ENGL 110-080—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  The Many Faces of Comedy
Davison, M
MWF   9:05-9:55

Perhaps no other literary form is as varied as comedy, whether we define it in the more narrow sense of drama or in the broader sense of anything we find amusing.  Comedy ranges from buffoonery and vulgarity to subtlety and sophistication, from silent slapstick to charming verbal wit.  Its aim is similarly wide:  it can simply entertain, or it can be a social corrective, a moral and political power.  In this course we examine the many guises of comedy by focusing primarily on such great masters of comic drama as Aristophanes, Plautus, Shakespeare, Moliere, Gogol, Wilde, Shaw.  But we also make excursions into the more general world of humor, from medieval and Renaissance Europeans (Boccaccio, Chaucer, Rabelais) to modern Americans (Twain, Thurber, Keillor).  Finally, we read a handful of theoretical and analytical pieces to help us understand the uses, misuses, abuses, and pleasures of comedy.  The format of the course is mainly discussion.  We consider such topics as characterization and plot;  literary contexts; literary influences and borrowings; linguistic patterns; cultural contexts; text and performance; relevance to the contemporary world; applicability of various theories to particular texts; sadistic and/or misanthropic undertones; subversion of dominant values.  Writing requirements:  six 1-page response papers, which may serve as points of departure for the three 3-4 page analytical essays and the 8-10 page research paper.  Most of the discussion topics listed above are suitable subjects.  Many more possibilities will emerge from our readings and discussions.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-081—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Sports in American Literature
Jebb, J
MWF   10:10-11:00

Many of America's most renowned authors were enthusiastic fans of sports and the outdoors and used athletics as primary features in their works.  So this course will use athletic issues as a means of entrance into some great American writing.  Authors may include the big names such as Hemingway and other quality writers such as Ring Lardner. That is, we will move among the works of recognized masters and of authors mainly considered as sports writers.  We will use their works (and a documentary film) to discuss issues such as the value of the wilderness, the importance of individual achievement, team psychology, coaching, athletics in the minority community, differences between male and female athletes (and coaches), and more.  The writing assignments will allow you to explore some of these issues as they are treated in our works and to augment what our authors say with your own experiences as fans, readers, and athletes.  The research project will focus on issues within athletics.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 
 

ENGL 110-082—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Literature as a Mirror of Twentieth Century Political Upheaval
Pearlman, M
MWF   11:15-12:05

Throughout the twentieth century, numerous personal accounts, both fictional and non-fictional, have described and chronicled the turbulent events which follow the abdication of the existing political and military authorities in an unstable part of the world.  Historically-based literature provides the student of history and literature with an excellent opportunity to examine carefully how such events affect the individual on a professional level, whether he or she be an unarmed citizen, a citizen soldier, or a professional soldier.  This course will focus on how literature and literature-based cinema provide an accurate mirror to such events of the twentieth century.  The cost to the individual and to the society in which s/he lives will be explored.  Texts to be assigned include A Bend in the River (V.S. Naipaul), Homage to Catalonia (George Orwell), For the Sake of All Living Things (John M. Del Vecchio), and Waiting for the Barbarians (J. M. Coetzee).  Films will include Dr. Zhivago, (Boris Pasternak) and The Jewel in the Crown (Paul Scott).  Historical research will be provided to broaden the students’ knowledge of the sequence of events occurring in each scenario.  Guest speakers who have experienced similar scenarios in their own lives will be invited to speak before the class.  Students shall be responsible for three out-of-class papers in response to the readings, two in-class papers in response to the films, and one research paper of their own choosing based on a scenario thematically consistent with the objectives of the course.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-083—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Coming of Age in the 20th Century
Magee, P
MWF   2:30-3:20

In this course we will examine issues related to growing up: parent/child relationships, sexual identity, religious and philosophical growth, romantic attachments, friendships, career choices, and many others. Readings will include four novels, as well as several short stories and poems.  Students will write five brief response papers (which will be the takeoff point for class discussions), two critical essays, and a longer research essay on a coming of age topic of their choice.  Novels:  Cold Sassy Tree, Angela's Ashes, The Joy Luck Club, Girl Talk.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-084—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Regions of America
Hiortdahl, S
MWF   4:30-5:20

The horrific events of September 2001 have engendered feelings of deep patriotism in our country’s citizens.  In effect, the states have become more united than ever.  Ironically, however, the fascinating part about the unity might be seen in the very differences themselves.  This course attempts to look at America as a composite of its regions, from Mid Atlantic to the West Coast, from the Deep South to the Yukon, not skipping, of course, New England the Midwest and the Dakotas.  We will study the culture of each region, including its history, literature and lifestyles, seeking to find the truth while at the same time dismantling outdated stereotypes.   Papers will range from detailed arguments about cultural relations to simple reports on trends, with strong emphasis on the development of thesis statements and techniques of persuasion.  Groups will present on the Regions of America, complete with slide shows, musical entertainment, and food, and certain assignments will require students to view out-of-the classroom media, such as movies.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-085—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Kinds of Blues: The Blues at the Crossroads of American Life
Peters, R
TR   9:30-10:45

The role of the blues in American culture will be the focus of this course.  Using some of the best writers on the subject as guides, we will trace the cultural development and significance of the blues from its earliest forms to its expansion into jazz, rhythm and blues, country, rock, hip hop, etc. In particular, we will examine what Albert Murray says are "definitive American characteristics" found in the blues: "affirmation in the face of adversity" and "improvisation in situations of disruption and discontinuity." We will read non-fiction by writers such as Albert Murray, Peter Guralnick, and Robert Palmer in order to examine a number of key metaphors and themes in the blues, including life in America, the crossroads, disasters, prisons, adversity, protest, voodoo/hoodoo, fishing, trains, food, etc. Students will write brief response papers, critical reviews, analytical essays, and a research paper examining the social, commercial, racial, and/or artistic forces on the development of the blues. THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-086—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Controversy and Censorship in American Culture
Thalheimer, A
TR   11:00-12:15

While "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press," plenty of other people would like to. The American Library Association recorded nearly 500 challenges levied against certain books (such as J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series) last year, and has tracked more than 5,700 challenges to texts during the past decade. Whatever we may think about censorship, we live in a world rife with it: warning labels and rating systems attempt to dictate who sees or hears what material, authors revise books to avoid controversy, newspaper syndicates homogenize comic strips, and laws to censor the Internet are being drafted. But censorship is hardly a modern--or American--concept; Dante's Divine Comedy was burned in 1497, a mere forty-one years after the invention of the printing press. Most books censored today are considered 'sexually explicit' or use 'offensive language,' even though those same books are also often widely read and well known. This course will debate issues of censorship and American culture through a variety of texts (some canonical, others not so well known, but all controversial); authors will include William Shakespeare, Franz Kafka, Roberta Gregory, J.D. Salinger, Neil Gaiman, Sylvia Plath, Maya Angelou, J.K. Rowling and Art Spiegelman, among others. In addition to critical reading, we will also work on critical writing: three 3-4 page argument essays, one 7-10 page research paper, and six 1-page short response papers, plus revisions. This course is also highly discussion-based, and class participation is a vital part of your course grade.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-087—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  Citizenship in the Information Age
Moneyhun, C
TR   12:30-1:45

We Americans value our citizenship as a set of important rights:  the right to free speech, the right to representative government, the right to have a voice in the way we are governed.  However, you may as well not even have a right that you don't exercise.  How many of us take full advantage of our rights as citizens?  In this class, you will use research and writing to exercise your full rights as an American citizen.  We will read Harold Barrett on the Sophists, a group of ancient Greek rhetoricians who taught many of our ideas of civic participation in a democracy; French diplomat Alexis de Toqueville, who observed the formation of citizenship in early America; philosopher John Locke, who influenced the thinking of our own Founding Fathers; political philosopher J. M. Barbalet, who explores the many meanings of modern citizenship and the difficulty of exercising your rights fully; and journalist T. R. Reid, who shows how American representative government really works in his book Congressional Odyssey. You will learn to use government information websites such as the Library of Congress's Thomas as well as private websites such as Project Vote Smart.  Writing will include several short papers on events of the day that are important to you, a longer research project on one particular current event, and a letter of advocacy to a public official.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-088—Honors:  Critical Reading and Writing:  The Heroic Quest
Shuman, P
TR   2:00-3:15

Why, in our age of fast food and ever faster computers, do we still look for a hero? Carl G. Jung theorized that one half of our unconscious psyche is composed of a collective unconscious developed when psyche was still close to that of the animal. He labeled these archaic remnants “archetypes.” Deep in our collective unconscious lies the archetypal hero and his mentor-- the powerful magician, the wise old man, or the goddess. Every culture has stories of heroes or heroines who must fulfill the great Quest—sometimes to find the magic apple, sometimes to save the kingdom, sometimes to save their own souls. This course will examine the heroic quest and the relationship between heroes, the Mentors who aid them on their journey, and the Shadows who try to thwart their success. We will compare various versions of the coming-of-age hero in the relationships of Arthur and Merlin (The Sword in the Stone), Bilbo and Gandalf (The Hobbit), Luke and Obi Wan (Star Wars), and others. More importantly, we will begin writing our own life myth and discover that each of us walks the heroic journey through life. Sources for discussion will include selections from Sherman’s Merlin's Kin: World Tales of the Heroic Magician, Vogler's The Writer's Journey, Pearson's Awakening the Heroes Within, Tolkien's The Hobbit, and film.  Writing assignments will include 3-4 short essays, a longer research essay, and a hero's journal.  THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-100—Critical Reading and Writing
Halio, M
TR   8:00-9:15

FOR STUDENTS INTERESTED IN WRITING ON THE INTERNET.   Are you interested in exploring how computers change the writing process?  If so, sections 100, 106 and 107 are for you.  In these sections students will explore listserves and online news groups to find audiences of professionals and amateurs interested in the topics they care about.  Students will also have an opportunity to write hypertext research papers and post them on the world wide web.  For more information contact Marcia Halio (mhalio@udel.edu, phone 831-2297).   THIS COURSE SATISFIES THE UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT FOR FRESHMAN WRITING.
 

ENGL 110-106—Critical Reading and Writing
Halio, M
TR   9:30-10:45

SEE ENGL 110-100 for Course Description.
 

ENGL 110-107—Critical Reading and Writing
Halio, M
TR   11:00-12:15

SEE ENGL 110-100 for Course Description

ENGL 200-010—Approaches to Literature
Dawson, C
TR   11:00-12:15

In this section we will read a wide range of literature, including poems, plays, and fiction.  Our aim will be to find ways of approaching these works, not only to discuss them and write about them intelligently, but also to enjoy them.  We will begin with poetry and will use poems from our own and earlier times to ask questions:  What is a poem?  How does it differ from other kinds of writing?  And who are we as readers?  What are our expectations?  Our responsibilities?  How do we translate complex (even contradictory) responses to a poem into an essay of commentary on the poem?  What we learn about poetry will later apply to drama and short fiction, and perhaps, beyond the course itself, to any kind of close reading.  Requirements consist of three papers, two in-class exams, memorization of a short passage, and class participation, which assumes attendance at every class meeting.  Our text will be the Norton Introduction to Literature.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 200-012—Approaches to Literature
Quintana, A
T   7:00-10:00
The purpose of this course is to allow you to explore various forms of literature through an examination of a variety of poems, short fiction, and essays.  We will spend some time debating exactly what we mean by literature with a capital "L."  In your reading and response papers, as well as through our class discussions, you will develop skills in literary analysis that will allow you to think, speak, and write critically about literature.  Since this class satisfies your second writing requirement, your three short (2 typewritten, double-spaced pages) response papers, your mid-term essay (approximately 4 pages), your discussion questions, and your take-home final exam will determine the majority of your final grade (which will also include your performance on your 15-minute in-class presentation).  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
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ENGL 202/CLMT 202/FLLT 202-010—Biblical and Classical Literature
Brockmann, R
MWF   10:10-11:00

We will exam eight works by Greek, Hebrew, and Roman writers so that we can begin to understand the enduring themes and conflicts which these works first introduced long ago. We will compare these ancient works to each other and to contemporary movies and television shows so that we can see their enduring quality first hand. You will carry out such comparisons and contrasts in three carefully crafted short pieces of writing that will combine both analytical as well as creative writing. Fate, sex, betrayal, love, humans’ relationships to God, anger—they’re all to be explored in this English major foundation course.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT AND A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 202-012—Biblical and Classical Literature
Flynn, P
MWF   1:25-2:15

This course studies books of the Bible and works of Greek and Roman literature in their historical context and order.  The readings are the books of Genesis, Exodus, 1 and 2 Samuel; Homer’s Odyssey; Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Antigone; Virgil’s Aeneid; the Gospel According to Matthew, Acts of the Apostles, and Book of Revelation.  This is a course of lectures, with class discussion encouraged.  Requirements include two papers, three examinations, and regular class attendance. THIS COURSE FULFILLS AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT AND A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 202-080—Honors:  Biblical and Classical Literature
Flynn, P
MWF   10:10-11:00

This course studies books of the Bible and works of Greek and Roman literature in their historical context and order.  The readings are the books of Genesis, Exodus, 1 and 2 Samuel; Homer’s Odyssey; Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex and Antigone; Virgil’s Aeneid; the Gospel According to Matthew, Acts of the Apostles, and Book of Revelation.  We will visit the University of Pennsylvania’s Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and view a film of a London production of Aeschylus’ Agamemnon.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT AND A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 204-010—American Literature
Pauly, T
W   6:00-9:00

This course will involve a combination of well-known and not so well-known American novels which treat the experience of growing up.  By examining this topic over a period spanning from the Civil War to the present, this course will explore how the operative assumptions about this process evolve and change—and in some cases persist.  You will be encouraged to reflect on how you would respond to problems raised by these books.  There will be two short papers and three exams.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.  ENGLISH 204 DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 205-010—British Literature I
Rewa, M
TR   11:00-12:15

This section will use a professor-compiled anthology-workbook [plus Shakespeare's Tempest and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress] to survey 1,000 years of English literature from its beginnings in the 8th century to its Neo-Classical achievements in the 18th. The course challenges students to see a literary text "as in itself it really is" (to quote the 19th-century critic Matthew Arnold). Questions: when did audiences first see texts? What did contemporaries of Paradise Lost see when they looked at the text of the poem? What is a text? Grading: in addition to absolute commitment to regular attendance and class participation (factored in grade), grades in this course will be based on approximately four exams and other graded opportunities, such as take-home sheets containing questions about assigned reading. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 205-011—British Literature I
Miller, G
TR   12:30-1:45

Readings from English literature from Chaucer to Bunyan.  Organized both chronologically and thematically, the course focuses on how literature, in a variety of genres, seeks to “teach” moral lessons to its readers.  Readings include (among others) Chaucer’s  Pardoner’s Tale, Julian of Norwich’s A Book of Showings; Margarey Kempe’s book; Everyman; Spenser’s Faerie Queene, Book 1; Foxe’s Acts and Monuments; poems from Donne, Herbert, Aemilia Lanyer, and
Crashaw; Milton’s Paradise Regained; and Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress. Primary text is Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol. 1.  Requirements include readings, quizzes, two papers, and a final exam.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 205-012—British Literature I
Miller, G
TR   2:00-3:15

SEE ENGL 205-011 for Course Description.

ENGL 206-010—British Literature II
Robinson, C
MWF   9:05-9:55

In this course we will study such eighteenth- and nineteenth-century writers as Pope, Swift, Johnson, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Mary and Percy Shelly, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, and Yeats.  In addition to the one-volume Major Authors Edition of the Norton Anthology of English Literature, we will be using the Mary Shelly Reader for her novel Frankenstein and her novella Mathilda.  There will be a mid-term, a final, and a required paper.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 206-011—British Literature II
Robinson, C
MWF   10:10-11:00

SEE ENGL 206-010 for Course Description.
 

ENGL 206-012—British Literature II
Helmling, S
TR   2:00-3:15

Readings in Romantic, Victorian, and Modern writers, mostly poets (Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, Keats, Browning, Tennyson, Arnold, Yeats, Lawrence, Joyce, Eliot, Woolf, Auden).  Three 1,500-word papers. THIS COURSE FULFILLS AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT AND A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 207-010—Introduction to Poetry
Gates, B
MWF   10:10-11:00

This introduction will offer a sampling of the many forms and voices of poetry.  Appreciation of craft and beauty and sensitivity to sound and image will be emphasized.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 207-011—Introduction to Poetry
Ruark, G
TR   8:00-9:15

This course introduces students to the pleasure and instruction to be derived from reading individual poems.  The reading load will be deceptively light in bulk but heavy in terms of students’ responsibilities to the poems, which are to be read with great care and attention to formal as well as thematic elements.  Written requirements:  Three essay examinations.  Texts: The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter 4th ed.; An Introduction to Poetry, ed. Kennedy and Gioia, 10th ed.  Attendance is required. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 208-010—Introduction to Drama
Kinservik, M
TR   11:00-12:15

This course is a survey of dramatic literature from Ancient Greece to the present day.  The primary goal of the course is to familiarize you with some of the most important plays, with emphasis on European drama.   But we will also ask some important questions of these plays.  What strategies do playwrights use to represent “real life” on the stage?  And how successful are those various strategies?  Where does “acting” end and “reality” begin?  You will read twelve plays, write twelve short reactions papers, three short essays, and take two exams. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 209-010—Introduction to the Novel
Pifer, E
TR   2:00-3:15

How do writers keep the novel's great tradition of social and cultural criticism alive today?  Do they even want to?  In this course, we'll examine the many ingenious, at times grotesque and even shocking effects that modern and contemporary novelists have created to wake up--and shake up--their readers.  Novels will include some or all of the following:  Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Lessing, The Fifth Child; Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five.  Requirements:  three examinations, an optional paper, announced and unannounced quizzes, and class participation by all students.  Attendance will be taken.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 209-011—Introduction to the Novel
Stark, C
TR   9:30-10:45

In English 209, we’ll read novels that will take us to places difficult to reach on our own.  That will be true geographically.  We’ll read novels set in unfamiliar locales—places such as Japan, Czechoslovakia, and England, as well as the United States.  But our major concerns will be with interior landscapes, places within ourselves that are sometimes inaccessible.  We’ll study how authors provide roadmaps to help us get there, how different authors send us different directions; and then we’ll practice describing these internal journeys in ways that others can understand.  Among the writers we may read are Jane Austen, Franz Kafka, Joseph Heller, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Toni Morrison, and Haruki Marakami.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 210-010—Introduction to the Short Story
Kaplan, B
TR   12:30-1:45

In this class we will be reading a wide variety of classic and contemporary short stories.  We will read stories in English and in translation.  The focus of the class is on balancing literary analysis with personal response to the texts.  The grade in the class consists of three examinations. ENGL 210 DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 217-010—Introduction to Film
Leitch, T
MWF   12:20-1:10
W           1:30-3:30

An introduction to the notion of cinematic literacy, focusing on the questions of how people watch movies and why they watch them in the ways they do. Weekly screenings of American films from Citizen Kane to Memento will raise questions about the specific filmmaking techniques--screenwriting, acting, mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, the use of sound and color and special effects--that encourage audiences to laugh or cry or scream at just the moments they do. Writing assignments will include four 3-page papers and two essay exams.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 300-010—Texts and Contexts
Yates, J
MWF   11:15-12:05

Intrigued by strange-sounding words like deconstruction, post-modernism, cyborgs, ideology, metaphor, metonymy, ecriture feminine, queer theory, the canon?  Or are you just plain curious about what it is that professors do when they tell you that they're going home to do their own "work?"  If so, then this is a course for you.  Texts and Contexts will serve as your introduction to a complex and exciting arena of study called Literary Theory.  It also serves as an introduction to what it means to be an "English major."  Over the course of the term, we shall build a lexicon of key concepts or keywords that will enable us to think through some of the major questions that philosophers have raised about what happens when you or I read.  What, for example, is this thing we call a "text?"  What exactly is this curious, omniscient being we call the Author?  Why is it that we consider Shakespeare to be "great" literature and the phone book to be, well, not?  What do Marx, Freud, and a whole host of thinkers have to tell us about these kinds of issues?  And, most interesting of all, what happens when we take the tools we have developed to read "literature" and use them to read t.v. programs, films, the web, comic books, commercials, newspaper articles, political campaigns, or past events.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 300-011-Texts and Contexts: Bodies and Boundaries
Thalheimer, A
TR   3:00-4:45

According to Dani Cavallaro's text The Body For Beginners, the term 'body' "will always mean something different, depending on the context in which it is used." The word 'body' can stand for an individual or a group, (such as a body politic or a body of work) and bodies are, basically, text. We will undertake the question(s) of the body (and the text) throughout the semester via diverse subjects including gender, the Literary Canon, body modification, (tattoos, surgery, drag, fetish), advertisements, vampires, cyborgs, and body image, among others--including the limits of the body. We will read a variety of texts (including drama and comic books), amass a vocabulary of critical terms, and read theorists as varied as Donna Haraway, Louis Althusser, and Judith Butler.  Course requirements include six response papers (2-3 pages), a reading journal, and a final essay of 6 to 8 pages. This course fulfills the English Department Core requirement.
 

ENGL 300-080—Honors:  Texts and Contexts
Yates, J
MWF   11:15-12:05

SEE ENGL 300-010 for Course Description.

ENGL 300-081--Honors:  Texts and Contexts
Thalheimer, A
TR  3:00-4:45

SEE ENGL 300-011 For Course Description.

ENGL 301-010—Expository Writing / Writing about the Law
Jebb, J
MWF   11:15-12:05

The law will be the focus of our writing tasks in this section of 301.  Using a new text about legal cases, we will sift court documents and judges' opinions to investigate legal decision-making.  We will then write our own decisions for the legal issues.  We will also read plays that depict trials as a means to study what goes on in courtrooms and to discuss legal ethics.  The capstone of the course will be research into the issues and ramifications of a specific capital case.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2nd WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, BUT DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 301-011--Expository Writing/Discourse of Disability
Gutmann, K
MWF  12:20-1:10

This course will explore the political and social history of people with physical disabilities in the United States and the Disability Movement.  The texts and writing assignments will focus on the historical, social, political, bioethical, and personal issues faced by persons with physical disabilities, and we will engage in discussions with a number of guest speakers who are themselves disabled.  We will also learn about and use some of the technology available (such as Descriptive Video, Closed Captioning, and modified computer equipment).  A research project will require you to identify a current issue that is part of the Disability Movement and develop a plan for the resolution of that issue.  THIS COURSE DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 301-012--Expository Writing/Timely as Today's Headlines
Duke, K
MWF  1:25-2:15

Through a variety of assignments, most of which will incorporate elements of research, we will focus upon honing and refining your ability to write clear,
effective prose.  The primary text, the Sunday New York Times newspaper, will provide the basis for most of our writing tasks. THIS COURSE DOES NOT
COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 301-013--Expository Writing/The Truth is Out There
Crisler, L
TR  3:30-4:45

Aliens. Conspiracies. Monsters. Unexplained phenomena.  In recent years, our popular culture has been saturated with images of the extra-terrestrial, the unknown, the mutant, and the paranormal in the media, in books, and on the internet.  In this course we will delve into the alluring world of the unexplained through readings from a wide range of sources, and your task will be to use the assigned readings not only as  models from which you can learn the elements of logical, persuasive writing but also as springboards from which you can explore the unusual, the bizarre, the apocalyptic, and the grotesque as they manifest themselves in American popular culture, both today and yesterday.  This course will challenge you to be a better writer as you explain topics that require a great deal of explanation and as you examine critically America's fascination with the "truth" that's out there.  THIS COURSE DOES NOT COUNT TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 304-010—Poetry Workshop
Brown, F
M   4:00-7:00

In this introductory-level workshop, students will write poems, critique each others' poems, and examine the work of professional poets for techniques useful in their own work. The class will learn and practice traditional poetic forms as well as open form (free verse). There will be assigned readings and an original poem due each week. Students must attend one poetry reading by an accomplished poet during the semester.  Grades will be based primarily on the submission of a portfolio of poems and revisions at midterm and at the end of the semester.  (By permission of instructor: please submit 5-8 poems at first class meeting.)

ENGL 305-010—Introduction to Fiction Writing
Kaplan, B
TR   11:00-12:15

ENGL 305 is a fiction writing workshop where the majority of class time is spent on class critiques of student stories.  We will do some work with published stories when appropriate.  Each student will write and rewrite at least two stories in this class.  Each student will also serve at least once as the main critic during a class period.  Students in the class are free to write in any genre.  There are no papers or examinations in this course.  Students MUST bring a short story to the first class meeting.  A final class list will be posted of those students whose writing shows that they are ready to take a workshop.

ENGL 306-010—Topics in Writing:  Scriptwriting
Walker, J
M   1:25-4:25

We will begin by considering the fundamentals of dialogue, moving from overheard, real dialogue to the kind of dialogue that builds purposeful scenes.  We will do exercises of various kinds to gain an understanding of beats, scenes, external action, characterization, climax, and theme.  We will consider differences between conventional TV “realism,” film, and what works in theater.  Because this course is workshop, we will write every week.  Many classes will be spent reading and commenting on student writing, so be prepared to read the work of others in class.  Final project will be a one-act play; we will perform these plays at the end of the semester.  Please bring a short scene to the first class.  Admission to the class is contingent upon a sample of your work.  Remember:  No one is either admitted to or rejected from the workshop until after the first class.  Bring a writing sample to the first meeting.

ENGL 307-010—News Writing and Editing
Jenkins, M
MWF   10:10-11:00

In addition to professional journalism training—including skills in reporting, interviewing, writing, and editing skills—this class will focus on critical thinking, ethics, and the interpretation of local, national, and world affairs.  Students will be required to subscribe to The New York Times, which must be read daily.  Requirements include weekly writing assignments, occasional quizzes on style and libel law, and in-class presentations on media and the world.  (Note: You cannot take this course unless you have a grade of "B" or better in Freshman English, or Advanced Placement Standing.  You must take ENGL 307 *before* you sign up for journalism courses such as E308, E309, E310, E407, or E408.) THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS A PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.  THIS COURSE DOES NOT FULFILL THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 307-011—News Writing and Editing
Ross, H
MWF   1:25-2:15

News Writing is designed to give students an overview of print journalism and to provide training in the fundamentals of reporting, writing and editing both news stories and features. Weekly classroom assignments will help to accomplish that, and stories that derive from these assignments will be submitted to the campus newspaper, The Review.  Stories printed in the campus newspaper are a good way to convince parents that tuition is money well spent.  The final grade will be based on several news stories, a feature story, and two examinations.  News Writing is a prerequisite for all other journalism courses except for ENGL 409, Topics in Journalism.  (Note: You cannot take this course unless you have a grade of "B" or better in Freshman English, or Advanced Placement Standing.  You must take ENGL 307 *before* you sign up for journalism courses such as E308, E309, E310, E407, or E408.) THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS A PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.  THIS COURSE DOES NOT FULFILL THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 307-012—News Writing and Editing
Jackson, D
MW   7:00-8:15

This course focuses on "news" judgment; how to find story ideas; reporting and interviewing skills; information-gathering through the "Lexis-Nexis" database; finding sources; structuring stories; attributions; different genres of newspaper prose (e.g., speech stories, police and fire beat, obituaries, features); libel laws; multicultural topics; and newsroom ethics.   Professional print journalists will visit class.  The primary focus is on training reporters for eventual entry into professional journalism.  One class meeting per week will be a journalism lab, where we discuss your most recent story, and the other meeting will be mostly lecture.   Students will write stories almost weekly, and will have an obligation to report some stories for (possible) publication in the campus newspaper, The Review.   E307 also includes reading assignments, two Stylebook quizzes, a libel exam.  No Final Exam.  Students are expected to have an active interest in writing.  (Note: You cannot take this course unless you have a grade of "B" or better in Freshman English, or Advanced Placement Standing.  You must take ENGL 307 *before* you sign up for journalism courses such as E308, E309, E310, E407, or E408.) THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS A PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.  THIS COURSE DOES NOT FULFILL THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.
 

ENGL 307-013—News Writing and Editing
Harner, D
TR   12:30-1:45

SEE ENGL 307-012 for Course Description.

ENGL 308-010—NEWS WRITING AND EDITING
JACKSON, D
T   3:30-5:00

Prerequisite: ENGL 307.  All students in this course report and write for The Review.   Class meets once a week for 90 minutes, mainly to critique the latest issues of the newspaper, but there will also be regular conference time when students can review their work with the instructor.  The final grade will be determined by the executive editors at The Review in consultation with the professor.  Newspaper and magazine professionals will visit class to talk about their jobs.  Students will write a minimum of 12 stories for E308, including assignments off the five Review   News desks (Administrative, Student Affairs, State and National, City, and Newsfeature) and Features (or Sports) desks.  Attention will be paid in class to topics such as copy-editing skills (there will be two Style Quizzes), libel and privacy laws, and journalism ethics. THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.

ENGL 309-010—Feature and Magazine Writing
Jenkins, M
MWF   11:15-12:05

Prerequisite:  ENGL 307.  In this class we will study and practice advanced techniques of nonfiction writing. Students will write a couple of shorter pieces and several drafts of two or three longer stories over the course of the semester, and read from a number of the best nonfiction writers working today.  THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.   THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2nd WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 310-010—Copy Editing and Layout
Davies, P
T   7:00-10:00

Prerequisite:  ENGL 307.  This course focuses on newspaper and magazine copyediting skills, headline writing, and layout, with an emphasis on practical experience.  Students will get very familiar with the Associated Press Stylebook.  The course explores improvement or updating of news stories by rewriting.  THIS COURSE MAY BE COUNTED FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE JOURNALISM CONCENTRATION.

ENGL 316-080—Honors:  Peer Tutoring/Advanced Composition
Buffington, N
TR   2:00-3:15

This is an advanced course in writing and responding to writing at the college level.  Students will receive training in peer tutoring through the study of composition theory, hands-on experience with peer editing and conferencing, and several written projects.  Emphasis will be placed on preparing students to help their peers on a variety of writing projects (argument, research, personal, narrative, and so on) and at many stages of the writing process.  Students who complete this course with a B+ or higher will have the option of working as peer tutors in the UHP Writing Fellows Program for three semesters.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2nd WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.

ENGL 318-010—Studies in Film: Surrealism and Film
Ross, H
MWF   11:15-12:05
M  3:35-5:35

A man examines a wound in his palm, out of which swarm large black ants.  This scene is from the quintessential surrealist film, An Andalusian Dog.  From the dawn of film history, audiences were amazed at how the movies could reproduce visible reality with unparalleled fidelity, but, early on, filmmakers discovered that the movie camera could be used as a weapon against realism.  This class will explore surrealism, an artistic movement that uses the methods of film and the other arts to create the world of the dream.  Along the way, we will meet some familiar faces–-David Lynch, Salvador Dali, Monty Python, the Beatles–-as well as some less familiar ones–-Luis Bunuel, Jean Vigo, Rene Clair.  The final grade will be derived from a mid-term, a final, and two critical papers.   A section of ENGL 318 is required for all film concentrators. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 322-010—Chaucer
Dean, J
MWF   10:10-11:00

And you thought the Middle Ages was only doom and gloom?  Read and respond to Geoffrey Chaucer's humorous tales and his narratives of love and loss--and of course to his stories about doom and gloom.  This course introduces the richness and variety of medieval literature and culture.  Lecture/discussions will sometimes include cinematic realizations of the Canterbury Tales.  We will read Chaucer's works in the original Middle English, and there will be some attention to language, particularly at the beginning of the course; but the emphasis will be on Chaucer's literature and its themes.  Among the many topics we will explore in the course: love and sexuality ("refined" and crude); spirituality (its meaning and uses in social contexts); poetry and its claims to truth; feminism and antifeminism in Chaucer's writings and in medieval literature; historicism, including interpreting to expose both medieval and modern issues.  The requirements for the course will likely include: class discussion; quizzes (some of them translation quizzes); two shorter papers (4-6 pages with both assigned and free choice topics); a final exam. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 324-010—Shakespeare
Bennett, R
MWF   10:10-11:00

The course will introduce students to representative examples of the different major dramatic genres within which Shakespeare wrote:  domestic tragedy, tragedy of state, festive comedy, history play, and romance.  The text for the course is the Riverside edition of Shakespeare’s complete works.  Requirements include two hourly exams, two four-to-six page papers, and a final exam.  An acting project component may be substituted for one of the papers.  Class sessions will make some use of available tapes of productions and formal scene readings prepared by members of the class.  Attendance is important and will be closely monitored. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 324-011—Shakespeare
Poole, K
TR   9:30-10:45

This course will explore some of Shakespeare’s plays by positioning them within their historical context.  We will consider how Shakespeare’s theater reflected and promoted aspects of the English Renaissance such as the “discovery” of the new world, the emergence of the printing press, evolving notions of individualism, the implications of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and the representation of war.  Along the way, we will also consider what the idea of  “Shakespeare” has come to mean in our society.  We will be reading plays from all major genres (comedy, history, tragedy, and romance), and will be working extensively with the recent film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 324-012—Shakespeare
Brock, D
TR   11:00-12:15

What are the salient attributes of Shakespeare's major comedies, histories, and tragedies? Why has Shakespeare remained popular over the centuries? What are the most important questions about Shakespeare's life and works that scholars have explored? Through discussion and analysis of more than a dozen plays, examination of critical scholarship, and preparation of reports and essays, in this course we shall attempt to answer these and related questions.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP A BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND AN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CORE REQUIREMENT.
 

ENGL 324-080—Honors:  Shakespeare
Poole, K
TR   12:30-1:45

SEE ENGL 324-011 for Course Description.

ENGL 331-010—The Age of Satire
Mell, D
MWF   10:10-11:00

This course will investigate satire produced between 1660-1760. Works by Rochester, Dryden, Swift, Pope, Anne Finch, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Voltaire, Gay, Fielding, and Johnson constitute the main readings, but some attention will be paid to classical, nineteenth-century, and modern satire to show its persistence throughout literary history. Modern essays on satire, as well as relevant historical contexts, will be discussed when appropriate. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION: lecture and discussion. COURSE REQUIREMENTS: hour test, response papers, 4 to 5 page essay, and a final examination. Attendance and participation in class discussion are expected. REQUIRED TEXTS: Writings of Jonathan Swift (Norton Critical); Alexander Pope (Riverside); Voltaire, Candide (Bedford/St. Martin's); Johnson, Rasselas (Oxford); Finch and Lady Mary (handouts); UD bookstore packet contains definitions of satire and irony; Rochester, Dryden, Gay, Fielding, Defoe, Johnson's Vanity of Human Wishes.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 338-010—Victorian Fiction
Grossman, J
TR   12:30-1:45

In this course we shall explore the Victorian novel. The novels we will read present the first grand attempts to reflect and imagine society as a sprawling network through which individuals move and develop. More than a few orphans and criminals will command our attention, as will other characters who scout the changing, historical borders of identity and public institutions in the nineteenth century. In our class, we will discuss issues such as such as women's rights, the rise of the city, and colonialism. The Victorian authors we will read include Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, and Bram Stoker.  Alongside of these authors we may occasionally read some modern literary criticism and theory. Course requirements are lively class participation, three papers, and individual writing conferences.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 340-010—American Literature to the Civil War
Cotsell, M
MWF   11:15-12:05

We will be looking at the American experience, in all its diversity, in the period of the formation of the American nation.  The course beings with a text that has been called the “American Bible,” the great Native American (Mayan) creation myth, the Popol Vuh.  It ends with the great epic-myth of modern America, Melville’s Moby Dick (which we will read in parts).  In between, we will be reading narratives of women’s captivity by Indians; Puritan writings; a portrait of the life of the American Farmer; Frederick Douglas’s account of his escape from slavery; and the autobiography of the “first American,” Ben Franklin.  Our fiction will be Poe’s short stories; Clotel, a novel about the life of Jefferson’s (fictional) mulatto daughter; Hope Leslie, a novel about a rebellious girl in the old Massachusetts colony; and Hawthorne’s The Blithedale Romance, his reaction to one of America’s greatest feminists, Margaret Fuller. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 341-010—American Literature:  Civil War to WWII
Dawson, C
TR   8:00-9:15

ENGL 341 surveys American literature from the Civil War to World War II.  This section will focus on a dozen influential writers, including Mark Twain, Frederick Douglass, Edith Wharton, Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Langston Hughes.  We will also read brief selections from poems, short stories and essays by other authors to give a sense of America’s changing literary culture.  Course requirements include two five-page papers and two, in-class exams, along with perfect attendance and class participation.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 341-011—American Literature—Civil War to World War II
Pfaelzer, J
TR   5:00-6:15

This course, subtitled “The Many Voices of American Literature,” will look at the many voices of American Literature, from the era of slavery and the Civil War until World War II.  Among the questions we will ponder are the following:  What is the relationship between fiction and pressures for equality for women, between fiction and the birth of an industrial and immigrant working class, between fiction and relations between races after the Civil War, between culture and progress, between culture and war?  How did the novel and the short story embed the exciting and troubling changes of these years?  We will find, in authors you may not have heard of before and in others you have read over the years, courageously creative imaginations, irrepressible urges to shape stories, events, and people out of the raw material of words and the events and emotions of daily life.  How do these authors’ deepest dreams and anxieties, hopes and fears, represent a nation newly defined after the Civil War?  How do these authors represent challenges to, participation in or hostility toward mainstream American notions of progress, in narrative, language, and style?  The authors we will read will include:  Rebecca Harding Davis, Mark Twain, Henry James, Kate Chopin, Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Jean Toomer, W.E.B. Dubois, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Anzia Yzerkska, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston.  Course format will be lecture and discussion; assignments definitely include attendance at all course meetings, doing all the reading, and most likely will include quizzes, exams, a paper and a take home final/final paper. THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 341-080—Honors American Literature—Civil War to World War
Pfaelzer, J
TR   2:00-3:15

Walt Whitman, in Song of Myself wrote, “I am large; I contain multitudes.”  This course, subtitled “We Contain Multitudes,” looks at national “multitudes”:  the richness and diversity of American literary culture, together with certain themes and issues that preoccupied most Americans at the time and trouble us now.  How do literary traditions, movements and forms from this era shape how we experience the world today?  This course presumes that we, standing at the start of the third millennium, did not discover issues of racial affirmation and conflict, immigration, difference, equality for women, the competing meanings of rural spaces, and the fears and seductions of the unknowable city; in fact, the way we understand and express these concerns is conditioned by the ways these preoccupations were interpreted and represented in the era from slavery and the Civil War to World War II.  The authors we will read will include:  Rebecca Harding Davis, Mark Twain, Henry James, Kate Chopin, Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, Jack London, Jean Toomer, W.E.B. Dubois, Willa Cather, Langston Hughes, Anzia Yzerkska, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston.  As an Honors Course, our work will involve intense reading, discussion, group work, and writing.  There will be frequent one-page response papers, an exam, journals, and a long paper.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS A GROUP B BREADTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 342-010—American Literature Since World War II
Safer, E
TR   5:00-6:15

This course will discuss directions American literature has taken from World War II to the present.  We will read and discuss such concerns as the absurd, the comic, and postmodernism.  The range of work will be explored against a background of cultural, philosophical, and literary trends.  Writers: Ken Kesey, John Barth, Bernard Malamud, Toni Morrison, Flannery O'Connor, Sylvia Plath, Philip Roth, and Kurt Vonnegut.  Format:  predominantly discussion and a few introductory lectures.  Course Requirements: one 5-7 page essay; two examinations, and four response papers (2 pages each).  Required texts:  Kesey, Ken One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Signet); Malamud, Bernard The Assistant (Avon); Morrison, Toni Song of Solomon (NAL Dutton); O'Connor, Flannery Complete Stories (Farrar, Straus); Ozick, Cynthia The Shawl (Vintage); Plath, Sylvia Ariel  (Harper & Row); Plath, Sylvia The Bell Jar (Bantam); Roth, Philip American Pastoral (Random House); Vonnegut, Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five (Dell); Optional texts:  Camus, Albert The Myth of Sisyphus (Vintage); Forster, E. M. Aspects of the Novel (Harcourt Brace); Safer, Elaine The Contemporary American Comic Epic (Wayne State UP); [paperback] THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 347-010—Studies in American Literature:  The 1920s and the Jazz Age
Pauly, T
TR   9:30-10:45

This course will consider a variety of literary materials—plays, novels, non-fiction, and film—and seek to learn what they can tell us about the literary and social culture of the 1920s.  Though we will be considering such issues as Prohibition, expatriatism, the Harlem Renaissance, and agrarianism, our chief concern will be the texts themselves and what they say about the literature and culture of the period.  There will be two exams and two papers.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 347-011—Studies in American Literature
Goodman, S
TR   8:00-9:15

In this course, we will follow Eliza to freedom across the Ohio River, eavesdrop on Emily Dickinson, and gamble with Lily Bart.  Looking at the ways in which vastly different women came to terms with the political issues of their day, we will begin with arguably the most influential novel of the nineteenth century, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and end with Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth.  Other books include Lydia Child's response to the plight of American Indians, Hobomok, Harriet Wilson's Our Nig, Louis May Alcott's lurid fiction and "juvenile classic" Little Women, and Elizabeth Stoddard's psychological thriller The Morgesons.  Assignments include individual presentations, close readings, and short papers (5-7 pages).  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL/JWST 348-010—Twentieth-Century Jewish American Literature
Safer, E
TR   2:00-3:15

What is "Jewish" and what is "American" about "Jewish American literature," and what does the term imply?  What is Jewish humor?  Can it be related to the Jewish stage? We shall think about these questions as we read twentieth-century writing that has been described (by its authors or by others) as examples of "Jewish American literature." The class will consider such issues as the immigrant and post-immigrant experience, ethnic and cultural identity; the place of gender; and the relationship of Jewish American literature to other minority discourses.  Readings include works by Anzia Yezierska, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Bernard Malamud, Rebecca Goldstein, Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and Chaim Potok.  TEXTS: Yezierska, Bread Givers, Malamud, The Assistant; Bellow, Seize the Day; Singer, Gimpel the Fool and Other Stories; Ozick, The Shawl; Goldstein, Mazel; Wiesel, Night; Potok, The Chosen; Roth, The Ghost Writer.  Course Requirements: one 5-7 page essay; two examinations, and 4 or 5 response papers (2 pages each).  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRUBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL/WOMS 353-010—Twentieth-Century British Literature
Stetz, M
TR   12:30-1:45

This course, subtitled “Twentieth-Century Victorianism,” will examine how 20th-century writers and filmmakers debated gender issues and, especially, questions about women's social roles, through  representations of Victorian Britain. The texts for this discussion course will range from Virginia Woolf's Flush and John Fowles's The French Lieutenant's Woman to films from the 1940s, as well as British television programs, such as Upstairs, Downstairs and Bramwell.  Grades will be based on papers, and the major essay for the course will go through a series of drafts and revisions.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 355-010—ARTHURIAN LITERATURE
Rewa, M
TR   2:00-3:15

This course will dead largely with significant Medieval treatments of “The Matter of Britain” by early chroniclers & “historians, by the later Geoffrey of Monmouth, Chretien de Troyes, the “Gawain” poet, numerous anonymous composers of Arthurian texts, and Sir Thomas Malory. It will consider the topic of “Medievalism” in Tennyson's and in T.H. White's treatment of Arthurian material in the 19th and 20th centuries. Among requirements: absolute commitment to regular attendance and class participation (factored in grade), an Internet “quest” for source material, regular “out-writings” based on readings and lectures, a mid-term exam; and a “final” choice of an evaluative book review, a paper, or project. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIRMENT OF MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 356-010—Studies in Contemporary Literature
Spaulding, A
MWF   11:15-12:05

In this course we will examine and discuss selected works of contemporary fiction (short stories and novels) which focus on specific historical events and the nature of History as a concept. In their examination of things past, do these writers say anything about our contemporary moment in time? How does our present perspective alter the way we see history? In what may seem, on the surface, a paradoxical enterprise, we will try to examine and critique our present moment in time through our discussion of these authors and texts which deal with the past. Over the course of the semester we will problematize simple distinctions between such basic concepts as  “the contemporary” vs. “ the historical” and “the fictional” vs. “the real.” Novels will include: Toni Morrison’s Beloved, Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient, Jeanette Winterson’s The Passion, Caryl Phillips’ The Nature of Blood.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 373-010—Contemporary American Poetry
Ruark, G
TR   12:30-1:45

True poetry is timeless, so a poet writing in the 1980's might feel greater kinship with ancient Chinese poets than with immediate contemporaries. Nonetheless, under that admonitory banner, we will conduct an inevitably selective survey of American poets who have flourished since World War II. From the "classical serenity" of Elizabeth Bishop to the jazzy "Dream Songs" of John Berryman to the tender wit of William Matthews, our focus will be on the various excellence of individual poems rather than issues of theory or what is "representative." Two in-class essay exams and a final exam. Texts: Contemporary American Poetry, ed. Poulin and Waters; The Made Thing, Second Edition, ed. Stokesbury. Attendance is required. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL/WOMS 380-010—Women Writers
Henderson, C
TR   9:30-10:45

This course, subtitled “When and Where I Enter: Black Women Writing the American Experience,” is framed around African American women writing their life's experiences in the United States.  Varied and multi-faceted, these narratives chronicle America's history through their eyes. Along the way, we are privy to the dynamics that shape the way these authors view love, human relationships, politics, religion, art, family, and the rich heritage that contributes to what we term the African American literary tradition. Our reading list will consist almost entirely of novels.  Students should be prepared to write two 4-5-page papers and several informal one-page reaction papers, be active participants in class discussions, take a mid-term exam, and produce a final research paper.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL/WOMS 382-010--Studies in Multicultural Lit: Gender, the Nation, & Asian American Literature
Feng, P
TR   2:00-3:15

This course surveys contemporary Asian American Literature (with emphasis on the novel), focusing on the ways that American identity is constructed to include and exclude Asian American men and women.  For example, how has the Philippines' colonial relationship to the U.S. affected men and women in the U.S. and in Asia?  How does sexuality play into definitions of citizenship? Texts will likely include: Theresa H.K. Chas Dictee, Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters Joy Kogawa's Obasan, and Lois-Ann Yamanaka's Blu's Hanging; we may also screen films by Ang Lee (The Wedding Banquet), Deepa Mehta (Fire), et al.  Requirements: active participation in class discussions is central to this class. Written assignments (several essays with multiple drafts required, totaling 15 pages) will incorporate historical research as well as critical analysis of literary texts. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 382-011—Studies in Multicultural Literature in English:  Fiction from Africa
Cotsell, M
MWF   12:20-1:10

The imposition of colonialism brought about the inevitable crisis in traditional African ways of life.  The struggles for independence and the enormous difficulties of the post-colonial era that followed have produced an extraordinary flowering of Africa fiction, the work of writers deeply engaged with the rich, complex past and present of the continent and its global relations.  Our writers come from a diversity of African countries: Somalia, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, and Zimbabwe among them.  We will be looking at children, men and women through the eyes not of colonialists or travelers but of African men and women writers.  Many of their books, excellent as they are, are barely visible in the American market.  We will read and discuss three women’s novels: Buchi Emecheta’s ironically titled The Joys of Motherhood; Mariame Ba’s So Long a Letter; and Sindiwe Magona’s To My Children’s Children.  Among male novelists will be some of the founders of African fiction, Chinua Achebe, Nguig wa Thiong’o, and Sembene Ousmaane as well novels and short stories by gifted recent writers.  Responding to the unique, and sometimes terrible, experience of Africa in the modern period, these writers (and others) have reinvented the novel.  Thus we will discuss them within the terms of emerging African critical theory.  You will be writing class assignments (20% of grade), two papers, including a discussion of the overall picture (60%) and a final (20%).  The class will be about informed discussion, an active, involving class.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 404-010—Advanced Poetry Writing
Walker, J
W   12:20-3:20

We will begin class by taking a close look at poems by somewhat more illustrious and perhaps more gifted writers than the present company, to stretch our sensibilities and learn strategies.  The bulk of our time, however, will be spent helping each other with poems written for class.  It could be, as Woody Allen says, that all artistic problems are really technical.  We will go as far as we can with that thought.  There will be no specific types of writing assignments, except that everyone must try writing in a traditional form sometime during the semester.  Students will be expected to submit at least one poem each week, compiling a portfolio I will evaluate at the end of the semester.  In doing that, I will be sensitive to hard work and the development of skills over the semester.  Students will be expected to meet with me individually at least a couple of times during the semester to discuss their work.  Enrollment in the class will be decided on the basis of a sample of 6-8 poems which you must bring to the first class.  No one is either admitted to or rejected from the workshop until after this first class.

ENGL 405-010—Advanced Fiction Writing
Stark, C
TR   12:30-1:45

In this class students will work as writers for a semester.  This class will consist of peer critiques of its members’ stories.  Thus, the entire emphasis of the class is on student writing.  There is no text for this class.  There are no papers or examinations.  Students taking this class are expected to make a serious commitment to their own writing for the semester.  Students who take ENGL 405 must bring a sample story with them to the first class.  A final class list will be posted on the following morning.  Students will be admitted to the class based on the quality of their stories.  ENGL 305, the introductory fiction writing class, is not a prerequisite for this class; it is, however, strongly recommended.

ENGL 410-010—Technical Writing
Andrews, D
W   1:25-3:20
Plus one hour TBA

As a technical professional, you will need to reach audiences and collaborate on projects across borders of culture, language, and technology. In this course, you will learn strategies for communicating effectively in that context. The problems giving rise to communication are muddled and multidimensional. To solve them, you must write and speak as global citizens as well as global engineers or health professionals or scientists. You may well have to communicate with people who do not share your values, point of view, or disciplinary knowledge. In addition, you need to understand how information technology enables--and constrains--such communication. You'll write both about and with that technology. Assignments in the course test your understanding of communication principles and products, simulate on-the-job communication occasions, and derive from the content of your own discipline. You'll prepare assignments both individually and as a member of a team.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.  ENGLISH 410 MAY BE COUNTED TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING.
 

ENGL 410-011—Technical Writing
Bernhardt, S
MW   5:00-6:15

This course helps students become better technical and scientific writers.  The course stresses writing to various audiences, for various purposes, to encourage students to write well in academic settings and workplaces. We will take a case-based approach, working within hypothetical situations that call for various writing and speaking activities, with some emphasis on teamwork and uses of communication technology. Students will also plan individual projects involving research and reporting in their specialized fields. Our focus is on professional and ethical communication in a global technological environment.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE.  ENGLISH 410 MAY BE COUNTED TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING.

ENGL 411-010—The Rhetoric of Business and Technical Writing
Brockmann, R
MWF   11:15-12:05

“Rhetoric” is the “art or discipline that deals with the use of discourse, either written or spoken, to inform or persuade an audience, whether that audience is made up of a single person or a group of persons” (Corbett, p. 3). Within this art, we will specifically examine the rhetoric of business, technology, and electronic documents. Strategies and tactics vary in rhetoric, and this class will examine these variations from different perspectives, including: classical rhetoric, contemporary psychology, technical communication, and business or organizational science.  ENGLISH 411 MAY BE COUNTED TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING.

ENGL 412-010—Business and Technical Publications
Worley, R
TR   2:00-3:15

This course prepares students to design, write, and publish print documents for both business and technical audiences. Based on rhetorical theory, the course teaches students to analyze a document's readers and define its informative or persuasive purpose. With these specifications in mind, students then write and design their documents using QuarkXPress, PowerPoint, and MS Word software. Specifically, the course assignments include a four-color, four-page newsletter, a technical marketing PowerPoint presentation, and a multi-page software help manual.  ENGLISH 412 MAY BE COUNTED TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING.

ENGL 413-010—Designing Online Information
Worley, R
TR   5:30-6:45

Divided between lecture and lab sessions, this course focuses on the theory of information design and its practical application. With readings from recognized authorities on information design, the lecture sessions discuss such topics as information architecture, interface design, task analysis, and usability. The lab sessions provide instruction on Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks, as well as other software necessary for completing the course's three projects. These are an extensive website, an online help system, and a product marketing tutorial. Although prior experience with website construction is advantageous, it is not required.  ENGLISH 413 MAY BE COUNTED TOWARD THE ENGLISH MAJOR ONLY AS PART OF THE CONCENTRATION IN BUSINESS AND TECHNICAL WRITING.

ENGL 417-010—Film Theory: Movies & Comics
Feng, P
TR   11:00-12:15
T        7:00-9:00

ENGL 417 is an advanced film course that satisfies a requirement for the English major with a concentration in Film.  We will view films, read comics, and read theoretical writings on the two media for this discussion-centered course.  Some of the topics we will discuss:  identification with characters and/or narratives, the depiction of space and time (and their relation to conventions of realism), genres, and feminist theories of representation.  We will spend some time talking about the film and comics industries, but this is not primarily A history of comics course.  Readings and screenings will be drawn from the following:  theorists such as Eisenstein, Bazin, Metz, Mulvey, and McCloud; films by Eisenstein, Welles, and Hitchcock; and read comics such as Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, Mack's Kabuki, and Gregory's A Bitch is Born. Writing assignments include weekly response papers and take-home exams.  Prerequisite: ENGL 217.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.

ENGL 464-010—Business and Technical Writing Internship
Worley, R
TBA

Students in the Business and Technical Writing Concentration complete internships in a wide variety of positions, including corporate communications, website design, software manuals, advertising, technical documentation, medical writing, and others. This course requires submission of a portfolio and application for the internship one term in advance. It also requires permission of the instructor, and is open ONLY to EBT concentrators.

ENGL 467-010—Texts and Technologies: Reading, Writing, and the Computer
Bernhardt, S
T   4:00-7:00

This course asks what happens when texts get inside machines. How does the computer change the ways we read and write? What happens to the shape and uses of a text as it goes electronic? What changes in our traditional roles as readers and writers? What kind of textual society are we becoming? What kinds of relationships can we build with or through the machine?  The course is meant to be useful to those who want to write in new media, to those who teach students to read and write, and to those who are simply interested in how we might formulate a visual and spatial rhetoric of electronic text. Students will produce various forms of mediated writing, with publications to the class bulletin board, contributions to chat sessions, responses to readings, original hypertexts and web pages, instructional materials, and projects of their own devising, all representing new levels of technological expertise.
 

ENGL 467-080—Honors:  Texts and Technologies: Reading, Writing, and the Computer
Bernhardt, S
T   4:00-7:00

SEE ENGL 467-010 for Course Description.

ENGL 480-010—The Pickwick Papers
Grossman, J
TR   11:00-12:15

In this course we shall explore, as fully as we can, one amazing novel:  Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers. This novel was not only Charles Dickens's first, but also, arguably, the novel that did the most to usher in a new era widely defined by the novel itself. In our class, we will discuss all sorts of issues raised by the tale, including those of gender and class, urbanization, and even changing publication and reading practices. Part of our aim will be to engage seriously with the literary criticism concerned with the novel and with relevant literary theory.  Course requirements are lively class participation, two research papers, and individual writing conferences.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 480-011—The Enlightenment After Dark
Kinservik, M
TR   9:30-10:45

How did people deal with sex in the 18th century?  How did they talk and write about it?  What laws and social customs did they use to regulate it?  These questions are particularly interesting for the 18th century, which is often called the “Age of Enlightenment” or the “Age of Reason.”  How did the Age of Reason deal with passion?  What did the Enlightenment do after dark?  This seminar will look at issues such as sex, gender identity, and laws regulating sex, marriage, and the family in eighteenth-century Britain and explore how these issues were addressed in poems, plays, essays, and novels.  You will do several short writing assignments, two in-class presentations, and one term paper. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF LITERATURE BETWEEN 1700-1900 FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 480-012—Childhood & Adolescence in the Novel
Pifer, E
TR   5:00-6:15

Hardly a day passes when we do not hear about the "crisis" of children in today's society.  "Our world," says one historian, "is obsessed by the physical, moral and sexual problems of childhood." In this course we'll examine the ways in which prominent novelists have, over the past two centuries, depicted children, adolescents and their relationship to the society at large. Beginning with Dickens, novelists have employed the child's image to criticize an unjust and inhumane society. More recent writers have rung changes on this theme--examining the power of society to shape, thwart, and even destroy the individual. Texts will include some (but not all) of the following: Dickens, Great Expectations; Twain, Huckleberry Finn; James, The Turn of the Screw; Nabokov, Lolita; Graham Swift, Waterland; Toni Morrison, Beloved; Lessing, The Fifth Child; DeLillo, White Noise.  Requirements: several short essays and a final paper, one or two brief oral presentations, class participation by all students.  Attendance will be taken. THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.  This course also satisfies the English Ed. requirement for both 19th and 20th Century Literature.
 

ENGL 480-013—African American Literature and the Jazz Aesthetic
Spaulding, A
M   3:00-6:00

In this course we will examine the interaction of two forms of African American cultural expression: Jazz music and African American Literature. We will discuss the ways various writers such as Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison incorporate a jazz aesthetic into their poetry and prose as a means of creating a distinctly African American aesthetic. We will also look at the ways key figures from the jazz tradition (Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane) influenced and inspired writers of their generation. Course texts will include novels, poems, and short stories in the African American Literary tradition as well as key musical “texts” from the jazz tradition. As a seminar, this course will emphasize class participation as well as individual and group projects.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF MODERN LITERATURE FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

English 480-014—Trash, Text, and Traces of the Real
Yates, J
MW   12:20-1:35

If you were excited by the kinds of issues raised in ENGL 300 (Texts and Contexts), then this is the course for you! Trash, Text, and Traces of the Real takes as its focus our ongoing fascination with waste, left-overs, of all that, as anthropologist Mary Douglas notes, "lurks under the carpet."  Over the semester we will examine texts that take trash or different trash-objects (toilets, dumpsters, biodomes, cigarettes, trash neighborhoods, white trash) as their subject. We will
read a range of works drawn from different time periods with the aim of seeing how "trash" functions as a marker of social and cultural value.  Texts will include plays, novels, poetry, essays, and theoretical materials by writers such as William Shakespeare, George Orwell, William Gibson, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Paul Auster (and more) Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, Mary Douglas, Michel Serres, and Donna Haraway. The aim of the class is to come to an understanding of how "trash" works as a sign-how it is deployed, cited, worn, or applied but also to imagine what kinds of writing an object or "problem" generates. Requirements include, weekly writing assignments, discussion leading, and a research essay.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE 2ND WRITING REQUIREMENT FOR THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE AND THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.
 

ENGL 480-080—Honors:  The Pickwick Papers
Grossman, J
TR   11:00-12:15

SEE ENGL 480-010 for Course Description.
 

ENGL 480-082—Honors:  Childhood and Adolescence in the Novel
Pifer, E
TR   5:00-6:15

SEE ENGL 480-012 for Course Description

ENGL 481-010—Teaching English
DelFattore, J
T   3:30-6:30

ENGL 481 is open only to students who are student teaching in English this semester.

ENGL 494-010—The History of the English Language
Richards, M
TR   9:30-10:45

This course presents an interesting survey of the origins and development of the English language from the time of British pre-history through the present. We will study the elements of sounds, grammar, vocabulary, and syntax within an historical context.  Our texts will be Baugh and Cable, A History of the English Language, 5th edition, and the companion workbook, 2nd edition. Students can expect at least two hour-length tests and a final examination.  THIS COURSE FULFILLS THE DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT OF CULTURAL AND THEORETICAL STUDIES FOR THE ENGLISH MAJOR.