1986-1987 Academic Catalog

100 DEPARTMENTAL COURSES ENGLISH LANGUAGE 41-110 English Composition I-A, W, Sp, Su 5 hours Emphasis is placed on vocabulary building, the study of mechanics, and sentence structure in preparation for English Composition II. 41-140 English Composition II -A, W, Sp, Su 5 hours Writing is chiefly expository with emphasis on organizing library ma– terials and the writing of research papers. Prerequisite: 41-110 English Composition I or equivalent. 41-221 Principles of Journalism -A 5 hours Fundamentals of collecting, evaluating, writing, copyreading, edit– ing, and headlining material for stories, features, and editorials. May count toward the English major. 41-222 Advanced Composition for Elementary Teachers -A, W, Sp 3 hours Designed to give the elementary teacher further practice in sentence structure and paragraphing. 41-223 Advanced Composition - W, Sp 3 hours An advanced study of basic paragraph structures, methods of research, and the writing of the research paper. Open to any student who desires greater competency in expository writing and especially for those who plan graduate work. 41-302 Creative Writing- W 3 hours An emphasis on writing the short story and poetry to help the student perfect his own style. 41-305 The English Language -Sp 5 hom·s An historical treatment of the growth and change in the English lan– guage, with some attention to the ideologie implicit in the development of variant conventions. (Alternate, even years) 41-307 Advanced Grammar for Secondary English Teachers -A 5 hours A review of traditional grammar with emphasis on current methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Field experience in teaching language is included. Prerequisite: 41-305 The English Language. 41-322 Advanced Journalism - W 3 hours A course designed for the student who anticipates writing as a vocation or avocation. The emphasis is on magazine writing and the steps toward preparing and submitting a manuscript for publication. 41-352 Developmental Reading- W 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, current practices, testing and evaluation for reading disabilities and correction, and methods and materials uti– lized in the prescriptive teaching of basic reading skills in the English content area in secondary schools. Field and laboratory experiences in– cluded. Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program. WORLD, ENGLISH, AND AMERICAN LITERATURE 41-230 Introduction to Literature -Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing ability to read critically and analytically representative examples of literary genres through use of appropriate criteria. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. 41-231,41-232 WorldLiteratm·e-A, W,Su 5hours A survey of great works of the western world which reflect the de– velopment of European thought in its literary expressions. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. Course may be repeated when content changes. 41-233 Mythology- W 5 hours A study of mythologies, the theories of myth and mythmaking, and the development of myth to modern times. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. 41-235 American Romanticism- W 5 hours A study of American writers from 1830-1865, emphasis on Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. 41-236 American Realism and Naturalism -Sp 5 hours American literature from 1865-1900, with emphasis on the local color movement; Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dreiser, and Norris. Pre– requisite: 41-140 English Composition II. 41-241 Early English Literature -A 5 hours A study of Old English and Middle English writings through Chaucer. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. 41-242 English Renaissance Literature -Sp 5 hours A survey of English literature and its background with emphasis on Malory, the English Bible, More, Sidney, Spenser, and Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. (Alternate, even years) 41-320 Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature -A 3 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to the teaching of composition and literature on the secondary level. 41-323 Directed Readings 1-4 hours Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by providing pri– mary and secondary material in preparation for an independent study of a major writer, literary genre, or literary period. 41-331 The English Novel- W 4 hours A reading and critical analysis of representative novels of the period from Richardson to Hardy. Prerequisite: 41-140 English Composition II. (Alternate, odd years) 41-332 Seventeenth Century English Literature - W 5 hours A study of the metaphysical writers, John Donne, Crashaw, and Mil– ton, with an emphasis on the Miltonic trilogy. Prerequisite: 41-140