Graduate seminar in an author, a literary form, or a problem in the period of the Roman Empire. Intensive study of the Latin text(s) is accompanied by considerable attention to current scholarship and bibliography. Students will write extended papers and present oral reports in class. May be repeated to a maximum of nine hours.
This course is a writing course designed to provide international undergraduate students with a firm basis in the rhetorical patterns of written English and in the grammatical structures and expressions associated with those patterns. It also serves as an introduction to the analysis and organization of information as found in English paragraphs and essays. Emphasis is placed upon writing beyond the sentence level. Students must attain at least a C in order to enter ENG 099. The course may be repeated up to six credits.
This course is designed for those who wish to improve their own writing style or the style of others. While the course may include some account of historical changes in prose style and require some stylistic analysis of literary texts, the emphasis is on editing contemporary prose, both in exercises and in the students' own writing. Students will learn and practice principles such as economy, coordination, subordination, precision, parallelism, balance, coherence, rhythm, clarity, and grace. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit.
Literature has found new platforms in the digital age. E-books, digital archives, electronic literature, audio books, podcasts, born-digital fiction, interactive fiction, and other digital literary forms have diversified the media for stories and altered traditional understandings of literature. This course will explore one or more forms of digital literature, introducing students to the principal theories and questions of this growing field.
The course examines the current theories and methods of teaching English as a second language. The course will include (1) language learning theory as it relates to other disciplines; (2) methods and techniques of contrastive analysis. Prereq: One course in linguistics or consent of instructor. Provides ENG Major Elective credit and ENG minor credit. Same as EDC/LIN 513.
A course in the theory and practice of teaching English composition at the college level. Required of first-year teaching assistants in the Department of English, the course is structured to match the ordering of English 101 so that the practical work of college writing and the theoretical considerations of English 609 will be mutually reinforcing.
Selected writers, works, and movements in the modern period with concentration on the period from 1890 to 1945.
A study in depth of selected writers and movements.
This reading course allows graduate students to integrate readings in Rhetoric and Composition scholarship and provides an opportunity to discuss research with faculty associated with Rhetoric and Composition. In addition to readings, students will be expected to keep a reading journal or complete a brief annotated bibliography. May be repeated to a maximum of three credits.
Seminar in 20th century British literature. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.
