ENGL 1001 - Writing, Reading, Culture
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Spring 2019
This course provides training and practice in writing and critical thinking with a focus on literary and cultural studies. We will emphasize reading, the writing process, the fundamentals of composition, and the structure of arguments. There will be varied writing assignments with opportunities for revision.
ENGL 1420 - Poetry
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Introduces students to how to read a poem by examining the great variety of poems written and composed in English from the very beginning of the English language until recently.
ENGL 1600 - Introduction to American Literature
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Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to the American literary tradition through intensive study of centrally significant texts and genres.
ENGL 1800 - American Ethnic Literatures
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Fall 2022 / Spring 2024
Students will learn how writings by African American, Native American and Indigenous, Chicana/o/x, Latina/o/x, Asian American, and/or Arab American authors are central to the US literary tradition. The class explores the significance of ethnic US literatures and cultures through short stories, novels, plays, films, and more.
ENGL 2058 - Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Fall 2020 / Fall 2023
This course explores how literature, art, and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries responded to the social, political, and economic upheavals that have occurred since 1900. Students will read a selection of modern and contemporary writers from Anglo-American and/or global traditions to help us understand our present moment and to see what made us who we are.
ENGL 2102 - Literary Analysis
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Fall 2024
Students will build skills in careful, detailed reading and critical writing. Focusing on poetry, prose, and plays, the course cultivates an understanding of literary forms and genres and introduces techniques and vocabulary essential for the study of literature.
ENGL 3060 - Modern and Contemporary Literature for Nonmajors
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Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2021
Close study of significant 20th-century poetry, drama, and prose works. Readings range from 1920s to the present.
ENGL 3856 - Topics in Genre Studies
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Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
Studies special topics in genre studies; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours for different topics.
ENGL 4830 - Honors Thesis
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2024
Students accepted to English Departmental Honors are enrolled in this course.
