1983-1984 Academic Catalog

41-242 English Renaissance Literature 5 hours A survey of English literature and its background with em– phasis on Malory, the English Bible, More, Sidney, Spenser, and Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Prerequisite: 41-130 Princi– ples of Composition. (Alternate, even years) 41-320 Methods of Teaching Literature 2 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essen– tial to the teaching of literature on the secondary level. 41-323 Directed Readings 1-4 hours Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by provid– ing primary and secondary material in preparation for an indepen– dent study of a major writer, literary genre, or literary period. 41-331 The English Novel 4 hours A reading and critical analysis of representative novels of the period from Richardson to Hardy. Prerequisite: 41-130 Princi– ples of Composition. (Alternate, odd years) 41-332 Seventeenth Century English Literature 5 hours A study of the metaphysical writers, John Donne, Crashaw, and Milton, with an emphasis on the Miltonic trilogy. Prerequi– site: 41-130 Principles of Composition. 41-333 Eighteenth Century English Literature 5 hours A study of the neo-classical poetry and prose with emphasis on Dryden, Defoe, Swift, Pope, Fielding, and Goldsmith. Pre– requisite: 41-130 Principles ofComposition. (Alternate, odd years) 41-334 Nineteenth Century English Literature 5 hours A study of the major Romantic and Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, and Tennyson. Prerequisite: 41-130 Principles of Composition. 41-335 Shakespeare - W 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and son– nets. Prerequisite: 41-130 Principles of Composition. 41-337 Contemporary American Literature 5 hours A study of post World War I writers whose works reflect the dominant thought patterns and values of the 20th century. (Alternate, even years). 41-339 Comparative Literature 5 hours A study of 20th century writers whose works are of significance in modem literature. Emphasis is on works that reflect various patterns of ideologies in modem thinking. (Alternate, odd years) 41-342 American Novel 4 hours A study of the historical development of the American novel, and an analysis of the writings of major American novelists from Cooper to Faulkner. Prerequisite: 41-130 Principles of Compo- sition. (Alternate, even years) 41-413 Dramatic Literature 4 hours (See Speech Communications for description) Can be applied to meet English or speech requirements, but not both fields for the same student. Prerequisite: 41-130 Principles of Composition. 41-421 Literary Criticism 3 hours A study of major critical theories from ancient times to the present. Prerequisite: 200 or 300 level literature course. Re– quired for all secondary and English majors. 41-422 Seminar 3 hours Designed to help the student synthesize his major areas of study. Required of all senior English majors. 41-423 Independent Study in English 1-4 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. 41-442 European Novel 4 hours A study of the 19th and 20th century influence on the novel from Balzac to Camus. (Alternate, odd years) SPANISH 41-172, 41-173 Spanish 5 hours each quarter Grammar, oral drill, simple reading in the language, and an in– troduction to Latin American and Spanish culture. 41-271, 41-272, 41-273 Intermediate Smmi~,h hours each quarter Grammar review, composition, conversation, and readings in Spanish literature and culture. Prerequisite: 41-171 , 41-172, 41-173 Elementary Spanish or at least two years of high school Spanish. 41-360 Clinical Teaching in Spanish 1-3 hours each nno:>ll"ltor A practical, on-campus experience in which a student is as– signed to assist a college instructor in preparation for classes, grading of teports and papers, tutoring students, and conducting small conversational practice sessions for students in Elementary Spanish. The student is expected to participate in twenty-two