Fall 2012 Courses: 2000-Level

ENG 2013.002: Introduction to Literature

Instructor: Maia Adamina
Class Time: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Course Description
This course is an introduction to literature for English and non-English majors. It includes a survey of literary works from various genres and periods by culturally diverse authors. Through this introduction to literary terms and methods of analysis, students gain experience in reading, analyzing, interpreting, and writing about literature. This course also establishes connections between literature and film, music, and live performance and is designed to enhance and strengthen a student’s critical thinking skills.

Course Texts

Literature and its Writers. 5th ed. Charters and Charters 55.25 used, 73.50 new, 35.83 rent
Tartuffe by Moliere 3.75 used and 4.95 new (also available via Kindle)

Requirements
4 genre specific exams, 8 quizzes, Participation, Final Exam

ENG 2013.003: Introduction to Literature

Instructor: Maia Adamina
Class Time: MWF 10:00 - 10:50 a.m.

Course Texts

Literature and its Writers. 5th ed. Charters and Charters 55.25 used, 73.50 new, 35.83 rent
Tartuffe by Moliere 3.75 used and 4.95 new (also available via Kindle)

Requirements
4 genre specific exams, 8 quizzes, Participation, Final Exam

ENG 2013.013: Introduction to Literature

Instructor: Margaret Cantú-Sánchez
Class Time: TR 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Class Location: MS 2.03.08

Course Description
This course serves as an introduction to literature for English and non-English majors. We will examine literary works from various genres including but not limited to short stories, essays, drama, novels, and poetry. This course will provide an introduction to literary terms, methods of critical analysis, and experience in writing, reading, and interpreting literature.

Course Texts

X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia, Backpack Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing

Requirements
Blackboard discussion posts, group presentations, Midterm and Final Exams

ENG 2223: Intro to British Literature

Instructor: Mark Bayer
Class Time: TR

Course Description
English 2223 provides an introduction to selected non-dramatic literature of the medieval and early modern periods, from Boewulf to Milton. We will pay special attention to the content and form of these texts but also to their social, economic, and political contexts. In an effort to impose some sort of order on this often bewildering array of writings, in this course we will interrogate the selected texts according to an overarching “humanist” paradigm to which these works contribute and comment. We will also examine the ways that the humanist ideas presented in this literature have been influential in constructing modern attitudes to a number of varied issues..

Course Texts

Stephen Greenblatt et. al, Eds. The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Vol 1, 8th edn.

Requirements
Two examinations, two papers, and a series of short quizzes

ENG 2233: British Literature II

Instructor: Karen Dodwell

Course Description
The course is a broad survey of British literature from the 1700s through the present. Beginning with the Restoration and 18th century, the course traces the change from a focus on rationality and empiricism to an emphasis on feeling and imagination in the works of Romantic writers, such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Students move on to read nineteenth-century Victorian era poems, plays and stories in the context of demographic change, rapid industrialization, empire building, and evolving constructions of the family and domestic space. With the study of twentieth-century literature, students grapple with the devastations of World War I and the loss of faith in stable political and cultural foundations—which leads to literary modernism. In a study of high-modernist texts, like T. S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, students think critically about how literary forms reflect and try to make sense of cultural and political upheaval. The study of mid-twentieth century literature highlights looking at texts through psychoanalytic, economic, ethnic, and gender lenses. The course ends with an examination of how “the empire writes back” and, specifically, how writers living in countries colonized by the British make choices about language: whether to use British English, indigenous languages, or hybrid forms.

Students develop basic knowledge and a working vocabulary for discussing and writing about literary periods and texts, and they are asked to demonstrate that they have become critical thinkers who can analyze texts and synthesize ideas about them in insightful ways. Building on the research and writing skills introduced in freshman writing classes, students create arguments in formal papers. Quizzes and essay exams test for basic knowledge, critical thinking, and writing skills.

Course Texts

Norton Anthology of English Literature, 9th edition, 2012 (Volumes D, E, F) 3 volume package: ISBN – 9780393913019

Course Requirements
Quizzes, tests, final exam, one short paper, term paper

ENG 2293: American Literature II

Instructor: Karen Dodwell

Course Description
The course is a broad survey of American literature from the Civil War through the present. It begins with a study of pairs of famous authors—Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson; Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois; Henry James and Edith Wharton. Reading these authors’ texts and watching films about their lives and times provides contexts for a study of innovative poetic forms and content; debates about reconstruction and civil rights; the psychology of wealthy Americans; and the emergence of realism and naturalism.

The focus then shifts to a memoir by John Phillip Santos, Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation. While tracing Santos’ search for personal and familial history, students position Hispanic culture, past and present, within the context of American literature.

With the study of twentieth-century poems and stories, students grapple with the devastations of World War I and the loss of faith in stable political and cultural foundations. Students think critically about how literary forms reflect and try to make sense of personal, cultural and political upheaval in works by authors such as T. S. Eliot, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Langston Hughes, and Flannery O’Connor. Students watch a film version of Arthur Miller’s Death of Salesman, which highlights the turmoil beneath the surface of one man’s quest for the American Dream. After brief introductions to the Beat Generation, the sixties, and postmodernism, students read texts that promote interpretations using gender, ethnic, and border studies, including Amiri Baraka, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Alice Walker, Sandra Cisneros, Gloria Anzaldua, and Maxine Hong Kingston.

Course Texts

The Norton Anthology of American Literature Vol C, D, E 1865 to Present; Nina Baym, General editor 8th, paperback, Package 2 ISBN 978 0 393 91310 1
Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation. John Phillip Santos; Penguine, 2000 ISBN 0-670-86808-6 ISBN 987-0-14-029202-2 Paperback

Course Requirements
Quizzes, tests, final exam, one short paper, term paper

ENG 2413.005: Technical Writing

Instructor: Maia Adamina
Class Time: MWF 12:00 - 12:50 a.m.

Course Description
Technical Writing is writing designed for students in all fields of study –to include liberal arts majors. A technical background is not needed. The emphasis will be on the writing process with careful analysis of audience. The assignments will involve varying occasions for both technical and non-technical audiences although the latter is stressed. In the market place, the ability to communicate effectively gains positive recognition and rewards – as much or more than any other criterion. Therefore, it is imperative to sharpen these skills which are such a prized asset.

Course Texts

Strategies for Technical Communication in the Workplace by Gurak and Lannon

Requirements
10 In-class Assignments, 8 Individual Assignments, 3 Group Assignments, Oral Presentation and Proposal, Portfolio= 10%

ENG 2413.012: Technical Writing

Instructor: Deanna M. White
Class Time: TTh 9:30-10:45 a.m.
Class Location: MH 3.03.06

Course Description
English 2413 examines the techniques of expository writing adapted to technological and workplace subjects. All features of good writing emphasized in the other writing courses are emphasized again with particular stress on style, clarity, and audience analysis.

This section of 2413 provides practice in editing and in the writing of instructions, extended definition, resumes, business correspondence, feasibility reports, electronic correspondence, and proposals. There will also be an oral presentation. In this section, the use of Readiness Assessment Tests for individual and group assessments will be used to assess the students’ knowledge of assigned reading materials. There will be two group projects. Blackboard is also utilized in this section.

Course Texts

Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Prentice Hall.
Markel, Mike. Technical Communication. 9th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Requirements
Definition Assignment, Instructions-Group Assignment, Correspondence Assignment, Electronic Correspondence Assignment, Job Hunt Assignment, Feasibility Study, Proposal, Oral Presentation, Assessment Tests, Post Diagnostic Grammar Test, Grammar Online Tests, Attendance

ENG 2413:013: Technical Writinge

Instructor: Robin English-Bircher
Class Time: TR 2pm-3:15pm

Course Description
Technical Writing introduces students to the basics of writing done outside the academic sphere. It emphasizes the writing process and considers all aspects of the rhetorical situation but concentrates on writing for professional audiences. Students practice and hone their ability to communicate effectively in a variety of professional situations. The course’s goal is to sharpen the skills needed for writing (planning, designing, writing, revising, and editing) to achieve success during and after college.

Technical Writing is writing designed for students in all fields of study; therefore, a technical background is not needed. However, students will need to use the basic tools of modern communication, such as Office Suite, internet browsers, and Blackboard.

The class is made up of various forms of practice and assessment. Reading quizzes and discussions (in class and online) will track students’ engagement and learning. Writing practices and homework will hone and develop skills. Projects, including an oral presentation, will demonstrate the students’ mastery.

Course Texts

REQ: Tebeaux, Elizabeth and Sam Dragga. Essentials of Technical Communication. Oxford University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780195384222; COST: $51.95 (NEW), $39.00 (USED), $25.95 (RENT)
REC: Gurak, Laura and Mary Hocks. Technical Communication Handbook. Longman, 2009. ISBN: 9780321365071; COST: $58.25 (NEW), $43.75 (USED), $29.10 (RENT)

Requirements
Students will be required to complete the following work to be eligible for a successful grade in this course: Homework, Individual Presentation, Five-Eight Projects (total), Proposal

ENG 2433.001: Editing

Instructor: Deanna M. White
Class Time: MWF 9:00-9:50 a.m.
Class Location: BB 3.01.06

Course Description
This course should prepare students to edit written material and visuals in the workplace and in the students’ own writing. The editing process as it functions in the workplace will be studied. Students will review grammar conventions in order to be able to edit and to explain the need for editing to others.

Course Texts

Harris, Muriel, and Jennifer L. Kunka. Prentice Hall Reference Guide. 8th ed. Prentice Hall.
Ingalls, Anna, and Dan Moody. The Pearson Editing Exercises, 2nd ed. Pearson.
Runciman, Lex, Carolyn Lengel, and Kate Silverstein. Exercises for The Everyday Writer. 4th ed. Bedford/St. Martin’s.

Requirements
Daily Assignements, Quizzes, Midterm, Final, Group Project, Grammar Test, Attendance

ENG 2433.04: Editing

Instructor: Paula Tran
Class Time: 11:00-12:30 TR

Course Description
Some researchers suggest that professionals will spend from 60-65 % of their time in writing and editing. Indeed, all support the claim that writing is essential for success in the business world. For these reasons, it is important that you improve your written communication skills in both areas. Many writers work hard at organizing and developing their thoughts, only to skip over the final stage of the writing process – editing. Errors on a final draft give the impression of slovenly writing, slovenly habits. This course will help you explore the effective use of grammar, punctuation, diction / word choice, syntax, document organization, and design. You will be doing a variety of editing exercises (both sentences and paragraphs) to help you practice the theories you learn in class.

Course Texts

Prentice Hall Reference Guide, 8th Edition
Exercises for the Everyday Writer, 4th Ed.
The Pearson Editing Exercises, 2nd Ed.

Course Requirements
Daily Assignements, Quizzes, Midterm, Final, Group Project, Grammar Test, Attendance