English
ENG104 Introduction to Fiction
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features critical analysis and appreciation of fiction through the reading of narratives originally written in English as well as works in translation. Employs a selection of chronological, genre, stylistic, or thematic approaches to content to introduce the short story, the novel, novella, and basic literary terminology and concepts. F, W, Sp, Su
ENG105 Introduction to Dramatic Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features critical analysis and appreciation of drama from the classical Greek to contemporary periods written by an international range of playwrights. Introduces concepts and types of dramatic literature, including comedy and tragedy as well as the elements and conventions of drama as both a literary and performing art. F, W, Sp, Su
ENG106 Introduction to Poetry
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features critical analysis and appreciation of poetry originally written in English as well as works in translation by major poets from various cultural backgrounds. Introduces poetic terminology, concepts and principles, and explores a variety of the poetry's structures and types. F, W, Sp, Su
ENG107 Introduction to World Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features discussion and analysis of histories, stories, poems, and plays of the Western and non-Western world between 2000 B.C.E. and 1450. F
ENG108 Introduction to World Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features discussion and analysis of literary works of the Western and non-Western world between 1450-1850. W
ENG109 Introduction to World Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features discussion and analysis of literary works of the Western and non-Western world of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Sp
ENG201 Introduction to Shakespeare
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Surveys selected Shakespearean tragedies, emphasizing dramatic structure, characterization, imagery and theme. Uses critical essays to explore these plays and to provide background on the nature of tragedy. F
ENG202 Introduction to Shakespeare
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Surveys selected Shakespearean comedies, emphasizing dramatic structure, characterization, imagery and theme. Uses critical essays to provide background on the nature of comedy. W
ENG203 Introduction to Shakespeare
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Surveys selected Shakespearean history plays, emphasizing dramatic structure, characterization, imagery and theme. Uses critical essays to provide background on the nature of historical drama. Sp
ENG204 Introduction to English Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers the development of English literature from its beginnings in the Anglo-Saxon period through the early Renaissance (to c.1600). Focuses on literary works as products of a historical period and on the analysis and interpretation of works. F
ENG205 Introduction to English Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers the development of English literature from the time of Shakespeare (c. 1600) to the end of the 18th century. Focuses on literary works as products of a historical period and on the analysis and interpretation of works. W
ENG206 Introduction to English Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Covers the development of English literature from late 18th century (Romanticism) to the late 20th century. Focuses on literary works as products of a historical period and on the analysis and interpretation of works. Sp
ENG214 Literature of the Northwest
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Studies fictional and non-fictional works by Northwest writers from the time of early exploration of the territory. Emphasizes the relationship between Northwest writing and the unique Northwest social, cultural and physical environments. Offered as needed.
ENG221 Topics in British Literature
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Examines a special topic in British Literature in depth. Includes content organized around one of the following: an author, a movement, a genre, a period, a theme, or some other coherent focal point. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits. Offered as needed.
ENG222 Images of Women in Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the portrayal of the feminine in mythology, conventional images in Western literature, literature of non-Western cultures or that of other groups within the Western world in relation to specific themes, or a combination of any of these. Students analyze and interpret images of women in the works of literature assigned. Offered as needed.
ENG232 Topics in American Literature
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Examines a special topic in American Literature in depth. Includes content organized around one of the following: an author, a movement, a genre, a period, a theme, or some other coherent focal point. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 12 credits. Offered as needed.
ENG250 Introduction to Mythology & Folklore
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces folklore and some of its various forms: myths, legends, and folktales. Explores the nature and functions of folklore through examples from the classical world, from the native cultures of the Americas, and from at least one other area of the world, such as the Near East, the Orient, the Pacific, Africa, Australia or Northern Europe. Also examines folklore in contemporary life. WR121 and ENG 104 recommended. Offered as needed.
ENG253 Introduction to American Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the literature of the Native Americans, European explorers, settlers, chroniclers, missionaries, and American contributors to the character of a new nation, the United States of America from 1492-1800. Genres include story, chant, journal, letter, report, biography, autobiography, chronicle, narrative, dictionary, satire, poetry, song, sermon, novel, drama, essay and political document. F
ENG254 Introduction to American Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the literature of the 19th Century, with attention given to the themes and issues of slavery, abolition, Native American and women's rights, the Civil War, westward expansion, and industrial and urban growth. Genres studied include journal, narrative, speech, poetry, short story, novel and essay. W
ENG255 Introduction to American Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the literature of the 20th Century, with attention given to the eras and events of the World Wars, Civil Rights, labor movements, and political parties. Addresses American-European interconnections, modernism, the decade of the twenties (including Harlem Renaissance), the Depression, post-World War II issues and realities, the Sixties, environmentalism, post-modern and contemporary life, multiculturalism and global perspectives. Recognizes literary works as products of history as well as culture and addresses the complexity and variety of voices and perspectives that make up American Literature. Genres studied include a representative sampling from several of the following: poetry, short story, novel, drama, autobiography, letters, journals, biograhy, speech, essay and lyrics. WR121 recommended. Sp
ENG256 African-American Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Surveys the literature of the African-American people, including the influence of African origins, oral tradition, the diaspora, slavery, the post-Civil War era, the Harlem Renaissance, the civil rights movement, and recent and contemporary periods. Focuses on oral and written texts representing interests, aspirations, and experiences of African-Americans. Includes a selection of works taken from slave narratives, early literary publications, novels, short stories, poems, autobiographies and plays. Uses a chronological or thematic approach. F
ENG257 Native American Literature
4 credit hours, 4 Lecture hours
Introduces formal written and oral literatures by Native Americans through a wide variety of texts from different tribes, regions and individual authors. Examines world views and major thematic currents of Native American literatures; distinctive characteristics of Native American writing; characteristics it shares with Euro-American writing; and characteristics of oral literature. Offered as needed.
ENG258 Latin American Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Features reading and analysis of works by Latin American writers, giving attention to literary styles, historical background, and the unique voices and perspectives of authors from this region. A chronological, regional, or thematic approach may be taken. Sp.
ENG260 Introduction to Women Writers
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the achievements and perspectives of women writers through critical analysis of their literary works and literary strategies. Uses a chronological, thematic, or stylistic approach. Offered as needed.
ENG261 Introduction to Science Fiction
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Analyzes science fiction through the reading and discussion of representative works that explore the history and typology of this literary genre. Make take a chronological, thematic or stylistic approach. Offered as needed.
ENG263 Introduction to Detective Fiction
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Focuses on the genre of detective fiction, its history, and conventions through reading and critical analysis of representative works and authors. Uses a chronological, thematic or stylistic approach. Offered as needed.
ENG269 Environmental Literature
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces students to environmental literature, which addresses the relationship between human beings and the natural world, as well as the place of human beings in the natural world. Includes a focus on not only human interaction with pristine wilderness, but also with cityscapes and toxic environments. Uses chronological, regional, or thematic approaches to current issues in the field. Introduces ecocriticism as an interpretive tool that includes attention to issues of environmental justice. Explores the link between environmental problems and economic and social justices. Uses critical reading, field trips, discussion, reflective writing, and critical writing in order to explore how our understanding of the natural environment has been socially constructed and how these constructions both benefit and burden particular groups. Explores the relationship between literature and social action. Sp
ENG299B Outlaw Literature:Intro/Beats
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Introduces the Beat movement in American literature, with special emphases on the breadth of the movement and contextualizing it in literary and social spheres. Covers basic terminology and skills of literary criticism. Prerequisite: None; WR121 and ENG104 or ENG106 recommended. Offered as needed.
ENG299C Tolkien's: Lord of the Rings
3 credit hours, 3 Lecture hours
Provides a careful guided reading of Tolkien?s major work, with an emphasis on responding to and evaluating it as a modern mythology. Introduces the concept of ?mythology? and how it impacts culture, popular and otherwise, and basic terminology and skills of literary criticism. Prerequisite: None; WR121 and ENG104 or ENG106 recommended. Offered as needed.
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