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Overview
Requirements for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Technical Writing
Requirements for the Master of Arts in English
Requirements for the Master of Education in English
Requirements for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in English
ENG English Courses
Faculty
Professors
Denise N. Baker, Ph.D.
Middle English literature, Langland, Chaucer, Julian of Norwich, medieval women writers.
Walter H. Beale, Ph.D.
Rhetorical theory and criticism, history of rhetoric, theory of discourse.
Elizabeth Chiseri-Strater, Ph.D.
Composition theory and pedagogy, language and literacy, portfolio evaluation, ethnography, collaborative learning.
Keith Cushman, Ph.D.
Modern British literature, D. H. Lawrence, contemporary literature, modern American literature.
Stuart L. Dischell, M.F.A.
Poetry writing, poetry and poetics, modern literature, world literature.
James E. Evans, Ph.D.
18th century British literature, especially fiction, drama and periodicals; theory of comedy.
SallyAnn H. Ferguson, Ph.D.
African-American literature and language, Charles W. Chesnutt, African-American women novelists, American literature.
Mary Ellis Gibson, Ph.D.
19th century British literature, critical theory, Women’s Studies, modernism, imperialism, Southern women writers.
Christopher Hodgkins, Ph.D.
Renaissance literature, 17th century lyric poetry, George Herbert, British imperial imagination, Sir Francis Drake, religion and literature, Shakespeare.
Karen L. Kilcup, Ph.D.
19th and early 20th century American literature, women’s and Native American literature, romanticism and regionalism, American Studies and Women’s Studies, poetry, humor, critical theory.
Robert Langenfeld, Ph.D.
Late 19th - early 20th century British literature. Editor/Publisher ELT and ELT Press.
Christian Moraru, Ph.D.
Literary and cultural theory, 20th century American literature with emphasis on contemporary narrative, postmodernism, comparative literature.
Craig Nova, M.F.A.
Fiction writing (Class of ‘49 Excellence Professor).
Michael F. Parker, M.F.A.
Fiction writing, contemporary fiction, short story, forms in fiction, novella, personal/familiar essay.
Scott B. Romine, Ph.D.
Southern literature, modern American literature, narrative theory, autobiography, Irish literature.
Hephzibah Roskelly, Ph.D.
Rhetoric and composition, reading theory, pedagogy, American literature.
Anne Wallace, Ph.D.
19th-century British literature and culture, poetry and the novel from the Restoration to the Great War, gender studies, aesthetics, historiography (Head of Department).
Stephen R. Yarbrough, Ph.D.
Literacy; critical and rhetorical theory; history of American literature and discourse, especially 18th and 19th centuries.
Associate Professors
Jennifer M. Keith, Ph.D.
18th century and Romantic British literature, poetry, satire, gender studies, William Blake.
Nancy Myers, Ph.D.
Rhetoric and composition theory and pedagogy; history of rhetoric, composition, and English Studies; sociolinguistics; structuralism (Director of Graduate Study).
Kelly Ritter, Ph.D.
Composition theory and pedagogy; writing program administration; teacher training; history of writing programs and archival research in composition studies; basic writing theory and practice.
Alexandra W. Schultheis, Ph.D.
Postcolonial literatures and theory, gender studies, 20th century British and American literature, critical theory.
Karen A. Weyler, Ph.D.
Early and 19th century American literature, women writers, the history and theory of the novel, personal narratives, and the history of the book.
Assistant Professors
Anthony J. Cuda, Ph.D.
Modern American literature, transatlantic literary modernism, 20th century poetry and poetics, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Dante and comparative medieval theology.
Michelle M. Dowd, Ph.D.
Renaissance literature, Shakespeare and early modern drama, early modern women’s writing, feminist theory and gender studies.
Jennifer Feather, Ph.D.
Early modern British literature; theories of violence and trauma; theories of embodiment, gender, and sexuality; 15th and 16th century British historical writing; early modern anatomies.
Jennifer Grotz, M.F.A., Ph.D.
Poetry writing, contemporary poetry and poetics.
Noelle Morrissette, Ph.D.
African American literature, gender and sexuality studies, American literature, African literature, black diasporic literatures.
Mark Rifkin, Ph.D.
Native American literature, indigenous studies, queer studies, ethnic studies, American studies, 19th-century U.S. writing, postcolonial and critical race theory, law and literature.
David R. Roderick, M.F.A.
Poetry writing, poetry and poetics, modern and contemporary literature.
Maria Sanchez, Ph.D.
19th century U.S. literatures, including Mexican American, African American, antebellum, and women’s.
Annette Van, Ph.D.
Victorian literature, history and theory of the novel, critical theory, gender studies.
Amy N. Vines, Ph.D.
Middle English literature, medieval romance, Chaucer, women’s writing, readership and patronage, paleography.
Lecturer
Jeanie Reynolds, Ph.D.
Social and cultural aspects of literacy and learning of adolescents (particularly diverse and marginalized students), the role of discourse and identity development in the preservice English teacher education.
Overview
The Department of English offers degree programs leading to the Master of Arts, the Master of Education, the Master of Fine Arts, and the Doctor of Philosophy. The department has long published The Greensboro Review, a magazine of poetry and fiction, and in 1986 became the location of English Literature in Transition (1880–1920), a scholarly journal. In 1988, ELT Press began to publish the 1880–1920 British Authors Series. Studies in American Humor is also edited at UNCG.
The M.A. in English—designed for those planning work toward the doctorate and for those preparing to teach in community colleges, technical institutes, or some undergraduate colleges or to work in a non-academic setting—offers four plans of study beyond the core requirements for the degree: (1) thesis plan, (2) teaching composition plan, (3) writing and editing plan, and (4) minor field plan.
The M.Ed. is offered in conjunction with the School of Education. Successful completion of the degree meets requirements for the North Carolina advanced competencies licensure.
The M.F.A. in creative writing, one of the oldest and most prestigious programs of its kind in the nation, is offered to a limited number of students with superior ability in writing original works of poetry or fiction. The program permits students to develop particular talents in small classes and in conferences with writers in residence and distinguished visiting writers. The best student work may be published in The Greensboro Review. The most talented students are considered for fellowships as well as research and teaching assistantships.
The Ph.D. in English is offered to superior applicants who are preparing for careers in teaching and research in colleges and universities. The program permits specialization in literary studies or rhetoric and composition in small classes and a format conducive to individualized instruction. Full-time doctoral students may be appointed as teaching assistants in the department. The most talented students are recommended for fellowships.
Scheduling of classes for the M.A. and, in some cases, for the Ph.D. is intended to meet the needs of students already employed in teaching or other professions.
Requirements for the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Technical Writing
For 2009-2010, no new certificate candidates will be accepted.
Requirements for the Master of Arts in English
The Department of English offers a graduate program of study leading to a 30-36 hour Master of Arts degree. All students select from the alternative plans of study outlined below. No more than three courses at the 500-level may be submitted for the degree. All other work must be at the 600-level and above.
Required Core Courses (24 hours)
ENG 701 English Studies: Content, Methods, and Bibliography (3)
3 literature courses, including one before 1800 and one after.
3 electives, normally in English or American literature.
1 critical theory course selected from the following or from special topics courses approved in advance by the Director of Graduate Study:
ENG 531 Feminist Theory and Women Writers (3)
ENG 549 The Critical Canon and Contemporary Issues (3)
ENG 650 Modern LiteraryTheory (3)
ENG 663 Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
ENG 704 Studies in Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
ENG 705 Cultural Studies (3)
Alternative Plans of Study (6-12 hours)
In the remaining semester hours beyond the core courses, students should elect one of the following alternative plans of study:
Thesis plan
ENG 699 Thesis (6)
M.A. students in the thesis plan must demonstrate reading knowledge of a foreign language. A level of proficiency in one foreign language, equivalent to completion of the first semester of an intermediate course (such as 203 at UNCG), must be documented either by previous course work completed during the last five years and approved by the Director of Graduate Study, or by course work while enrolled in the M.A. program, or by an appropriate score on a written examination. Because of the language requirement, a minimum of 30 hours is required for the degree: 24 core hours and 6 thesis hours. Native speakers of other languages can demonstrate foreign language proficiency through their graduate course work in English. Students in the M.A./Ph.D. track will ultimately have to fulfill the foreign language requirement for the Ph.D.
Students who have been admitted into the Ph.D. program and/or who have the permission of their thesis committee and the Director of Graduate Study, may elect to write a two-paper thesis instead of the traditional single-topic thesis. Recommended for those students for whom the M.A. will not be the terminal degree, the two-paper thesis will consist of two graduate papers expanded and revised to publishable quality.
Teaching composition plan
A total of 36 hours is required for the degree, the 24 hour core plus 12 hours distributed as follows:
ENG 680 Teaching Internship in English (3)
3 electives in rhetoric and composition or language and linguistics. Electives may be chosen from ENG 510, 513, 660, special topics courses approved in advance by the Director of Graduate Study, or from the following:
ENG 522 Teaching Composition: Theories and Applications (3)
ENG 590 Literacy, Learning and Fieldwork (3)
ENG 661 Second Language Writing (3)
ENG 688 Women’s Rhetoric and Feminist Pedagogy (3)
ENG 689 Institutional History of Composition Studies (3)
ENG 690 History of Rhetoric: Classical Through Renaissance (3)
ENG 691 History of Rhetoric: Enlightenment through Contemporary (3)
ENG 693 Classical Rhetoric (3)
ENG 697 Composing Theories in Reading and Writing (3)
ENG 742 Studies in Rhetorical Theory and Practice (3)
ENG 744 Seminar in Composition Studies (3)
ENG 746 Studies in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (3)
Writing and editing plan
A total of 36 hours is required for the degree, the 24 hour core plus 12 hours distributed as follows:
ENG 620 Contemporary Publishing (3)
ENG 621 Seminar on Publishing (3)
ENG 622 Writing and Editing Internship (3)
1 elective in writing and editing to be selected from special topics courses approved in advance by the Director of Graduate Study or ENG 524 Writing - Advanced: Analytical and Technical (3)
Plan of study with minor field
A total of 36 hours is required for the degree, the 24 hour core plus 12 hours distributed as follows:
ENG 680 Teaching Internship in English (3)
3 courses in a minor or collateral field (9)
Requirements for the Master of Education in English
The Master of Education degree with a concentration in English is offered to those students teaching or preparing to teach in public secondary schools. The program is approved by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. The degree is available in two tracks leading to the advanced competencies license.
The Teacher Leadership Track is designed for students who hold North Carolina Standard Professional I licensure for secondary teaching in English. The Classroom Practice Track is designed for students who do not hold North Carolina licensure for secondary teaching in English. Both tracks require 39 hours of course work, including a directed research project. There is no thesis or foreign language requirement. Prerequisite is undergraduate course equivalents for the B.A. degree in English with Standard Professional I licensure. Classroom Practice Track students may also have to fulfill additional prerequisites normally completed during a Standard Professional I licensure program.
Core Courses for Both Tracks (9 hours)
CUI 545 Diverse Learners (3)
CUI 669 Educational Implications of Learning and Developmental Theory (3)
ENG 670 Directed Master’s Research (3)
Teacher Leadership Track
Pedagogical Expertise (21 hours)
ENG 513 History of the English Language (3) or ENG 660 Modern Language Theory (3)
ENG 522 Teaching Composition: Theory and Applications (3)
3 courses in literature (9)
2 courses as electives (6)
Students who are preparing materials for National Board certification are advised to take CUI 675.
Professional Development/Leadership (9 hours)
CUI 628 Trends and Issues in Curriculum and Instruction (3) or CUI 637 Trends in Teaching Practices in Curriculum in Secondary School English (3)
CUI 656 Teacher as Leader (3)
ENG 602 Electronic Research, Writing, and Editing (3)
Classroom Practice Track
Pedagogical Expertise (21 hours)
CUI 551 Teaching Practices and Curriculum in English (3)
ENG 513 History of the English Language (3) or ENG 660 Modern Language Theory (3)
ENG 522 Teaching Composition:Theory and Applications (3)
3 courses in literature (9)
1 course as an elective (3)
Students who have not taken a course in literary theory are strongly advised to take ENG 701.
Professional Development/Leadership (9 hours)
CUI 638 Seminar in Secondary Education (3)
CUI 680 Clinical Experience in Teaching (6)
Requirements for the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
The Department of English offers a graduate program of study leading to a 36-hour Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing. The M.F.A. is a residency program for full-time students.
Required Core Courses (12-18 hours)
ENG 625, 626 M.F.A. Fiction Workshop (3)
ENG 627, 628 M.F.A. Poetry Workshop (3)
ENG 671, 672 Graduate Tutorial in Writing: Fiction (3)
ENG 673, 674 Graduate Tutorial in Writing: Poetry (3)
ENG 677, 678 Special Problems in Writing (3)
Elective Academic Courses (12-18 hours)
M.F.A. students are required to take a minimum of four courses in a related academic field, usually in English or American literature, at the 500-, 600-, or 700-level. Students may, with permission of the Director of the M.F.A. Writing Program, take 500- and 600-level courses offered by other departments in the College of Arts and Sciences, most often in the departments of Romance Languages, Broadcasting and Cinema, and Art.
Students who plan a career in college teaching should take as many courses as possible in literature, criticism, and composition and rhetoric, including ENG 680, Teaching Internship in English.
Students who plan careers in publishing and editing should select courses focusing on contemporary publishing:
ENG 620 Contemporary Publishing (3)
ENG 621 Seminar on Publishing (3)
ENG 622 Writing and Editing Internship (3)
Comprehensive Examination
Please consult with the Director of the M.F.A. Writing Program about dates for this examination.
Thesis (6 hours)
ENG 699 Thesis (6)
May be a novel, a collection of short stories, or a volume of poetry.
Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in English
The Department of English offers a graduate program of study leading to the Ph.D. degree.
M.A./Ph.D. track: Students who enter the doctoral program with a B.A. are required to complete the M.A. with a two-paper thesis within five academic years of their initial enrollment. (For the requirements, see M.A. Alternative Plans of Study above). These students do not need to reapply for doctoral study after finishing the master’s program.
Ph.D. track: Students who enter with an M.A. in English are required to earn a minimum of 36 hours of course credit, to pass the preliminary comprehensive examination, and to defend successfully their dissertations. Students entering with other advanced degrees will have their transcripts individually evaluated by the Director of Graduate Study to establish the minimum course work required.
No more than three courses at the 500-level may be submitted for the degree. All other work must be at the 600-level and above.
Required Core Courses (33 hours)
These requirements must be met in work offered for the degree beyond the B.A. With approval of the Director of Graduate Study the requirements, but not minimum semester hours, may be met in work taken for the M.A. degree prior to matriculation in the Ph.D. program.
ENG 701 Content, Methods, and Bibliography (3) or equivalent as approved by the Director of Graduate Study. Normally taken in the first semester.
Rhetoric, Critical Theory, and Language (12 hours)
Four courses from at least two different areas from the list below or from special topics courses as approved by the Director of Graduate Study.
Rhetoric
ENG 522 Teaching Composition: Theories and Applications (3)
ENG 590 Literacy, Learning and Fieldwork (3)
ENG 661 Second Language Writing (3)
ENG 688 Women’s Rhetoric and Feminist Pedagogy (3)
ENG 689 Institutional History of Composition Studies (3)
ENG 690 History of Rhetoric: Classical - Renaissance (3)
ENG 691 History of Rhetoric: Enlightenment through Contemporary (3)
ENG 693 Classical Rhetoric (3)
ENG 697 Composing Theories in Reading and Writing (3)
ENG 742 Studies in Rhetorical Theory and Practice (3)
ENG 744 Seminar in Composition Studies (3)
ENG 746 Studies in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (3)
Critical Theory
ENG 531 Feminist Theory and Women Writers (3)
ENG 549 The Critical Canon and Contemporary Issues (3)
ENG 650 Modern Literary Theory (3)
ENG 663 Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
ENG 704 Studies in Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory (3)
ENG 705 Cultural Studies (3)
Language
ENG 510 Old English (3)
ENG 513 History of the English Language (3)
ENG 660 Modern Language Theory (3)
Literary Studies (18 hours)
Students should take one course in each of the following areas from special topics courses approved by the Director of Graduate Study or from the list below. Genre courses, in the novel or poetry, for example, may satisfy these requirements depending upon the texts taught, subject to approval by the Director of Graduate Study.
Old and Middle English Literature
ENG 510 Old English (3)
ENG 537 Middle English Literature (3)
ENG 608 Chaucer (3)
ENG 708 Studies in Middle English Literature (3)
Renaissance Literature
ENG 540 Shakespeare (3)
ENG 541 Milton (3)
ENG 641 Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama (3)
ENG 710 Studies in English Renaissance Literature (3)
ENG 712 Studies in Sixteenth-Century British Literature (3)
ENG 713 Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature (3)
ENG 714 Studies in Shakespeare (3)
Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature
ENG 561 Eighteenth-Century British Writers (3)
ENG 616 Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3)
ENG 617 The Eighteenth-Century British Novel (3)
ENG 717 Studies in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (3)
Nineteenth-Century British Literature
ENG 545 Nineteenth-Century British Writers (3)
ENG 646 The Nineteenth-Century British Novel (3)
ENG 719 Studies in British Romanticism (3)
ENG 721 Studies in Victorian Literature and Culture (3)
American Literature Before the Twentieth-Century
ENG 563 American Poetry Before 1900 (3)
ENG 564 American Prose Before 1900 (3)
ENG 630 Early American Literature (3)
ENG 638 Southern American Writers (3)
ENG 730 Studies in American Literature (3)
ENG 731 Studies in American Literature before 1900 (3)
ENG 734 Studies in American Women Writers (3)
ENG 735 Studies in African American Literature (3)
Twentieth-Century British or American Literature
ENG 550 Modern British Writers (3)
ENG 558 American Poetry after 1900 (3)
ENG 559 Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3)
ENG 565 American Prose after 1900 (3)
ENG 582 Modern Drama (3)
ENG 638 Southern American Writers (3)
ENG 639 American Literary Criticism (3)
ENG 653 Modern Irish Literature (3)
ENG 654 Contemporary American and British Poetry (3)
ENG 657 James Joyce (3)
ENG 658 D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf (3)
ENG 724 Twentieth-Century British Literature (3)
ENG 725 Studies in Modernism (3)
ENG 729 Postcolonial Literatures (3)
ENG 730 Studies in American Literature (3)
ENG 733 Studies in American Literature after 1900 (3)
ENG 734 Studies in American Women Writers (3)
ENG 735 Studies in African-American Literature (3)
ENG 737 Studies in Multi-Ethnic American Literature (3)
ENG 740 Studies in Contemporary and Postmodern American Literature (3)
Electives (3 hours minimum)
For the remaining hours of electives, students should choose from the graduate offerings in English or the supporting fields. These courses, selected in consultation with the student’s advisory committee, should form a coherent plan to prepare the student in the areas of specialization.
Minor in a Supporting Field
With the approval of the students’ advisory/dissertation committee and the Director of Graduate Study, students may use their electives and additional courses toward achieving a minor in certain supporting fields outside of English. A minor consists of at least 12 hours of advanced work in a single cognate subject. All course work applied toward the minor must be approved by the Director of Graduate Study.
Foreign Language Requirement
Ph.D. students fulfill the foreign language requirement before taking the preliminary examination. A level of proficiency in one foreign language, equivalent to completion of the second semester of an intermediate course (such as 204 at UNCG), must be documented either by previous course work completed during the last five years and approved by the Director of Graduate Study, or by course work while enrolled in the Ph.D. program, or by an appropriate score on a written examination. Native speakers of other languages can demonstrate foreign language proficiency through their graduate course work in English.
Preliminary Comprehensive Examination
At the end of the course work and after satisfying the foreign language requirement and other conditions or research skill requirements, students must pass the preliminary comprehensive examination. In preparation for the examination, the student prepares reading lists for one primary field and two secondary fields in consultation with the advisory committee.
The written examination is taken on three days within one week and consists of the following:
- A five-hour examination on the primary field, the specialization chosen from among the following areas: Renaissance/Early Modern English, Post-1900 British and Anglophone Literature, Postcolonial Literatures and Theory, American Literature before 1900, American Literature after 1900, African American Literature, Rhetoric and Composition, Literary Theory.
- Two three-hour examinations in secondary fields. One of these fields could be either a different area selected from the list of primary fields or a cross-period/critical problem. The oral examination (two to three hours) is on the primary and secondary fields and is taken within a month after the written examination.
Further guidelines for the preliminary examination and reading lists may be found at www.uncg.edu/eng/graduate.
Dissertation (15-21 hours)
ENG 799 Dissertation (15-21)
A dissertation demonstrates ability to do original research and to present this investigation in an orderly, exact, and complete manner.
Final Oral Examination
The examination administered by the advisory committee is largely related to the dissertation but may cover topics from the entire field of the candidate’s study, including courses taken here and elsewhere.
ENG English Courses
Literature, Language, and Criticism (500-Level)
The prerequisite for credit in all literature courses on the 500 level is the successful completion of at least six hours of English or American literature at the junior level or above OR admission to a program in the Department of English.
| 510 | Old English (3:3) |
| Language and literature of the Anglo-Saxon period (600-1100 A.D.). The language is studied primarily in conjunction with literary texts in the context of their history and culture. | |
| 513 | History of the English Language (3:3) |
| The origins and development of English, methods of historical language study, and competing theories of linguistic change. Practical emphasis on reading and analysis of texts in Old, Middle, and Early Modern English. | |
| 522 | Teaching Composition: Theories and Applications (3:3) |
| Pr. 321 or 660 desirable Theories of the composing process and of discourse generally as they apply to the problems of teaching composition. Background studies in language and other related areas. Specific approaches to teaching composition, their rationales and their comparative usefulness. | |
| 524 | iting—Advanced: Analytical and Technical (3:3) |
| Problems of organization and expression in books, articles, and reports. For those writing for publication, or whose work in business or government requires a great deal of writing. | |
| 531 | Feminist Theory and Women Writers (3:3) |
| Examines gender and creativity, women’s place in literary tradition, and connections between art, gender, race, and class. Focuses on contemporary theory and on literary works from one historical period. | |
| 537 | Middle English Literature (3:3) |
| The language and literature of 13th, 14th, and 15th century England. | |
| 540 | Shakespeare (3:3) |
| Major comedies, histories, tragedies selected for topical study. Related background readings and criticism. | |
| 541 | Milton (3:3) |
| Milton’s major poems and his most important prose works in their 17th century setting. | |
| 545 | Nineteenth-Century British Writers (3:3) |
| Major Romantic and/or Victorian writers. Attention to poetry and prose. | |
| 549 | The Critical Canon and Contemporary Issues (3:3) |
| Important critical writings from ancient Greece through the 19th century, emphasizing their influence upon modern theory and practice. | |
| 550 | Modern British Writers (3:3) |
| Major novelists, poets, and playwrights of the modernist period. | |
| 553 | Topics in English Studies (3:3) |
| Studies in selected topics in English or American literature or language. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 558 | American Poetry after 1900 (3:3) |
| Critical and historical study of major 20th century American poets to World War II. | |
| 559 | Twentieth-Century British Poetry (3:3) |
| Critical and historical study of 20th century British poetry to World War II. | |
| 561 | Eighteenth-Century British Writers (3:3) |
| Selected major writers, 1660-1800, from among Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, and others. | |
| 563 | American Poetry before 1900 (3:3) |
| American poetry and related critical theory with special emphasis on Taylor, Freneau, Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow, Whitman, and Dickinson. | |
| 564 | American Prose before 1900 (3:3) |
| Genres, themes, and movements of American prose, fiction and non-fiction, written before 1900. | |
| 565 | American Prose after 1900 (3:3) |
| American prose written after 1900 with an emphasis on historical content, prose traditions in America, and the development of form, style, and genre. | |
| 582 | Modern Drama (3:3) |
| Drama of the late 19th and 20th century: continental, English, and American. | |
| 589 | Experimental Course |
| This number reserved for experimental courses. Refer to the Course Schedule for current offerings. | |
| 590 | Literacy, Learning and Fieldwork (4:3:3) |
| Historical, pedagogical, ideological and theoretical threads of literacy studies, debates and programs; training/tutoring fieldwork in local literacy programs, primarily in the public libraries. |
Literature, Language, and Criticism (600-Level and Above)
The prerequisite for credit in all courses on the 600-level or above is either admission to a graduate program in the Department of English OR twelve hours of English or American literature on the junior level or above. It is strongly recommended that a student enrolling in a graduate seminar have previous work in an appropriate period course.
| 602 | Electronic Research, Writing, and Editing (3:3) |
| Theory and application of computer technology in the study of language, rhetoric and composition, and literature, including related ethical, social, and philosophical issues. | |
| 604 | Electronic Discourse and User Documentation (3:2:1) |
| The study of such user documentation as reference manuals, tutorials, and operating procedures in its traditional, paper-based form and its transformation into electronic form. | |
| 608 | Chaucer (3:3) |
| Chaucer’s major works, including The Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde. | |
| 616 | Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Drama (3:3) |
| Critical and historical study of comic and serious plays from the period 1660-1800. | |
| 617 | The Eighteenth-Century British Novel (3:3) |
| Historical and critical study of such novelists as Defoe, Richardson, Fielding or Burney. | |
| 620 | Contemporary Publishing (3:3) |
| An introduction to current practices in the publishing industry from manuscript preparation to the printed book or magazine. | |
| 621 | Seminar on Publishing (3:3) |
| Pr. 620 Intensive study of a major area of the publishing industry from manuscript or proposal to final form as magazine or book. Topics to vary. | |
| 622 | Writing and Editing Internship (3:3) |
| Pr. 620 or permission of instructor Practical experience in writing and editing. Students work under supervision of professionals. | |
| 623 | Writing—Advanced: Nonfiction (3:3) |
| Workshop in writing and publishing essays and nonfiction literature (including biography, autobiography, literary and cultural criticism, and extended forms of investigative and analytical reporting). | |
| 630 | Early American Literature (3:3) |
| Literature in the New World to 1820. Topics include exploration and contact, Puritanism, the Great Awakening, the Revolution, and the rise of captivity and travel narratives and the novel. | |
| 638 | Southern American Writers (3:3) |
| Principal authors, from colonial times to the present, and literary movements related to the development and influence of the Southern tradition in American literature. | |
| 639 | American Literary and Cultural Criticism (3:3) |
| Survey of major movements of the criticism of American literature, including the first definers of “American” literature, the New Criticism, American Studies, Gender Criticism, New Historicism, and Ethno-Criticism. | |
| 641 | Elizabethean and Jacobean Drama (3:3). |
| Representative plays of the early modern theatre, especially various comedies and tragedies staged between 1585 and 1625, from Marlowe to Ford. Textural and cultural analysis. | |
| 646 | The Nineteenth-Century British Novel (3:3). |
| Historical and critical study of such novelists as Austen, Dickens, Eliot, and Hardy. | |
| 650 | Modern Literary and Cultural Theory (3:3) |
| Survey of literary theory from the linguistics of Saussure through recent developments such as poststructuralism, feminist theory, reception theory, and cultural studies. Emphasis on relationships among language, culture, and literature. | |
| 653 | Modern Irish Literature (3:3) |
| Irish literature from the Literary Revival to the present, usually emphasizing Yeats, Synge, Joyce, and O’Casey. | |
| 654 | Contemporary American and British Poetry (3:3) |
| Critical and historical study of American and British poetry from World War II to the present. | |
| 657 | James Joyce (3:3) |
| Study of the writings of James Joyce, with emphasis on Ulysses. | |
| 658 | D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf (3:3) |
| Study of the writings of D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, with emphasis on the evolution of their careers. | |
| 660 | Modern Language Theory (3:3) |
| Linguistic approaches, such as traditional, structural, and transformational-generative, to the study of English structure, American English dialects, and discourse. | |
| 661 | Second Language Writing (3:3) (SVL) |
| Survey of first and second language writing theories and research methods; pedagogical approaches to working with linguistically and culturally diverse writers. | |
| 663 | Postcolonial Literary and Cultural Theory (3:3) |
| Pr. 701 or 650 or permission of instructor Literary and cultural theory that pertains to European colonialism and its aftermath. Topics include orientalism, colonial discourse analysis, critiques of colonialism, resistance theories, nationalism, postcolonial gender studies, globalization. | |
| 670 | Directed Master’s Research (3:3) |
| Pr. limited to M.Ed. candidates Directed research project for students in the M.Ed. program. To be taken at the end of the student’s plan of study. | |
| 680 | Teaching Internship in English (3) |
| Pr. admission to graduate degree program Practice in planning and conducting college-level classes under guidance of senior faculty member. Research project in conjunction with internship, under guidance of supervisor and assigned faculty. (Graded on S-U basis) | |
| 682 | The Structure of Verse (3:3) |
| Verse forms and sound patterns in English and American poetry. | |
| 683 | The Structure of Fiction (3:3) |
| Pr. admission to M.F.A. program or permission of instructor Elements of prose fiction, with an emphasis on the theory and art of narrative structure. | |
| 688 | Women’s Rhetoric and Feminist Pedagogy (3:3) |
| ENG 522, 531, or 747 recommended Seminar in history and theory of women’s rhetoric and feminist approaches to teaching. Examines women’s writing and teaching in their cultural, social, ethnic, racial contexts. | |
| 689 | Institutional History of Composition Studies (3:3) |
| History and politics of composition studies as a discipline both within the Department of English and universities as a whole. | |
| 690 | History of Rhetoric: Classical through Renaissance (3:3) |
| Origins, developments, and competing views of rhetoric from classical antiquity into the 17th century; intersections of rhetoric and public discourse, poetics, education, and gender. | |
| 691 | History of Rhetoric: Enlightenment through Contemporary (3:3) |
| Developments and competing views of rhetoric from the Enlightenment to the present; intersections of rhetoric and public discourse, poetics, education, and gender. | |
| 693 | Classical Rhetoric (3:3) |
| Theories of persuasion of the philosophers and teachers of Greece and Rome with an emphasis on the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and Quintillian. | |
| 697 | Composing Theories in Reading and Writing (3:3) |
| Theories of composition and reading and implications for research and teaching; process of theories of writing, psycholinguistic, transactional and feminist theories of reading and the connections between them. | |
| 699 | Thesis (1-6) |
| 701 | English Studies: Content, Methods, and Bibliography (3:3) |
| A general consideration of the discipline of English, the most useful materials and approaches, and the objectives, problems, and issues in the study of language and literature. | |
| 704 | Studies in Contemporary Literary and Cultural Theory (3:3) |
| Pr. 701 or 650 Problems and topics in literary and critical theory studied in conjunction with specific cultural contexts and phenomena. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 705 | Cultural Studies (3:3) |
| Pr. 701 or 650 Problems and topics in contemporary cultural studies; recent trends, issues, methods in the study of literature as a site of cultural, social, and political reflection. May be repeated once when topic varies. | |
| 708 | Studies in Middle English Literature (3:3) |
| Historical and cultural approach to a major work, author, genre, or topic of Middle English literature. Methodology of medieval scholarship. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 710 | Studies in English Renaissance Literature (3:3) |
| Investigation of selected authors or topics. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 711 | Experimental Course |
| This number reserved for experimental courses. Refer to the Course Schedule for current offerings. | |
| 712 | Studies in Sixteenth-Century British Literature (3:3) |
| Works of early Renaissance literature and culture, encompassing significant literary modes, major authors, and European and English intellectual concerns. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 713 | Studies in Seventeenth-Century British Literature (3:3) |
| Selected writers, topics, and genres characteristic of the Stuart era in English literature. Topics include 17th century English lyrics and 17th century prose. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 714 | Studies in Shakespeare (3:3) |
| Problems of text, interpretation, and structural, stylistic, and character analysis of selected plays or poems. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 717 | tudies in Eighteenth-Century British Literature (3:3) |
| Study of a major author, movement, or genre, 1660–1800. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 719 | Studies in British Romanticism (3:3) |
| Study of one or more British Romantic writers, and of Romanticism as a movement. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 721 | Studies in Victorian Literature and Culture (3:3) |
| Topics in Victorian literature, with emphasis on such broad cultural issues as empire, gender, industrialization, or aestheticism. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 724 | Twentieth-Century British Literature (3:3) |
| Selected modern and contemporary writers, such as Conrad, Shaw, Forster, Larkin, Stoppard, and Byatt. | |
| 725 | Studies in Modernism (3:3) |
| Study of literary modernism in the period 1890-1940, with particular emphasis on the range of textual and ideological experiment characteristic of the era. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 729 | Postcolonial Literatures (3:3) |
| Postcolonial literature from South Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Australia and Canada in critical and historical context. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 730 | Studies in American Literature (3:3) |
| Exploration of topics in American literature to connect works from different periods, genres, and communities, uncovering broad patterns and trends. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 731 | Studies in American Literature before 1900 (3:3) |
| Selected major literary figures and movements. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 733 | Studies in American Literature after 1900 (3:3) |
| Selected major literary figures and movements. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 734 | Studies in American Women Writers (3:3) |
| Intensive study of a particular area of American women’s writing and affiliated critical work. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 735 | Studies in African-American Literature (3:3) |
| Topics, theories, movements, and authors that comprise the African-American literary tradition. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 737 | Studies in Multi-Ethnic American Literature (3:3) |
| Literatures of American ethnic groups, especially less-taught texts written by Chicano/Latino/Latina-, Asian-, African-, Native-, and Euro-Americans (Jewish, Italian, Irish, German, etc.). May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 740 | Studies in Contemporary and Postmodern American Literature (3:3) |
| Topics in contemporary and postmodern American literature, culture, and theory. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 742 | Studies in Rhetorical Theory and Practice (3:3) |
| Themes, eras, and/or theorists in the history of rhetorical theory and practice. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 744 | Seminar in Composition Studies (3:3) |
| Pr. 522, 747, or permission of instructor Studies in special topics related to literacy, the process of composing, composition pedagogy, and composition research. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 746 | Studies in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory (3:3) |
| Problems and topics in contemporary rhetorical theory; recent trends, issues, methods of rhetorical theory and related disciplines. May be repeated once for credit when topic varies. | |
| 747 | Theories and Practices in the Teaching of College English (3:3) |
| Pr. teaching assistant appointment in English The teaching of English to undergraduates, including theories of literacy and learning. | |
| 778 | Directed Reading (3-6) |
| Pr. admission to Ph.D. program, 24 hours of course work beyond the M.A., and permission of the Director of Graduate Study Individual conferences. Program of reading formulated to meet the varying needs of each student. | |
| 780 | Independent Doctoral Study (1-6) |
| Pr. 36 hours of Ph.D. course work and permission of Director of Graduate Study Intensive review of literature and criticism in a given field in preparation for preliminary examination or dissertation. May be repeated for up to six hours credit. (Graded on S-U basis) | |
| 799 | Dissertation (1-21) |
| 801 | Thesis Extension (1-3) |
| 802 | Dissertation Extension (1-3) |
| 803 | Research Extension (1-3) |
Writing
The courses below are reserved for full-time M.F.A. candidates.
| 625, 626 | M.F.A. Fiction Workshop (3:3) |
| 627, 628 | M.F.A. Poetry Workshop (3:3) |
| 671, 672 | Graduate Tutorial in Writing: Fiction (3:3) |
| 673, 674 | Graduate Tutorial in Writing: Poetry (3:3) |
| 677, 678 | Special Problems in Writing (3:3) |
| 699 | Thesis (6) |
| 801 | Thesis Extension (1-3) |