English (Engl)
Subject A. English Composition (2)
Drill in mechanics, diction, grammar, punctuation, and spelling. Practice
in writing sentences, paragraphs, and short themes. Required of all students
who have not passed the entrance examination in English.
1A. Reading and Composition (3)
Reading as a stimulus to thoughtful writing. Theory and practice of
composition. Themes, chiefly expository. One long paper based upon the investigation
of a selected topic. Prerequisite: English A.
1B. Introduction to Literature (3)
Reading of literary masterpieces of various types, ages, and countries
as the basis of class discussion and as a stimulus to imaginative and critical
writing. Prerequisite: English 1A.
5. Business Correspondence (3)
Prerequisite: Philos. 3 or Engl. 1A. Modern business correspondence; practice
in writing letters used in business transactions.
6. Improvement in Reading Techniques (2)
Guidance of the student in the analysis of his reading practices and in
the formation of efficient methods of reading and studying.
8A-B. Reporting (3-3) (See Jour 8A-B)
10A-B. Creative Writing (3-3)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1A, or Philos. 3 and Engl. 4; Engl. 110A-B; or
permission of instructor. Writing descriptive sketches, short character
studies, brief narrations, a short story, and simple poems; reading various
types of imaginative writing. Finding and developing each student's talent.
56A-B. Survey of English Literature (3-3)
Interpretation of British culture through reading of typical works by
significant writers of various periods of English literature. Prerequisite:
English 1B or consent of instructor.
(a) From beginning to 1784
(b) From 1784 to the present (3)
60. Mythology (2)
Myths of Europe and Asia; their psychological, anthropological, and literary
implications.
62. Introduction to Theatre (3) (See Speech 62)
72. Report Writing (3)
Prerequisite: Engl 1 or 3. Methods of explaining processes and theories,
reporting special investigations, preparing technical and business reports;
general practices of good writing.
76. Mechanics of Expression (2)
Prerequisite: Engl 1A. Principles of English usage, with intensive drill
in grammar, punctuation, capitalization, diction, and spelling. Required
of credential candidates who have failed to meet their requirements in the
written English test; open to other students.
110A-B. Advanced Creative Writing (3-3)
(See English 10A-B)
120. Advanced Composition (3)
Recommended to credential majors and minors in English; open to qualified
students.
123. Short Story Writing (2 or 3)
Informal narrative developed into linear narratives, prose or verse tales,
short plays, and stories; the modern short story.
124. Magazine Feature Writing (3) (See Jour 124)
125. Verse Writing (2 or 3)
Principles of versification. Original exercises in various types of poem.
126. Interpretive Writing (3) (See Jour 126)
130. The English Language (3)
Inductive study of English language; laws of growth and change affecting
present-day usage in pronunciation, spelling, grammar, syntax, word-coining,
and meaning.
131A-B. Playwriting (2-2) or (3-3) (See Speech 131A-Bs)
152. The Age of Elizabeth, 1557-1625 (3)
Prose and poetry, exclusive of the drama.
153. The Age of Milton, 1625-1660 (3)
Milton and his contemporaries; significance of puritanism in literature.
154. The Age of Swift and Pope, 1660-1740 (2)
Beginnings of neoclassicism in the works of Dryden and his contemporaries;
social satire of Defoe, Swift, Pope, Addison, Steele, Prior, and Gay.
155. The Age of Johnson, 1740-1799 (2)
Dr. Samuel Johnson and his circle; the conflict between neoclassicism and
romanticism.
156. The Romantic Age, 1798-1832 (3)
The poetry of the period; the critical and the personal essay.
157. The Victorian Age, 1832-1918 (3)
The literature of the period with emphasis on poetry and the essay.
159A. American Literature to 1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1B. Literature and backgrounds: the Puritan Mind; the
Age of Reason; the Romantic Movement; Realism.
159B. American Literature: 1900 to the Present (3)
Prerequisite: Engl. 1B. Literature and backgrounds: Realism and Naturalism;
literary Experiments; literature of Social Protest; Contemporary Problems.
160. Chaucer (3)
Prerequisite: Engl 100 or permission of instructor. Chaucer and his age;
The Canterbury Tales and other selected poems.
162. Shakespeare (3)
Prerequisite: Engl 56A or consent of instructor. Shakespeare as a dramatist;
relation of his works to the Elizabethan theater and to contemporary thought
and literature; the text of Shakespeare. Same as Speech 162.
171A-B. The English Novel (3-3)
Social aspects of the novel; its development in artistic aims and technical
methods.
172A-B. History of Drama (3-3) (Same as Speech 172A-B)
A. Aeschylus to Sheridan
B. Ibsen to the present
175. The English Essay (3)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1B, 56B; or permission of instructor. Development of
the essay from its beginning to the present day; outstanding English and
American essayists.
178. Contemporary Poetry (2)
Main trends in British and American poetry of twentieth century.
179. Contemporary Novel (2)
Leaders and movements in the British and American novel of twentieth century.
180. World Literature: Ancient and Medieval (3)
Lectures and reading; important figures of Greek, Roman, and medieval literature,
without study of the ancient languages. Continued in English 181.
181. World Literature: Renaissance and Modern (3)
Tendencies and development of modern literatures of continental Europe;
literary forms movements, and relationships; reading of masterpieces in
English translation.
182. The Bible as Literature (3)
Selected prose and poetry in the King James translation. Reading and lectures.
For the general student.
183. Living Philosophies in World Literature (3)
A philosophical approach to literature that interprets some of the fundamental
theories of life-social, political, moral, religious, metaphysical. The
reading includes selections from Homer, Plato, and St. Augustine to T. S.
Eliot and Jean-Paul Sartre. Same as Phil. 183.
189. Literature of California (2)
Literature of California from the earliest times to present.
190. Special Study (1-5)
191. Introduction to Dramatic Literature (2)
192. Functions of Language (3)
Individual training in appropriate expectations about language and methods
for getting meanings. Relations of language to reality, convention, and
specific situations, contexts and purposes. Same as Philos. 192.
193. An Introduction to Poetry (3)
The music, imagery, and meaning of individual poems. Classification
by types and themes. Introduction to the critical theory of poetry.
195. Honors Course (1-5)
Individual project in research or in writing under supervision of a member
of staff. Limited to senior majors in English with an average of B in English
courses. Combined total units earned under 190 and 195 limited to 6 units.
198A-B. Problems in English Language and Literature (1-1)
A seminar devoted to the discussion of problems of scholarship in English
and American language and literature, particularly as reported in contemporary
journals.
(See Course Numbering System.)
201. Practical Criticism (3)
Practical application of scholarship and criticism to selected writings.
203. Satire (3)
Individual analyses of the comic and satirical elements in the writing of
English and American authors, based upon a preliminary inquiry into the
nature, origin, and development of comedy and satire.
204. Tragedy (3)
Theory of tragedy as developed by the Greeks; examination of outstanding
writers of tragedy.
205. Emerson and Whitman (2)
The works of Emerson and Whitman in relation to political, social, literary,
and philosophical backgrounds.
290. Independent Study (1-5)
299. Thesis or Project (2-4)
Educ 300. Methods and Materials in Secondary Teaching (2)
(See Education)
Educ 301. Secondary School Methods in Reading (2)
(See Education)
Educ 331. Observation and Participation in the Teaching
of Biological Sciences in Secondary Schools (2-3)
(See Education)
Educ 332. Directed Teaching in Secondary Schools (1-6)
(See Education)
* One "age" course (152-157) is offered each semester.