This category is intended mainly for nonmajors, and no more than 6 credits (with the exception of Introduction to Poetry and Shakespeare) can be counted toward the fulfillment of requirements in the English major. However, some courses that concentrate on basic practice in critical reading of literature and in critical writing are strongly recommended for beginning English majors.
307-10500 - - - Introduction to American Literature - - - HU LA 3a
Study of literary modes such as fiction, poetry, essays, and drama in which American writers have expressed ideals of individual conduct and social relationships or have appraised and challenged the practices of society. Emphasis on class participation. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-10700 - - - Introduction to Literature - - - HU LA 3a
Works of English, American, or European literature from early or recent times are considered in relation to one or more recurrent themes. Emphasis on class participation. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-10900 - - - Introduction to Drama - - - HU LA 3a
Critical discussion of drama, covering a broad range of forms and techniques, with emphasis on class participation. Recommended for beginning English majors. Also offered through the London Center. 3 credits.(F-S,Y)
307-11000 - - - Introduction to Fiction - - - HU LA 3a
Critical discussion of fiction, covering a broad range of forms and techniques. Emphasis on class participation. Recommended for beginning English majors. Also offered through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-11200 - - - Introduction to the Short Story - - - HU LA 3a
Critical discussion of short stories, covering a broad range of forms and techniques, with emphasis on class participation. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-11300 - - - Introduction to Poetry - - - HU LA 3a
Critical discussion of poetry, covering a broad range of forms and techniques, with emphasis on class participation. Recommended for beginning English majors. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-20100 - - - Critical Practice - - - HU LA 3a
An examination of the discipline of literary studies. Explores issues that concern literary critics as they read and write about works of literature, including the historical development of literary studies, canonicity, the conventions of literary-critical discourse, and the assumptions and interpretive consequences of different theoretical and critical approaches to literature. Designed to develop skills for reading both primary and secondary texts. Intended for English majors; open to nonmajors on a space-available basis. Prerequisites: One course in English. 3 credits. (S,Y)
307-21000 - - - The Literature of Horror - - - HU LA
Survey of horror literature from its commercial origins in the 18th century through contemporary writers. Writers whose works are examined include Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Franz Kafka, Bram Stoker, and H. P. Lovecraft. Prerequisites: One course in literature. 3 credits. (S,Y)
307-21100 - - - Jewish-American Writers - - - HU LA 3a
Study of dramas, short stories, and novels of Jewish-American writers who have gained prominence since the 1950s, such as Miller, Malamud, Mailer, Singer, Roth, and Bellow. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-21400 - - - Science Fiction - - - HU LA 3a
Survey of fantasy and science fiction from H. G. Wells to Harlan Ellison. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-21600 - - - Contemporary British Fiction - - - HU LA 3a, h
Deals with works of British fiction since World War II for their literary value and for their portrayal of British society during the last three decades. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-21800 - - - Twentieth-Century American Drama - - - HU LA 3a
Study of the leading American dramatists of the 20th century, such as O'Neill, Behrman, Odets, Sherwood, Anderson, Wilder, Hellman, Miller, Williams, Inge, Albee, and Eliot. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-21900 - - - Shakespeare - - - HU LA 3a, h
Study of six to eight Shakespeare plays as examples both of the way dramatic literature works and of the achievement of the greatest of English writers. Since plays vary each semester, course may be repeated once for credit. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. Also offered through the London Center. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-22000 - - - Black Women Writers - - - HU LA 3a
Study of black women writers such as Hurston, Angelou, Morrison, and Walker. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-22500 - - - Literary Modernism and the Visual Arts - - - HU LA 3a, h
Introduction to the concept of literary modernism as it developed from 1900 to 1925, a period during which a close relationship between literature and the visual arts existed. The use of the visual arts of the period as a lens through which to read modern literature provides an enhanced understanding of modern writers. Prerequisites: One course in literature and sophomore standing. 3 credits.(F,Y)
Of the following five courses, three are required of all English majors. Majors must also take either the remaining two Periods of Literature courses or 6 credits of designated substitute courses (a list of substitutes is available in the department).
307-13100 - - - Ancient Literature - - - HU LA 3a, h, g
Works that have dominated the Western imagination and set standards for art and life for nearly 3,000 years: the epics of Homer and Virgil, the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes, and selections from the Bible. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-23200 - - - Medieval Literature - - - HU LA 3a, h
Readings are drawn from the northern European epic, medieval romances, and medieval drama. Also Dante, The Divine Comedy; Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, The Canterbury Tales. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-27100 - - - Renaissance Literature - - - HU LA 3a, h
The continental backgrounds: Renaissance writers in Italy, France, and Spain. Major trends in English literature from the early 16th century through Milton, with emphasis on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-27200 - - - The Enlightenment (1660-1770) - - - HU LA
The neoclassical drama of France and England: Molière, Restoration comedy. Also Voltaire, major works of Dryden, Pope, Swift, and Johnson. The rise of the novel: Defoe, Fielding, Smollett, and Richardson. Prerequisites: One course in the humanities or social sciences, or sophomore standing. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
307-38100 - - - Romantic-Victorian Literature - - - HU LA
Romanticism in France and Germany; English romantic and Victorian poetry. The movement toward realism, especially in the French and English novel. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (F-S,Y)
Upper-level courses are intended primarily for juniors and seniors but may be taken by sophomores who can meet the prerequisites.
307-31100 - - - Dramatic Literature - - - HU LA 3a, h
307-31200 - - - Dramatic Literature - - - HU LA 3a, g
First semester: Studies in dramatic literature prior to Ibsen. Second semester: Studies in modern drama. Prerequisites: Any three courses in English, history of the theater, or introduction to the theater. 3 credits. (307-31100-F, 307-31200-S,Y)
307-31600 - - - Creative Writing Workshop in Poetry - - - FA LA
Discussion and practice in writing poetry. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-31800 - - - Short Story - - - HU LA
Survey of 19th- and 20th-century short stories, British and American, by Poe, Hawthorne, Crane, Joyce, Hemingway, Lawrence, Bowen, Nabokov, Updike, Malamud, et al. History and development of the short story. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-31900 - - - Great American Writers before 1890 - - - HU LA
Puritan writers, Benjamin Franklin; romantic writers such as Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau, Melville, Twain, Whitman, and James. Lecture and discussion. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-32000 - - - Great American Writers after 1890 - - - HU LA
Stephen Crane, Dreiser, and the naturalist movement. Later writers such as Sherwood Anderson, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Ellison. Poets such as Robinson, Frost, Eliot, and Stevens. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-32400 - - - Literature of the Bible - - - HU LA
A study of major narratives and poetry from the Bible, together with their influence on subsequent literature. Emphasis on literary strategies and historical knowledge that enable critical understanding. Prerequisites: Three courses in the humanities. 3 credits. (S,E)
307-32500 - - - Studies in Medieval English Literature - - - HU LA
Topic varies. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-33100 - - - Studies in the English Renaissance - - - HU LA
Topic varies. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-34100 - - - Studies in the Enlightenment (1660-1770) - - - HU LA
Topic varies. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-35000 - - - Imagining Herself: Women's Autobiography - - - HU LA
Examination of the way women have employed autobiography as a form of self-expression and gender definition. Consideration of the way autobiographies differ from other forms of personal expression and how they can be analyzed as literary texts. Authors may include Beryl Markham, Zora Neale Hurston, Audre Lorde, Annie Dillard, Dorothy Allison, Maxine Hong Kingston, Nancy Mairs, May Sarton, and Temple Grandin. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, plus 3 courses in the humanities, one of which is an English course. 3 credits. (F or S, Y)
307-35200 - - - Studies in Nineteenth-Century English Literature - - - HU LA
Topic varies. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-36300 - - - Irish Literature - - - HU LA
A study of the sudden flowering of Irish literature between 1885 and 1939 and its influence on the political and social history of the time. Readings from Yeats, Joyce, Synge, and O'Casey as well as less known figures of the period. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. Also offered through the London Center. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-36500 - - - Studies in the Novel - - - HU LA
Studies in the novel, with topics varying from semester to semester. Concentration may be on a theme, a period, a type, etc. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-37000 - - - American Poetry - - - HU LA
A survey of the main currents of American poetry from the middle of the 19th century to the present. Beginning with the poetry of Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson, the course establishes the dialectic poles of attraction for American writing, concentrating on such major 20th-century poets as Robert Frost, Wallace Stevens, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Theodore Roethke, Robert Lowell, and James Wright. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature. It is recommended that students take either 307-11300 Introduction to Poetry or 307-10500 Introduction to American Literature prior to this course. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-37200 - - - Studies in American Literature - - - HU LA
Studies in different selected figures in American literature each semester. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. Since content varies each semester, course may be repeated once for credit. Also offered through the London Center (F-S). 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-37300 - - - Renaissance Drama - - - HU LA
Study of the English drama after Shakespeare. Visits museums and sites in London for background of the Jacobean and early Caroline periods. Readings from Beaumont, Fletcher, Ford, Jonson, Middleton, and Webster. Prerequisites: 307-21900 or 307-27100. Also offered through the London Center (S,Y). 3 credits. (IRR)
307-37700 - - - Nineteenth-Century British Novel - - - HU LA
The writings of Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Henry James, and Thomas Hardy in their historical and cultural context. Critical approaches to the study of the novel. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. Also offered through the London Center (F) 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-37800 - - - Twentieth-Century British Novel - - - HU LA
The development of the British novel from the end of the 19th century. A comparison of theme, style, and structure within the historical and cultural context. Authors such as James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster, Graham Greene, and William Golding. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. Also offered through the London Center (S,Y) 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-38200 - - - Modern Literature I - - - HU LA
Introduction to modern literature through representative figures: Mann, Gide, Lawrence, Joyce, Yeats, Eliot, Auden. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-38300 - - - Modern Literature II - - - HU LA
Supplement to 307-38200, providing a broader survey of modern literature. Such authors as Woolf, Conrad, Thomas, Forster, Waugh. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-38700 - - - Teaching Literature in High School - - - HU LA
Designed for potential high school teachers of English. Study of various works of literature frequently taught in high school, with emphasis on presentation to younger students. Prerequisites: 9 credits of literature courses. 3 credits. (IRR)
Open to upper class English majors and to other upper class students with permission of instructor. 3 credits. Seminars 307-41000 through 307-47900 vary in content from semester to semester and provide an opportunity for advanced research and discussion.
307-41000 - - - Seminar in Medieval English Literature - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: 307-23200 and permission of instructor. (F or S,Y)
307-42000 - - - Seminar in Shakespeare - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: 307-21900 and permission of instructor. (F or S,Y)
307-43000 - - - Seminar in the English Renaissance - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: 307-27100 and permission of instructor. (F or S,Y)
307-44000 - - - Seminar in the English Enlightenment (1660-1770) - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: 307-27200 and permission of instructor. (IRR)
307-45000 - - - Seminar in Nineteenth-Century Literature - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: 307-38100 and permission of instructor. (IRR)
307-46000 - - - Seminar in Twentieth-Century English Literature - - - HU LA
Prerequisites: Four literature courses, at least two of which are at level 2 or above, and junior standing. (F or S,Y)
307-46500 - - - Seminar in Drama - - - HU LA
Selected topics in classic or contemporary drama. Prerequisites: Either four literature courses or one of 307-31100 or 307-31200; and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (F or S,Y)
307-47000-307-47900 Seminars in American Literature - - - HU LA
Topics may include Hemingway, contemporary American poetry, Whitman/Dickinson, Hawthorne/James, 20th-century women writers, among others. Prerequisites: 307-31900 or 307-32000 if appropriate. Additional or other prerequisites may be specified when appropriate. (F or S,Y)
307-48000 - - - Studies in Literary Criticism - - - HU LA
Selected topics in the history and theory of literary criticism. Prerequisites: Four literature courses and permission of instructor. 3 credits. (IRR)
307-49500 - - - Internship - - - NLA
Allows students to combine literary study with on-site work experience under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Internships require the approval of both the sponsoring agency and the faculty supervisor. Also available through the London Center. A maximum of 3.00 credits may be used to fulfill requirements for the English major. Prerequisites: Junior standing or above, four literature courses, and permission of instructor. Variable credit. (IRR)
307-49900 - - - Independent Study - - - U LA
For the specially qualified student, by agreement with a faculty member. Offered on demand only. Prerequisites: Permission of the department. Variable credit, usually 3.
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