2005-2006 Academic Catalog

128 Language and Literature School of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Bible ENG-3070 3 hours Advanced Grammar for Adolescent Teachers –Fa,Sp Review of standard grammar with emphasis on current teaching methods of grammatical analysis. Required of all majors with English as a teaching field. ENG-3110 Style and Mechanics for Writers –Sp 3 hours Provides reliable principles that make writing clear, concise, coherent, and cohesive as students apply these principles to various texts. (Not for technical and professional communication majors.) Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. ENG-3220Advanced Journalism –Sp 2 hours Designed for the student who anticipates writing as a vocation or avocation. The emphasis is on reporting and writing for newspapers and magazines. Topics of study include: beat reporting, developing the in-depth features and series, investiga- tive practices, standards and ethics, community and publisher relations, and manuscript production. Prerequisite: ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism. ENG-3300Developmental Reading –Sp 3 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-3550Writing Center Theory and Training –Sp 2 hours Designed to orient students to writing center theory and practice. Will train students for employment opportunities in the writing center. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition; permission of instructor. ENG-3620 Practicum in Journalism –Fa,Sp 1 hour Experience in the varied tasks of the journalistic enterprise. Prerequisite: ENG-2210 Principles of Journalism. ENG-4230 Independent Study inEnglish –Fa,Sp 1-3 hours Independent study in a selected field for students with special interests and demonstrated ability. World, English, and American Literature LIT-2090 Literary Analysis –Fa,Sp 2 hours Introductory study of basic textual analysis and traditional contextual analysis. This course is primarily intended for adolescent and young adult integrated language arts and English majors as preparation for upper-division literature courses. LIT-2120 History of Literary Criticism –Sp 3 hours A study of the rich philosophic heritage of the West, this course is designed to familiarize students with the writers whose works have defined the critical canon as the result of the way they addressed three questions: What is the function of literature? What is the role of an author? How do we evaluate literature? Featured writers will range from Plato, Aristotle, and Augustine to Lewis, Eliot, and Bakhtin. LIT-2130 Dramatic Literature –Sp 3 hours Survey of major dramatic works from Greek to modern day playwrights, emphasizing the relationships among themes and dramatic construction amid various cultural and historical contexts. Can be applied to meet English or communication arts requirements, but not both. Prerequisite: major status or permis- sion of instructor. LIT-2300 Introduction to Literature –Fa,Sp 3 hours Emphasis on developing the ability to read critically and analytically representative examples of literary genres through use of appropriate criteria. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. LIT-2330Mythology –Fa 3 hours Study of mythologies, the theories of myth and myth making, and the incorporation of myth in selected literary works. Prereq- uisite: ENG-1400 Composition. LIT-2340 Western Literature –Fa,Sp,Su 3 hours Survey of major works of Western literary tradition from Homer to T.S. Eliot. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. LIT-2350 Christian Motifs in Film –Sp 3 hours Study of depictions of Christ and Christ-figures as well as other Christian motifs in film. This course will provide a detailed introduction to the characteristics of the Christ-figure and its most common manifestations in film. The class will focus on viewing and evaluating films containing Christian motifs such as redemption, sacrifice, sin, and faith. LIT-2390 3 hours Survey of American Literature to 1900 –Fa,Sp 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- 1400 Composition. LIT-2430 Survey of British Literature to 1800 –Fa,Sp 3 hours Study of various English authors from the Anglo-Saxons to 1800. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. LIT-2440 3 hours Survey of British Literature from 1800 to Present –Sp 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-1400 Composition. LIT-3190 19th Century American Literature –Sp 3 hours Study of American literature from 1830 to 1900, giving attention to the romantic and realistic philosophies and literary commen- taries as they apply to the major authors of this period. Prerequi- site: major status or permission of instructor. LIT-3200 2 hours Methods of Teaching Composition and Literature –Fa Designed to explore the various methods and materials essential to teaching composition and literature on the secondary level. LIT-3230 Directed Readings –Fa,Sp 1-3 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-3310 TheEnglishNovel –Fa 3 hours Reading and critical analysis of representative novels written in English. Authors include Fielding, Barnes, Rushdie, Gordimer, and Greene. Prerequisite: ENG-1400 Composition. (even years) LIT-3320 Renaissance Literature –Sp 3 hours A study of Metaphysicals, Milton, and other selected Renais- sance writers. LIT-3330 18th Century British Literature –Fa 3 hours Study of British writers from the Restoration through the Age of Johnson. Prerequisite: major status or permission of the instructor. LIT-3340 19th Century British Literature –Sp 3 hours Study of the major Romantic Victorian writers, giving emphasis to Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Browning, Arnold, and Tennyson. Prerequisite: major status or permission of instructor. LIT-3350 Shakespeare –Fa 3 hours Representative comedies, history plays, tragedies, and sonnets. Prerequisite: major status or permission of instructor. LIT-3380 Contemporary British Literature –Fa 3 hours Study of representative and significant 20th century British writers, especially those reflective of modern ideologies. Prerequisite: major status or permission of instructor. LIT-3400 3 hours Studies in Contemporary World Literature –Sp Study of contemporary literature outside the American and British traditions. Writers may include Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Duong Thu Huong, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami, V.S. Naipaul, Moniru Ravanipur, Jose Saramago, Tatyana Tolstoya, Luisa Valenzuela, Gao Xingjian, and others. Prerequisite: major status or permission of the instructor. (even years)