English (Engl)
1A. Fundamental Writing Skills (1-5)
Instruction and supervised practice in fundamental problems of writing.
Intended primarily for students who need more elementary composition work
before attempting English 1 or more advanced courses. CR/NC grading only;
not applicable toward baccalaureate degree requirements.
1. Composition (3)
Theory and practice of composition for students with college-level competence in written English. Themes, chiefly expository or analytical. (English 1 is a graduation requirement of the university.)
2. Writing Workshop (1-4; max total 4)
Practical assignments and individual coaching on specific writing problems.
For selected students this workshop may be required to be taken concurrently
with, or as prerequisite to, other courses.
3C. Sentence Structure and Punctuation (2)
An elementary study at the rules for constructing and punctuating written
English sentences. Emphasis on sentence combining. CR/NC grading only; not
applicable toward baccalaureate degree requirements.
20. Literature and Composition (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Reading and analysis of short stories, novels, drama,
and poetry. Development of critical thinking and expression through individual
projects and extensive writing under close supervision.
30. Masterpieces (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Discussion and written analyses of widely influential
poetic, dramatic, and fictional works by British, American, and world authors,
with special attention to the use, adequacy, and accuracy of evidence, logical
structure of argument, common fallacies, and persuasive and expressive language.
41. Poetry Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 20. Beginning workshop in the writing of poetry; appropriate
reading and analyses.
43. Fiction Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 20. Beginning workshop in the writing of fiction; appropriate
reading and analyses.
44. Nonfiction Prose Writing (4)
Prerequisite: Engl 1. Beginning workshop in nonfiction prose writing: appropriate
readings and analyses.
50T. Studies in Literature
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
(Same as W S 50T.) Prerequisite: Engl 1. Sections designated as emphasizing
certain writers, types, or themes (for example, Shakespeare, The Poem, Literature
of Protest, Women in Novels). Appropriate readings and analyses.
76. Programs in Film Genres (3)
Not open to students with credit in English 176T. Film as literary form;
viewing and analyses of selected examples from comedy, musical, horror,
science fiction, and other genres.
101. Masterpieces of World Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works studied in translation. Not applicable to the English
major.
102. Masterpieces of English Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works by British authors. Not applicable to the English major.
103. Masterpieces of American Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of widely influential poetic, dramatic,
and fictional works by American authors. Not applicable to the English major.
112. World Literature: Ancient (4)
Greek and Latin literature in translation. Discussion of major works of
Greek and Latin literature such as Homer, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus,
Aristophanes, Alcaeus, Theocritus, Virgil, Ovid, Catullus, Lucretius, Juvenal.
Course includes written analyses of various themes expressed in the individual
work.
113. World Literature: Medieval and Renaissance (4)
Discussion and written analyses of authors and works (in translation). Selections
may include Dante, Rabelais, Cervantes, Murasaki, Boccaccio, the Petrarchan
tradition, Tu Fu, Basho, troubadour poetry, epic, romance, fabliau. Noh
drama, Lope de Vega, Erasmus, Montaigne, Castiglione.
114. World Literature: Modern (4)
Major movements in world literature from the Renaissance to the present.
Discussion and written analyses of works by such authors as Voltaire, Goethe,
Dostoyevsky, Ibsen, Mann, Kafka, and Camus will be read in translation.
Writers outside the Western tradition such as Ts'ao Hsüeh-Ch'in, Mishima,
Borges, and Achebe may also be studied.
115. Literature of the New Testament (3)
(See Phil 133.)
116. Literature of the Old Testament (4)
(See Phil 134.)
146. Beowulf to Malory (4)
The literature of Medieval England, including the works of Malory and Chaucer;
narrative poetry (Beowulf, Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight);
drama; and lyric poetry. Discussion, lectures, and written analyses (papers,
tests).
147. Renaissance (4)
Discussion and written analyses of works by selected playwrights (Webster,
Dekker, Jonson) and poets (Spenser, Donne, Herbert, Marvell, Milton) from
the 16th and 17th centuries.
150. The Age of Wit (4)
Discussion and written analyses of British literature from 1660 to 1800.
Major writers and topics include Dryden, Swift, Pope, Johnson, Restoration
comedy, and the rise of the novel. The literature will be read in the context
of political and intellectual history and the arts.
151. 19th Century Romantics (4)
A study of the conjunction of the 19th Century literary period and the Romanticism
literary movement identified with it by examining the works of figures who
exemplify the conjunction such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Byron, Keats,
and Shelley.
152. Dickens to Hardy (4)
Discussion and written analyses of 19th century English literature including
poetry (Tennyson to Hopkins), the novel (Dickens to Hardy), the essay (Carlyle
to Pater). Possible topics: Utilitarianism, Evangelicalism, Darwinism, the
Pre-Raphaelites, the Decadents, the New Woman.
153. American Literature to Whitman (4)
Discussion and close written analyses of major works and their backgrounds
in American literature to the Civil War. Includes Puritanism, Emerson, Thoreau,
Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, and Whitman.
154. American Literature 1865 to World War I (4)
Discussion and written analyses of major works and their cultural backgrounds
within this period of change. Topics include the rise of realism and naturalism.
Writers discussed include Whitman, Twain, Howells, James, Crane, Dickinson,
and others.
155. 20th Century American Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of selected poems, plays, and fiction from
World War I to the present by such authors as Frost, Eliot, Anderson, Hemingway,
O'Neill, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, Stevens, Williams, and post-World
War II writers.
156. 20th Century British Literature (4)
Discussion and written analyses of selected poems, plays, and fiction from
1900 to the present by such authors as Forster, Yeats, Woolf, Lawrence,
Joyce, Greene, Auden, Thomas, and post-World War II writers.
160. Writing Workshop (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: satisfactory completion (C or better) of the Engl 1 graduation
requirement. Practical assignments in writing, directed according to each
student's individual needs. May be elected as preparation for special composition
requirements. Does not apply to the English major or minor.
161. Advanced Writing of Poetry (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 41. Intensive workshop in the writing of poetry; appropriate
readings and analy ses.
163. Advanced Writing of Fiction (4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: Engl 43. Intensive workshop in the writing of fiction; appropriate
readings and analyses.
164. Advanced Writing: Nonfiction Prose (4; max total 8)
Intensive workshop in expository writings; appropriate readings and analyses.
167. Studies in Folklore and Folk Song (4)
Discussion and written analyses of the oral and historical sources of folk
tradition, including regional and ethnic styles gathered from primary and
secondary materials.
168T. Women and Literature
(4; 12 units max of Engl 168T plus 169T toward English major)
(Same as W S 168T.) Prerequisite: Engl 20. Discussion and written analysis
of literature by and about women. Special emphasis on 19th and 20th Century
authors including the Brontes, George Eliot, Emily Dickinson, Edith Wharton,
Virginia Woolf, and contemporary writers.
169T. Forms of Literature
(1-4; repeatable with different topics)
Sections designated as emphasizing poetry, drama, novel, short story, perhaps
limited to a specific period or subclass; for example, 18th Century English
Novel, 20th Century British and American Poetry, Modern Short Stories, 20th
Century Drama, Tragedy, Folklore, Mythology. Discussion and written analyses
are required.
175T. Lectures in Literature
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
Lectures in a selected topic in literature or related fields by the regular
faculty and/or visiting lectur ers.
176T. Genre Film: Form and Function
(1-4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
(Same as W S 176T.) Concurrent enrollment in English 76 not permitted. Discussion
and close written analyses of selected topics, including such types as comedies,
musicals, horror films, westerns, etc.
181. Research Methods (4)
Prerequisite: English major. Introduction to research methods, documentation,
biographical research, questions of author. ship, problems of establishing
accurate texts, historical bibliography, editing of texts, and the academic
profession of English. Research assignments, reports, written examination.
182. English Workshop (1-4; max total 8)
Seminar in composition and learning. Discussion and practical exercises
concerning theory, evaluation, and improvement of language learning and
composition. CR/NC grading only.
183T. Seminar in Literature (1-4; max total 8)
Prerequisite: appropriate upper-division literature course. Designed for
students interested in in-depth study of a literary topic; recommended for
liberal studies majors. Seminar in an aspect of literary history, type,
period, movement, individual author. Reports and written analyses required.
189. Shakespeare (4)
(Same as Drama 194.) Reading and written analyses of the major works of
Shakespeare.
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
191T. Supervised Independent Reading
(1-4; max total 4 if no topic repeated)
Reading works from a literary period (for example, Beowulf to Marlowe, American
Literature to Whitman, World Literature: Ancient and Medieval) and discussion
in individual conferences.
192. Projects in English (1-4; max total 8)
Not applicable to English major. Individual projects in problems related
to teaching English composition and literature; for example, tutoring minority
students, investigating the effectiveness of programs in English composition
and literature, devising new approaches to teaching English.
193T. Seminar in Literary Studies
(4; repeatable with different topics)
No more than 12 units of 193T-194T may be applied to the English major.
Sections designated by topic. Individual projects; reading, discussion,
and writing of papers on individual writers (for example, Milton, D.H. Lawrence),
short periods of literary history (for example, Romantic Poets, Modern Novel),
literary themes and traditions (for example, Transcendental Vein in American
Literature, Arthurian Tradition) literary criticism (for example, Problems
in Modern Criticism, Archetype and Myth), and other special topics. English
193T should ordinarily not be taken until 3 upper-division courses in English
have been completed.
194T. Seminar in Women and Literature
(4; repeatable with different topics)
(Same as W S 194T.) May be substituted for Engl 193T in the English major;
no more than 12 units of Engl 193T-194T applicable to the major. Sections
designated by topic. Individual projects; reading, discussion, and writing
papers on individual women writers or some aspect of women in literature;
for example, Doris Lessing, Myth and Archetypes of Women. English 194T should
ordinarily not be taken until 3 upper-division courses in English have been
completed.
(See Course Numbering System.)
English (Engl)
250T. Seminar in Literature
(4; repeatable with different topics)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Seminar
in an aspect of literary history, type, period, movement, or an individual
author (for example, Fiction, Seventeenth Century Lyric Poetry, The Irish,
Dickens).
261. Seminar: Writing Poetry (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
the writing of poetry.
263. Seminar: Writing Fiction (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
the writing of fiction.
265. Seminar: Expository Writing (4; max total 12)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Advanced individual projects in
expository writing.
280T. Seminar in Critical Theory
(4; max total 12 if no topic repeated)
Prerequisites: major or minor in English; permission of instructor. Seminar
in literary criticism (for example, Literary Critics).
290. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.
291T. Supervised Independent Reading
(1-4; max total 4 if no topic repeated)
Reading works from a literary period (for example, More to Milton, 20th
Century American Literature, World Literature, Renaissance-Modern) and discussion
in individual conferences.
299. Thesis (2-6; max total 6)
Prerequisite: See Criteria for Thesis and Project. Preparation, completion,
and submission of an acceptable thesis for the master's degree.
(See Course Numbering System.)
English (Engl)
300. English Colloquium (2; max total 6)