28 courses with the subject ENGL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
3-S Principles of literary interpretation. Topical thematic study of texts, the reading process, and critical perspectives to develop analytical thinking and appreciation. Taught at participating high schools to selected, qualified students. Liberal Arts.
3-F&S, Summer Principles of literary interpretation. Topical or thematic study of texts, the reading process, and critical perspectives to develop analytical thinking and appreciation. Liberal Arts.
1-WSP Intensive review of English grammar emphasizing practice in punctuation, parts of speech, syntax, usage, and sentence construction. Elective credit only. Liberal Arts.
3-F Surveys major works and literary movements in the British Isles from Beowulf through Neoclassicism. Provides biographical, historical, and ideological information to enhance understanding. Liberal Arts.
3-S Surveys major works and literary movements of the Romantic, Victorian, modern, and postmodern periods in their biographical, historical, and ideological contexts. Liberal Arts.
3-F25 Surveys the developing American literature tradition from the growth of a national literature through early Realism (1700–1900). Emphasis on early religious writings, Romanticism, texts related to slavery and the Civil War, and the emergence of Realism. Close reading of primary texts. Liberal Arts
3-S26 Surveys modern and contemporary American Literature (1900-present). Focuses on the evolution of literary traditions, genres, and cultural voices from the early 20th century to the present, with special emphasis on the role of diverse writers in redefining the nature of American Literature. Close reading of primary texts. Liberal Arts. ENGL 291, 292, 391, 392, 491, 492
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3-WSP Study of key literary texts that provide conceptual frameworks for understanding the relationship between humanity and the natural world. Readings include influential texts from European Romanticism and the American conservation movement along with texts that both inspire and critique contemporary environmentalism. Liberal Arts.
This course introduces students to the landscape of environmental literature, both past and present, providing a solid grounding in the field. Through key readings, discussions, and reflections on various environmental literature forms including short story, essay, and poetry, students consider what makes literature “environmental” and why this field of literature was and is so important in shaping an “earthy” faith and worldview. (ENGL credit for major/minor or general elective)
3-WSP Literature of the Victorian period in the context of selected intellectual, artistic, and popular culture movements. Liberal Arts.
3-WSP Emphasis on American and English drama from around 1900 to the present. Beckett and O’Neill as progenitors of significant theatrical trends such as realism, expressionism, and the absurd. Liberal Arts.
3-WSP History and development of the American novel with emphases on such writers as Melville, James, Dreiser, Cather, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Baldwin, Pynchon, Kingston, and McCarthy. Liberal Arts.
3-WSP Development of the American short story from its beginnings with Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne to contemporary and postmodern practitioners such as Braverman, Gurganus, and Dubus. Liberal Arts.
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3-WSP Survey of significant examples of Shakespeare’s histories, comedies, tragedies, and some poetry. Biographical, historical, and critical background and emphasis on close reading of texts. Strongly recommended for Adolescence Education/English majors. Liberal Arts.
4-WSP Opportunities for off-campus experiences investigating a career option in fields other than teaching, such as advertising, government service, industrial publications, and library science. Liberal Arts.
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One course 1900-Present (options include):
3-S Culmination of a student’s preparation in the study of literature and writing. Students will design–including preparation of a formal proposal, reading list, and schedule–and complete a substantial original critical essay or creative writing project to be presented publicly at the conclusion of the course. Students will conduct research appropriate to the project, workshop and revise written work, and participate in conferences. Students will read and discuss Christian approaches to literature and the writing life. Liberal Arts.
4-S Liberal Arts.
Source: Houghton University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
