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ENG 1000Qs: Writing Fundamentals3
Credit(s) 3 This course is designed as an academic and reflective experience of reading, creative and critical thinking, and academic writing. Students will engage in the development of advanced reading strategies through exposure to varied text genres and will generate ideas from those readings as a basis for composing college-level written assignments. Instruction will include a focus on organization, the development of content, proper documentation, and the application of standard written English. This course establishes a foundation for success in subsequent reading and writing intensive courses and will count toward graduation credits but not in the Liberal Arts Core.
Credit(s) 3 Expository writing, ranging from single paragraph to essays of some length and complexity; study of the logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structures of expository prose; the methods and conventions of preparing research papers; and argumentation. Full-time students who have not completed ENG 1010- ENG 1020 or the equivalent must enroll in the appropriate course in that sequence.
Credit(s) 3 Expository writing, ranging from single paragraph to essays of some length and complexity; study of the logical, rhetorical, and linguistic structures of expository prose; the methods and conventions of preparing research papers; and argumentation. Full-time students who have not completed ENG 1010 -ENG 1020 or the equivalent must enroll in the appropriate course in that sequence. Prerequisites ENG 1010
Credit(s) 3 After a rapid survey of the modes of expository writing, this course emphasizes analytical and argumentative composition with topics drawn from selected major works of American and English literature, as well as world literature in translation. In a seminar setting, all assignments will emphasize discussion, research and writing of high quality.
Credit(s) 2 This course builds vocabulary and reading skills with roots and stems of the English language, practice exercises, and readings that reinforce and promote word-building skills, especially for those who plan on post-graduate work.
Credit(s) 3 A study of works of foreign literature in translation. Examples include The German Novel, German Short Fiction, The Russian Novel, The Contemporary Novel, and The Double in Literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENG 2120. Prerequisites ENG 1010 and ENG 1020
Credit(s) 3 A study of selected themes in American literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENG 2130. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of selected themes in British literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENGL 2140. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A survey of the various forms of literature with emphasis on a close reading of the text. Particular attention is given to the expression of student ideas in both written and oral forms. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A survey of the prose, poetry and drama of the Appalachian region. The study includes research in collection of local materials. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course will introduce students to modern postcolonial literature through encounters with a range of cultural objects (poetry, fiction, television) from the mid-20th century through the present day, both in the English language and in translation. We will examine the relationship between colonialism, imperialism, and literary form, tracking the strategies that creators use to comment on how the cultural, political, economic, and environmental legacies of colonial histories impact the world we live in today. Prerequisites ENG 1020 OR ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The course centers on the works of Dante Alighieri, arguably the most important poet of the European middle ages, and his contributions to Western literature, art, and culture. It stresses Dante’s synthesis of classical and Christian imagery in his masterpiece, the “Divine Comedy”; his reconciliation of the secular fin amour tradition with a Christian vision of salvation; and his elevation of the vernacular Italian in a literary world dominated by Latin. We will also discuss Dante’s enduring influence on literature, such as Chaucer, Spenser and modern poets such as T.S. Eliot, and on art. The course will further situate Dante in the politics of late medieval Florence - the conflict between the Pope and the Emperor and between the aristocratic Ghibellines and bourgeois Guelphs. In addition to the “Divine Comedy,” the class will discuss some of Dante’s shorter works, notably his early philosophical treatises. Through in-depth discussion of Dante’s work in context, we will assess his role in the transition from the middle ages to the Renaissance.
Credit(s) 3 A survey of the prose, poetry and drama of African-American literature including works from the 19th and 20th centuries. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A selection of fantastic literature within the western tradition from the pre-Christian to the modern era. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The origins of the legend of King Arthur in British and Continental writing and the development of Arthur in literature from the Middle Ages to the present century. Major topics for consideration will include: the origins of the legend; Arthur and the Grail myth; Arthur in epic and romance; the Lancelot and Guinevere story; Arthurian revivals in the Renaissance, 19th, and 20th centuries; and the quest for the “historical” Arthur. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 In this course, students will study significant films from around the world, learn basic techniques of film analysis, discuss questions about race, class, gender, and nationality as they relate to the presented films, and practice writing skills through film analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites ENG 1020 OR ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 In this course, students will study significant American films, learn basic techniques of film analysis, discuss questions about race, class, gender, and nationality as they relate to the presented films, and practice writing skills through film analysis and interpretation. Prerequisites ENG 1020 OR ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course is designed to introduce students to the major works of Asian American writers, including the Eaton Sisters, Carlos Bulosan, Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Hisaye Yamamoto, Bharati Mukherjee, John Okada, Li-Young Lee, and David Hwang. The course will pay particular attention to Asian American diasporic cultures and identity crises in Asian American communities. Issues for discussion: immigrant legacy, Asian American relations to the values and mores of the homeland or Confucian cultures, Asian American stereotypes, the “model minority” myth, family and community, and images of Asian American masculinity and femininity. We will also examine how Asian American writers over generations of assimilation, cultural, racial, and generational conflict have conveyed unique ethnic experiences that have enriched, and even changed, our understanding of the reality of modern American life. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of representations of women will focus on transnational and multicultural literature by both male and female writers, with particular attention to the relationship between the traditional roles of women, female stereotypes, and the dilemmas women and women writers have encountered in search of their own identities and places. By juxtaposing male ideas of woman with women’s struggles as individual selves, students will examine how a traditionally male-centered and masculinist culture and literature could be re-envisioned. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of works of foreign literature in translation. Examples include The German Novel, German Short Fiction, The Russian Novel, The Contemporary Novel, and The Double in Literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENG 3120. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of selected themes in American literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENG 3130. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of selected themes in British literature. Students seeking upper-level credit for this course will complete compositions or readings in addition to the assignments for ENGL 3140. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Designed to satisfy the general education requirement in English literature, this course will explore major works in the mystery tradition: works covered will include classic mystery writers, such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, as well as works by modern practitioners of this popular but important genre. Students will get a background in the history of this type of novel as well as practice performing literary analysis. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The course focuses on the figure of the knight, its historical development, and its role in current culture, including in the development of the American concept of citizenship. Although the United States Constitution expressly forbids its citizens from holding knighthood or royal titles, the figure of the medieval knight and the values he represents hold strong sway over the national imagination and affect our attitudes toward honor, social conduct, and behavior in the face of danger. Through examination of selected works of poetry, prose, and non-fiction, this course examines the role of knighthood and European “chivalry” in contemporary society. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course will focus on contemporary multiethnic literatures of the United States, with a focus on how ethnic and racial identities are constructed in relation to both national identity and the modern nation-state as an institution. Through encounters with a variety of literary genres (poetry, novels, essays, plays), we will examine the complexities and contradictions of group identity formation within the national context of the contemporary US and the histories that have shaped it. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course surveys great works of Scottish literature, focusing on fiction and poetry after the Jacobite uprising of 1745 through the end of the twentieth century. These readings will be supplemented by lectures on relevant historical, cultural, and religious contexts, as well as occasional film viewings. Recurring topics of interest include representations of Scotland’s unique customs and traditions; its conflicted relationship with England as well as its place within Great Britain; the divisions within the nation itself (rich versus poor, Highland versus Lowland, religious versus secular); the nation’s transition from a rural to an industrial and urban society; and the concept of a Scottish “split psyche.” In the process of studying these elements of Scottish literature, history, and culture, students will also develop close reading, critical thinking, and argumentative writing skills that they can apply across the curriculum and in their lives beyond college. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The Literature of the Holocaust covers books mainly written by Holocaust survivors and other seminal writers (Anne Frank, for example). Exploring these texts and the history surrounding them, students explore issues such as life in the camps, survivors’ guilt, passing, and obstacles to resistance. Films are used to supplement the literary materials.
Credit(s) 3 This course will introduce students to a wide range of poetic forms and genres. The goal is not only engender an appreciation for poetry, but to develop critical methods of reading, thinking, and writing about poems. Writing assignments and class discussion will help students develop and demonstrate these skills on their own. Although individual poems will be connected to their historical and cultural contexts, the emphasis will be on the variety, defining characteristics, and function of various poetic genres. The course will not be chronological, though it will feature a wide sampling of major-and some minor-poets from the medieval to the contemporary. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The study of effective exposition and argumentation, with some attention to the principles of rhetoric and their application in written compositions. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Emphasis on major figures such as the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton. Attention is given to the heroic ideal, romance, tragedy, lyric and satire. This emphasis is combined with a close reading of texts and the writing of a series of essays, some of which reflect the students ability to do research. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Emphasis on major figures such as Austen, Wordsworth, Keats, Tennyson or Browning, Shaw, Eliot, and Lawrence or Joyce. Attention is given to the democratization of the heroic ideal, the failure of the vision (the anti-hero), and the development of modernism. This emphasis is combined with a close reading of texts and the writing of a series of essays, some of which reflect the students ability to do research Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course will focus on the theme of the quest, perhaps the oldest narrative pattern in literature, with an emphasis on the quest as a means fo self-development and self-evaluation. We will examine the various manifestations of the quest from its origins through the modern era, exploring such topics as the call to adventure, crossing of thresholds, descent into the underworld, and the transformation of the hero. In the process, we will discuss how quest literature transforms the reader and how readers apply their own experience to the reading and understanding of text. Prerequisites ENG 1020 OR ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This Literature of Self-Discovery course examines how literary and philosophical texts define, construct, and represent the self and identity across various historical and cultural contexts. Students will analyze literary works in short stories, poetry, and drama, and respond by demonstrating a connection(s) to the texts or writing their own creative or interpretive work to improve their reading, writing, and analytical skills. This course explores questions about identity, memory, and the relationship between individual experience and society. Prerequisites ENG 1020 ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 “Small Press Publishing” will teach the theory and skills of producing a book, taking it from manuscript to finished publication, using contemporary software. The practical case for the course will be the production of the annual edition of Jimson Weed, the student run literary and arts journal of the College. In addition, students will read texts published by a range of U.S. small presses in order to familiarize themselves with the contemporary small press publishing landscape. They will submit their own creative writing, interviews, and book reviews for publication by other small presses as a means of developing a rich relationship with this important literary ecosystem. Prerequisites ENG 1020 ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Elementary phonology, morphology, and syntax, with some discussion of the English vocabulary. Recommended for students certifying to teach. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 The development of English from its beginning to the present. This course is recommended for students planning to attend graduate school in English. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Provides an overview of current writing theory and practices in multicultural, public educational settings. Course themes include: culture (including issues in ESL and nonstandard dialects), literacy, writing pedagogy (process, expressive, narrative, collaborative, student-sponsored), conferencing, assessment, and technology. Students will develop demonstrations of teaching practices, as well as a portfolio that will include teaching philosophy, a dialogic learning log, a strategy for assessment, and a final paper addressing one of the class themes. Students will work with Appalachian Writing Project teacher consultants, who will model cutting-edge practices in teaching writing K-12. This course is cross-referenced because it is appropriate both to students who plan to become K-12 teachers, and English students who plan to attend graduate school and may be teaching composition. This course requires 20 hours of field experience/observation in a 6-12 school setting. (Dual listing with EDU 3590 .) Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A survey of American literature from the colonial period to the last quarter of the 19th century, with emphasis on Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman and Dickinson. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course surveys a significant range of works and introduces the rise of various American literatures from the post-bellum period-when American literature came of age-to the post-modern era. We will begin the class by foregrounding the tension in American literature between the enormous yearning to forge a new literary and cultural identity and the need to come to terms with a European past. We will then explore how the developing idea of our national literature through its multi-cultural heritage provides an interpretive framework for our readings and how it gives rise to modern narrative and poetic forms. We will pay particular attention to the inter-relation of literature and culture, examining how issues of the formation of the modern American self relate to literary trends, the American Dream, politics and war, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and especially race. Students will consult both primary and secondary sources and will formulate their responses both in class discussion and in writing. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 A study of representative works of medieval literature, including works from the Anglo-Saxon period (seventh through eleventh centuries) through the fifteenth century. Alternating topics may include: The Medieval Romance Tradition; Medieval Allegorical Literature; Medieval Dream Visions; Medieval Drama; Medieval Courtly Literature; The Medieval Lyric and Ballad; Age of Chaucer; Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century; and others. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 A survey of the major British and American poets of the twentieth century, which may include British poets from Yeats to Auden and American poets from Willims to Bishop, with emphasis on the aesthetic innovations, poetic imagination and visual art, and literary relations in modern and contemporary culture. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 A study of the major British and American fiction writers of the twentieth century, with occasional inclusion of some non-western and European writers. Primary texts may include works by Joyce, Lawrence, Woolf, Forster, Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Morrison or DeLillo, with emphasis on narrative innovations. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 This course is designed to offer students a survey of the rise of the American novel from its beginnings into the period of American realism. We will begin with the sentimental tradition, examining the controversies surrounding novels and the alleged dangers associated with reading novels, particularly for women readers, and why virtually no novels were published in colonial American before the Revolution. We will examine the ways in which novels were used as didactic conduct books, the moral/social pressures imposed on authors, and the ways in which early American authors were beginning to define and question issues of national, personal, social, racial, gender, etc. identity. As we progress into the nineteenth century, we will look at authors who were beginning to be able to make a living as writers, and some of the major novelists of the American Renaissance, as well as some very popular, but until relatively recently, under-acknowledged authors. We will then examine the abrupt shift from the romantic tradition toward realism and some of the major works within that tradition as well as naturalism. the main focus will be to provide a general picture of the growth of the American novel from the early national period through literary realism. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 This course will explore British poetry of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, from roughly 1789 until 1832. Primary texts may include work by Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Scott, Austen, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Keats, and De Quincey. The course will consider such major issues and concerns as: the powers of the imagination; theories of poetry and the poet; the French Revolution; social and political reform; national identity; war and empire; the slave trade; constructions of gender; and responses to the natural world. In the process, it will introduce students to the social, political, and intellectual contexts of the Romantic period. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 Covering the Victorian Period (1832-1901), this course will include both poetry and prose. It will likely include poets such as Robert Browning; Alfred, Lord Tennyson; Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Arnold, DG and Christina Rossetti, Algernon Swinburne, and Gerard Hopkins. Fiction writers could include: Elizabeth Gaskell, Charles Dickens, the Bronte sisters, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and Oscar Wilde. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 A survey of British literature from Dryden through Johnson. The course will sample representative eighteenth-century writers (such as Swift, Pope, Behn, Defoe, Addison, and Montagu) and literary genres (including plays, novels, pamphlets, the periodical essay, and satire). It will also introduce students to the social, political, religious, and intellectual currents shaping literary production in the period. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 This course is designed to offer students a survey of the literature of the American South from the colonial period through the late twentieth century. The main focus will be to provide a general picture of Southern Literature - some of its major themes and writers, as well as its construction as a scholarly field of study. The class will read primarily short stories and novels, but also some poetry, drama, and critical essays, and will examine literature as a reflection of southern culture during that period, attempting to reconstruct the historical and social context(s) in which these works were produced. This course will also examine issues of gender, class, race, and region, as well as aesthetic and thematic techniques. Prerequisites Any 3000-level English course
Credit(s) 3 The sixteenth century comprises a crucial period in English political, cultural, and religious history. This period saw the emergence of England as a world power, the formation of a distinct brand of English Protestantism, and the transmission and flowering of continental humanism. The literary productions of the period both reflect and helped shape these complex developments. This course will focus on major English-and a few continental writers-including More, Erasmus, Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare. The first third of the course examines on the early modern court and the range of literary responses that it engendered. The middle third explores literary responses to the English Reformation. The final month is devoted to the study of particular poetic theories and forms (with particular emphasis on the sonnet sequence). We will read and discuss these sixteenth-century texts with two main goals in mind: a) to introduce students to the historical, philosophical, and aesthetic currents shaping literary production in this period; and b) to help them develop critical methods of reading, thinking, and writing about literature. Prerequisites ENG 1020 or ENG 1030
Credit(s) 3 Supervised experiences for students, usually in the area of their primary interests. An outline of the internship is developed by the student prior to enrollment and a paper is subsequently developed to analyze and evaluate the work experience. The area in which the internship is taken will be designated on the student’s transcript. (The internship cannot be used to meet departmental requirements except as a substitute for ENG 3870 , ENG 3880 , ENG 4870 or ENG 4880 ).
Credit(s) 1 Discussions leading to the writing of a paper using critical analysis. Prerequisites Senior status and 18 hours of English above 3000-level
