Minor – English

Survey of major works and authors in the United States from the beginning through 1865. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Survey of major works and authors in the United States from 1865 through the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Survey of English literature from the Middle Ages through 1798. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Survey of English literature from the Romantic Period through the present. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of and practice in the composition of imaginative literature, with emphasis on the short story and poetry.  Students engage in the close reading of texts, both those written by established writers and those of classmates, practicing and presenting their own creative writing.  Prerequisite: ENGL 101 or ENGL 110.

Study of the structure and history of the English language, including concepts in linguistic, comparative grammar, and how language is used in society.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study and practice of writing the genre of the essay. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of literature written by authors from around the world, as read in translation.  Students study texts chosen primarily from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and read the literature through a comparative approach, considering historical, intellectual, religious, social, and aesthetic contexts.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of the poetry and prose of John Milton and other major 17th century British writers, with an emphasis on the religious and political contexts of the literature. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of British literature between 1660 and 1800, including the origins of the English novel. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of the poetry and prose of the British Romantic Period, including the poetry of Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Keats and the fiction of Austen. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of the Victorian writers of England in both poetry and prose, considered in their relation to the intellectual, religious, social, and aesthetic currents of the age.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of select poetry and prose of significant mid-nineteenth century American authors, including Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Melville, Hawthorne, Poe, and the Fireside Poets.  Prerequisite: ENLG 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of select poetry of significant late-nineteenth century American authors, including James, Howells, Wharton, Bierce, Crane, Dreiser, and London.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of select poetry and prose of significant post-1920s American authors from the South, including Faulkner, Porter, Wolfe, Williams, Hurston, O’Connor, Welty, and Percy.  Prerequisite:  ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of select poetry of significant American authors of the twentieth century, including Robinson, Frost, Williams, Moore, Cummings, Pound, Eliot, Jeffers, Hughes, Stevens, and Wilbur.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of select prose of significant American authors of the twentieth century, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Wright, Ellison, Steinbeck, Chandler, Carver, Kerouac, Updike, Cheever, and McCarthy.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Critical reading of and writing about selected tragedies, comedies, and histories of William Shakespeare.  Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.

Study of Medieval English literature written from 1066 through the end of the fifteenth century, including Beowulf and the works of Chaucer and the Gawain-poet in the Middle-English language.  No previous knowledge of Middle-English required. Prerequisites: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110 and ENGL 211.

Major authors and works of English literature from around the 16th Century, including works of Sidney, Spenser, and Marlowe.  Prerequisite: ENGL 211.

Intensive examination of a selected area of study in the field of literary studies. Topics vary and are announced in advance. This course may be repeated for credit. Lecture, seminar, and/or team study. Prerequisite: ENGL 102 or ENGL 110.