1995-1996 Academic Catalog

128 Language and Literature ENG-307 Advanced Grammar for Secondary English Teachers--A 5 hours A review of standard grammar with emphasis on current teaching methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. Field experience in teaching English grammar is included. ENG-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 prepadng and submitting a manuscript for publication. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-352 Developmental Reading--W 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, testing and evaluation, clinical . methods, and materials utilized in the pre~criptive teaching of basic reading sldlls in the English content area 111 secondary schools. Field and clinical experiences included. Prerequisite: Admission to the teacher education program. ENG-362 Practicum in Journalism--A,W,Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. World, English, and American Literature LIT-230 Introduction to Literature--A,Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing ability to read critically and analyticall~ representative examples of literary genres through use of appropnate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-231 World Llterature--A,W,Su 5 hours A survey of major works of the Western literary tradition from Homer to T.S. Eliot: Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-233 Mythology 5 hours A study of mythologies, the theories of myth and mythmaking, and the development of myth to modern times. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-251 Major American Authors I--A 5 hours A study of prominent American authors from colonial times to 1900. Prerequisites: Eng-140 English Composition II, LIT-231 World Literature, or major status in English secondary education, professional writing, elementary education, emphasis in language arts, or permission of instrnctor. LIT-252 Major American Authors 11--W 5 hours A study of central American authors of the twentieth century. Prerequisites: ENG-140 English Composition II, LIT-231 World Literature, or major status in English secondary education, profes– sional writing, elementary education, emphasis in language arts, or permission of instructor. LIT-261 Major British Authors I 5 hours A study of canonical English authors from the Anglo-Saxons to the Romantic era. Prerequisites: ENG-140 English Composition II, LIT-231 World Literature, or major status in English secondary education, professional writing, elementary education, emphasis in language arts, or permission of instructor. LIT-262 Major British Authors II 5 hours A study of noteworthy English authors from 1800 to the present. Prerequisites: ENG-140 English Composition II, LIT-231 World Literature, or major status in English secondary education, profes– sional writing, elementary education, emphasis in language arts, or permission of instructor. LIT-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. LIT-323 Directed Readings--A,W,Sp 1-4 hours Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by providing primary and secondary material in preparation for an independent study of a major writer, literary genre, or literary period. LIT-329 British Literature: Beginnings through Renaissance -cSp 5 hours A study of major canonical writings from Old, Middle, and early Modern periods. Prerequisite: major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-330 British Literature: From Renaissance to Romanticism--W 5 hours A study of the metaphysicals, Milton, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. Prerequisite: Major status, or permission of instrnctor. LIT-331 The English Novel--W 4 hours A reading and critical analysis of representative novels of the period from Sterne to Barnes. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-334 Nineteenth Century English Literature--Sp 5 hours A study of the major Romantic and Victodan writers, ~iving emphasis to Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Brownrng, Arnold, and Tennyson. Prerequisite: Major status, or permissioµ of instructor. LIT-335 Shakespeare--W 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets. Prerequisite: Major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-336 American Realism and Naturalism--Sp 5 hours American literature from 1865-1900, with emphasis on the local color movement; Twain, James, Howells, Crane, Dre~ser, and Norris. Prerequisite: Major status, or permission of mstructor. LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature--A .. 5 hours A study of representative and significant 20t~ centu~-y Bntish . writers, especially those reflective of modern ideologies. Prereqm– site: Major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-339 American Romanticism--W 5 hours A study of American writers from 1830-1865, e~phasis on Poe'. Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. Prereqm– site: Major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-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: Major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-413 Dramatic Literature--Sp .. ~hours Emphasis upon the relationships amon~ styles, theory, ~nt1cism, and dramatic construction. Can be apphed to meet English or speech requirements, but not both. Prerequisite: Major status, or permission of instructor. LIT-421 Literary Criticism--Sp 3 hours A study of major critical theories from ancient times ~o the present. Prerequisite: 200 or 300 level literature course. Reqmred for all secondary and English majors. LIT-422 English Seminar--W 3 hours Designed to help the student synthesize his major areas of study. Required of all senior English majors. LIT-423 Independent Study in English--A,W,Sp 1-4 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. LIT-442 European Novel 4 hours A study of the 19th and 20t.h century influence on the. n~vel from Balzac to Camus. Prerequisite: MaJor status, or perm1ss10n of instructor. LIT-449 Special Topics--A,W,Sp . ~-5 .hours An investigation of such literary phenomena that have mtnns1c worth and engage student interest. Professional Writing PWRT-210 Proofreading--Su 3 hours Students will learn to read proof using the techniques that professional proofreaders have found most practical and effective. PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers--A 4 hours A prescriptive approach to a clear, concise prose which is gram– matically correct. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. PWRT-315 Public Relations Writing--W 5 hours A study in which students learn to generate newsletters, press releases, and sales literature. Prerequisites: PWRT-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers, PWRT-317 Graphic Design. PWRT-316 Technical Communication--W 5 hours A study of technical communication in which students learn to produce effective technical documents. Prerequisite: PWRT-317 Graphic Design.