Undergraduate Course Schedule Spring 2006

ENGL 1923.1-4 Great Works of Literature (H) – 12433-12436, Price, M.
While we’re never going to agree what makes a “great book,” we’ll be reading classic and enjoyable works ranging from Greek tragedy to the twentieth century novel, each of which captures the spirit of the time in which it was written. Three tests; one research paper. MW 12:30-1:20, discussion sessions, various times

ENGL 2243.001 Language Text & Culture – 12437-12440, Moder
This course focuses on how human language relates to culture and individual beliefs.  Topics include: language and thought, metaphor, language learning across cultures, gender interaction, oral narratives and literacy.  Two exams and two 2 to 4 page response papers and bi-weekly written discussion questions based on the readings. WF 1:30-2:20, discussion session, various times

ENGL 2413.001-9,701 Introduction to Literature (H) – 12441-12450, Various Faculty
An introduction to poetry, drama, fiction, and film. English majors and non-majors will develop their abilities to think critically and write analytically about literature. Both papers and essay exams. Various Times

ENGL 2453.001-004 Introduction to Film (H) – 12451-12454, Various Faculty
An introduction to important film concepts and the language necessary for thinking, writing, and talking about cinema, with an emphasis on the interaction between film techniques, narrative, and style. Various Times

ENGL 2513.001-006 Introduction to Creative Writing (H) 12455-12460, Various Faculty
Literary composition with emphasis on technique and style through readings and writings in fiction, poetry, and/or creative non-fiction and drama. Various Times

ENGL 2543.001Survey of British Literature I - 12462 , Eldevik
British literary tradition from the Anglo-Saxon period down to the eighteenth century. Various genres, including epic, romance, and drama read and discussed. Texts and authors treated include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Chaucer, Spenser, Milton, Pope, Johnson. Exams, take-home essay assignments. MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 2653.001 Survey of British Literature II - 12464, Staff
England ’s literary tradition after 1798. Read works by Wordsworth, Keats, Browning, Yeats, Lawrence, and others. TR 3:30-4:45

ENGL 2773.001 Survey of American Literature I – 12465, Prchal
La Longue Carabine? The Belle of Amherst? The Solitary Singer? Who is the real Leatherstocking? The real Emily Dickinson? The real Walt Whitman? Why were storytellers obsessed with questions of identity (personal, national, sexual) in early America, and how did they use these questions to give shape and direction to America’s literary and cultural tradition? Why wait until it’s too late. Find out now. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 2883.001, 002 Survey of American Literature II – 12466, Various Staff
How did “these United States” become “the United States?” Why are the last 100 years called “the American century?” We’ll ask, and tentatively answer, such questions as we explore American literature and culture from 1865 to present. Three short papers, a presentation, and two exams. MWF 10:30-11:20, TR 9-10:15

ENGL 3030.351 Fiction Writing – 17476, Graham
Class is run as a workshop. Student manuscripts are critiqued by the class and the professor. In addition to writing original fiction, students study an anthology. MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 3123.001, 701 Mythology (Honors) (H) – 12469, Pesta
Greek and Roman mythology as encountered in the great literature of Classical antiquity. A familiarity with these myths, which have profoundly influenced Western art, literature, and culture for over two-thousand years, is essential for any educated person. Readings include Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad, Virgil’s Aeneid, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. MWF 1:30-2:20, MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 3173.001 World Literature II (H, I) – 12471, Fitz
20 th century texts from Hawaii, Japan, China, India, Egypt, Israel, South Africa, Nigeria, and Botswana. Acquire a knowledge of critical vocabulary and of concepts necessary for discussion of cultural and philosophical problems that arise in reading literature from Non-Western cultures. MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 3190.001 Readings in Postcolonial/Multiethnic Literature – 17478, Fitz
Read three Nobel Prize winners, Nadine Gordimer, V.S. Naipaul, and J.M. Coetzee, as well as other contemporary writers whose perspectives and subject matter are postcolonial: Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, Julia Alvarez, Gish Jen, Darrell Lum, and Jamaica Kincaid. Also read some essays that attempt to define a postcolonial perspective in literature. MWF 1:30-2:20

ENGL 3203.001 Advanced Compositionand Rhetoric – 12474, Cheng
Using a genre-based approach, this course aims to help students to analyze various “scenes” of writing as well as textual practices, to heighten their rhetorical awareness, and to foster their development of rhetorical strategies to write in various academic and public “scenes.” MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 3240.001 Literary Criticism – 12476, Fitz
Study essays by Aristotle, Horace, Dante, Wimsatt, Barthes, Johnson, DeMan, Derrida, Greenblatt, Said and Rorty. Goals are 1) to acquire an understanding of different theoretical concepts and perspectives; 2) to practice interpretive readings informed by these theoretical perspectives. Non-theoretical authors to be read interpretively include Arthur Miller, John Donne, Wilfrid Owen, John Steinbeck, Jhumpa Lahiri, Edwidge Danticat, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros. MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 3240.001 Criticism: Film – 12477, Rollins
Critical approaches to film—in this case, the Western. Studies include a background on cultural values and the American West, followed by screenings and writings related to the genre as it has evolved from the silent period into our own time. Film logs, in-class essays, and team projects. T 6:45-9:30p

ENGL 3343.001 Readings in Poetry – 17479, Austin, L
Lyric and narrative poetry of all periods, exploring pleasures of the eye and ear. Close reading, interpretation, familiarity with convention and with metrical technique are our immediate objectives. Our general aim is to develop the lyric sensitivity and literacy all English majors should have. In-class writing assignments and scansion exercises, two short essays. TR 2:00-3:15

ENGL 3353.001 Film as Literature (H) – 12506, Shabazz, D
What is America and who are her people? Explore this notion through literary and filmic representations of American culture and society. Contemporary and critical theory as well as basic film theory and concepts. Using adapted literary works such as The Hours, American Psycho, or The Color Purple, analyze in a broad sense the notion of National identity for not only American viewers but what it may mean to audiences abroad. MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 3363.001 Readings in Drama (H) – 17480, Grubgeld
Focusing on comedy and tragicomedy, read plays from throughout the centuries as well as some theories about how comedy works. Also see view adaptations and performances and produce our own excerpts. Final, series of short writings, lots of class participation. MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 3410.001 Popular Fiction - 12507, Prchal
Frankensteins, Dying Martians, and the End of the World. Explore three of science fiction’s darkest motifs: scientific experiments with monstrous results, a dying civilization on Mars, and the end of human life on earth. Shelley’s Frankenstein,Welles’ The Island of Moreau, Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, and several lesser known works – as well as several science fiction films (both great and crummy)-will be enjoyed. TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 3453.001 History of American Film (H) – 12508, Mayer
The history of cinema in the U.S. from its beginnings until the 1990s. Such issues as: the development of cinema in America, silent comedy, the coming of sound, American film genres, the star system and the studio system, the challenge of television, and the new American cinema of the 1970s and after. The lab is compulsory. Two midterms, a film log and one essay, quizzes, class discussion, and a final exam. TR 10:30-11:45, Lab T 3:30-5:20

ENGL 3453.801 History of American Film (H)– 17481 , Shabazz, D
See how American film works technically, artistically, and culturally by studying Hollywood storytelling, film language, studios and stars, the concept of diversity and the production of popular film genres that function as entertainment and serve as moving images shaping an everchanging American cultural identity. M 4:30-7:10 ( Tulsa)

ENGL 3813.801 Readings in the American Experience (H) – 12511, Koenig
Explore the portrayal of the American family in literature over the long arc of the twentieth century, with particular emphasis placed on texts that examine violence and the family. Expect a reading list that is both demanding and exciting, including Faulkner, Henry Roth, Marilynne Robinson, Melanie Rae Thon, and others. T 4:30-7:10 ( Tulsa)

ENGL 4013.801 English Grammar (H) – 12514, Sheorey
Intended to provide a descriptive overview of English grammar and usage, particularly those aspects that are relevant to the use of English in formal and informal situations and to what is generally referred to as the “standard” American English dialect. M 4:30-7:10 ( Tulsa)

ENGL 4043.001 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages –17482, Sheorey
Develop the skills and techniques needed in teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Targeted specifically to provide undergraduate students who wish travel and/or study abroad and teach English to support their endeavors. Will prepare students to teach English at home or abroad in institutions which teach English as a second or foreign language. TR 12:30-1:45

ENGL 4063.001 Descriptive Linguistics – 17483, Garzon
Introduction to the analysis of natural languages, focusing on sound systems, word formation, and sentence structure, with applications to writing systems and historical linguistics. Students apply analytical skills to solving linguistic problems. Four exams and periodic exercises. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 4080.001 Sociolinguistics – 17484, Garzon
Examine language use among three kinds of minority language communities: users of sign language, U.S. Hispanics, and Native Americans. 3 exams, response papers, and a research project. MWF 1:30-2:20

ENGL 4093.001 Language in America – 12516, Garzon
An introduction to the dialects of American English. Examine variation in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and interactional style. Look at current language-related issues in the U.S. 3 exams, exercises, and a research project. MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 4130.001 18 th Century British Literature – 17485, Frohock
Readers in eighteenth-century England were fascinated with crime.  Criminal biographies constituted a popular genre and influenced novelists and playwrights such as Defoe, Fielding, and Gay.  Readings will cover highwaymen, pirates, thief-catchers, murders, and prostitutes as we study crime, law, and literature in the period. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 4170.001 20 th Century British Literature – 17486, Grubgeld
We will look at the interrelated issues of love and war as treated by 20 th century writers, including Seamus Heaney, D.H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Bowen, and Sri Lankan expatriate Michael Ondaajte. Exams, choice of two 4-6 page papers (in draft and final versions) or a reading journal. MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 4210.001 19 th Century American Literature – 17487, Walker
The American Bestseller – Seduction, betrayal, moral outrage, mystery, racism, romance-these are the narrative engines of American’s most popular stories, nineteenth-century bestsellers often published serially and used to generate sequels and films. What texts were popular and why? What can our reading of bestsellers tell us about the society that produced and then by the millions, consumed them? MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 4220.001 20 th Century American Literature – 17488, Decker
American First Person: Memoir in the 20 th Century. Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, Frank Conroy, Maxine Hong Kingston, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Mark Doty. 3 four-page papers (2 critical, 1 narrative), 1 class presentation, final exam. TR 9:00-19:15

ENGL 4320.001 Postmodernism - 17489, Walkiewicz
What do Disney, punk, Blade Runner, and Nietzsche have in common? They’re all seen as contributing to the cultural phenomenon known as “postmodernism.” As we attempt to track down this elusive term, we’ll read works by Margaret Atwood, Italo Calvino, Angela Carter, Haruki Murakami, and others. Also look for traces of postmodern “playfulness” in architecture, film, painting, and photography. Two papers, two exams. TR 2:00-3:15

ENGL 4400.001 Regional Literature – 17490 , Batteiger
Literature and Film of the American West -We'll look at a variety of literature (and film) from the AmericanWest, fiction and nonfiction. Readings may inclued Abbey, The Monkey Wrench Gang; Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, Wallace Stegner, Irving's Captain Bonneville; and more. Films such as The Milagro Beanfield Wars and Giant. We'll also look at Hispanic and Native American contributions. MWF 10:30-11:20

ENGL 4450.351 Culture and the Moving Image – 17491, Walker
American Narrative and Film Comedy. American narrative screened through the comic lens to see how Hollywood reshapes storytelling through the agents of comedy (satire, high comedy, melodrama, farce, parody, irony, wit) and the vehicle of film. MWF 10:30-11:20  

ENGL 4460.001 Creative Nonfiction – 17492 , Koenig
An advanced level undergraduate workshop in creative nonfiction. Students draft and revise original work, prepare formal critiques, and engage in sustained inquiry into the form. W 6:45-9:30

ENGL 4520.701 Art, Literature, and Memory (Honors) – 12522 , Austin, L
How has nineteenth and twentieth-century art understood and represented our memory? Has our conception of memory changed over the past two centuries? Which art form—photography, poetry, the novel, or painting—allows the fullest exploration of memory, and what public and private events are almost completely controlled by the memorative process. Consider possible answers to all these questions as we read from parts of Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, Barthes’ Camara Lucida, Freud’s “Mourning and Melancholia,” Edward Casey’s Remembering, and much more. Two 6-8 page project/papers, one report. A course packet of short readings will also be required. TR 12:30-1:45

ENGL 4553.001 Document Design – 12524, Staff
Three areas for paper documentation: Layout and design principles, document type definitions, and discourse and task analysis. 4 assignments (review a form, develop a document plan, write a progress report, redesign of instructions), and 2 exams (midterm and a final). Graduate students will also submit a research paper. MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 4630.801 Advanced Fiction Writing – 12526, Miller
Class is run as a workshop, an intensification of what is taught in 3030. Student manuscripts are critiqued by the class and the instructor. In addition to writing original fiction, students study an anthology. Emphasis lies in mastery of the craft of short fiction. TR 3:30-4:45

ENGL 4723.001 Shakespeare (H) – 12530, Pesta
An intensive study of the world’s foremost poet, playwright, and chronicler of human nature. A degree in English without a course on Shakespeare is like a degree in medicine without a course on anatomy. Lame, lame, lame. MWF 11:30-12:20

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