43 courses with the subject ENG, 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.
ENG 150Introduction to Literature3
This course introduces students to literature through the study of poetry, drama, and fiction. Emphasis will be on critical reading/interpretation of and writing about literary texts with special attention paid to conventions of genre, symbolism, and devices such as metaphor, irony, and allusion. (Fall 2015 and later)
This course introduces and develops skills and abilities fundamental to proficient academic writing. This course emphasizes the critical reading and the summary, synthesis, and analysis of primary materials in specific social and historical contexts. Final offering: Fall 2024; for students admitted prior to Fall 2024 only.
This course serves as an introduction to the study of literature, with an emphasis on the skills and background needed to engage with texts as critics. The course will develop students’ close-reading skills in tandem with introducing them to literary theory and its application to texts. The course will advance students’ understanding of genre, including genre-specific terms and tools. At the end of this course, students will have the background and skills necessary to embark on a more advanced study of literature.
Analysis and experience of dramatic literature through performance. Emphasis is placed on building a basic performance vocabulary and technique, and developing confidence and critical thinking skills. Cross registration with FA 200
This course examines the major African American authors in America, how their texts reflect their sense of identity, and how these texts fit into larger frameworks of American literature. The course also investigates the cultural history behind these works and issues such as stereotyping. Students who previously completed ENG 108: African American Literature may only take ENG 208 for the purposes of grade replacement, and may not receive credit for both ENG 108 and ENG 208.
This course seeks to construct the Italian imaginary or “social imaginary,” that is, a set of values, traditions, institutions, and symbols that are generally shared by the groups that have inhabited the Italian peninsula in medieval, early modern, and modern times. It is taught only as a Study Abroad course in Italy and examines both literature and films that reflect the culture of early modern and modern Italian civilization.
One prior English Core course for students entering the University prior to Summer 2012; ENG 151 for students entering in Summer 2012 or later. Summer
ENG 217Christianity and Literature3
This course surveys texts that exemplify and define the relationship between Christianity and literature over the course of the last two thousand years, the cultural influence and development of Christianity on literature, and how literature expresses major Christian themes: good and evil, life and death, forms of sacrifice, suffering, redemption, virtue, grace, etc. Authors may include: St. Augustine, St. Francis of Assisi, Dante, Julian of Norwich, John Donne, George Herbert, Gerard Manley Hopkins, G. K. Chesterton, C. S. lewis, J. R.R. Tolkien, Flannery O’Connor, Walker Percy.
This course focuses on the literatures of modern cultures other than those of Western Europe or North America. Works and authors are discussed in relation to their native cultures and in relation to the ways in which the literature reveals cultural and historical assumptions different from our own. May not be taken for credit if credit was previously received for ENG 109: Modern World Literature. (Fall 2015 and late)
This course surveys literature by ethnic American writers—including but not limited to African American, Asian American, Chicano/a and Native American authors—from the early/colonial period to the present. In this course, students will examine these literatures for how they negotiate the position(s) of ethnic individuals and/or communities within the United States. Students will also identify major discourses of U.S. multi-ethnic literature (for example, the melting pot, conflict/resistance, assimilation, etc.) and analyze how individual works and authors reflect, challenge, and transcend these discourses. (Fall 2015 and later)
Women Writers is an in-depth study of women writers from the nineteenth- and twentieth centuries, focusing on contextualizing their works within a cultural, historical, and political framework. (Fall 2015 and later)
This course is designed to explore literary texts and films from across the globe that address disabilities of various kinds (physical, mental, social). Some of the questions we shall consider include: how has the definition of “disability” shifted in recent years? What, then, is “normal”? Is the very term “disability” problematic? How does disability further impact other social constructs such as race, gender and socio-economic status? In order to investigate these issues, we shall begin the course with the lexicon of disability and subsequently approach texts from the following perspectives: patient perspective; family perspective; disability due to trauma (including war/political strife); and resiliency and self-efficacy. (Spring 2016 and later)
This course is a survey of British literature from its origins to the Romantic period. This course will examine major literary periods, the historical and cultural contexts of those periods, and the intersections and cross-currents of literary movements, styles, and forms. (Fall 2015 and later)
This course is a survey of British literature from the Romantic period to the present day. This course will examine major literary periods, the historical and cultural contexts of those periods, and the intersections and cross-currents of literary movements, styles, and forms. (Spring 2016 and later)
This course is an introduction to American literature through 1865 from its early roots in the colonial era to the forming of our nation deep into American Romanticism and the beginning of Realism/Naturalism. This course will examine major literary periods, the historical and cultural contexts of those periods, and the intersections and cross-currents of literary movements, styles, and forms. (Fall 2015 and later)
This course is an introduction to American literature from 1865 to the present. This course will examine major literary periods (naturalism, modernism, and postmodernism), the historical and cultural contexts of those periods, and the intersections and cross-currents of literary movements, styles, and forms. (Spring 2016 and later)
This course introduces students to important figures in the tradition of modern European fiction. Authors may include Stendhal, Goethe, Balzac, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Lampedusa, Beckett, Camus, and Calvino. Students will be introduced to conventions of realism and the romance tradition, as well as the intellectual, social, and historical backgrounds of the modern centuries. (Fall 2015 and later)
Special topics courses in the University’s Core Curriculum focus on a topic not currently offered as a standing course within a department’s contribution to the Core Curriculum. Special topics courses in the Core may be offered in two semesters (which do not have to be consecutive) with multiple offerings in each semester.
This course explores the intersection between literature and medicine in three key arenas: the patient, the practitioner, and the public. The course focuses on issues of social justice and human dignity and considers how literature represents, engages with, and challenges medical language, narrative, and diagnosis.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 317Theatre in Performance3
Examination of dramatic texts in performance and the history of dramatic production in a variety of cultures. Main focus is on Western traditions, but some Eastern traditions are included. Students who previously completed ENG 220: Theatre in Performance may only take ENG 317 for the purposes of grade replacement, and may not receive credit for both ENG 220 and ENG 317.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 319Early American Literature3
This course will explore the development of literature in Colonial America and the Early Republic, covering a period of time from the early 17th century to the early 19th century. Readings will encompass primary texts in poetry, nonfiction, autobiography, and novels, as well as secondary critical readings or historical contexts that will help us situate the literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 32019th Century American Literature3
A survey of major 19th century American authors in the Romantic and Realist traditions, with special attention to cultural backgrounds.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 34717th Century Literature3-6
Intensive study of one or more selected authors, genres or movements, including such topics as Cavalier and Metaphysical poetry, the Age of Milton, religious poetry and prose, and the epic. May be repeated once on a different topic.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 349Digital Composing3
Study of the theory and practice of digital composing for public and professional audiences. Topics may include blogging, wikis, and social media; visual, video, and/or audio composing; digital publication and circulation.
Intensive study of a number of authors from the late medieval and Renaissance periods in European literature. Topics for each offering will be specified in advance, but may include Renaissance humanism and the imitation of classical literary models, the development of the lyric, medieval and Renaissance traditions of allegory, or the literary expression of dissent in medieval and Renaissance literature. May be repeated once on a different topic.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 351Restoration and 18th Century Literature3
Intensive study of authors, genres, and movements between 1660 and 1800, including restoration drama, the mock-epic, satire, and the beginning of the novel. Literary works are discussed in the context of political events such as the Puritan Revolution and its aftermath, and social changes, especially the increasing importance of the middle class.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 355British Romanticism3
This course is an in-depth study of British literature from 1832-1901; emphasis is placed on aesthetic developments, thematic concerns of race, class, and gender, and the historical and cultural contexts of the Industrial Revolution, the expanding Empire, and evolution.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 356Victorian Literature3
This course is an in-depth study of British literature from 1832-1901; emphasis is placed on aesthetic developments, thematic concerns of race, class, and gender, and the historical and cultural contexts of the Industrial Revolution, the Reform Acts, the expanding Empire, and evolution.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 361Race and Graphic Narrative in the Post-War United States3
This course examines the representation of race and ethnicity in the United States from the end of World War II though today. Through the examination of a variety of graphic formats (narratives, films, television, etc.), students will deepen their knowledge of how race and ethnicity have been represented and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of those representations, through the use of primary and secondary evidence. Students will also draw connections between these texts and contemporary U.S. culture and society. May not be taken if the student has already completed HIS 432 .
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 362Fairy and Folk Tales3
An examination of the development of fairy and folk tales from the Italian Renaissance through the literary fairy tale of late 17th century France to 19th and 20th century examples of the genre. Emphasis will be placed on the cultural circumstances that produced the tales and the consequent views of their function in society.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 363Contemporary Theatre3
Examination of contemporary dramatic texts from Western and non-Western traditions. Particular emphasis will be placed on the cultural issues embedded in the plays studied.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 364Selected Studies in Dramatic Literature3
Intensive study of a particular author, period, genre, literary circle, or topic in drama/theatre. Topics vary quite broadly and frequently contain interdisciplinary components; students may also request areas for study. Students may take this course a maximum of two times, provided each iteration has a different topic/focus.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 365Introduction to Directing1
This course provides students the tools and skills needed to direct their own production, as well as a general overview of the theatre. Students in this course will address practical matters of theatre direction (casting, staging, set design, etc.) and be introduced to the essential theories of direction and interpretation concomitant with putting on a professional stage production. This course may be taken a maximum of three times, for a total of three credits.
This course will introduce the theoretical concepts of modernism and their representation in American and British (including underrepresented groups) as well as non-Western works of literature. Attention will be paid to the cultural backgrounds that inform modernism and modern literature, as well as how individual authors/works reflect, interrogate, and/or challenge its precepts.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 381Postmodernism3
This course will introduce the theoretical concepts of postmodernism and their representation in American and British (including underrepresented groups) as well as non-Western works of literature. Attention will be paid to the cultural backgrounds that inform postmodernism and postmodern literature, as well as how individual authors/works reflect, interrogate, and/or challenge its precepts.
This course will survey contemporary American and British (including underrepresented groups) as well as non-Western works of literature published after 2000. Attention will be paid to the cultural backgrounds that inform this era, as well as how individual authors/works help define, interrogate, and/or challenge its burgeoning trends and traditions.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 401Major Author(s)3
Intensive study of one author, or of two authors who are profitably studied in relation to one another. Focus will be on primary texts and on secondary works that explore the social, political, and intellectual backgrounds of the author(s), as well as on the biographical background. The course may be taken more than once, provided that each iteration focuses on a different figure or figures.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 402Shakespeare3
Introduces the student to Shakespeare through a careful reading and analysis of two or more genres of Shakespearean drama in seven or eight of the major plays. A number of approaches may be taken to the plays, such as their dramaturgy and structural composition, as well as the intellectual and social background of Shakespeare’s age. Previously offered as ENG 316, and should not be taken by anyone who has previously completed that course, other than for the purposes of grade replacement.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 415Selected Studies in Literature3
Intensive study of a specific author, period, genre, literary circle, or topic. Topics vary quite broadly and frequently contain interdisciplinary components; students may also request areas for study. Students may take this course a maximum of two times, provided each iteration has a different topic/focus.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 420Senior Seminar3
Students engage in a semester-long research project while also acquiring some knowledge of advanced literary criticism and critical theory. Texts will vary depending on instructor. Must be taken if ENG 450 (Senior Thesis) is not chosen.
Students engage in a semester-long research project while also acquiring some knowledge of advanced literary criticism and critical theory. Texts will vary depending on instructor. Must be taken if ENG 450 (Senior Thesis) is not chosen. May not be taken if the student already received credit for ENG 420 .
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 450Senior Thesis3
Students will write an independently chosen critical or creative thesis under the careful supervision of a faculty mentor. For critical theses, students will master all the phases of the research process, including the gathering of research from traditional and electronic bibliographical sources, standard systems of bibliographical citation, and organization of a developed and original argument. For creative theses, students will master all phases of the creative process, including drafting, work-shopping, and revising based on their faculty mentor’s feedback. This course may be taken twice for a total of six credits toward the degree only if the student is completing both the English major and the Creative Writing minor.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements and at least a 3.33 G.P.A.in the English Major; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200, and at least a 3.33 G.P.A. in the English Major.
ENG 470Internship1-6
Academic study combined with work experience in the community at newspapers, radio and TV stations, public relations offices, and other media outlets requiring good communication skills. Internship may be taken a maximum of four (4) times, and may not exceed a maximum of twelve (12) credits in total.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
ENG 480Independent Study1-6
Special investigation of a selected literary topic. English majors only.
For students enrolled prior to 2024-25: Completion of English Core Requirements; For students enrolled Fall 2024 or after: ENG 200, POP 100, WRT 201, or HNR 200
