the various approaches that have been used to study postcolonial literature and film, including Marxist, feminist and poststructuralist. We will discuss such questions as: how have postcolonial writers and filmmakers used literature and film as tools for social change? How have they chosen to represent their identities?.
ENGL 6690 - Topics in Literature of the 20th Century
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Particular issues and developments in literatures in English of the twentieth century.
Attributes: Women's & Gender Studies
ENGL 6700 - Early American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Significant figures, writers, works, and epochs central to the development of American literature in the nineteenth century.
ENGL 6710 - 19th Century American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Representative writers, works, and epochs central to the development of American literature in the nineteenth century.
ENGL 6720 - Nineteenth-Century American Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Central figures, works, and issues in American poetry in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
ENGL 6730 - 19th Century American Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Writers, works, and issues in american fiction writing, with special attention to developments in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
ENGL 6740 - Studies in American Modernism
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Significant figures, groupings, and developments that shaped American modernist writing.
ENGL 6760 - Twentieth Century American Fiction
Credit(s): 3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
Writers and works of prose fiction of the twentieth century America.
ENGL 6770 - Twentieth Century American Poetry
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Writers and developments in American poetry of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6780 - Twentieth Century American Drama
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Playwrights, plays and issues in the theater of the twentieth century America.
ENGL 6790 - Topics in 20th Century American Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Particular issues and developments in American literature of the twentieth century.
ENGL 6800 - American Short Story
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 6810 - American Film
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 6850 - Studies in Comparative Literature
Credit(s): 3 Credits
Writers, works, genres, and issues from a comparative focus that situates literature of the English language in the context of developments in world literature.
ENGL 6890 - Poetry & Theory Of Gender After the 1960s
Credit(s): 3 Credits
ENGL 6930 - Special Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 6970 - Research Topics
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits
ENGL 6980 - Graduate Reading Course
Credit(s): 1-3 Credits (Repeatable for credit)
ENGL 6990 - Dissertation Research
Credit(s): 0-12 Credits (Repeatable for credit)