2001-2002 Academic Catalog

School of Humanities, Fine Arts, Bible ENG-306 Creative Writing: Nonfiction-A 3 hours Intensive study in techniques for creating forms of literary nonfic– tion. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition JI. ENG-307 Advanced Grammar for Adolescent Teachers-A,W 5 hours Review of standard grammar with emphasis on current teaching methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. ENG-311 Style and Mechanics for Writers-Sp 4 hours This course is about rewriting. It provides students the opportunity to learn reliable principles that make writing clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive as they apply these principles to various texts. (Not.for Professional and Technical Communication Majors.) Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. ENG-322 Advanced Journalism-W 3 hours 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. Prerequisite: ENG-221Principles ofJoumalism. ENG-352 Developmental Reading-W 5 hours Includes basic philosophies, testing, evaluation, clinical methods, and materials utilized in the prescriptive teaching of basic reading skills in the language arts content area for adolescent/young adult teachers. Field and clinical experiences included. Prerequisite: admission to the teacher education program. (Fee: $25) ENG-362 Practicum in Journalism-A,W,Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. Prerequi– site: ENG-221 Principles of Journalism. ENG-423 Independent Study in English-A,W,Sp 1-4 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonsh·ated ability. World, English, and American Literature LIT-209 Literary Analysis-A 3 hours Introductory study ofbasic literary analysis and theory. This course is primarily intended for Adolescent and Young Adult Integrated Language Arts and English majors as preparation for upper-division literature courses. LIT-213 Dramatic Literature--Sp 4 hours Emphasis upon the relationships among styles, theory, criticism, and dramatic constmction. Can be applied to meet English or speech requirements, but not both. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstructor. LIT-230 Introduction to Literature--A,W,Sp 5 hours Emphasis on developing the ability to read critically and analytically representative examples of literary genres through use of appropriate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-233 Mythology 5 hours Study of mythologies, the theories of myth and myth making, and the development of myth to modern times. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-234 Western Literature--A,W,Sp,Su 5 hours Survey ofmajor works ofWestern literary tradition from Homer to T.S. Eliot. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-239 Survey of American Literature to 1900-A,Sp 5 hours Study of prominent American authors from colonial times to 1900. Although this course may be taken for general education credit, it is primarily designed for majors. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-243 Survey of British Literature to 1800-W 5 hours Study of various English authors from the Anglo-Saxons to the Romantic era. Although this course may be taken for general educa– tion credit, it is primarily designed for majors. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-244 Survey of British Literature from 1800 to Present-Sp 5 hours Study of noteworthy English authors from 1800 to the present. Although this course may be taken for general education credit, it is primarily designed for majors.Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition JI. LIT-319 19th Century American Literature--W 5 hours Study of American literature from 1830 to 1900, giving attention to the romantic and realistic philosophies and litera1y commentaries as they apply to the major authors of this period. Prerequisite: Major status or permission ofinstructor. (even years) LIT-320 Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature--A 3 hours Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to teaching composition and literature on the secondary level. LIT-323 Directed Readings-A,W,Sp,Su 1-4 hours Selected readings designed to strengthen the major by providing primaiy and secondary material in preparation for an independent study of a major writer, literaiy genre, or litera1y period. LIT-330 British Literature: From Renaissance to Romanticism-W 5 hours Study of the metaphysicals, Milton, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. Prerequisite: major status orper111ission ofinstructor. LIT-331 The English Novel-W 4 hours Reading and critical analysis ofrepresentative novels of the period from Sterne to Barnes. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-334 19th Century British Literature--Sp 5 hours Study of the major Romantic Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Arnold, and Tennyson. Prerequisite: major status orper111ission ofinstructor. LIT-335 Shakespeare--A 5 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstrnctor. LIT-338 Contemporary British Literature--A 5 hours Study of representative and significant 20th century British writers, especially those reflective of modern ideologies. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstructor. LIT-340 Contemporary Studies in World Literature--Sp 5 hours Study of the non-western classics to gain insight into the hist01y of the world. Special emphasis will be placed on the contemporary period. Writers include Achebe, Borges, Marquez, Rushdie, Ding Ling, Sono Hwi, and Oba Minako. Prerequisite: major status 01· permission ofinstructor. LIT-342 American Novel-A 4 hours Study ofthe historical development ofthe American novel, and an analysis of the writings of major American novelists from Cooper to Faulkner. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstructor. (even years) LIT-351 Modern American Literature--Sp 5 hours Study ofMajor American authors of the 20th centmy. Prerequisite: ENG-140 English Composition II. LIT-352 C.S. Lewis: Life, Thought, Literature--Sp 3 hours Study of Lewis' contributions in the fields of literature, criticism, and apologetics. Special attention will be placed on understanding Lewis' personal and intellectual development; his relationships with contempora1y scholars and writers; and his continuing influence. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstrnctor. (even years) LIT-422 English Seminar-Sp 5 hours Designed to help the student synthesize his or her major areas of study. Required of all senior English majors. Capstone course. 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-431 Advanced Literary Theory-W 5 hours A study of the theoretical methods that currently drive research in the field of English studies. Marxism, Feminist and Gender theories, Stmcturalism, Deconstrnction, Cultural Criticism, Psychological Criticism, Reader-Response theories, and Formalist approaches will be analyzed from a Christian perspective. Prerequisite: LJT-209 LitermJ'Analysis. LIT-442 European Novel-A 4 hours Study of the 19th and 20th centu1y influence on the novel from Balzac to Camus. Prerequisite: major status or permission of instructor. (even years) LIT-445 Milton: Poetry and Selected Prose--A 5 hours A study of Milton's early poehy, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and selected prose works. Prerequisite: major status or permission ofinstructor. (odd years) LIT-449 Special Topics-A,W,Sp 1-5 hours Investigation of such literary phenomena that have intrinsic worth and engage student interest.