Spring 2011 Courses: 3000-Level

ENG 3063.001: American Literature 1870-1945

Instructor: Ralph Millis
Class Time: MWF 1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.04.06

Course Description
American literature from the end of the Civil War until the end of World War II both mirrored and illuminated the rise of the United States from a cultural
backwater to a position as the world’s most influential cultural force. By reading and responding in writing and in class discussion to the literature of this period, students will immerse themselves deeply in some of the major literary and social/cultural movements and battles that have both led and pushed us to where we as a society are today. We will read fiction, poetry, drama, biography, and essays by a variety of major writers who represent what it means to be an American: a strange, often contradictory, blend of optimism, cynicism, individualism, belief in collective action, expansiveness, egotism, democracy, and elitism that continues to roil the American consciousness in the 21st Century.

Course Texts

THE 42ND PARALLEL John Dos Passos
LIGHT IN AUGUST William Faulkner
A FAREWELL TO ARMS Ernest Hemingway
THE COUNTRY OF POINTED FIRS Sarah Orne Jewett
BABBITT Sinclair Lewis
A MENCKEN CHRESTOMATHY H.L. Mencken
OLD JULES Mari Sandoz
CANE Jean Toomer
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL Thomas Wolfe
Public domain fiction, poetry and plays on Internet

Course Assignments for Grades

A mid-term examination—250 pts.
A final examination—250 pts.
An 8-10 page research/critical essay—300 pts.
Attendance/quizzes/participation in class discussion—200 pts.

ENG 3073.001: Young Adult Literature

Instructor: Eva Pohler
Class Time: TR 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Class Location: HSS 2.20.06

Course Description
We will become familiar with the history of young adult literature and criticism, learn how young adult literature has been classified, become familiar with a number of popular texts classified as young adult literature and the secondary discussions surrounding them, become better readers and critics of literature, and develop stronger skills in communicating original literary ideas to others.

Course Texts

O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.
Golding, William. Lord of the Flies.
Orwell, George. Animal Farm.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit.
Carroll, Lewis, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Course Assignments for Grades

Surprise Quizzes: 10%
Reading Exam I: 20%
Reading Exam II: 20%
Paper I: 25%
Paper II: 25%

ENG 3113.001: Individual Authors. J. R. R. Tolkien

Instructor: Mark Allen
Class Time: TR 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.04.26

Course Description
The primary goal of our semester is to explore the power of Tolkien’s fiction and how it relates to his sources and inspirations, his career as an historical linguist (“philologist”), his theory of literature, and his ethical outlook.

Course requirements include all assigned reading and class attendance. Also required are two papers (20% each), regular quizzes (20%), a semester paper (20%), and a final exam (20%).

Texts

Beowulf, A New Verse Translation, ed. Daniel Donoghue (Norton)
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Houghton Mifflin)
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin 50th Anniversary one-volume edition)
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, second edition (Houghton Mifflin)
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Tolkien Reader (Random House)

ENG 3113.002: Studies in Individual Authors: Jane Austen

Instructor: Karen Dodwell
Class Time: TR 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Class Location: MB 1.124

Course Description
The course begins with a study of Jane Austen’s life and draws from the rich visual resources available, including study abroad photos taken in Chawton, Bath, and Winchester. With the study ofNorthanger Abbey, the focus is on gothic conventions and novel reading in Austen’s time. As students read Emma, they explore the culture of England and develop individual projects on topics such as English country houses; walking and riding; clothing, grooming, and appearances; illness and wellness; and the education of girls and young women.

With the reading of Pride and Prejudice, students explore gender issues and position their own ideas within the framework of critical perspectives in preparation for a term paper. With the study ofMansfield Park, students continue to explore critical perspectives as they focus on the political and economic contexts of the novel and develop a term paper.

Course Texts

Northanger Abbey, Oxford World Classics, Oxford University Press. Eds. James Kinsley and John Davie. 2003. ISBN: 13: 978-0-19-284082-0
Emma. Penguine Classics. Penguine Books. Ed. Fiona Stafford. 2003. ISBN 13: 978-0-141-43958-7
Pride and Prejudice. A Norton Critical Edition. W. W. Norton. Ed. Donald Gray. 2001. ISBN: 0-393-97604-1 (pbk)
Mansfield Park. A Norton Critical Edition. W. W. Norton. Ed. Claudia L. Johnson. 1998. ISBN 0-393-96791-3 (pbk)

Students may substitute other editions for Northanger Abbey andEmma. All students need the Norton Critical Edition of the Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park.

Course Assignments for Grades
Daily grades include quizzes, in-class writing, homework, and group work in class; three essay exams including the final; three papers.

ENG 3133.001: Women and Literature

Instructor: Kinitra Brooks
Class Time: TR 11:00 - 12:15
Class Location: HSS 3.03.14

Mothering in American Literature: A Study of Identity, Culture, History, Gender and Class

Course Description
This course will use the theme of motherhood as an entrance into the many themes that inform the works of Major American Authors. What is a mother? What actions/responsibilities inform the act of mothering? Is there an ideal mother? What constitutes a good or bad mother? How has mothering changed over time? How is mothering defined amongst the different cultures? How are they similar/different? What do the differing cultural expectations of motherhood say about gender, class, and/or identity? In our exploration of this topic, we will read and think critically about novels, plays, poetry, and even theory (yes, THEORY!) from the 19th and 20th century. We are interested not only in what these writers have to say about American motherhood, but how they say it and in what context.

Texts Include

The Awakening, Kate Chopin
Dreaming in Cuban, Cristina Garcia
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Mama Day, Gloria
The Joy Luck, Amy Tan
Go Tell It on the Mountain, James Baldwin
Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Eugene O’Neill
Maud Martha, Gwendolyn Brooks
Stigmata, Phyllis Alesia Perry
Kindred, Octavia Butler
Louisiana, Erna Brodber

Course Assignments for Grades

Reflection Papers: 15%
Project: 15%
Quizzes: 20%
Participation: 10%
Critical Paper: 20%
Final Exam: 20%

ENG 3153.001: TOPICS IN DRAMA: IRISH DRAMA

Instructor: Elizabeth Mac Crossan
Class Time: MWF 12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Class Location: MB 1.208

Prerequisite: Completion of the Core Curriculum requirement in literature.

Course Description
Study of one or more periods (e.g., Tudor-Stuart, modern, contemporary) or modes (e.g., comedy, tragedy) of drama. May be repeated for credit when topics vary. Irish Drama will include the important developments and changes in Irish theatre over the tumultuous 20th century. Playwrights will include Yeats, Lady Gregory, Synge, Shaw, O’Casey, Friel, Carr, Devlin, and Jones. We will develop an understanding of the differences in “southern” and “northern” Irish drama, as well as the various notions of politics, religion, class, gender, language, history, and identity.

Course Texts

Harrington, John P. Modern and Contemporary Irish Drama (Norton)
Jones, Marie. Stones in His Pockets.
Devlin, Anne. Ourselves Alone.

Course Assignments for Grades
One paper, one presentation, short reader responses. Mid-term and final exams.

ENG 3233.001: Shakespeare: The Late Plays

Instructor: Mark Bayer
Class Time: MWF 12:00 - 12:50 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.02.40

Course Description
English 3233 provides an introduction to Shakespearean drama through careful reading of representative plays from several different genres from the later part of his career. There are of course many commonalities between the early and late plays suggesting that a sharp distinction between the two and the precise date of the transition is somewhat forced and imposed by scholars much later. There are, however, several features of the later plays that make them worthy of special consideration as a unit. We will notice, for instance, that Shakespeare during this period seemed to develop a keen and reflexive sense of his own art and the power of theatre to influence the social world in numerous ways. In this course, we will pay special attention to the content and form of these texts but also to the original conditions under which they were performed as well as their social, economic, and political contexts, the networks of patronage, readership, and often collaborative authorship that led to their production, as well as their function in today’s literary and cultural marketplace.

Requirements
Two examinations, two short papers, and a series of short quizes on the plays

Texts
Stephen Greenblatt et. al, Eds. The Norton Shakespeare.

ENG 3233.901: Shakespeare: The Late Plays

Instructor: Mark Bayer
Class Time: M 2:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Class Location: BV 3.330 (Downtown Campus)

Requirements
Two examinations, two short papers, and a series of short quizes on the plays

Texts
Stephen Greenblatt et. al, Eds. The Norton Shakespeare.

ENG 3243.001: Topics in the British Novel

Instructor: Debbie Lopez
Class Time: MWF 2:00 - 2:50 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 2.02.06

Course Description
Students will have the opportunity to study six nineteenth-century British novels from a variety of perspectives: social, political, literary, and aesthetic. Emphasis will be on class participation in an evolving literary dialogue concerning, for example—

The alliance of romance and finance
Women’s education
The New Woman
Fantasies of female monstrosity
Xenophobia
The Gothic and the urban Gothic

Course Texts

Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Barnes and Noble) and Northanger Abbey (Longman); Bronte,
C., Jane Eyre (Norton); Shelley,Frankenstein (Bedford); Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(Bantam): Stoker, Dracula (Penguin).

Course Assignments for Grades
20% Course participation, including a short presentation and frequent quizzes covering not just the assigned readings for the day but also material discussed in the previous day’s lecture; 30% 7-9 page researched paper; 25% midterm; 25% final exam.

ENG 3253.001: The American Novel

Instructor: Jeff Turpin
Class Time: TR 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.03.10

Course Description
Reading and discussion of representative American novels, including Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, Jack London’s The Call of the Wild, Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence, John Steinbeck’sThe Grapes of Wrath, Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five, Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, and Tomas Rivera’s y no se lo tragó la tierra (and the earth did not devour him). We will try to define what makes these books “American.” Grading will be based on weekly response papers, class presentations, two exams, and two formal papers.

Course Texts

Twain, Mark. Huckleberrry Finn. Norton Critical Edition, Norton and Co. 3rd Edition ISBN 978-0393966404
London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. Aerie Publishing, ISBN 978-0812504323 (or any edition)
Wharton, Edith. The Age of Innocence. Bantam, ISBN 978-0553214505 (or any edition)
Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. Penguin, ISBN 978-0140186406 (or any edition)
Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Grand Central Publishing, ISBN 978-0446310789 (or any edition)
Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse Five. Dell, ISBN 978-0440180296 (or any edition)
Silko, Leslie Marmon. Ceremony. Penguin Classics, ISBN 978-0140086836 (or any edition)
Rivera, Tomas. Y no se lo trago la tierra. Arte Publico Press, ISBN 978-1558850835 (or any edition).

ENG 3303.001: Theory and Practice of Composition

Instructor: Gail Pizzola
Class Time: MWF 9:00 - 9:50 a.m.
Class Location: UC 2.02.12

Course Description
To prepare students to write in their profession and/or to teach writing, the class will examine and apply composition theory and practice stylistic choices which lead to clear, effective prose. Fulfills an upper division course requirement of English majors/minors and is required for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate teacher certification in English. Prerequisite: Completion of the Cure Curriculum requirement in rhetoric. 3 hours credit.

Course Texts
Lindemann, Erika. Rhetoric for Writing Teachers. 4th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2001.
ISBN: 0-321-47935
Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010.
ISBN: 978-0-393-93361-1 (www.wwnorton.com)

ENG 3313.001: Advanced Composition

Instructor: Gail Pizzola
Class Time: MWF 10:00 - 10:50 a.m.
Class Location: UC 2.02.12

Course Description
ENG 3313 focuses on the principles and procedures of nonfiction informational and persuasive prose, emphasizing practice with development, coherence techniques, and style appropriate to different audiences. To this end, students will write extensively and often, practicing ways to expand their writing repertoire by engaging in various types of writing projects. Additionally, using the writer's workshop, students will share writing ideas and receive formative feedback, orally and in writing.

Course Texts
Graff, Gerald, and Cathy Birkenstein. They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. 2nd ed. New York: Norton, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-393-93361-1 (www.wwnorton.com)

ENG 3333.001: Introduction to the Structure of English

Instructor: Amanda Williams
Class Time: TR 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Class Location: MB 0.226

Course Description
This course is an intensive examination of the structure of English, focusing on morphology and syntax. The course offers a brief history of grammar, different approaches to grammar, and an examination of the types of grammar. Although not pedagogical, this course is geared especially toward providing background in the language and in linguistics for prospective teachers of English, English as a Second Language, and language arts.

Course Objectives
Students are expected to demonstrate fully an understanding of the structure of the English language, including basic knowledge of morphology and syntax. Additionally, students are expected to recognize regional and social variation and understand their roles in society, as well as the dynamic nature of the English language.

ENG 3333.002: Introduction to the Structure of English

Instructor: Amanda Williams
Class Time: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.03.18

ENG 3343.001: Principles of English Linguistics

Instructor: Claire Andres
Class Time: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 a.m.
Class Location: MS 2.03.08

Course Description
Students are introduced to the basic principles of modern Linguistics. Emphasis is placed on 'decoding' language to understand its component phonetic, phonological, morphological, and syntactical subsystems. Attention is also given to language variation and change, attitudes regarding dialects, child language acquisition, pragmatics, semantics, and other areas of interest.

ENG 3343.002: Principles of English Linguistics

Instructor: Claire Andres
Class Time: TR 8:00 - 9:15 a.m.
Class Location: BB 3.03.22

ENG 3393.001: Literary Theories

Instructor: Bernadette Andrea
Class Time: TR 2:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.02.50

Course Description
This course focuses on how we engage prose, poetry, drama, film, and other literary texts. And why do we do it? In other words, how do we “theorize”? Theoretical approaches we will consider include formalism, reader response, deconstruction, psychoanalysis, new historicism, cultural materialism, feminism, gender studies, critical race theory, postcolonial studies, and cultural studies. We will conclude our semester with a focused analysis of a Shakespearean play drawing on these theories. The goal of the course is to equip you with the methods and approaches necessary for more advanced literary and cultural studies.

Course Texts

Please ensure that you obtain the editions listed below, as they have content that we will be using in this course not available in other editions:
Rivkin, Julie, and Michael Ryan, eds. Literary Theory: An Anthology. 2nd ed. Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2004. ISBN-10: 1405106964
Shakespeare, William. The Tempest: A Case Study in Critical Controversy. 2nd. ed. Ed. Gerald Graff. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2008. ISBN-10: 0312457529

Course Assignments for Grades:

Class participation, including in-class writing and unannounced quizzes: 25%
Mid-term exam: 25%
Final exam: 25%
Final research paper (8-10 pages): 25%

ENG 3413.001: Specialized Professional Writing

Instructor: Marguerite Newcomb
Class Time: MWF 1:00 - 1:50 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.03.20

Course Description
This class is designed to introduce students to writing for specialized purposes, such as advertising, feature articles, reports, newsletters, speeches, and professional correspondence. This writing focuses on clear, orderly, readable writing with careful consideration of audience, purpose, and situation. This course will run in the traditional classroom environment.

ENG 3413.002: Specialized Professional Writing

Instructor: Diane Abdo
Class Time: TR 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Class Location: MB 2.01.06

Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to master strategic writing for public relations, publications, advertising, sales and marketing, as well as writing tasks in other specialized professions. It also examines the legal and ethical considerations of writing for the public.

Students may find this type of writing to be difficult at first because it is unlike academic writing; however, as future professional writers, students must develop the skills needed to write for any purpose and audience. This course will provide the opportunity to develop those skills.

ENG 3423.001: Documentary Poetry Workshop

Instructor: David Vance
Class Time: MW 4:00 - 5:15 p.m.
Class Location: MB 1.208

Course Description
Documentary as a form of social engagement came of age during the great depression. At the same time that filmmakers and photographers endeavored to record the world as they saw it during that period of great social upheaval, so did poets and writers like Muriel Rukeyser and Richard Wright. Documentary as a poetic mode has continued to have a place in the post-depression, American poetic tradition, but it has arguably enjoyed resurgence in the last 20 years. In this workshop we will analyze the “documentary” impulses and strategies that inform the works of various poets, and students will be given opportunity to present their own documentary poems in a workshop format. Some of the writing assignments for this class will require that students use mixed media of some sort. At the end of the term, long with a final portfolio of poems, students will be expected to submit a substantive paper analyzing some poet’s work that is in some respect documentary. Attendance is mandatory. Admission to this course requires instructor approval. Please e-mail to the instructor a 5pp writing sample (preferably poetry) along with a brief statement describing your previous workshop experience (including a list of the instructors you’ve studied with and when, and also what you gained by way of the workshop experience) and your goals in taking this workshop (beyond fulfilling a degree or certificate requirements).

Required Texts

Nowak, Mark – Shut Up Shut Down (Coffee House Press, 2004) ISBN-13: 978-1566891639
Rankine – Don’t Let Me Be Lonely (Graywolf, 2004) ISBN-13: 978-1555974077
Ha, Theresa Hak Kyung. Dictee (UC Press, 2001) ISBN-13: 978-0520231122
Giscomb, G. S. Giscomb Road (Dalchey Archive Press, 1998) ISBN-13: 978-1564781840
Howe, Susan – The Nonconformist’s Memorial (New Directions, 1993) ISBN-13: 978-0811212298
Rogaczewski, Frank. The Fate of Humanity in Verse. (American Letters & Commentary, 2009) ISBN-13: 978-0-9825647-0-7

ENG 3613.001: African American Literature

Instructor: Kinitra Brooks
Class Time: TR 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Class Location: BB 3.03.22

The African American Novel

Course Description
In this course we will critically analyze eight novels from major and minor 20th-Century African American authors. We will begin with the history of the African American novel and how it began to differentiate itself from the slave narrative. What major themes and narrative populate the African American novel? What political purpose did/does it serve? How have those purposes changed over time? What are the differences, if any, when examining the gender and sexuality differences of the authors? How has the African American novel developed since its inception? Where is it going? What is the African American oral tradition and how is it expressed in the literature? We will also examine the historical, political and social contexts of the times that produced these works in order to examine

Course Texts

Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
Mama Day, Gloria Naylor
Middle Passage, Charles Johnson
Passing, Nella Larsen
Beloved, Toni Morrison
Stigmata, Phyllis Alesia Perry

Course Assignments for Grades

Reflection Papers: 15%
Project: 15%
Quizzes: 20%
Participation: 10%
Critical Paper: 20%
Final Exam: 20%

ENG 3813.001: Topics in Native American Literature: History and Life Stories

Instructor: Annette Portillo
Class Time: TR 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.
Class Location: HSS 3.04.08

Course Description
This course will introduce students to Native American writers (primarily women) and literary critics. We will examine theoretical discourses surrounding Native American literary practices and read a selection of works from various genres (e.g. life stories and autobiographies).This course will also emphasize the importance of reading these works within their appropriate historical and cultural contexts. Students should have some background in literary theories and practice and multiethnic literatures.