1972-1973 Academic Catalog

COMMUNICATIONS 63 A. ENGLISH LANGUAGE 120 RHETORIC AND COMPOSITION-A, W, Sp An application of rhetorical procedures and research technique. Analytical reading. Five credit hours 130 LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION-A, W, Sp A study of techniques of fiction, poetry, and drama through selective read- ings. Required writing of literary analysis. Three credit hours 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 own style. Three credit hours 305 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Emphasis on the historical development of the English language and its structure as described by the structural and generative grammars. Required of all English majors. Five credit hours 306 PRINCIPLES OF LINGUISTICS An introduction to the basic linguistic concepts and an introduction to synchronic and diachronic approaches to the study of language. Three credit hours 307 MODERN GRAMMAR A review of traditional grammar with emphasis on current methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Three credit hours B. WORLD, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 231 WORLD LITERATURE-A, W PrereqtJisite: 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-W PrereqtJisite: English 130 Five credit hours Emphasis on the major writers from Colonial times through "The Amer- ican Renaissance." Five credit hours 233 MAJOR AMERICAN WRITERS-Sp Prerequisite: English 130 Emphasis on the major American writers from the Civil War through World War II. Special attention is given to the literary experimentation of the age. Five credit hours