English (Engl)
A. Elementary Composition (2)
Required of all students who have not passed the entrance examination in
English; not applicable on the English major and minor; not open to students
with credit in Engl 1 or 3. A remedial course in the fundamentals of writing.
(2 lectures, 1 section)
X. English for Foreign Students (2)
Reading, writing, and speaking the English lanugage; for students from non-English
speaking countries. (2 lecture, 1 writing lab hour)
1A. Composition and Reading (3)
The one-semester course in composition; see also Engl 3 and 4, the year
sequence in composition. Engl 1 is not open to students with credit in Engl
3 or 4. Prerequisite: passing grade on the English entrance examination.
Theory and practice of composition; reading as a stimulus to thoughtful
writing. Themes, chiefly expository; one long paper based upon the investigation
of a selected topic.
1B. Introduction to Literature (3)
Prerequisite: Phil 3 or Engl 1A. Reading of literary masterpieces of various
types, ages, and countries as the basis for class discussion of content,
form, and theme and as a stimulus to critical writing.
2. Survey of News (3) (See Jour 2)
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)
For students whose scores on the entrance examination in reading are significantly
lower than their scores on the entrance aptitude test. Not applicable on
the English major and minor. Analysis of reading practices leading to 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. 110; 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. English Literature from 1784 (3)
Recommended: Engl 1B. Chronological survey of English literature from
Old English period through age of classicism.
56B. English Literature from 1784 (3)
Recommended: Engl 1B. Chronological survey of English literature from
beginnings of romanticism to present time.
60. Mythology (2)
Myths of Europe and Asia; their psychological, anthropological, and literary
implications.
62A-B. Introduction to Theatre (3-3) (See Speech 62A-B)
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)
Required of credential candidates who have failed to meet requirements in
the written English test; open to other students. Not applicable on English
and language arts majors and minors. Prerequisite: Phil 3 or Engl 1A. Principles
of English usage, with intensive drill in grammar, punctuation, capitalization,
diction, and spelling.
110A-B. Advanced Creative Writing (3-3)
Prerequisite: Engl 10A-B or permission of instructor. Individual experimentation
in specific writing forms; concentrated work in the short story, the essay,
the novel, or poetry; student project in original writing.
120. Advanced Composition (3)
Required of credential majors and minors in English; open to other qualified
students. Prerequisite: Engl. la or 4. Expository writing and analysis in
relation to traditional and contemporary theories of composition.
123. Writers' Workshop (3) (Same as Journ. 123)
Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Attention to student writings-popular
or quality fiction, nonfiction of all types and verse through class criticism,
individual conferences, lectures on writing problems, and study of current
magazines.
124. Magazine Feature Writing (3) (See Jour 124)
126. Interpretive Writing (3) (See Jour 126)
130. Language and Culture (3)
Linguistic conventions; principles of change affecting current practices;
interrelationships of language and culture.
*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.
162A-B. Shakespeare (3-3) (Same as Drama 162A-B)
Engl 162A is not prerequisite to 162B. Prerequisite: Engl 20. Each course
covers half the plays of Shakespeare, from his earliest to his latest; relation
of his works to the Elizabethan theater and to contemporary thought and
literature; (A) inludes the Sonnets, (B) includes "Venus and Adonis"
and "The Rape of Lucrece."
*171A. The English Novel: 1720-1837 (3)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1B, 56a-b; or permission of instructor. Background
and history of the English novel; development of artistic aims and technical
methods. Reading and discussion of ten significant novels.
*171B. The English Novel: 1837-1900 (3)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1B, 56B; or permission of instructor. Social aspects
of the novel; its development in artistic aims and technical methods. Reading
of ten novels.
*172A. The Drama: Aeschylus to Sheridan (3) (Same as Speech 172A)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1B, 56A; or permission of instructor. Origin and development
of English theater and drama; relation to Greek and French theater and drama;
mystery, miracle, morality plays; Elizabethan, Restoration, and Eighteenth
Century drama.
*172B. The Drama: Ibsen to the Present (3) (Same as Speech 172B)
Prerequisites: Engl. 1B, 56B; or permission of instructor. Revival of drama
under Ibsen; development in Continental, English, and American theaters.
176. Current Books (2)
Lectures upon the latest books -- fiction, drama, poetry, biography, and
modern problems; evaluation of book clubs, of lists of "best sellers,"
and of current reviewing in literary magazines and newspaper supplements.
*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)
Greek, Roman, and medieval literature in English translations.
181. World Literature: Renaissance and Modern (3)
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.
183. Living Philosophies in World Literature (3)
Ways in which the world's great literature has attempted to deal with basic
philosophical problems.
184. The Comic Spirit in Literature (3) (Same as Phil 183)
The nature of the comic; the expression of the comic spirit in literature;
the works of great humorists from Aristophanes to Leacock.
189. Literature of California (2)
Literature of California from the earliest times to present.
190. Independent Study (1-5)
See Regulations and Placement -- Independent Study.
192. Theory of Language (3) (See Phil 192)
193. Criticism of Poetry (3)
The close critical analysis of form and meaning in individual poems.
(See Course Numbering System.)
201. Practical Criticism (3)
Practical application of scholarship and criticism to selected writings.
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.
206. Studies in the English Language (2)
Prerequisite: Engl. 130 or permission of instructor. Individual and
group investigations of current English and American usage, local linguistic
practices.
207. Naturalism in the American Novel (3)
The development of realism in the novels of Howells and his contemporaries
and its culmination in the naturalism of Crane, Norris, London, Dreiser,
Sinclair, Herrick, and others.
290. Independent Study (1-5)
299. Thesis or Project (2-4)
* One "age" course (152-157) is offered each semester.