Fall 2003 Course Descriptions

ENGL 270/CPLT 270 WORLD LITERATURE TTH 3:30-4:45 GARANE
Selected masterpieces of world literature from antiquity to present. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 282-002 FICTION MWF 1:25-2:15 STAFF
Fiction from several countries and historical periods, illustrating the nature of the genre. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 282-003 FICTION MWF 3:35-4:25 STAFF
Fiction from several countries and historical periods, illustrating the nature of the genre. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 282-003 FICTION TTH 9:30-10:45 STAFF
Fiction from several countries and historical periods, illustrating the nature of the genre. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 282-004 FICTION TTH 12:30-1:45 GREER
A sampling of short fiction from Aesop to Nadine Gordimer. In addition, students will be required to write two short stories. There will be sporadic quizzes during the course. EXAMS: Mid-term and final. TEXTS: The Riverside Anthology of Short Fiction.

ENGL E282-801 FICTION MW 5:30-6:45 BURGGRAF
Fiction from several countries and historical periods, illustrating the nature of the genre. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 283-001 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, TH 8:00-8:50 RICE
(Designed for Non-majors)
The Subaltern Matrix--Class, Gender, Coloniality
This course will survey the relections of patriarchal power and subordination in English fiction, from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Among the works read will be H.G. Wells' The Time Machine; Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; James Joyce's Dubliners; Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse; Iris Murdoch's The Flight from the Enchanter; Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day; and stories by D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield.

ENGL 283-002 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, TH 11:00-11:50 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-003 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, TH 3:30-4:40 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-004 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, F 11:15-12:05 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-005 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, TH 2:00-2:50 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-006 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, F 11:15-12:05 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.


ENGL 283-007 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, F 11:15-12:05 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-008 THEMES IN BRIT. WRIT. MW 11:15-12:05, TH 2:00-2:50 RICE
Same as ENGL 283-001.

ENGL 283-501 THEMES IN BRITISH WRITING MW 1:25-2:40 RICE
(Honors College Course)
This course will survey the relections of patriarchal power and subordination in English fiction, from the end of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Among the works read will be H.G. Wells' The Time Machine; Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness; James Joyce's Dubliners; Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse; Iris Murdoch's The Flight from the Enchanter; Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day; and stories by D.H. Lawrence and Katherine Mansfield.

ENGL E283-300 THEMES IN BRITISH WRITING MW 5:30-6:45 LEWIS
(Designed for Non-majors)
Family Life
Leo Tolstoi begins Anna Karenina, "Happy Families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," and then tells the story of a Russian family.This course will explore representations of family life in a variety of nineteenth- and twentieth-century British genres, including fiction, memoir, and drama. We will also examine film adaptations of most texts. These adaptations will help us see how multilayered texts permit different readings and enourage more self-conscious reading of texts.

ENGL E284-092 DRAMA SAT. 9:00-2:00 HUNGERFORD
The course is designed to help students develop strategies for reading dramatic literature. The particular focus will be on the elements of the genre and on the analytical reading of plays from several periods.

ENGL285-001 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW12:20-1:10,F1:25-2:15 BUTTERWORTH
(Designed for Non-majors)
Who Am I? Where Am I Going?
This course will focus on works of Ameican literature which raise the interrelated questions of identity and destiny. These questions have been critical to American consciousness since colonists first set foot on american shores. Through an examination of essays, poems, short stories, novels and a play which address this subject we will attempt not to answer the questions but to understand what they mean in terms of American culture. Writers to be studied include Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, De Crvecoeur, Thomas Jefferson, Phillis Wheatley, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, Booker T. Washington, Charles Chestnut, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison. 2 lectures and one discussion session weekly. Course requirements: Regular attendance; two short critical papers (1500-2000 words); mid-term examination; final examination. Required texts: 1) The Norton Anthology of American Literature, sixth edition. 2) F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby 3) Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye.

ENGL 285-002 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 3:30-4:20 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-003 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, F 2:30-3:20 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-004 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 3:30-4:20 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-005 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 8:00-8:50 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-006 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 2:00-2:50 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-007 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, F 1:25-2:15 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-008 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 3:30-4:20 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-009 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 2:00-2:50 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-010 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, F 2:30-3:20 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-011 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, F 1:25-2:15 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-012 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 12:20-1:10, TH 8:00-8:50 BUTTERWORTH
Same as ENGL 285-001.

ENGL 285-013 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MWF 10:10-11:00 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-014 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MWF 11:15-12:05 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-015 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MWF 1:25-2:15 WIMSATT
(Designed for Non-majors)
The specific topic for the course is "American Dreams and American Nightmares." We will study this topic through the work of Horatio Alger, "Ragged Dick" and "Struggling Upward"; F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"; Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man"; Richard Wright, "Uncle Tom's Children"; and Langston Hughes, "Selected Poems." Films will be used to supplement the reading assignments.

ENGL 285-016 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MWF 2:30-3:20 WIMSATT
(Designed for Non-majors)
The specific topic for the course is "American Dreams and American Nightmares." We will study this topic through the work of Horatio Alger, "Ragged Dick" and "Struggling Upward"; F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Great Gatsby"; Ralph Ellison, "Invisible Man"; Richard Wright, "Uncle Tom's Children"; and Langston Hughes, "Selected Poems." Films will be used to supplement the reading assignments.

ENGL 285-017 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 9:30-10:45 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-018 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 11:00-12:15 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-019 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 12:30-1:45 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-020 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 2:00-3:15 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-021 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 3:30-4:45 STAFF
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 285-022 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MWF 9:05-9:55 BODIE
(Designed for Non-majors)
This course is intended to acquaint the student with the writings of significant authors from many different periods and backgrounds. It is not intended to be a historical survey. Instead, it is organized around prevalent themes and ideas dealt with in various ways by American writers: humor and tall tales, terror or horror, religion, nature, the search for maturity, solitude, war, race, social change, and the past. The primary emphasis will be on the literature itself; the lives and backgrounds of the authors will be dealt with only to the extent that they contribute to understanding and appreciating the literary works.

Only two authors–Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost– will be approached in a different manner. Although several of their poems are included in the various thematic groups, because of their genuine excellence we shall devote several days to selections from their writings. TEXTS: Nina Baym, ed. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Shorter 6th ed.; M. H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms. TESTS and EXAMINATIONS: There will be a midterm test and a final examination. These will consist largely of discussion questions (some rather brief) but will also include some factual questions. The final examination will cover only material taken up after the midterm test. WRITING: You will write one paper, three to five pages in length. GRADE DETERMINATION: Midterm–2/5, Final Examination–2/5, Paper–1/5.

ENGL 285-501 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING TTH 12:30-1:45 STAFF
(Honors College Course)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL E285-300 THEMES IN AMERICAN WRITING MW 5:30-6:45 KERR
(Designed for Non-majors)
Reading a variety of American texts that exemplify persistent themes of American culture. For more information, please contact the instructor.



ENGL 287 Is Required for English Majors

ENGL 287-001 AMERICAN LITERATURE MWF 10:10-11:00 STAFF
Survey of American literature: major authors, genres, and periods. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 287-002 AMERICAN LITERATURE MWF 11:15-12:05 BODIE
This course will survey the leading figures of American literature within the framework of five major periods: the Puritan Age, the eighteenth century, the Romantic Period, the Age of Realism, and the twentieth century. The class will be conducted by a combination of lecture and discussion. PAPERS: Two critical papers on novels, 3-5 pp. EXAMS: Mid-term (Largely discussion but some factual question); Final (Covers only second half of course); similar to midterm in format; will include some question on Moby Dick. TEXTS: McMichael, Concise Anthology of American Literature, 5th. edition; Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th edition.

ENGL 287-003 AMERICAN LITERATURE TTH 12:30-1:45 FORTER
This course is a survey of American Literature from the Puritans to the 20th century. In order to make this historical sweep manageable, we will examine this literature through the lens of a common theme: the theme of freedom and constraint. Some of the questions I hope to encourage are: what are the versions of freedom that our imaginative writers offer: What kinds of forces constrain freedom–what, that is, prevents us from being free, and do these authors imagine these constraints to be surmountable? How do the authors reconcile the idea of America as “land of the free” with the persistent facts of unfreedom–institutionalized sexism, for example, or slavery? What happens to the concept of freedom when African American authors write about it? How do their visions differ from those of Anglo-American writers? How do women writers imagine the meaning of being free, and how is this connected to the questions of sexual, economic, and social independence? Finally, the course will examine the relationship between freedom and literary form: do certain kinds of writing– certain styles and narrative techniques–encourage freedom, while others counsel submission or despair?

TEXTS (to be drawn from the following): K. Chopin, The Awakening; F. Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas; F. S. Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby; N. Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance; Z. N. Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God; M. Robinson, Housekeeping; M. Rowlandson, Narrative of Captivity; M. Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Flinn; W. Whitman,, Song of Myself; short poems and/or essays by L. Hughes, J. Baldwin, T. S. Eliot, W. Stevens, W. C. Williams.

ENGL 287-004 AMERICAN LITERATURE TTH 2:00-3:15 JAMES
Survey of American literature from settlement through the twentieth century, emphasizing ties between representative works of fiction, poetry, and drama and the cultures from which they emerged. Evaluation
will include frequent brief writing assignments and three exams. Text is the Norton Anthology of American Literature, 5th ed. in one volume, ed. by Nina Baym et al., 1999.

ENGL 287-501 AMERICAN LITERATURE MWF 10:10-11:00 BURNS
(Restricted to SC Honors Students)
Survey of American literature: major authors, genres, and periods. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL E287-300 AMERICAN LITERATURE MW 6:00-7:15 WILLIAMS
Survey of American literature: major authors, genres, and periods. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 288 Is Required for English Majors

ENGL 288-001 ENGLISH LITERATURE I MW 12:20-1:35 SHIFFLETT
A survey of major works of British literature, 1350-1750, organized by genre and mode rather than historical chronology. Requirements are likely to include weekly quizzes on literary terms and concepts, two short papers, a midterm exam, and a final exam.

ENGL 288-002 ENGLISH LITERATURE I TTH 12:30-1:45 GIESKES
ENGL 288 covers a wide range of important English texts from Beowulf to the early eighteenth century. We will undertake the critical reading of texts from the beginnings of literature in English to the later English Renaissance. Our intention will be to recognize the diversity of the English tradition while also recognizing important connections between works from very different times and cultures. Readings in the Norton Anthology of English Literature (volume one) to include: Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Milton's Paradise Lost, poems by Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Donne, Milton and Shakespeare, as well as drama from the middle ages to the Renaissance. REQUIREMENTS: Three short papers, three one-page response papers, and a final exam.

ENGL 288-003 ENGLISH LITERATURE I MW 11:00-12:15 STAFF
British poetry, drama, and prose from Beowulf to the 18th century. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 6th ed., Vol. I; M. H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 6th ed. For more information, contact instructor.

ENGL 288-501 ENGLISH LITERATURE I TTH 12:30-1:45 COWART
(Honors College Course)
Students will read major works of English literature in a variety of genres from the medieval period to the end of the eighteenth century. Likely readings: the Beowulf poet, Chaucer, Wyatt, Spenser, Sydney, Marlowe, Shakespeare, Donne, Bacon, Browne, Herbert, Jonson, Milton, Marvell, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Boswell, Gray, Cowper, Behn, and Austen. How grade will be determined: daily reading quizzes, 10%; poem memorization, 5%; midterm,15%; 2, 3-5 page papers, 50%; and final exam, 20%.

ENGL 289 Is Required for English Majors

ENGL 289-001 ENGLISH LITERATURE II MW 2:30-3:45 THESING
Detailed lecture and discussion of some of the major and minor poets and nonfiction prose writers, movements, styles, traditions, and themes of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some prose writers to be studied will include: Arnold, Mill, Nightingale, Pater, and Va. Woolf. Poets will include Blake, Wordsworth, E B Browning, Tennyson, R. Browning, Arnold, C. Rossetti, Morris, Hopkins, Hardy, and T. S. Eliot. Topics will include: the Industrial landscape, religion and science, conduct of ladies and gentlemen, aestheticism and decadence. We may study some novels by Dickens and/or Hardy. A standard literary anthology will be used, but please wait until the first class for announcements concerning textbooks and course packets. Many video-screenings and slide lectures will be given to illustrate the art and temper of the times. Class attendance and participation will be important and required. Two essay exams. Oral reports, quizzes, and various writing assignments.

ENGL 289-002 ENGLISH LITERATURE II TTH 9:30-10:45 MADDEN
This course is a survey of British literature from 1800 to the present. Our first objective will be to gain some familiarity with major periods, issues, and authors. To that end we will develop part of our semester historically, moving through the major periods (Romanticism, Victorianism, Modernism, Postmodernism and Contemporary), exploring historical, generic, and thematic connections. Our second course objective will be to explore ways of thinking and writing about literature in general, and British literature in particular. We will focus on a number of themes, and on 20th-century literature. Two primary emphases will be: (1) the exploration of the tension between the individual and his/her society and (2) the retelling of traditional stories from other (sometimes nontraditional) points of view.
Writing assignments will include 3 short critical essays, a few short writing assignments (response papers), and occasional reading quizzes. There will be a midterm and a final exam (not comprehensive).

ENGL 289-003 ENGLISH LITERATURE II TTH 11:00-12:15 COONEY
A survey of major (and a few not so major) English authors from the late eighteenth century to the present, focusing on representative works of poetry, fiction, drama, and non-fiction prose. Class participation is important. PAPERS: One. EXAMS: 2 mid-terms and a final. TEXTS: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, vol 2; Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre; Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea; M. H. Abrams, A Glossary of Literary Terms.

All English courses 300 and above require ENGL 101, 102, and one course between ENGL 270-292

ENGL 360-001 CREATIVE WRITING MWF 12:20-1:10 GREER
This course will focus on the invention of characters within a short story, or even a novella. The class will be a workshop. Students will photocopy their work and read it aloud. There will be three to four stories or one novella due at semester’s end.

ENGL 360-002 CREATIVE WRITING TTH 12:30-1:45 FOX
This course will be a study and workshop for fiction writers. There will be lectures, handouts and reading assignments as well as open discussions in class about the various techniques used in writing short stories, articles and screen plays. There will be a few sessions on combining fiction and non-fiction techniques for writing features.

ENGL 360-003 CREATIVE WRITING MWF 10:10-11:00 STAFF
Workshop course on writing original fiction, poetry, drama, and creative nonfiction. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 380-001/CPLT 380 EPIC TO ROMANCE MWF 10:10-11:00 GWARA
A study of the major texts of the classical and medieval periods, focusing on literature, philosophy and culture of the times. Texts will include readings from the Iliad, Iron Age Irish epic, the Bible, Arthurian Romances, Icelandic sagas, Chaucer. Some background readings will be included. The course will cover the evolution of the hero and genre up to about 1400.

ENGL 381-001/CPLT 381 THE RENAISSANCE TTH 11:00-12:15 RHU
Study of Renaissance literature in England from More to Shakespeare and Milton. Readings from key precursors on the continent such as Machiavelli, Castiglione, and Ariosto will be included. Since the Reformation coincides significantly with the Renaissance in England, the literary consequences of Protestantism will also be a central topic of this course.

ENGL 383-001 ROMANTICISM TTH 2:00-3:15 W. RICHEY
Although we tend to speak of “Romanticism” as if it were an easily definable concept, it is in many ways a highly illusive and often misleading term. To a large degree, this is because our conception of Romanticism was developed in retrospect. The writers of this time did not refer to themselves as “Romanticism” but rather this term was applied to them by critics and literary historians writing long after the “Romantic Age” had ended. As a result, our conception of Romanticism often has more to do with the tastes and sensibilities of subsequent ages than it does with those of the Romantic Age itself.

In approaching this course, I have tried to avoid what I see as the reductiveness of many definitions of Romanticism. Thus, while I have organized the course around some of the themes that have been traditionally associated with Romanticism (e.g. nature, the imagination, the celebration of childhood) and assigned generous selections from the so-called “major Romantics” (e.g. Goethe, Wordsworth, Byron, Emerson, Thoreau), I have also assigned some of the highly influential writers whom most discussions of Romanticism ignore (e.g. Barbauld, Burns, Hemans, Peacock, Robinson, Smith). Moreover, though our focus will, of course, be on literature, we will also examine the parallel developments in painting and music that were occurring during the time. Finally, I have not restricted the course to the period usually designated as the Romantic Age (roughly 1785-1850), but plan to explore how the themes and obsessions of Romanticism continue to influence the high and popular cultures of the 20th Century. Possible topics include the Beat Generation, anti-heroes like James Dean and Clint Eastwood, rock musicians like Jim Morrison and U2.

ENGL 384-001 REALISM TTH 9:30-10:45 DAVIS
The very term “realism” raises a slew of questions, among them: what is real? and whose reality are we talking about? In this course, we will be focusing primarily on versions of reality produced between the Civil War and World War I within the movement known as American literary realism. Yet in order to understand this movement better, we will devote the first few weeks of the semester to discussing specific British, French, and Russian writers (e.g., G. Eliot, Flaubert, Balzac, Tolstoy) who greatly influenced the American realists, (e.g., Howells, Twain, James, Chestnutt, Crane, Chopin, and Wharton). And we will conclude the course by exploring how the techniques and themes associated with realism continue to shape literary production up until our own day (e.g., in the works of Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Allison). Student presentations will enable us to explore parallel developments in art, photography, theater, film, and music, as well as the philosophical movements underpinning realist claims. Quizzes, two papers, a mid-term, and a final.

ENGL 385-001 MODERNISM MW 2:30-3:45 BUTTERWORTH
A study of selected texts of the Modernist period. Lecture/Discussion. Lectures will address historical and cultural issues that help explain modernism. Modernist examples of painting, music, and film will also be used as illustrations of modernism in other media. Papers: two 1500-2000 word papers which address modernist aspects of the texts we study. There will be a test after each text has been has been covered in class. Two-and-a-half-hour final examination. Texts to be studied: Conrad, Heart of Darkness; Joyce, Dubliners; Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway; Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises; Faulkner, The Wild Palms; Mann,Death in Venice; Camus, The Stranger; selected poems by Eliot and Williams; Jean Renoir’s film Rules of the Game.

ENGL 386-001 POSTMODERNISM TTH 3:30-4:45 VANDERBORG
We will cover an international selection of post-World War II fiction, focusing on the metaphor of the city. How are communal spaces and histories described in the texts? Who inhabits these postmodern cities? The course is reading-intensive and discussion-oriented, with brief introductory lectures as well as student research presentations. Close reading of textual passages is emphasized. Requirements: An in-class midterm examination; a two-hour final; a 7-page close reading paper; and unannounced quizzes on the reading selections.

ENGL 387-001 INTRO. TO RHETORIC MW 12:20-1:35 FRIEND
“Introduction to Rhetoric” is a writing intensive course that will introduce you to some important theories of rhetoric and give you opportunities to put them to practice. You’re probably used to hearing the term “rhetoric” used pejoratively: “What a bunch of campaign rhetoric,” or “that’s just a rhetorical question.” But rhetoric hasn’t always been viewed with such suspicion. The systematic study of rhetoric—of how language operates in practical contexts, to persuade, influence, and move audiences—formed the core of liberal arts education in the Western Hemisphere for nearly two millennia. We’ll survey a wide range of rhetorical approaches, starting with the rhetoricians of ancient Greece and Rome, and ending with some diverse contemporary perspectives: multicultural rhetorics, rhetorics of popular culture, and rhetorics of electronic discourse. We’ll apply these theories to a range of discourse to explore whether and how they can help us become more skilled as readers and writers. PAPERS: Rhetorical analysis, 1-3 pp. each; Argument (group assignment, based on course web site), 3-5 pp.; Argument for a public forum, 3-5 pp.; Stylistic analysis and imitation, 3-5 pp.; Final portfolio with cover letter (varies, will include your best work from the semester). QUIZZES: Informal, in-class writing activities and exercises. EXAMS: none. TEXTS: Corbett and Connors, Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. 4th ed.; Course packet (to include pieces by Plato, Isocrates, Quintilian, D. L. Clark, Erasmus, Robert Pattison, Kenneth Burke, Stephen Toulmin, Henry Louis Gates, Deborah Tannen, Carol Gilligan, Barry Brummett, and others.); course web site, “Merit vs. Diversity?,” a case study in ethical argument, which we’ll look at and work on in class.

ENGL 388-001 HIST LIT. CRITICISM /THEORY TTH 11:00-12:15 STEELE
Major 20th century approaches to texts, from New Criticism to the present. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 389-001/LING 301 THE ENGLISH LANG. MWF 11:15-12:05 STAFF
Introduction to the field of linguistics with an emphasis on English. Covers the English sound system, word structure, and grammar. Explores history of English, American dialects, social registers, and style.

ENGL 389-002/LING 301 THE ENGLISH LANG. TTH 2:00-3:15 STAFF
Introduction to the field of linguistics with an emphasis on English. Covers the English sound system, word structure, and grammar. Explores history of English, American dialects, social registers, and style.

ENGL 390-001/CPLT 301 GREAT BOOKS WEST WORLD I MW12:20-1:35 GWARA
Intensive study in translation of the major literary texts of the West up to, but not including, the Renaissance.
Texts: Hebrew: Genesis; Greek: Homer, Iliad; Latin: Ovid, Metamorphoses; Icelandic: Njal's Saga; Italian: Dante, Divine Comedy; English: Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde.

ENGL 405-001 SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES TTH 9:30-10:45 GIESKES
We will read a representative selection of Shakespeare's tragedies while placing the plays into their dramatic and historical contexts. Our intent will be to read the plays closely as literature-objects of verbal art-and as playtexts-scripts for theatrical production. In addition we will attempt to situate Shakespeare's plays in the context in which they were produced: early modern London. Plays likely to include: Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth and one of the Roman plays. ASSIGNMENTS: Two papers, a play review, a scene treatment, a midterm and a final. TEXTS: The Riverside Shakespeare or comparable edition and the Bedford Companion to Shakespeare.

ENGL 405-002 SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES TTH 12:30-1:45 LEVINE
In this course we will study Shakespeare’s tragedies in relation to his time and to our own. Looking closely at eight tragedies (Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth, and Coriolanus), we will examine the interplay between these popular plays and the Elizabethan Jacobean culture in which they were produced, taking up such issues as politics, social order, gender, and race. We will also consider the surge in Shakespeare’s popularity in late 20th century culture, looking at several recent film versions of the tragedies (Titus, Romeo + Juliet, Hamlet). (We will view these films outside of class time). Requirements include class participation, a mid term and final, two short response papers, and two 6 page critical papers. TEXT: The Norton Shakespeare, or another comparable edition.

ENGL 406-001 SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDIES/HIST. MW 1:25-2:40 E. RICHEY
We will explore the social energy--the "stir in the mind"-- that Shakespearean Theater creates within an audience of watchers and readers, thinking especially in terms of Renaissance anxieties over political power, race, gender, and sexuality. In considering these issues, we will come to terms with some of the cultural practices which separate us from Elizabethan audiences as well as some which join us irrevocably to them. Requirements: Analytical discussion questions, two papers (the second involving research), a midterm, and a final exam.

ENGL 426-001 AMERICAN POETRY TTH 12:30-1:45 VANDERBORG
This course looks at the roots of modern American poetry, tracing the literary innovations of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and a variety of twentieth-century authors: T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson. The poetry will be complemented by the authors’ statements of poetics. The class is discussion-oriented and emphasizes close readings of the poems. TEXTS: The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry; James Weldon Johnson, God’s Trombones; Course reader, available at Universal Copies. Requirements: An in-class midterm examination; a two-hour final; two analytical close reading papers:1, 3 pages (600-800 words) and 1, 6-7 pages.

ENGL 427-001 SOUTHERN LITERATURE TTH 11:00-12:15 SHIELDS
The south: is it a region, a culture, an attitude, a phantom polity, a community? This course will introduce students to the distinctive and vivid voices that have at one time or another been identified with the south. It will explore “the south before there was a south”—“the culture that failed to become a nation”—and the 20th century region haunted by memory, troubled by racism, and animated by a hope for redemption and transcendence. We will read novels, poems, short stories, and brief histories. We will listen to some of the rich heritage of folk and popular music that came from the region. Authors: Captain John Smith, Ebenezer Cook, William Byrd, George Ogilvie, William Gilmore Simms, Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, Mary Boykin
Chesnut, Mark Twain, George W. Cable, Kate Chopin, Charles Chesnutt, Ellen Glasgow, William Faulkner, Richard Wright, Tennessee Williams, Walker Percy, Flannery O’Connor, Maya Angelou, Bobbie Anne Mason. There will be one substantial paper, two brief written exercises in interpretation, a brief written piece supplying the historical context of a reading, two tests, and an examination.

ENGL 428-001 AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIT. TTH 8:00-9:15 DAWES
A close textual study of the works of the major African American authors of the last fifty years with close attention to recent African American writers. It will include writers like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Terry McMillan, John Edgar Wideman, James Baldwin and others. Evaluation: Three essays, one research paper, in class presentations and a final exam. TEXT: Norton Anthology of African American Writers, ed., Henry Louis Gates.

ENGL 429N-001 GOD’S TROMBONES TTH 11:00-12:15 WHITTED
God’s Trombones: Religion in African American Literature
This course examines the increasingly complex and diverse ways that black American literature engages the sacred dimensions of life through religion. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the intersections between race, religion, and social identity in works ranging from the eighteenth-century poems of Phillis Wheatley to Randall Kenan’s recent novel, A Visitation of Spirits. We will begin by considering the evolution of black American religious expression and its African influences through the writings of former slaves, conversion narratives, and spirituals. Our study of twentieth-century literature will focus on religious representations written during segregation and the Civil Rights era, and imagined within literary movements such as the Harlem Renaissance and post-1970s black women’s writing. Special attention will be given to narratives that incorporate biblical allegories such as Exodus, the trials of Job, or the “Ethiopian Prophecy.” While the class focuses primarily on Christian representations, selected readings also acknowledge the presence of Islamic religion and recognize nontheistic religious perspectives in black life. Written assignments consist of two short essays and a final research paper. Course readings to include works by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, James Weldon Johnson, Countee Cullen, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Malcolm X, Carolyn Rodgers, Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, and Ernest Gaines.

ENGL 429P-001 TOPIC/MEN, WOMEN, & FREEDOM TTH 3:30-4:45 FORTER
This course examines how American authors of the twentieth century have conceptualized freedom in relation to gender. We will look at a range of texts from across the century, including novels, poems, a graphic novel, popular songs, film, and essays. The assumption guiding the course is that the aspiration toward freedom is for these texts' authors intimately bound up with the question of what it means to be a man or a woman. This is equally true for black and white authors, straight and gay authors, working-class authors and authors from more privileged classes. One of our central concerns, then, will be to articulate the relations between the categories of race, class, sexuality, and gender. This will entail exploring the various social forces that limit freedom and human agency: racism, sexism, homophobia, familial trauma, industrial capitalism. Above all, we will try to discover how and to what extent our authors imagine that these constraints can be overcome—to what extent they believe human freedom is possible, and how their visions of freedom are inflected by conceptions of gender.

TEXTS (to be drawn from the following): K. Chopin, Awakening; E. Cleaver, Soul on Ice; W. E. B. DuBois, Souls of Black Folk; D. Dinnerstein, Mermaid and the Minotaur; W. Faulkner, Light in August; F. S. Fitzgerald, Great Gatsby; H. D., Flowering of the Rod; L. Hughes, Selected Poems; Z. N. Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God; N. Larsen, Passing; P. Monette, Love Alone; T. Morrison, Beloved; T. Olsen, Yonnondio; M. Robinson, Housekeeping; M. Rukeyser, The Poem as Mask; A. Spiegelman, Maus; A. Walker, Meridian; I. B Wells, On Lynching; Malcolm X, from Autobiography; shorter texts by J. Baldwin, S. Bordo, C. C. Catt, T. S. Eliot, M. Garvey, E. Goldman, A. Lorde, B. Nugent, A. Rich, R. Wright, M. Sanger, T. Veblen.

ENGL 431-001 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE TTH 9:30-10:45 JOHNSON
This course, most appropriately, would be titled "Multicultural American Children's Literature." It will begin with an examination of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, published at the turn of the century, and will go on to examine other texts which are in some way related to central ideas of and about America and Americans. In the second half of the course we will read books by and about Asian, African, Hispanic, Native, and other Americans. We will explore issues such as sexism, classism, and racism in children's literature as well as "the politics" of the publishing industry. In addition, we will address topics as wide ranging as censorship, authorship, child psychology, and book illustration. PAPERS: Annotated Bibliography (or project) and 1 critical paper, 7-10 pp. TEXTS: Alma Flor Ada, My Name is Maria Isabel; Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie; L. Frank Baum, The Wizard of Oz; Yoshiko Uchida, Journey Home, Lois Lowry, Number the Stars; Nat Henloff, The Day They Came to Arrest the Book; Virginia Hamilton, Zeely; Mildred Taylor, The Friendship/The Gold Cadillac; David Russell, Literature for Children: A Short Introduction; Betty Bacon, ed., How Much Truth Do We Tell the Children?: The Politics of Children's Literature. Picture books as assigned and critical articles as assigned. Individual meeting with professor, lead one class discussion, one 15-page paper OR project developed in consultation with professor, one short research paper, one take-home examination.

ENGL 432-001 ADOLESCENT LITERATURE MWF 11:15-12:05 WILLIAMS
The topic of this course is contemporary young adult literature and how young adults develop an understanding of adult literature through reading this genre. We will examine several issues during the semester: What is the difference between adult literature and young adult literature? What is the history of this genre? What are the classics of the genre? How does the genre illuminate adolescent psychological development? We will read and respond in writing logs to a wide range of diverse YA literature, including several recent Newbery Medal winners as well as multi-ethnic novels and a biography. Assessment will be based on students’ portfolios, which will consist of diverse reading logs, a personal essay connected to one of the selections, a critical essay exploring one writer’s work, and a project.

ENGL 437-001/WOST 437 WOMEN WRITERS TTH 2:00-3:15 FELDMAN
A survey of poetry, drama and fiction by women writing during the Romantic era. We will read works by the following authors: Anna Letitia Barbauld, Charlotte Smith, Felicia Hemans, Jane Taylor, Mary Robinson, Mary Tighe, Joanna Baillie, Jane Austen, Mary Shelley, and others. Classes are conducted by the lecture/discussion method. Two essays of 3 to 5 pages each, a mid-term exam, and a final exam are required.

ENGL 438C-001 TOPIC/IRISH WRITERS TTH 2:00-3:15 MADDEN
In this class we will examine the literature of Ireland, concentrating on the last two centuries, and looking at literary works in their cultural, historical, and social contexts. We will read the work of well known and representative writers such as James Joyce and W. B. Yeats, but we will also examine the work of more recent writers, such as Roddy Doyle, Brian Friel, and Seamus Heaney, as well as some writers perhaps not normally thought of as Irish, such as Bram Stoker. Although the focus will be on traditional literary genres of fiction, drama, and poetry, we will also look at film representations of Ireland, ballads, comics, popular music, and music video. Our primary objective will be to gain familiarity with the themes, issues, contexts, and characteristics of Irish literature--literature written by Irish or Anglo-Irish writers and often (though not necessarily) about Irish culture. Obviously, secondary objectives should include our becoming more aware of the course of Irish history and our gaining understanding of the political and social issues that animate Irish culture and politics.

Texts will include: The Commitments - Roddy Doyle, Castle Rackrent - Maria Edgeworth, Dancing at Lughnasa - Brian Friel, Translations - Brian Friel, North - Seamus Heaney, Dubliners - James Joyce, Ballad of Reading Gaol - Oscar Wilde, Dracula - Bram Stoker, Selected Poems and Four Plays - W. B. Yeats, and other works.

Grades will be based on weekly brief response papers (2-3 pages), a literary analysis paper (6-10 pages), an annotated bibliography (10-15 sources) or class presentation (both oral presentation and 1-page written summary), and a final project (approx 15 pages, may be collaborative). There will be no exams.

ENGL 439O-001 CAUGHT IN THE CREATIVE ACT MW 5:45-7:00 HOSPITAL
Caught in the Creative Act is a new kind of course, one that connects authors and readers, daily life and art, a culture and its living writers. The course consists of alternating lectures and vibrant interactive sessions with the authors of the works being studied (contemporary novels, collections of short stories, poetry, memoirs.) Though the course is available for undergraduate credit, it is also open for audit (with auditor’s fee) to graduate students, to any member of the university community, and to the public at large. To ensure wide accessibility, class sessions will be on Monday and Wednesday evenings. The visiting authors will read from their work and answer questions.

ENGL 450-001/LING 421ENGLISH GRAMMAR TTH 9:30-10:45 DISTERHEFT
An intensive survey of English grammar: sentence structure, the verbal system, discourse, and transformations. Also discussed are semantics, social restrictions on grammar and usage, histories of various constructions, etc. If possible read Chapter 1 of the textbook before the first class meeting. TESTS: one midterms, one final. TEXT: Dorothy Disterheft, A Grammanual of English (available at Universal Copies, College St. near Main St.).

ENGL 460-001 ADVANCED WRITING MWF 11:15-12:05 BOHL
In this section of English 460 we will read and discuss essays in a variety of non-fiction genres, but most of our time and energy will be devoted to writing and especially re-vising our own writing. Students will be responsible for choosing the topics they wish to pursue, producing work on time, giving and receiving constuctive criticism and being active participants in class discussions and peer editing groups. Over the course of the semester you will select your best pieces of writing to revise, polish, edit and eventually include in a portfolio that will be submitted for a final course grade.

ENGL 460-002 ADVANCED WRITING MW 1:25-2:40 HOLCOMB
The purpose of this course is to explore more advanced, more sophisticated approaches to the analysis and composition of English prose. In particular, we will focus on “creative nonfiction,” a sub-genre that encourages us to see connections among the three areas that define contemporary English studies: literature, creative writing, and composition. While seeking to make such connections, we will develop a complex vocabulary of prose analysis which will, in turn, enhance our repertoires for producing original prose compositions. In the end, I hope to make you more aware and more self-conscious as both readers and writers of English prose. Course work will include three papers (5-6 pages each), a weekly writing journal, 10 short exercises, and a take-home final. Required Texts: Sims, Norman and Mark Kramer. Literary Journalism. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995; Williams, Joeseph M. Style: Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace. Seventh edition. New York: Longman, 2003.

ENGL 460-003 ADVANCED WRITING TTH 9:30-10:45 STAFF
Extensive practice in different types of nonfiction writing. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 460-004 ADVANCED WRITING TTH 11:00-12:15 STAFF
Extensive practice in different types of nonfiction writing. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 461-001 TEACHING OF WRITING MW 2:30-3:45 WILLIAMS
This course explores the theory and practice of the teaching of writing in middle and secondary school. During the semester, students will focus on themselves as teachers, but they will inevitably develop their own writing skills as a result of their participation in writing response groups. Assessment will be based on students’ portfolios, which will consist of reading logs, a personal reflective essay, a bibliographical essay, and a report on a project connected to the teaching of writing in public schools.

ENGL 462-001 TECHNICAL WRITING TTH 8:00-9:15 STAFF
Preparation for and practice in types of writing important to scientists, engineers, and computer scientists, from brief technical letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 463-001 BUSINESS WRITING MWF 11:15-12:05 STAFF
Extensive practice in different types of business writing, from brief letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 463-002 BUSINESS WRITING MW 2:30-3:45 STAFF
Extensive practice in different types of business writing, from brief letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 463-003 BUSINESS WRITING MWF 10:10-11:00 STAFF
Extensive practice in different types of business writing, from brief letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 463-501 BUSINESS WRITING TTH 3:30-4:45 MUCKLEBAUER
In this course, we will pursue a series of contemporary discussions about consumer culture and globalization. While we will gesture toward the traditional curriculum of business writing (composing in a variety of professional genres), our primary emphasis will be on analyzing representations of business culture in different media (from journalism to film to social theory).

ENGL E463-092 BUSINESS WRITING SAT. 9:00-2:00 PARROTT
Extensive practice in different types of business writing, from brief letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL E463-300 BUSINESS WRITING TTH 6:00-7:15 ANDERSON
Extensive practice in different types of business writing, from brief letters to formal articles and reports. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 464-001 POETRY WORKSHOP TTH 2:00-3:15 STAFF
This course is an advanced undergraduate poetry writing course. Students with no previous training should enroll in a lower division course instead of this one. Students should be prepared to write poems in a variety of forms, including traditional forms using meter and rhyme and open forms. This course uses the workshop method, and students must be prepared to have their work discussed openly in class by their peers. For more information, please contact the instructor.

ENGL 465-001 FICTION WORKSHOP TTH 3:30-4:45 FOX
Prose workshop–short stories and articles. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL E465-300 FICTION WORKSHOP TTH 5:30-6:45 LAMB
Prose workshop–short stories and articles. For more information, contact the instructor.

ENGL 475-001 HISTORY OF CINEMA II TTH 12:30-1:45 HARK
A survey of the major films, film makers, and national cinematic traditions after World War II. The first half of the course will concentrate on Hollywood, the second on France, Japan, Germany, Australia, and China. Two, 3 5 page papers, midterm and final objective exams. After initial screening, films are available for review in Thomas Cooper Library. Film screening will be held on Thursdays from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

ENGL 566D-001 TOPIC/THE MUSICAL TTH 3:30-4:45 COURTNEY
Through close analysis of a range of musicals from the 1930s to the present, and of film criticism and theory illuminating them, we will consider how American musicals comment on questions of sexuality, gender, race, class, national identity, and cinema itself. We will consider the particular cinematic pleasures in which the genre repeatedly invites us to indulge, as well as mutations in the genre over time as it shifts to accommodate changing social and historical preoccupations. Major assignments for undergraduates include: a diagnostic essay; a sequence analysis essay (5 7 pp); a final paper (6 8 pp); and a final (essay) exam. Graduate students will also be required to research and write a more extensive final paper (15 20 pp). Shorter writing assignments and quizzes will also be assigned throughout the semester.