Department of English
200-level courses
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201 - European Literary Classics: Ancient to Renaissance
201-01 TR 11:00-12:15 - S. Yarbrough
208 - Topics in Global Literature
208-01 TR 14:00-15:15 - M. Sanchez
211 - British Authors: Medieval-Neoclassical
All 211 sections meet General Education Core Requirements
for Literature (GLT) and AULER/CLER (BL/CBL).
Requirement for English major. Pr. sophomore standing, or English major, or
permission of instructor.
211-02 TR 11:00-12:15 - J. Feather
"This course will examine how English texts from the 6th century to the early part of the 18th century have been organized into a literary tradition in order to articulate a sense of English national identity out of a broad multi-cultural context. Looking at the texts in historical context we will practice close reading and basic literary analysis. Class will consist of both lecture and discussion. Requirements: three exams, weekly questions, and a short essay."
211-03 TR 15:30-16:45 - J. Feather
"This course will examine how English texts from the 6th century to the early part of the 18th century have been organized into a literary tradition in order to articulate a sense of English national identity out of a broad multi-cultural context. Looking at the texts in historical context we will practice close reading and basic literary analysis. Class will consist of both lecture and discussion. Requirements: three exams, weekly questions, and a short essay."
211-04 MW 14:00-15:15 - W. Beale
212 - Major British Authors: Romantic to Modern
All 212 sections meet General Education Core Requirements for Literature (GLT) and AULER/CLER (BL/CBL). Requirement for English major. Pr. sophomore standing, or English major, or permission of instructor.
212-01 TR 9:30-10:45 - M. Richard
212-02 TR 14:00-15:15 - M. Gibson
212-03 MWF 9:00-9:50 - R. Langenfeld
English 212 surveys writers in British literature from the Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist eras. Since we have but a few months to cover over two centuries of literature, we must select representative figures from these eras to help us understand key features of literary history since the late 1700s into the late-twentieth century. The course format will include a mixture of lecture, class discussion, videos, and use of the course website.
Texts
» E-Reserves in Jackson Library via Your Blackboard Account.
» Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
Basis for Evaluation
» Quizzes on our readings: 30% (will drop the lowest quiz)
» WebWriting: 30% (approximately 400-500 words each)
» Two exams: 40% . Exams are combination of short-answer and essay.
212-04 MWF 11:00-11:50 - B. Clarke
219 - Journalism I: Fundamentals in News Writing and Feature Writing
219-01WI T 18:00-20:50 - S. Swofford
219-02WI W 18:00-20:50 - R. Yardley
221 - Writing of Poetry: Introductory
221-01 TR 11:00-12:15 - T. Kennedy
This is an introductory yet intensive course in poetry writing. Students will be responsible for interpretive as well as creative work with half of the semester consisting of directed assignments and presentations. The remainder of the course will be spent critiquing and discussing work submitted by members of the workshop. At the end of the semester, each student will submit a reflective as well as interpretive paper. All students are expected to have taken a college literature course in which poetry is the focus of study prior to enrolling. This course is limited to undergraduate students beyond the freshman year.
221-02 MW 14:00-15:15 - A. Seay
This is an introductory course in the writing & study of poetry. We will discuss what makes a poem, what makes it work well, & why/how it does so, & we will workshop one another’s poems with enthusiasm & care. We will also discuss formal, technical, generic, & stylistic concerns through close readings. This course is reading intensive & we will use as our guide Mary Oliver's Poetry Handbook & The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry, edited by J.D. McClatchy. Classes will be conducted in a workshop/discussion format. The student should come to class having read thoroughly the work under consideration & be prepared to share his/her opinions & questions.
ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE TAKEN A COLLEGE LITERATURE COURSE IN WHICH POETRY IS STUDIED PRIOR TO ENROLLING (ie Eng 106). THIS COURSE IS FOR STUDENTS BEYOND THE FRESHMAN YEAR.
221 - Writing Fiction:Introductory
225-01 MW 3:30-4:45 - K. Schreyer
225-02 TR 3:30-4:45 - S. Whetstone
251 - Major American Authors: Colonial to Romantic
All 251 sections meet General Education Core Requirements
for Literature (GLT) and AULER/CLER (BL/CBL).
Requirement for English major. Pr. sophomore standing, or English major, or
permission of instructor.
251-01 TR 11:00-12:15 - J. Clark
251-02 TR 14:00-15:15 - S. Smoak
What is the American myth of being American? How did the American dream gain form? In this survey style course on American Literature, we will especially use the history of early America as a backdrop for understanding and contextualizing the literature America produced in this same period. In doing so, we will consider how some pieces help to shape the mythology of America as a land of equality, freedom, and rugged prosperity while yet other works undermine these same concepts. A sampling of authors for the course are as follows: William Bradford, John Winthrop, Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglas, and Hawthorne, whose 'The House of the Seven Gables' will be a central text for understanding the place of "home" in early America.
251-03 MWF 11:00-11:50 - K.Weyler
Requirement for English major. Pr. sophomore standing, or English major, or permission of instructor.
This course surveys representative writings from the time of European exploration in the New World through 1865. Class meetings will be discussion-oriented. Course requirements include three exams, an essay, and frequent in-class writings. This course is required for the English major; it also fulfills the GLT category. Required Texts: The Bedford Anthology of American Literature.
252 - Major American Authors: Realist to Modern
Pr. sophomore standing, or English major, or permission of instructor.
252-01 TR 14:00-15:15 - S. Romine
252-02 MW 14:00-15:15 - N. Morrissette
This course provides a survey of American literature from 1865 to the present, focusing on the representational strategies employed by authors and ranging across historical periods and literary genres. We will examine how authors contribute to a national literary tradition by reworking ideas of literature and nationhood. Along the way, we will consider questions about the boundaries and various functions of both literature and nation, as well as the ways in which literary texts have addressed (or failed to address) America’s critical struggles over the extension of democratic principles across lines of race, class, and gender. Authors may include Melville, Twain, Chesnutt, Harper, DuBois, Larsen, Wright, Brooks, Ellison, Roth, Morrison, and Trethewey.