S. D. Ahmed, H. Andreadis,
V. M. Balester, D. A. Berthold, R. E. Boenig, D. A. Brooks,
K. N. Brown, M. Bucholtz, R. E. Campbell, G. H. Cannon, P.
N. Christensen, W. B. Clark, F. D. Coleman, G. P. Del Negro,
D. R. Dickson, S. B. Egenolf, M. Eide*, M. J. M. Ezell, K.W.Ferrara,
C. L. Gibson, J. B. Gibson, J. R. Goodman, J. R. Hannah, J.
L. Harner, T.A.Hoagwood, C. M. Holcomb, M. C. Ives, C.W.Kallendorf,
S. Kendall, K. E. Kelly, M.J.Killingsworth, J. M. Loving, C.
J. Machann, H. J. Marchitello*, P.R. Matthews, J. P. McCann,
D.B. McWhirter, H. T. Meserole, J. L. Mitchell (Head), A. M.
Morey, D.G. Myers, M. A. O'Farrell, L. J. Oliver, P. A. Parrish,
P. A. Phillippy, M.A.Portales, L. J. Reynolds, S. A. Robinson*,
V. Rosner, C. H. Rowell, S. M. Stabile, J. P. Stout, C. J.
Swearingen, C. B. Taylor, Jr., E. D. Tebeaux, L. M. Vallone
* Graduate Advisor
The graduate program in English
offers courses leading to the degrees of Master of Arts and
Doctor of Philosophy. Graduate study increases understanding
and appreciation of English and American literature, provides
training in techniques of critical investigation, broadens
understanding of the English language, and enhances skill in
the use of the language. Graduate work in English prepares
students primarily for teaching in universities, community
colleges and schools. It can also prepare them for careers
in linguistics, writing, editing and other professional and
business fields.
Both the MA
degree (thesis option) and the MA degree (non-thesis option)
require ENGL 603. In addition, the thesis option requires
9 hours of course work in literature, and the non-thesis
option requires 15 hours of course work in literature. The
thesis may be written on a subject in English literature,
American literature, linguistics, rhetoric and composition,
or creative writing. All MA students must complete a distribution
requirement, consisting of at least one course in five of
the six following areas: British literature to 1660, British
literature 1660-1900, American literature to 1900, Modern
British and American literature, linguistics, rhetoric and
composition or creative writing.
A minimum of 64 credit hours beyond
the MA, or 96 hours beyond the BA, is required for the PhD
degree in English. Both ENGL 603 and 683 are required, and
should be taken in the first year of study. At least one advanced
seminar is also required. The student's program may include
a minor of up to 12 hours. The dissertation may be written
on a subject in English literature, American literature, linguistics,
or rhetoric and composition.
To be admitted to either program,
a student should have a baccalaureate degree in English. Students
who hold baccalaureate degrees in other fields may be admitted
provisionally and required to make up deficiencies. A PhD candidate
will normally be expected to hold the MA degree in English.
If the MA course distribution requirement was not completed
in an MA program, the PhD student must complete it in the first
year of the program.
A student may meet the PhD language
requirement by demonstrating 1) comprehensive knowledge of
one language, 2) reading knowledge of two languages, 3) reading
knowledge of one language plus ENGL 605 and 606 or 6 to 12
hours of a foreign language approved by the graduate director.
PhD students
must undergo a review at the end of the first year. The review
is conducted by the graduate faculty in English. A preliminary
exam is required before work on the dissertation may begin.
(ENGL)
603. Bibliography and Literary
Research. (3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction of basic techniques
of research and scholarly procedure in literature; research
reports.
605. Old English. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Introduction to Old English
literature and language (phonology, morphology, syntax, lexicon
and dialectology) through extensive reading of the literature
of the period; research papers. Cross-listed with LING 605.
Credit cannot be given for both ENGL605 and LING 605.
606. Beowulf. (3-0). Credit
3.
Literary and linguistic study
of Beowulf. Prerequisites: ENGL 605 and LING 610 or approval
of instructor.
607. Seminar in Medieval
Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced study in Medieval Literature.
May cover Old or Middle English literature or language, research
methods, manuscript or editing problems, or other areas.
May be taken up to three times as content varies. Prerequisite:
Graduate course in Medieval English or approval of instructor.
610. History of the English
Language. (3-0). Credit 3.
Inductive study of phonological,
grammatical and lexical history of English language, with
brief discussion of some other Indo-European languages; kinds
and principles of linguistic changes in general, as reflected
in English. Cross-listed with LING 610. Credit cannot be
given for both ENGL 610 and LING 610.
611. Seminar in Renaissance
and Seventeenth-Century Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced study in Renaissance
and Seventeenth-Century British Literature. May cover individual
authors, literary movements or cultural context. May be taken
up to three times as content varies. Prerequisite: ENGL 613,
614, 615, 619, 621 or approval of instructor.
612. Chaucer. (3-0). Credit
3.
A literary and linguistic study
of Chaucer's works; bibliographical reports and research
papers.
613. Studies in the Renaissance.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Drama of the English Renaissance,
exclusive of Shakespeare; research papers.
614. Studies in the Renaissance:
Nondramatic Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Major writers of nondramatic
prose and poetry of the English Renaissance.
615. Seventeenth Century
English Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Poetry and prose of chief writers
of 17th century: Bacon, Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Milton and
Dryden; research papers.
616. Restoration and Earlier
Eighteenth-Century Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Poetry and prose to 1750 concentrating
on Defoe, Addison, Swift, Pope and Smollett; aesthetic, scientific
and religious ideas; research papers.
617. Later Eighteenth-Century
Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Prose, including the novel,
in latter half of century concentrating on Fielding, Johnson,
Boswell, Goldsmith and Sterne; aesthetic, scientific and
philosophic ideas; research papers.
619. Studies in Shakespeare.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Readings in Shakespeare's plays
with attention to requirements and needs of individual students;
sources of plays; textual studies; parallel readings in Shakespearean
criticism from 18th century to present; research papers.
Prerequisite: Course in Shakespeare.
621. Milton and His Contemporaries.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Poetry and prose of John Milton
with emphasis on Paradise Lost; Milton's predecessors and
contemporaries as they contribute to understanding the milieu
of Milton; research papers.
622. Introduction to Creative
Writing. (3-0). Credit 3.
Introduction to fundamentals
of creative writing. Students produce original work and read
contemporary masters of the genre. Written and oral peer
critiques. Genre open.
623. Poetics and Writing.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Theories of literary forms and
compositions as applied to creative writing and extended
writing projects.
624. Writing Seminar. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Discussion and analysis of selected
topics in creative writing: use of historical research in
creative composition, conventional and experimental forms,
the role of gender in creativity. Creative projects on seminar
topics. Prerequisite: ENGL622 or approval of instructor.
631. Earlier Romantics.
(3-0). Credit 3.
The major earlier Romantic writers
of poetry and prose with concentration on two or three authors
each time course is offered. Representative authors: Blake,
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Lamb, Hazlitt; research papers.
633. Later Romantics. (3-0).
Credit 3.
The major later Romantic writers
of poetry and prose with concentration on two or three authors
each time the course is offered. Representative authors:
Byron, Shelley, Keats, DeQuincey; research papers.
634. Victorian Poetry. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Victorian writers of poetry
with concentration on selected authors.
635. Victorian Prose. (3-0).
Credit 3.
Victorian writers of non-fiction
prose with concentration on selected authors.
638. Seminar in Nineteenth-Century
British Literaure. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced study in nineteenth-century
British literature. May cover individual authors, literary
movements or cultural context. May be taken up to three time
as content varies. Prerequisite: Graduate course in nineteenth-century
British literature or approval of instructor.
640. Children's Literature.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Analysis of significant works
of children's literature from the eighteenth through twentieth
centuries, including fairy tales, fantasy, realistic novels
and didactic stories; readings in feminist, psychoanalytic,
historicist and cultural criticism. Prerequisite: Graduate
classification.
641. Studies in the English
Novel. (3-0). Credit 3.
Major English novelists from
1740 to 20th century. Analysis of eight to ten novels--style,
characterization, plot, atmosphere and social commentary--against
their intellectual, historical and social backgrounds; research
paper.
645. Women and Literature.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Approaches to literature and
issues of gender and theory in literature by women, about
women, or written for female audiences. This course may be
taken three times for credit as content varies.
647. Studies in Modern British
Drama. (3-0). Credit 3.
Dramatic literature of British
Isles from 1880s to present with some consideration of influence
from the Continent; representative dramatists: Wilde, Shaw,
Pinero, Maugham, Synge, O'Casey, Eliot, Fry; research papers.
648. Seminar in Twentieth-Century
British Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced study in 20th century
British literature. May cover individual authors, literary
movements or cultural context. May be taken up to three times
as content varies. Prerequisite: Graduate course in twentieth
century British literature or approval of instructor.
649. Studies in the Twentieth
Century: British Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Selected authors since 1900:
Yeats, Joyce, Huxley and others; development of particular
literary movement or literary form; research papers.
650. Studies in the Twentieth
Century: American Literature. (3-0). Credit 3.
Selected authors since 1900:
Robinson, Frost, Eliot, Lewis, Faulkner, Hemingway and others;
particular literary movement or literary form; research papers.
651. Southwestern Literature.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Readings in Southwestern literature,
with particular emphasis on literature that reflects the
various cultures--Anglo-American, Mexican-American, and Native
American--of the area.
652. Studies in Postmodernism.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Selected literary works since
World War II with an emphasis on postmodern themes and experiments
with form.
654. History of Rhetoric
to 1900. (3-0). Credit 3.
Key concepts of rhetoric, surveying
primary authors and works from 5th century Greece to the
19th century. Cross-listed with COMM 654.
655. Modern Rhetorical Theories.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Works of modern rhetorical theorists,
including Burke, Richards, Ong, Moffet, Young, Christensen,
Perelman, Kinneavy and others; application and evaluation
of these theories. Cross-listed with COMM 655.
656. Contemporary Composition
Theory. (3-0). Credit 3.
Examines theories of the composing
process and the relation of language study to composition;
explores contributions by such theorists as Kinneavy, D'Angelo,
Corbett, Moffett, Young, Lauer, Britton, Winterowd and Shaughnessy.
657. The English Writing
Center. (2-2). Credit 3.
The "Writing Center" as
a means of individualizing the teaching of writing; the four
basic components of writing centers: administration, production,
directed studies and learning resources; analysis of the
efficiency of various writing center models. Prerequisite:
Approval of instructor.
664. Analysis of Business
and Technical Writing. (3-0). Credit 3.
Theory of teaching business
and technical writing; evaluation of current research and
its relation to current practice.
665. Topics in Discourse
Studies. (3-0). Credit 3.
Integrates theory and methodology
from rhetoric, linguistics, critical theory; makes connections
among disciplines that share major research interests. Prerequisite:
Graduate classification.
667. Rhetoric and Criticism.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Rhetorical analysis of texts,
the relationship of literary and rhetorical theory, the possibility
of a general theory of discourse and cultural criticism.
Prerequisites: ENGL 654, 655, 656 or 661 or approval of instructor.
671. Studies in American
Literature: The Beginnings to 1820. (3-0). Credit 3.
Colonial, Revolutionary and
Post-Revolutionary literature and the backgrounds; various
forms of early literature and individual writers; research
papers.
672. Studies
in American Literature: The Literary Milieux of Poe, Hawthorne
and Melville. (3-0). Credit 3.
Selected works of Poe,
Hawthorne, Melville and other writers and literary groups
associated with American romanticism; research papers.
674. Studies in American
Literature: The Age of Transcendentalism. (3-0). Credit 3.
Backgrounds of transcendentalism
in Europe; the movement in the United States; works of Emerson,
Whitman, Thoreau and others; research papers.
675. Studies in American
Literature: The Gilded Age. (3-0). Credit 3.
Social and literary backgrounds
of Gilded Age; emergence of American humor and realism, and
their development in Mark Twain and early Henry James; research
papers.
676. Seminar in American
Literature to 1900. (3-0). Credit 3.
Advanced study in American Literature
to 1900. May cover individual authors, literary movements
or cultural context. May be taken up to three times as content
varies. Prerequisite: Graduate course in American Literature
before 1900 or approval of instructor.
677. Studies in American
Poetry. (3-0). Credit 3.
Major American poets--for example,
Edward Taylor, Poe, Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost--and
the influence of American poetry and American culture on
each other; research papers.
679. American Ethnic Literature.
(3-0). Credit 3.
Literature of American ethnic
minorities, including African-, Asian-, Mexican- and Native-Americans.
681. Seminar in English.
(1-0). Credit 1.
Presentations by faculty, students
and visiting scholars based on current research. May be repeated
for credit. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in English.
682. History of Criticism.
(3-0). Credit 3.
The development of literary
thought from Plato to the present, with emphasis upon the
relationship of literature to other modes of human experience.
Prerequisite: Graduate classification.
683. Theory and Practice
of Literary Criticism. (3-0). Credit 3.
Important theories of literary
criticism for students of English and American literature;
functional emphasis in critical practice; research papers.
685. Directed Studies. Credit
1 to 6 each semester.
Readings to supplement the student's
knowledge of English or American literature or of the English
language in areas not studied in other courses; research
papers. Prerequisites: Graduate classification and approval
of department head.
689. Special Topics in...
Credit 1 to 4.
Selected topics in an identified
area of English. May be repeated for credit.
691. Research. Credit 1
or more each semester.
Research for thesis or dissertation.
697. Seminar in the Teaching
of English Composition. (3-0). Credit 3.
Theory of teaching of college
composition and rhetoric; supervised teaching; evaluation
of current research and its relation to current practice.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
