GRADUATE COURSES in english

Note: Admissionto ENG 502/503 and 506/507 is by permission of instructor only.  If you wish to take one of these classes, please follow the new admission guidelines, which you can find here.

ENG 502 Prose Fiction Writing I
The craft and art of creating plot, character, scene, conflict, and style. Scheduled fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite: ENG 406 or
departmental permission. Always scheduled. 3 credits.

ENG 503 Prose Fiction Writing II
Further practice in the craft and art of creating plot, character, scene,
conflict, and style. Scheduled fall and spring semesters. Prerequisite:
ENG 502 or departmental permission. This course may be repeated for
credit. Always scheduled. 3 credits.

ENG 504 The Teaching of Writing
Primarily for teachers in the junior high and the senior high school;
explores one or more methods of teaching writing. This is not a course
in teaching remedial writing. Scheduled fall and summer semesters. 3 credits.

ENG 505 Applied English Linguistics
The structure and idiom of American English, levels of usage,
phonetics, old and new concepts of language, and other related
developments. Scheduled fall and summer semesters. 3 credits.

ENG 506 The Writing of Poetry I
The craft and art of writing poetry. Scheduled fall and spring semesters.
Prerequisite: ENG 402 or departmental permission. Always scheduled. 3 credits.

ENG 507 The Writing of Poetry II
Further practice in the craft and art of writing poetry. Scheduled fall and
spring semesters. Prerequisite: Departmental permission.
This course may be repeated for credit. Always scheduled. 3 credits.

ENG 508 Contemporary Critical Theory
Twentieth century critical theory, including Marxist, feminist,
post-colonial, African American, post-structuralist, deconstructionist,
and psychoanalytical approaches to texts. Scheduled fall of even years. 3 credits.

ENG 509 Contemporary Poetic Theory
Intensive study of contemporary poetic theory with an emphasis on its
development in twentieth-century American poetry.
Prerequisite: 6 credits in literature. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 510 History of the English Language
The forces that have helped shape the character of the English language.
Scheduled every spring. 3 credits. For Sample Syllabus, Click Here

ENG 511 Love and the Body in Medieval Consciousness
A study of western conceptions of love and the body from their origins
as topoi in the ancient and biblical worlds to their apotheosis in the high
Middle Ages. Study includes Plato, Dante, Porete, Boccaccio,
Gottfried. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 514 English Medieval Literature
Readings in Middle English including the more remarkable
achievements in English verse and prose between 1050 and 1500, their
forms, themes, and language. Scheduled every third spring. 3 credits.

ENG 515 Writing the Novel I
Practice and instruction in developing characters, conflict, plot,and
theme in a long fictional work. Prerequisite: department permission.
Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 516 Writing the Novel II
Further practice and instruction in novel writing. Prerequisite: ENG 515
or department permission. This course may be repeated for credit.
Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 517 Research Methods and Critical Theory
Specialized literary research techniques and foundational theoretical
and critical approaches to literary texts. Required course for M.A. and
M.S. Scheduled every fall and spring. 3 credits.

ENG 518 Philosophy of Composition
An introduction to the field of knowledge within English studies known
as college composition, including its history and structure, theoretical
issues and applications, directions in research, and instructional
paradigms. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 519 Teaching College Writing
An examination of pedagogical theory and theories of teaching college
writing in order to prepare students to conceptualize, develop, and teach
first-year composition courses. Required for first semester Graduate
Assistants; Graduate Assistants will take the course concurrently with
ENG 597. 3 credits.

ENG 521 Feminist Theory and Literary Criticism
Inquiry into the fundamental problems of feminist thought and the
interrelationship of feminist theory, critical theory, and literary
criticism. Cross-listed as WMS 521. Scheduled irregularly. 3
credits.

ENG 522 Wright, Ellison, and Baldwin
A study of the works of Wright, Ellison, and Baldwin. This course will
conduct an inquiry into the nature of race relations in contemporary
American society. Scheduled spring semesters. 3 credits.

ENG 523 Contemporary African - American Literature
A study of recent African-American novelists such as Morrison, Naylor,
Johnson, and Wideman, with particular emphasis on emerging writers.
Scheduled fall of even years. 3 credits. For Sample Syllabus, Click Here

ENG 524 The Harlem Renaissance
A study of the works of the major poets and novelists of the period
covering 1910-1930, including Toomer, Johnson, Thurman, McKay,
Fauset, Larsen, and Hughes. Scheduled fall of odd years. 3 credits.
For Sample Syllabus, Click Here

ENG 525 17th Century Poetry
The major poetry of the seventeenth century (excluding that of Shakespeare and Milton) in its various manifestations baroque, metaphysical, Cavalier, and mystical. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 529 African American Rhetorical Theory
An examination of African American rhetoric, with an emphasis on its
contributions to movements for social change and historical constructions
of racial categories in the United States. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 531 Feminist Rhetorical Theory
An inquiry into feminist rhetoric within its different historical, social, economic, political, and material contexts and its impact on social change. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 536 Early Victorians: 1837-1870
Reading of major writers, other than novelists: Tennyson, Browning,
Arnold, Carlyle, Newman, Ruskin. 3 credits.

ENG 537 Later Victorians: 1870-1914
Selected works by such writers as Swinburne, Hopkins, the Rosettis,
Hardy, Mew, Mill, Morris, Pater, Nightingale, Shaw, and Wilde.
Scheduled spring of even years. 3 credits.

ENG 538 Victorian Novel
A study of the fiction of such writers as Dickens, Eliot, Gaskell, and
Hardy with critical analyses of their style, structure, literary form, and
sociopolitical contexts. Scheduled spring of odd years. 3 credits.

ENG 542 Shakespeare
Representative plays by William Shakespeare: histories, comedies, and
tragedies. This course assumes previous undergraduate study of
Shakespeare. Scheduled spring of odd years. 3 credits.

ENG 552 English Renaissance
An intensive study of the poetry, prose, and drama of the Elizabethan
and Tudor periods, exclusive of Shakespeare. Focus on Spenser,
Marlowe, Johnson, and Sidney. Scheduled every 5th semester. 3 credits.

ENG 555 The 18th Century: Age of Satire
A study of significant poetry and prose of the ages of Pope and Johnson,
including such authors as Pope, Swift, Addison, Steele, Gay, Gray,
Goldsmith, Boswell and Johnson. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 557 Romantic Period
Romanticism as expressed in English prose and poetry during the early
years of the nineteenth century. Scheduled spring of odd years. 3 credits.

ENG 559 20th Century English Literature
This survey of non-dramatic English literature since 1900 considers
works of representative authors, as well as significant literary trends
and intellectual developments. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 562 The American Novel Before 1850
The emergence of the American novel, with representative works of
James Fenimore Cooper and his contemporaries.
Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 564 Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
The "power of blackness" in these writers of the American
Renaissance, examined against a background of the ideas and the
general culture of their day. Scheduled every third spring semester
beginning in 2004. 3 credits. For Sample Syllabus, Click Here

ENG 565 Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman
The impact of transcendentalism on these writers of the American
Renaissance in the context of their intellectual and cultural milieu.
Scheduled every third spring semester beginning 2005. 3 credits.

ENG 566 20th Century American Poets
Such poets as Robinson, Frost, Stevens, Williams, Lowell, and Plath
among others. Scheduled every third spring beginning 2006. 3 credits.

ENG 567 Mark Twain, Howells, and James
An intensive study of these American realists in their cultural context.
Scheduled irregularly 3 credits.

ENG 568 American Novel: 1900-1945
Representative writers, such as Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Cather, Wharton,
Hurston, Hemingway, Dos Passos, Steinbeck, and Faulkner, in their
sociohistorical context. Scheduled fall of even years. 3 credits.

ENG 569 American Novel Since 1945
Examination of major themes and authors in post-World War II fiction.
Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 580 Chaucer
An in-depth critical study of Chaucer's major works, Chaucer's
language, and his relation to continental literary tradition. Scheduled
fall semesters. 3 credits.

ENG 581 Medieval Women and Literature
Consideration of texts composed by and/or for women and images of
women in such texts. Typical figures include Marie de France, Heloise,
Dame Julian, Margery Kempe, and Christine de Pizan.
Scheduled every third spring beginning 2005. 3 credits.

ENG 583 Arthurian Legend
Examination of the development of Arthurian legend during the
medieval period, including mythological dimensions, historical
contexts, literary forms, such as romance, and recurrent motifs, such as
the quest for the Grail. Scheduled every third spring beginning 2006. 3 credits.

ENG 584 Milton
A study of the literary, philosophical, religious, and poetic depth of
Milton's work, with particular emphasis on Paradise Lost, Samson
Agonistes, and Paradise Regained. Scheduled every third semester beginning 2004. 3 credits

ENG 585 Seminar on Special Topics in Composition/Rhetoric
Focus on subjects important to history, research, and/or practice of
composition/rhetorical theory. Depending on semester, typical topics
include writing-across-the curriculum, gender issues, rhetorical
traditions, and links among language, thought, and culture. Scheduled fall terms. 3 credits.

ENG 586 Seminar in American Literature
Intensive study of a major writer or a selected topic, with choice changing
each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 586 courses if
the topics differ. Typical topics include: Melville, American Women Dramatists, Biblical Traditions in American Literature. Scheduled irregularly. For a sample syllabus on a topic that has been offered in the past, you may Click Here.

ENG 587 Seminar in British Literature
Intensive study of a major writer or selected topic, with choice changing
each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 587 courses if
the topics differ. Typical topics include: Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury, James
Joyce. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 588 Seminar in Comparative Literature
Intensive study of a major writer or a selected topic, with choice changing
each semester. Students may take multiple offerings of ENG 588 courses if
the topics differ. Typical topics include: African Novelists, Contemporary
Drama, Epic in England, Detective Fiction, Feminist Utopias, Modern Drama--
Ibsen to O'Neill, Norse and Celtic Mythology, Psychoanalysis and Feminism,
and Women's Autobiography. Scheduled irregularly. 3 credits.

ENG 590 English Thesis
Research and writing of the thesis in the area of concentration, under the
direction of an English department faculty member. For specific details,
consult the chairperson or graduate coordinator of the department.
Prerequisite: department permission. 3 or 6 credits.

ENG 597 Graduate Internship in Teaching Writing
Teaching internship in an English Department introductory-level writing
course under the supervision of a faculty mentor; for graduate students with
particular interests and strengths in teaching writing. Required for first-
semester Graduate Teaching Assistants who will enroll concurrently in ENG 519. Schedule fall semesters. 3 credits.

ENG 600 Independent Study and Research
Study of an area of English studies under the direction of a faculty
member of the department and with the consent of the chairperson of the
department. Students should remember that they may study such
important but difficult to schedule fields as literature of the
Anglo-Saxons and Beowulf under independent study.
Prerequisite: departmental permission. 3-6 credits.