Graduate Courses
ENGL 500 Old and Middle English Literature (3)
A study of Beowulf, other Old English poems, and Old English prose in
translation; and also a study of such Middle English works as Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Piers Plowman, the Ancrene Riwle,
The Owl and the Nightingale, and other romances, lyrics, and drama.
Most of the Middle English is read in the original. (Chaucer is
excluded.)
ENGL 501 Chaucer (3)
A study of Chaucer's language, art, and cultural milieu through the
reading of Troilus and Criseyde, the Canterbury Tales, and many of the
shorter works.
ENGL 502 Shakespeare (3)
A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's art, including an intensive
reading of several plays and appropriate attention to the primary
critical approaches.
ENGL 503 English Drama to 1642 (3)
A study of English drama from its origins in the Middle Ages, through
the predecessors and contemporaries of Shakespeare, and on to the
closing of the theatres in 1642.
ENGL 504 Poetry and Prose of the English Renaissance
(3)
Non-dramatic poetry and prose of the 16th and early 17th centuries,
with emphasis on the major authors (Spenser, Sidney, Marlowe, Jonson,
Donne, and Herbert) and on the major literary types.
ENGL 505 Milton (3)
A study of the major poetry, selected prose, and selected minor poems
with emphasis on Paradise Lost.
ENGL 506 Restoration and Eighteenth Century Drama (3)
A study of such important dramatists of the period as Otway, Etherege,
Wycherley, Dryden, Congreve, Vanbrugh, Farquhar, Goldsmith, Sheridan,
and others.
ENGL 507 Survey of Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Literature (3)
A study of Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Blake, and other important
poets and prose writers of the period.
ENGL 509 Romantic Literature (3)
A study of the chief features of the Romantic writings of the early
19th century, with special emphasis on Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron,
Shelley, and Keats.
ENGL 510 Victorian Literature (3)
A study of English literature from 1832 to 1900 and of major writers
such as Tennyson, Browning, Arnold, Carlyle, Swinburne, and Rossetti.
ENGL 512 Southern Literature (3)
A study of the best literature written in the South from the time of
William Byrd to the present. The focus will be on the "Southern
Renaissance," with special attention given to the Fugitive Poets and
William Faulkner.
ENGL 516 Continental Literature (3)
A study of European literature in translation since the Renaissance,
including works by such authors as Cervantes, Moliere, Racine, Goethe,
Stendhal, Balzac, Tolstoy, Dostoyevski, and important writers of the
20th century.
ENGL 517, 518 Special Topics in Literature (3, 3)
A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in literature
which is outside the routine offerings of the department. The subject
for each course will be announced.
ENGL 520 A Survey of World Literature I (3)
Masterpieces of world literature in translation from the Vedic
literature to Racine with special attention to the philosophical
content and the development of literary forms.
ENGL 521 A Survey of World Literature II (3)
Masterpieces of world literature in translation from Voltaire to the
present time with special attention to the philosophical content and
the development of literary forms.
ENGL 522 Colonial and Revolutionary American Literature
(3)
A detailed study of major American writers from the earliest settlers
through the end of the 18th century.
ENGL 523 Nineteenth Century American Literature
I--Romanticism (3)
A study of major figures of the American Romantic period (approximately
1830-1860), including Emerson, Thoreau, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville.
ENGL 524 Nineteenth Century American Literature II--Realism
(3)
A study of major figures of the American Realistic period
(approximately 1860-1900), including Whitman, Dickinson, James,
Howells, Twain, and Crane.
ENGL 525 Eighteenth Century British Novel (3)
A study of the origins of the British novel, including such figures as
Fielding, Richardson and Defoe.
ENGL 526 Victorian Novel (3)
A study of major British novelists of the late 19th century, including
Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy.
ENGL 527 British Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)
A study of the novels and short stories of major British
writers from the first half of the 20th Century, including such figures
as Conrad, Lawrence, Forster, Woolf,
and Joyce.
ENGL 528 American Fiction 1900 to 1945 (3)
A study of the novels and short stories of major American
writers from the first half of the 20th Century, including such figures
as Fitzgerald, Wolfe, Faulkner, and
Hemingway.
ENGL 529 American Fiction Since 1945 (3)
A study of significant American novels and short fiction published
since World War II.
ENGL 530 Special Topics in Humanities (3)
A study of special areas of the humanities or related areas which are
outside the normal course offerings of the English Department. The
subject for each course will be announced.
ENGL 531 British Poetry 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the poetry of major 20th-century British authors,
such as Hardy, Yeats, Thomas, and Auden.
ENGL 532 American Poetry 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the poetry of major 20th-century American authors, such as
Eliot, Pound, Stevens, Williams, and Frost.
ENGL 533 British Drama 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the work of major 20th-century British dramatists, such as
Shaw, Pinter, Stoppard, and Beckett.
ENGL 534 American Drama 1900 to Present (3)
A study of the work of major 20th-century American dramatists, such as
O'Neill, Williams, Miller, and Albee.
ENGL 535 African American Literature (3)
A survey of African American literature from the early days of slavery
to the struggle for emancipation, to the twentieth century Harlem
Renaissance and civil rights movement.
ENGL 537 Contemporary British Literature (3)
A study of post-World War II British writers.
ENGL 550, 551 Special Topics in Composition or Language
(3)
A study of a special author, period, topic, or problem in composition
or language which is outside the routine offerings of the department.
The subject for each course will be announced.
ENGL 552 Literature for Adolescents (3)
A study of literature for the adolescent, including methods of
introducing the major literary genres to the secondary school student.
ENGL 553 Modern English Grammar (3)
A study of the forms and functions of words, morphology, and syntax.
The course includes a study of the conceptual basis of language and the
way in which grammar generates meaning.
ENGL 554 History of the English Language (3)
A historical survey of the development of Old, Middle, and Modern
English. The course begins with a study of Indo-European languages and
traces the development of the English language through major
phonological, morphological, and syntactic changes; some attention is
given to dialectical variations and semantic changes.
ENGL 555 Literary Criticism (3)
A study of the major theories of how to understand literature and
practical application of the theories to particular works of
literature.
ENGL 556 Theory and Practice of Teaching Composition
(3)
A study of traditional and contemporary theories of the composition
process and applications of those theories to teaching composition.
ENGL 557 Creative Writing--Poetry (3)
Class discussion of student writing using 20th-century poems as models.
ENGL 558 Technical and Professional Writing (3)
Principles and practice of technical communication as applied to
reports, technical papers, oral presentations, and business
communications.
ENGL 559 History and Theory of Rhetoric (3)
A study of language as a means of winning the assent, sympathy, or
cooperation of an audience. Includes contemporary rhetorical theory and
its development from classical rhetoric.
ENGL 560: Film Studies (3)
This film course will expose students to films from a variety of
nations and filmmakers that represent the chief cinematic movements of
the twentieth century (Weimar Expressionism, French New Wave, American
noir, etc.), and it will instruct students in the terminology and
techniques of filmmaking. The students will, by studying the
relationship between the tools of filmmaking and the finished products,
learn to "read" films as metaphors of reality
ENGL 562 Workshop in Advanced Composition (3)
The study and practice of advanced writing techniques. This course
fulfills state teacher certification requirements for advanced
composition.
ENGL 563 Creative Writing--Fiction (3)
Class discussion of student writing using 20th-century short stories as
models.
ENGL 570: Topics in African American literary genres (3)
A study of a particular genre of African American literature, such as
drama, novels, or poetry. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL 571: Topics in African American literary periods
(3)
A study of a particular period of African American literature, such as
the Harlem Renaissance. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL 572: Topics in Major African American Writers
(3)
A study of a particular African American writer, such as Langston
Hughes or Toni Morrison. Topics will vary according to instructors.
ENGL 573: Special Topics in African American Literature (3)
A study of a specific topic in African American literature that is not
a genre, period, or individual writer. Topics will vary according to
instructor.
ENGL 650 Principles of Literary Research (3)
Study of textual bibliography, research methods and resources, and
methods of presenting research.
ENGL 698 Tutorial (3)
Individual study of a given topic following a syllabus of readings,
papers, and other requirements prescribed by a faculty member.
ENGL 699 Independent Study (3)
Individual study of an agreed-upon topic under the direction of a
faculty member but following a course of reading and other requirements
proposed by the student and established by negotiation with the
director.
ENGL 700 Seminar (3)
Individual research into a scholarly or critical problem in literature,
composition, or language. Progress, methods, and results will be shared
with the class by presentation and discussion and will lead to the
preparation of a single long paper.
ENGL 701 Thesis (6)
Six credit hours for completion of a formal master's thesis under
faculty direction.
ENGL 702 Internship (1-3)
A supervised, field experience in which the student observes
and participates in a professional occupation related to the English
degree, such as publishing, technical writing, or teaching. The
internship will consist at least 40 hours of work per credit hour
earned and the completion of
a formal report. Permission of the graduate director required. Graded
on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.