1971-1972 Academic Catalog

60 CEDARVILLE COLLEGE A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 120 RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION-Al WI Sp An application of rhetorical procedures and research technique. Analytical reading. Five credit hours 130 LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION-A! WI Sp A study of techniques of fiction, poetry, and drama through selective read- ings. Required writing of literary analysis. Three credit hou·rs 202 ADVANCED COMPOSITION FOR SECONDARY TEACHERS Prerequisite: 120 An intensive study of the principles of expository writing. Emphasis on current usage, on evaluation of good exposition and on practice writing. Required of all English teaching field majors. Three credit hours 303 CREATIVE WRITING An emphasis on writing the short story and poetry to help the student per- fect his o~rn style. Three credit hours 305 PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS An introduction to the basic linguistic concepts and an introduction to historical, comparative, descriptive and applied linguistics. Required of all English teaching field majors. Three credit hours 306 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Emphasis on the historical development of the English language; the sounds of English; grammar and usage; and an introduction to transforma– tional-generative grammar. Required of all English majors. Five credit hours 307 ENGLISH STRUCTURE AND SYNTAX Includes review of traditional grammar and introduction to structural linguistics and transformational grammar. A survey of current theories of linguistic analysis and description with introduction to the :field of semantics. Required for English majors and the English teaching field. Three credit hours B. WORLD, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 231 WORLD LITERATURE-A 1 W Prerequisite: English 130 Survey of great works of the Western world which reflect the developing continental literary and intellectual thought. The course is organized so that it may be repeated as 23 lB by arrangement with the instructor. 232 MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS-Al w Prerequisite: English 130 Five credit hours Careful analysis of selected works of major writers from the Colonial period to the present, with emphasis on the development of the American tradition. Five credit hours