English Department Undergraduate Course Schedule - Spring 2007 

ENGL 1923.001-004 Great Works of Literature (H) – 20003-20006 Pesta

The Devil is in the Details . In this course designed for non-majors who have little to no background in literature, we will consider changing literary and artistic representations of Hell and the Devil in Western culture. From Dante’s Inferno to C. S. Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters, from Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus to Goethe’s Faust, we will focus on the endless struggle between good and evil as played out in drama, fiction, and epic. This is your opportunity to read great books that will make you culturally literate, study key themes in the formation of modern culture, and earn college credit. Along the way, we will encounter warrior angels like Michael and Gabriel, and demonic personifications of evil, including Satan, Beelzebub, and Mephistopheles. MW 10:30-11:20, discussions various times on Friday

ENGL 2243.001 Language Text & Culture (H,I) – 20007 Damron

This course focuses on how human language relates to culture and individual beliefs.  Topics include:  language and thought, metaphor, 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. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 2243.701^ Language Text & Culture (H,I) – 26938 Honors 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, a reading response journal, and an investigative research paper. TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 2413.001-006  Introduction to Literature (H) – 20012, 14-15, 17-19 Various Faculty

An introduction to poetry, drama, fiction, and film.  Students will develop their abilities to think critically and write analytically about literature. Both papers and examinations. Various Times

ENGL 2413.701^ Introduction to Literature (H) – 20020 Honors Walker

An introduction to literature and critical thinking, with an emphasis on the way storytellers (fiction writers, dramatists, poets, filmmakers) use diverse narrative strategies to shape the attitudes and beliefs of their readers. TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 2453.001-003 Introduction to Film (H) – 20021, 20023 Various Faculty, Manon

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 2513.001-005 Introduction to Creative Writing (H) – 20026, 20027Various Faculty, Ai, Graham, Lewis

Literary composition with emphasis on technique and style through readings and writings in fiction, poetry, and/or creative non-fiction and drama. MWF 9:30-10:20, MWF 1:30-2:20

ENGL 2513.701^ Introduction to Creative Writing (H) – 20032 Honors Graham

Literary composition with emphasis on technique and style through readings and writings in fiction, poetry, and/or creative non-fiction and drama. TR 2:00-3:15

ENGL 2543.001, 002Survey of British Literature I – 20033, 27146 Hair

British literary tradition from the Anglo-Saxon period down to the eighteenth century--one thousand years of literary foundations.  We will read and discuss various genres, including epic, romance, and drama; texts and authors treated include Beowulf, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Behn, and Pope.  1 essay, quizzes, 3 exams. MWF 10:30-11:20, MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 2653.001, 002 Survey of British Literature II – 20034 Austin, McConnell

England ’s literary tradition after 1798. Read works by Wordsworth, Keats, Browning, Yeats, Lawrence, and others. TR 3:30-4:45, MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 2773.001 Survey of American Literature I – 20036 Frohock

An interdisciplinary tour through early American culture and history, from the voyage of Columbus to the end of the Civil War.  We will read and learn about early colonial encounters, Puritan faith and experience in New England, Enlightenment and Revolution, the struggle to overthrow slavery, and the emergence of distinctly American poetry and fiction. MWF 8:30-9:20

 ENGL 2883.001, 002 Survey of American Literature II – 20037 Griffith, Lopez

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 exams and one paper. TR 9:00-10:15, MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 3123.001 Mythology (H) – 20040 Eldevik

Greek and Roman mythology as encountered in the great literature of Classical antiquity. Authors include Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, and Virgil.  Follow the Roman calendar and the myths associated with each month.  What Roman deity is "January" named after, and what's so bizarre about him?  Who gave his name to the month of March, and why? MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 3173.001 World Literature II (H, I) – 20042 Prchal

Explore novels, short stories, film, and poetry (in English) from Africa, the Middle East, mainland Asia, and the Pacific Rim.  Discuss strategies available to--and limitations facing--readers from the Western world who delve into literature and narratives from these areas.  Special attention will be paid to issues of colonization, post-colonialism, and globalization. TR 9:00-10:15

ENGL 3173.701^ World Literature II (H, I) – 25155 Honors Fitz

20th 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 TR 3:30-4:45

ENGL 3183.001 Native American Literature (H) – 25156 Smith

Beginning with texts by Indian writers of the early 20 th century, this class will explore the development of a Native American literary tradition, paying special attention to how Native narratives work to reconstruct history, to reclaim the past.  Two essays, two exams. MWF 1:30-2:20

ENGL 3193.801+ African-American Literature (H) – 25454 Tulsa Shabazz

The purpose of this course is to introduce students to a variety of classic texts, writers, and themes that have shaped what is commonly called the African-American literary tradition. However, we spend a great deal of the course looking at critical questions and paradigms that are central to the discipline of African American literature and culture in order that students may then apply these skills to future readings. We will cover texts such as slave and oral narratives such as spirituals, blues, work songs & gospels, and look at how these genres develop and form the foundational elements of contemporary Black literary traditions and aesthetic movements. M 4:30-7:10

 ENGL 3203.001 Advanced Compositionand Rhetoric – 20045 Batteiger

We'll spend most of the semester in an in-class workshop setting, drafting, revising, and reading what others in the class have written. We'll start with rants and pet peeves, and move toward writing interesting and useful arguments. Bring your pens, notebooks, and brains to class. Plan on writing every day. Learn to keep a useful writer's notebook. MWF 1:30-2:20

ENGL 3240.351 Literary Criticism – 20046 Wallen

Do you sometimes wonder how to justify being an English major?  Does your father tell you that reading novels will keep you from getting a job, marrying a good-looking person, and attaining high public office?  In Literary Criticism we shall examine all the ways literature and art have made life worth living; so take this course and learn just how important beautiful works of art really are -- and how to answer your dad.  Discussion, papers, exams. MWF 11:30-12:20

ENGL 3240.352 Film Criticism and Theory – 20047 Price, B

This course will introduce students to the history and uses (and abuses) of international film theory from 1895 to the present. The course will be guided by a few questions. In what way can cinema be understood as unique medium? How do films affect us emotionally, psychologically? How does cinema function to regulate desire and identity and make us “better citizens” of the State? TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 3363.001 Readings in Drama (H) – 20078 Mayer

Love, Sex, Marriage, Divorce, Comedy .  We'll start with Shakespeare, read several Restoration and eighteenth-century comedies, then plays by Wilde and Shaw, and finish by looking at American films from the 1930s and 1940s as well as at least one from the 1970s.  We'll consider how comedies treat sex and love and try to make sense of marriage and divorce. Exams, papers, participation, quizzes. TR 9:00-10:15

ENGL 3410.351 Popular Fiction (H) – 20079 Batteiger

We'll read 20th century political novels by Orwell, Graham Greene, Robert Penn Warren, William Golding, Aldous Huxley, and Andrew McDonald. The familiar ones are All the King's Men, 1984, Animal Farm. Less familiar are Graham Greene's The Quiet American, McDonald's The Turner Diaries (supposedly the book that inspired the OKC bombing). and Huxley's Brave New  World. We'll also look at films made from some of these books, and political films not made from books. It's literature, but it's also politics, but we'll try to keep ourselves under control and not get into political fights. We want to focus on what these minds have made of politics, not whether we agree with them. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 3453.001 History of American Film (H) – 25152 Shabazz

History of American Film will familiarize the student with the history of the cinema within the United States through the application of three major critical methods of analyzing film: genre study, the auteur "theory," and the star "system." In addition, we will focus on cinematic works that articulate or express specific notions of American identity in terms of race, class, and gender within the development of the US cinema. We will begin by establishing the modes of production for traditional Hollywood filmmaking by looking at directors such as John Ford and Douglas Sirk, and then, during the second half of the semester, turn our attention to social message films, melodramas, and actors Sidney Poitier, Diahann Carroll, and Lana Turner. MWF 9:30-10:20

ENGL 3813.001 Readings in the American Experience (H) – 25153 Smith

Explore the Oklahoma experience through readings by a diversity of Okie authors. This course will investigate the many components, some well-known and others well-hidden, that comprise red dirt cultures. Expect a fast-paced reading list, including items by Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, N. Scott Momaday, Joy Harjo, Rilla Askew, Michael Wallis, and others. This course will challenge us to think of our home in new ways. Two exams, 2 essays. MWF 11:30-12:20

 ENGL 3813.002 Readings in the American Experience (H) – 25153 Mason

Race and Reproduction. This course introduces some of the newer scholarly approaches to the interdisciplinary study of reproduction by focusing on issues of racism, nation building, and imperial expansion yet retains an older feminist approach by examining women’s experiences with the racialized issues of fertility, childrearing, and motherhood. We’ll move between fictionalized and non-fiction accounts of the inextricable relationship between race relations and reproductive politics. Main topics include:  colonizing maternity; reproducing whiteness circa 1900; women of color organizing for reproductive justice now. TR 12:30-1:45

ENGL 3903.351 One to One Writing Instruction – 26850Damron

Theory and Practice . Lab 4.Prerequisite: 6 hours  English or consent of instructor.  Students will learn why and how to effectively instruct writing one-to-one through observation and participation in the OSU  Writing Center. Introductory understanding of composition theory; knowledge of writing center research; familiarity with tutoring strategies; and insight into the composition process. MWF 8:30-9:20

ENGL 4013.001 English Grammar – 25154 Sheorey

Provides 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. MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 4043.001 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – 20084 Sheorey

Focuses on developing background knowledge and skills and techniques needed to teach English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). Targeted specifically to provide undergraduate students who wish to travel and/or study abroad and teach English to support their endeavors or to teach English at home in the institutions which teach English as a second or foreign language. MWF 2:30-3:20

ENGL 4063.001* Descriptive Linguistics – 20085 Cheng

This course is an introduction to the analysis of human languages. It focuses on the study of phonology (sound systems), morphology (word formation), semantics (linguistic meaning), and syntax (the study pattern). Language variations and the use of language in social contexts, among other topics, will also be covered. Students will apply analytical skills to solving linguistic problems.  There will be three exams and periodic exercises and quizzes. TR 9:00-10:15

ENGL 4083.801+ Applied Linguistics – 25564 Tulsa Halleck

Topics include animal communication, language acquisition, sign language, and the relationship of language to the law, medicine, business, and culture. M 4:30-7:10

ENGL 4093.001* Language in America – 20087 Garzon

An introduction to the dialects of American English, examining variation in pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary, and interactional style. Two exams, exercises, and a class project involving the collection and classification of data on language use. W 6:45-9:30

ENGL 4093.801*+ Language in America – 26940 Tulsa Schick

The goals of this course are to familiarize students with regional, social and cultural variations in American English; current issues concerning language education and policy in the USA; and give students a social and historical perspective on the above.  There will be an exam, a project, and homework assignments. T 1:30-4:20

ENGL 4170.001  Studies in 20 th-Century British Literature – 20089 Walkiewicz

Modern Irish Literature. Beginning with W. B. Yeats and James Joyce, we’ll be examining the ways in which Irish writers have responded to recent Irish history and culture, have represented the Irish colonial and post-colonial experience. We’ll be discussing matters relating to race, gender, and class as we read poetry, fiction, and drama by a number of Irish writers, including not only Yeats and Joyce, but also Eavan Boland, Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bowen, Flann O’Brien, J. M. Synge, Sean O’Casey and others. TR 2:00-3:15

ENGL 4210.001 19 th Century American Literature – 20090 Decker

Life Along the Color Line . Representing Race in the 19th-Century American Novel. Cooper, Melville, Stowe, Clemens, Chesnutt. (You will read and enjoy Moby-Dick. Guaranteed.) Three papers; final exam. MWF 10:30-11:20

ENGL 4220.001 20 th Century American Literature – 20091 Leavell

American Drama. How have America’s 20th-century playwrights interpreted and challenged dramatic conventions? How have they used theater to ignite social change? Read O’Neill, Hellman, Williams, Miller, Albee, Shepard, and a few others. 6 informal responses, 2 critical essays, 2 essay exams. TR 9:00-10:15

ENGL 4263.001 Aesthetics of Film: Color (H) – 25172 Price

This course is designed to introduce students to the various ways in which color is used in film. It will explore the development of color technology and color practices across a wide range of international films, both popular and avant-garde. We will be engaged in a careful comparison of the relation between cinema and painting. Likewise, we will also consider the philosophical questions that arise from considerations of color, ones that speak to the ways in which we perceive the world and each other. TR 2:00-3:15

 ENGL 4300.001 Romanticism – 25173 Wallen

Revolution, electro-magnetism, the metric system, and Keats' poetry - this course will show how Europe shed its old corrupt habits to embrace the hope and promise of a new age.  If you think beautiful poetry and exciting, dangerous ideas should be stifled, stay away.  Discussion, papers, exams. MWF 9:30-10:20

 ENGL 4320.001  Studies in Postmodernism – 20092 Walkiewicz

Fiction – From the Absurd to the Postmodern . Major Major Major Major, a time-traveling optometrist, a female trapeze artist with wings, a Sheep Man, and a female cyborg from an alternate reality-these are some of the characters we will encounter as we read and discuss novels by Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut, Angela Carter, Haruki Murkami, Joanna Russ, and others. Two papers, two exams. TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 4400.001 Regional Literature – 20093 Leavell

Expatriate Literature . What draws American artists, intellectuals, opportunists, tourists, and students of all ages to cross the billow? Sex? Booze? Culture? Seven expat writers: James, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Stein, Baldwin, Paul Bowles, and Arthur Phillips. 6 informal responses, 2 critical essays, 2 essay exams. TR 12:30-1:45

 ENGL 4450.351 Culture and the Moving Image – 20094 Walker

Class, Culture, and Crisis in American Film, 1929-1941 . Big musicals, big stars, and big studios combined with screwball comedy, gangster flicks, and film censorship to make the 1930s the defining decade for Hollywood.  Find out how filmmaking matured during the period from the advent of the talkies until the war that changed the industry, and the world. TR 12:30-1:45

ENGL 4520.701*^ Lo-Fi Aesthetics – 20099 Honors Manon

This interdisciplinary course will examine a series of films, musical recordings, works of criticism, and other texts in an effort to both theorize and historicize Lo-Fi (i.e. Low Fidelity) Aesthetics.  The primary object of our investigation will be Punk music and subculture; however we will also investigate examples of do-it-yourself-ism, micro-budget cinema, advertising detournement, outsider art, zine culture, and reversions to analog recording techniques in the age of digital.  Most broadly, this course will consider artworks whose fidelity to original reality is degraded, failing either intentionally, or because of a lack of access to anything like state of the art technology, industry support, or formal training.
MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 4533.001* Advanced Technical Writing – 25175 Fife

Developing software technical manuals. Procedures used to identify users, tasks, format, tutorials, and content; examine usability, graphics, readability, alpha and beta testing, storyboarding, minimalism, and page layout and design. Main project as teams to develop a manual for a computer software program. Procedures learned apply when developing any manual; policy and procedure, employee, hardware, maintenance, etc. Document Plan; User analysis; User’s manual and tutorial; Project style manual; Mid-term and final exams. TR 2:00-3:15

ENGL 4563.001 Scientific and Technical Literature (H) – 25176 Brooks

This course traces the evolution of scientific and technical literature, from its early beginnings to contemporary times.  We will read the treatises of several key scientists, from Aristotle to Einstein, and analyze how their scientific theories shaped the culture surrounding them.  We will also focus on the stylistic features of “scientific voice,” and investigate contemporary controversies in science and culture today.  Students will complete reading responses, lead a class discussion, give a presentation, write one essay, and complete a final research paper. TR 12:30-1:45

ENGL 4600.001 Studies in Chaucer/Milton – 25177Jones

His contemporaries called him many names: adulterer, woman-hater, freedom-lover, king-killer. His writings continue to pique interest. Find out about vegetarian meals in Paradise, an infamous talking snake, a virgin stuck in a chair, and the consequences of a famous haircut. 2 papers, 2 exams, 1 tutorial, and a public reading of Paradise Lost.
MWF 12:30-1:20

ENGL 4630.351 Advanced Fiction Writing – 20102 Graham

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 10:30-11:45

ENGL 4630.801*+ Advanced Fiction Writing – 20103 Tulsa 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. R 4:30-7:10

ENGL 4640.351* Advanced Poetry Writing – 20104 Ai

Taught as a workshop and involves more intense explication of poems than the other undergraduate poetry writing courses. Be prepared for more intense scrutiny of your work and more class discussion. Text required. TR 3:30-4:45

ENGL 4700. 001 Single Author/Work – 26973 Mayer

Robinson Crusoe: Castaway Narratives from Shakespeare to TV .  We'll focus on Robinson Crusoe (1719) as a myth of modern culture, reading the novel and works that anticipate or imitate it. We'll also read or watch castaway narratives from The Tempest (1611) to Lost (2004), including novels like Swiss Family Robinson, Lord of the Flies, and Foe and films like Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (Buñuel) and Cast Away (Zemeckis). Papers, class reports, participation, quizzes. TR 10:30-11:45

ENGL 4723.001 Shakespeare (H) – 20105 Eldevik

Taking advantage of the new textbook Shakespeare: Script, Stage, Screen and the upcoming OSU production of Julius Caesar, we shall strongly emphasize the theatrical aspects of Shakespeare's works and the experience of viewing Shakespeare performances both live and on film.  Another important emphasis will be the variety of genres in which Shakespeare wrote--tragedies, comedies, romances, and history plays. MWF 10:30-11:20

*indicates the course is approved for graduate credit

^701 sections for honors students only

+801 sections offered at OSU-Tulsa

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