One course from Part IB 3
- Subject
- EN
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 1997-1999
- Source
- www.fredonia.edu
94 courses with the subject EN, 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.
One course from Part IB 3
Introduction to analysis of poetry, its forms and genres. 3 hours credit
Literature to 1800 and After 1800 The study of major texts from Beowulf to the end of the 18th century is covered in EN 201, from the Romantic period to the pre- sent in EN 203. Study will include diver- gent approaches to texts, the historical de- velopment of English literature, and the relationship between literature and other disciplines. 3 hours credit each semester
Study of works of epic and romance from a variety of times and places, their function as literary works, their similarities, and their different concepts of the human. 3 hours credit
Study of plays and some films from differ- ent times and places, their possible interre- lations and ways they reflect their various cultures. 3 hours credit
Study of long and short fiction of several kinds, including myth, fable, and realistic narrative, from a variety of places and times, their commonalties, and their rela- tion to their different cultures. 3 hours credit
Additional hours of upper level el tives by advisement (maximum of 6 credit hours at the 200 level) French (36 credit hours)
Readings from among various fiction gen- res, intended to reflect the growth of and influences in American fiction from its be- ginnings to the present; specific focus is chosen by the instructor. 3 hours credit
Historical and generic survey of science fiction through representative works and major authors; examination of its relation- ships with other types of literature. 3 hours credit
Study of ways to approach and understand film as a medium of art and communica- tion. Emphasis on building a working vo- cabulary of basic film terms through screenings, discussion, and analysis of fea- ture and shorter films. 3 hours credit
Film and video examined as social and cul- tural products of a specific historical and cultural conjuncture. Focus on ways film and video are consumed, found meaningful and pleasurable, and perform ideological operations. 3 hours credit
Examination of sections of Old and New Testaments as works of literature, history and religious thought. Emphasis on major themes, motifs, and critical techniques. 3 hours credit
Survey of terms necessary to collector and student of folklore; some attention to folk- loristic backgrounds of literature. Survey of world folklore studies and classifications and of regional and ethnic folklore in U.S. Student collection projects. 3 hours credit
in American Literature/Culture
Variable-content, sophomore-level course; topic announced in Course Offerings Bulle- tin each semester. 3 hours credit
Study of selected texts representative of the literature flourishing in Western Europe between 600 and 1500, excluding Chaucer. 3 hours credit
An unconventional discussion-meeting on varying topics in a small-group setting, de- veloping and exposing principles and prac- tices for the study of texts. 1 hour credit
Study of the literature of the 16th century, including works of such writers as More, Skelton, Wyatt, and Surrey, leading up to the great writers of Elizabeth s reign: Sid- ney, Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe, and Donne. 3 hours credit
An in-depth study of novels by women rang- ing from Jane Austen and Emily Bronte to Doris Lessing and Joyce Carol Oates. Em- phasis is upon the female writers as distinct from the male in subjects and themes. The course seeks to explore their differences but also to place them in the context of the culture as a whole. 3 hours credit
Advanced level course in analysis of poetry: introduction to various critical approaches; background study of poetic techniques; in- dependent work on one poet. 3 hours credit
Romantic movement in England, 1790 to 1835, as exemplified in writings of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Byron, the Shelleys, Keats, Wollstonecraft, De- Quincey, Hazlitt, and others. 3 hours credit
Study of American literary and cultural roots in the 17th and 18th centuries; special attention to the emergence of myths and realities concerning the American hero and the American dream, including specific is- sues such as the rise of slavery, the role of women, the treatment of the Indian, the power of the Puritans, and the rhetoric of the Revolution. 3 hours credit
in Literature Study of Romanticism in terms of influence, development, and characteristics within the context of American culture, including tex- tual examples ranging from indigenous na- tive sources to those of Europe and the East. 3 hours credit
in American Literature Study of Realism and Naturalism in terms of influence, development, and charac- teristics within the context of American culture, including influences from Europe and from the emerging voices of American women and Afro-American slaves. 3 hours credit
Study of a variety of works, including tra- ditional tales and lyrics, tale cycles, novels, poems, and memoirs, produced by native Americans from historical beginnings to the present. 3 hours credit
Study of the literature written by and often about black women, including poetry, short and long fictions, novels, drama, biography, and autobiography from the 18th century to the present. 3 hours credit
Focus on helping students develop an awareness of their own acts of interpreta- tion in reading and an understanding of the strengths of different approaches to inter- pretation and criticism. 3 hours credit
Survey of ways language interacts with social features such as sex, race, age, class, and nationality. Includes such areas as slang, obscenity, and folk speech, as well as aspects oflanguage acquisition and change. 3 hours credit
Introduction to techniques appropriate to presentation of opinion and critical com- mentary in print and electronic media: edi- torials, political columns, critical reviews of books, films, theatre, art, etc. 3 hours credit
Writing I (or EN 368 Intro. to
An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from the beginnings through the late 193Os, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of se- lected works. Filmmakers studied include Porter, Griffith, Von Stroheim, Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Lubitsch, Hitchcock, Lang, and Renoir. 4 hours credit
1940 An historical survey of feature narrative and dramatic films from 1940 through the present, through screenings, lectures, discussions, and analysis of selected works. Filmmakers stud- ied include Welles, Huston, Capra, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Godard, Trutfaut, Bunuel, Fellini, Antonioni, and Altman. 4 hours credit
A study of selected works from the Chinese, Japanese, Indian, and Middle Eastern cul- tures, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant influence on West- ern culture. 3 hours credit
Study of selected works from the Japanese culture, emphasizing those that make up their canon and which are recognized as having had a significant international in- fluence, especially on the U.S.; this course also examines cultural assumptions in the works and in ourselves, and looks closely at the problem of language in translation and cultural contexts. 3 hours credit
Examination of works by women and men from countries that, by various definitions, are considered to be part of the Third World. Focus on cultural relativism and competing ideologies. 3 hours credit
Intensive reading of important works of Russian fiction to understand each writer s vision of the potentialities, complexities, and essential conditions of human nature, within the intellectual and cultural context perceived or created by the writer. Signifi- cant attention to political and cultural his- tory of Russia. 3 hours credit ENGLISH 55
Variable-content, junior-level course; topic announced in Course Offerings Bulletin each semester. 3 hours credit
II. Electives: 18 additional credit hours in English depart- ment courses (must include one course in a literary period and one course in a major author). Students are encour- aged to take no more than 6 elective credit hours at the 200-level. ENGLISH 51 English Education: Students in English Education must complete the same basic requirements as majors in English, with the follow- ing modifications: EN 357 Lan- guage, Literacy, and Learning Theory instead of EN 345. EN 450 Seminar for Teachers of Eng- lish instead of EN 400. Because English-Education is part of a State Certification Program de- signed to prepare students to teach English in grades seven through 12, students in this program must take the following courses in lieu of 6 credit hours of electives in English:
Study of the many works about Ring Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, extending from the 8th century to the present. 3 hours credit
Study of The Canterbury Tales and Trailus and Criseyde. Introduction to Middle Eng- lish language and period and to significant Chaucerian scholarship. 3 hours credit
The development of the English drama in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. The growth of drama from the medieval mys- tery, miracle, and morality plays through the works of Shakespeare s contemporar- ies. The plays in their cultural, historical, and artistic climates. 3 hours credit
Milton s thought and art as expressed in Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and selections from the minor poems and the prose. 3 hours credit
Study of representative novels of 18th and early 19th centuries. Particular attention to human and literary concerns which con- tribute to development of the novel. Writers include Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, and Austen. 3 hours credit
Study of such 19th and 20th century novel- ists as Dickens, Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Lawrence, and Woolf. Special attention to form of the novel used to portray each writer s vision. 3 hours credit
Close study of one or more writers and themes significant in American culture. 3 hours credit
Study of the works of one English author or a few authors whose works are related the- matically, historically, generically, or on another literary basis. 3 hours credit
An eight-week training program preparing students to tutor writing in the college Learning Center for a minimum of four hours per week. 3 hours credit
Focus on tutoring students whose first lan- guage is not English. 1 hour credit
Study of a particular author or work. Peri- odic meetings with instructor and writing a substantial paper. Prerequisite; permission of instructor. 3 hours credit
Study of what satire is and how it works. Close examinations of satirical writings from numerous cultures and historical pe- riods. 3 hours credit
A variable-content, senior-level course on topic announced in Course Offerings Bulle- tin each semester. 3 hours credit
and II Directed research leading to the preparation of a thesis. The two courses must be taken sequentially in separate semesters. 3 hours credit each semester
Source: SUNY at Fredonia's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61