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English (ENGL)Head of Department: Professor Robert S. Tilton For major requirements, see the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog. 103. English for Foreign Students Either semester. Three credits. Course may be repeated for credit. Graduate students may elect this course. Instruction in English for non-native speakers of the language. Either semester. Four credits. Development of the reading and writing skills essential to university work. Students placed in ENGL 104 must pass the course before electing ENGL 110, or 111. Not open to students who have passed ENGL 105, 109, 110, or 111. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Introduction to the rhetorical and generic conventions of business writing. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Introduction to rhetorical and generic conventions of technical writing. 110. Seminar in Academic Writing Either semester. Four credits. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 105 . Students placed in ENGL 104 must pass that class before enrolling in ENGL 110. Instruction in academic writing through interdisciplinary reading. Assignments emphasize interpretation, argumentation, and reflection. Revision of formal assignments and instruction on grammar, mechanics and style. 111. Seminar in Writing through Literature Either semester. Four credits. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 109. Students placed in ENGL 104 must pass that class before enrolling in ENGL 111. Instruction in academic writing through literary reading. Assignments emphasize interpretation, argumentation, and reflection. Revision of formal assignments and instruction on grammar, mechanics and style. 112. Classical and Medieval Western Literature First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. This and ENGL 113 offer a study of European literature from ancient times to the present. ENGL 112 considers ancient and medieval literature through Dante. CA 1. 112W. Classical and Medieval Western Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. CA 1. 113. Renaissance and Modern Western Literature Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Literature in the European tradition from the Renaissance through the modern periods. CA 1. 113W. Renaissance and Modern Western Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. CA 1. 114. Introduction to Literary Study Either semester. Three credits. Recommended for English majors. Critical analysis, interpretation, and aesthetic appreciation of the three major genres: drama, prose fiction, and poetry. 120. Major Works of Eastern Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Important works of poetry, drama, and literary prose from the Middle East, South Asia, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. All works are read in translation. CA 4-INT. 127. Major Works of English and American Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Includes important works from the major genres and historical periods since Beowulf. CA 1. 127W. Major Works of English and American Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111or 250. CA 1. 130. Introduction to Shakespeare Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Students may not receive credit for both ENGL 130 and 230 or 230W. Introductory survey of representative Shakespeare plays and poetry. CA 1. 140W. Literature and the Creative Process Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Examination of the creative process by studying literary texts at various stages of their development. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. First course in creative expression in fiction, poetry, and other forms. 165. Introduction to American Studies (Also offered as AMST 165 and HIST 165). First semester. Three credits. Not open to students who have passed INTD 276. What is an American? A multi-disciplinary inquiry into the diversity of American societies and cultures. CA 4. 175W. Race, Gender, and the Culture Industry Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Cultural construction of race and gender in English-language literature, film, and music. CA 4. Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head or advisor may be required prior to the student's departure. Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. The best literature available to children, including works by major writers and forms such as fable, folk tale, fairy tale, nursery rhyme, and short story. (Also offered as DRAM 274-275.) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Open only with consent of instructor. Theoretical and practical work in the content and form of the fiction scenario. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. The lyric, epic and dramatic poetry of Milton, with some consideration of his prose writing. Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores or higher. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. British literature, medieval through 18th century. Intended to provide preparation for more advanced courses in British literature. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores or higher. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. British literature, 19th to 20th centuries. Intended to provide preparation for more advanced courses in British literature. This course is strongly recommended for English majors. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Not open to students who have passed ENGL 201. Criticial analysis of texts for and about young adults, including an historical range of classic and canonical works from before 1900 to the present. 209W. Advanced Composition for Prospective Teachers Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Designed primarily for English education majors. May not be used to meet the English major requirement. Advanced training in composition, with consideration of the problem of teaching writing. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. A study of the techniques and conventions of the chief forms and traditions of poetry in English. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Poetry of the 20th century, from the major modernist innovators to significant contemporaries. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Major twentieth-century novels. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. The short story as a literary form with study of significant Continental, British, and American writers. CA 1. 217. Studies in Literature and Culture Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Open to sophomores or higher. An examination of social and culture aspects of printed literature and of its relationship to other media. Contents will vary by section. 218. Literature and Culture of the Third World Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Open to sophomores or higher. The literature of regions outside North America and Europe. Contents of the course will vary according to regional focus. CA 4-INT. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher An introduction to the chief forms and traditions of dramatic literature through the study of a broad range of major works. CA 1. 220. Medieval English Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Readings in the literature of the English Middle Ages - lyrics, narratives, dramas, and didactic forms. 220W. Medieval English Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 221. Renaissance English Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Writers studied include More, Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne, Jonson, and Milton. 221W. Renaissance English Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 222. Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Includes such writers as Dryden, Pope, Swift, Johnson, Burney, and Austen. 222W. Restoration and 18th-Century English Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 223. Romantic and Victorian English Literature Either semester. Three credits. ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Includes such writers as Austen, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, Tennyson, Browning, the Brontes, G. Eliot, and Arnold. 223W. Romantic and Victorian English Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 226. Modern English Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Modern literature from the British Isles, including such writers as Yeats, Eliot, Joyce, Woolf, Lawrence, Lessing, and Shaw. 226W. Modern English Literature Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 227. World Literature in English Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. English language literature from Africa, India, Canada, Australia, the Caribbean, and other areas outside of the United States and the British Isles. Writers may include Soyinka, Gordimer, Walcott, Achebe, Markandaya, Atwood, White, Emecheta, Rushdie, Naipaul, Kincaid, and others. CA 4-INT. 227W. World Literature in English Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. CA 4-INT. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Students may not receive credit for both ENGL 130 and 230 or 230W. Romantic comedies and principal tragedies. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Students may not receive credit for both ENGL 130 and 230 or 230W. Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 230 or instructor consent. The early plays, problem plays, and late plays. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. The Canterbury Tales and other selected works, and such attention to the Middle English language as is necessary to an understanding of the text. 233. Early and Modern Irish Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Irish literature in English to 1939: fiction, drama, and verse, including such early Irish myth as the Tain bo Cualnge and such writers as Mangan, Somerville & Ross, Yeats, Gregory, Synge, Joyce, and O'Connor. CA 4-INT. 234. Contemporary Irish Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Irish literature in English since 1939: fiction, drama, and verse by such writers as Beckett, Bowen, O'Brien, Friel, Murdoch, O'Faolain, McGahern, McGinley, Heaney, Muldoon, and Doyle. CA 4-INT. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Modern British, American, and Continental drama, with the reading and discussion of some 25 representative plays. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Classic works of the maritime literary tradition, including texts by Conrad and Melville and other texts contributing significantly to the culture, history and aesthetics of the sea. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Classics of the non-fictional genre as they apply to an understanding of the culture of the sea. Social, humanistic, intellectual and scientific perspectives are examined through analysis of works by writers such as Steinbeck, McPhee, and Sebastian Junger. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Study of writings, from the colonial era to the modern, reflecting diverse ways of imagining humanity's relation to the natural environment. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Study of diverse imaginative writings concerned with the human search for God, transcendence, and ultimate meaning. 241. Topics in Literature and Human Rights (Also offered as HRTS 241.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Study of literature from various historical periods and nationalities concerned with defining, exploring, and critiquing the idea of universal human rights. First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. A descriptive study of modern American English: constituent sound (phonology), structure of words (morphology), and syntax, with some attention to lexicography and usage. 244. The History of the English Language Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Readings in Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern with a survey of the main developments in the language since Anglo-Saxon times. (Also offered as DRAM 272). Either or both semesters. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with a change in course content to a maximum of 9 credits. McDermott The analysis of the basic techniques in playwriting, and the reading and criticism of the students' works in progress. Scripts of outstanding merit may be produced in the Studio or Mobius Theatres. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open only with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. For student writers of proved ability who wish training in techniques of fiction or verse. Emphasis on poetry. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open only with consent of instructor or Department Head. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. For student writers of proved ability who wish training in techniques of fiction or verse. Emphasis on prose fiction. 249WC. Advanced Expository Writing Either semester. Three credits. Three class periods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Writing on topics related, usually, to students' individual interests and needs. 249W. Advanced Expository Writing Either semester. Three credits. Three class periods. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. The Honors course sequence, English 250 through English 258, is recommended for students in the Honors Program but is also open to other qualified students. Most courses are weekly seminars on major writers and topics relating to intellectual and cultural backgrounds of English and American literature. 250. Honors I: Approaches to Literature First semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. May be used to satisfy the ENGL 110 or 111requirement. Not open for credit to students who have passed ENGL 109 or 110 or 111. May not be used to meet the English major requirements. Study of a variety of approaches to literature and of their critical assumptions. 251W. Honors II: American Literature Second semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Early writers and Romantics through Twain and James. 252W. Honors III: American Literature First semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Realism, naturalism, modern American authors. 253W. Honors IV: English Literature First semester, alternate years. Three credits. Open only with consent of instructor. Hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Medieval through Jacobean literature. 254W. Honors V: English Literature First semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Seventeenth and eighteenth century to Romantics. 255W. Honors VI: English Literature Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Nineteenth century literature. 256W. Honors VII: English Literature Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Twentieth century literature. 258. Honors VIII: Honors Thesis Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open only with consent of instructor. All Honors students writing an Honors Thesis must register for this course in their last semester after consultation with the director of their thesis and the English department advisor to Honors Students, who is the instructor of record. (Also offered as PRLS 232.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250 or instructor consent. Gonzalez Extensive readings in Latina/o literature from the late nineteenth century to the present. CA 4. 262. Studies in Latina/o Literature (Also offered as PRLS 233.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250 or instructor consent. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Gonzalez Advanced study of a theme, form, author, or movement in contemporary Latina/o literature. 264. Studies in Individual Writers Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Concentrated study in one or two authors writing in English. 265W. Seminar in American Studies (Also offered as AMST 265W.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. An in-depth study of an event, historical period, or cultural production from an interdisciplinary perspective. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Studies in the history and theories of literary criticism. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Advanced exploration of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Intensive study of various limited topics, such as a particular literary theme, form, or movement, to be announced from semester to semester. Small classes with an emphasis on writing. 269. Introduction to LGBT Literature Either semester. Three credits. Open to sophomores or higher. An introduction to themes of sexual diversity in literature, related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered issues. CA 4. 270. American Literature to 1880 Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. American literature from the beginnings: Poe, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Douglass, Stowe, Dickinson, Twain, and others. 270W. American Literature to 1880 Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 271. American Literature Since 1880 Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Modern and contemporary American literature: James, Wharton, Dreiser, Cather, Frost, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Morrison, and others. 271W. American Literature Since 1880 Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 272. Native American Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Tilton, Makowski Examination of the literatures of pre-contact, post-contact, and contemporary indigenous American cultures. CA 4. 274. Asian American Literature (Also offered as AASI 274.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores higher. Literature, theatre, film about Asian American communities and culture in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. CA 4. First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Critical and historical examination of the literature of black American writers from Phyllis Wheatley to the present. CA 4. 276W. Black American Writers I (Also offered as AFAM 276W.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. CA 4. 277W. Black American Writers II (Also offered as AFAM 277W.)Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Extensive readings in the works of four or five contemporary black American writers. 278. Ethnic Literatures of the United States Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. The literatures of ethnic American authors. Writers may include Natachee Scott Momaday, Maxine Hong Kingston, Zora Neale Hurston, Rolando Hinojosa, Bernard Malumud, Nicholasa Mohr, John Fante, among others. CA 4. 278W. Ethnic Literatures of the United States Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. CA 4. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in dramatic literature. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in poetry. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in literary prose. 282W. Advanced Study: Literary Criticism and Theory Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in literary criticism and theory. 283W. Advanced Study: British Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of the British Isles. 284W. Advanced Study: American Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of the United States. First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Analysis of the representation of women in a variety of works from different countries. CA 4. 286. Women in Twentieth-Century Literature First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Analysis of the representation of women in a variety of works from different countries. 287W. Advanced Study: Ethnic Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in British or American literature written by ethnic writers. 288W. Advanced Study: Anglophone Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in the English literature of one or more regions, such as South Asia, Africa or the Caribbean. 289W. Advanced Study: Literature of Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in the literature of these Commonwealth countries. 290W. Advanced Study: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Intensive study of particular topics in the literary expression of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered identity. 291. Literature and Other Disciplines Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. The relationship of literature to other fields of study. Course content will vary by section. Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. Studies in the British Isles during the intersession, supplemented by weekly seminars in Storrs. Direct experience with aspects of English literature in its social and artistic milieu. Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit. Consent of department head required, normally to be granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor. Special topics taken in a foreign study program. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Publishing and writing for publication in the Information Age. Topics include desktop publishing, web-page design, and the presentation of materials on the Internet. No previous experience with computers is required. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topics, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Other prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. A concentrated introduction to (or review of) a particular aspect of composition. Courses will focus on such topics as writing and publishing on the Internet, legal writing, grammar review, grammar by computer, business writing, and web-page design. Either semester. Credit and hours by arrangement, not to exceed six credits per semester. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. May be repeated for credit. Open only with consent of instructor. No more than eight credits may be earned in a single placement, and no more than three credits may be counted towards completion of requirements for the English major. Students taking this course will be assigned a grade of S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory). Training in writing in a supervised field placement. Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisite:ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Other prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Open only with consent of instructor and approval of either the department head, or the department undergraduate coordinator. May be repeated for credit with a change of topic. Supervised reading and writing on a subject of special interest to the student.
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