ENGL - English (ENGL)

Conducted in English, this course is designed to help graduate students gain proficiency in reading and translating texts from foreign languages for scholarly research. Class activities will include quizzes, translations and readings. The course can be taken in place of the Foreign Language Translation Exam required by the Departments of English and History. Students with any degree of knowledge of the language (including none) are welcome. The course will alternate between the languages offered by the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, including French, Spanish and Italian. The credits for this course will not count towards graduation from the M.A. in English or History Programs.

Prepares students to use the resources of the library, pursue different types of research in language and literature and write effective papers embodying their findings.

Study of the early poetry, sonnets, chief comedies, tragedies and histories.

Major tragedies, histories, problem comedies and romances.

The poetry and prose of Samuel Johnson, the diaries of Boswell, Boswell¿s life of Dr. Johnson and others of their circle.

Significant works by major novelists, including Lawrence, Joyce and Woolf.

Significant works by major novelists after World War II, including Waugh, Greene, Burgess and Fowles.

Literature of the Puritans and the Revolutionary period, culminating in the early masters of American Romanticism: Irving, Cooper, Poe.

Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville and Whitman.

Major writers from Ellison through Bellow, Malamud, Updike and Morrison.

Emerson, Dickinson, Whitman, Frost, Stevens, Pound, Eliot and Williams.

Novels by writers whose innovations reflect the development of the genre as a mirror of social and aesthetic concerns.

Survey of major trends in 20th century British drama from Shaw to Pinter.

A workshop course focusing on the essentials in poetic craft. Workshop will be supplemented by substantial readings in 20th century poetry, prosody, and poetics. Each student will be expected to submit a final portfolio of between 10 and 15 poems. (Formerly The Art and Craft of Creative Writing.)

Exploration of writing as a theoretical and philosophical activity, helping students understand their own activity as writers and instructing prospective instructors of composition in the current pedagogy.

A workshop course focusing on the essentials of fiction writing. Workshop will be supplemented by substantial readings in 20th century fiction and with some consideration of literary theory. Each student will be expected to complete two short stories, novel chapters, or a novella, as well as revisions. (Formerly the Art of Creative Writing.)

Development of skills in the clear, concise presentation of graduate level writing in various forms, such as dissertations, grant proposals, lab reports and articles for publication. This course is open to students in all graduate programs at the university.

Strategies of teaching writing as a developmental process.

History of the language emphasizing cultural backgrounds as well as modern linguistic approaches. Concludes with a survey of modern approaches to English grammar and syntax.

A workshop course focusing on the craft of story-telling in non-fiction prose. Workshop will be supplemented with lectures and assignments focusing on technique and by substantial readings of 20th century writers who put literary non-fiction on the map - from Joseph Mitchell, John McPhee, and Rachel Carson to writers as diverse as Barry Lopez, William Least Heat-Moon, and Annie Dillard. Each student will be expected to complete short assignments as well as one substantial piece of writing

Readings of selected works in British literature appropriate for secondary education, with emphasis upon pedagogy, historical and contemporary critical interpretations.

Readings of selected works in American literature appropriate for secondary education, with emphasis upon pedagogy, historical and contemporary critical interpretation.

Training course for first-year Teaching Assistants in the English department, with an emphasis on syllabus construction, grading and assessment of student work, classroom practices, and instructional pedagogy.

Preparation of the master's thesis under individual guidance.

Readings and discussion of literary criticism as an art and a craft. Critical theories and their applications to selected texts.

Advanced study in the integration of the historic, philosophic, religious and social features of Medieval England.

Advanced study in 18th century cultural history and in the writing of the principal figures of the age.

Advanced study in literature as a reflection of the social, political, religious and moral upheavals of the Victorian period. A particular issue or writer may be studied in depth.

Advanced study of selected writers seen in the context of the social and cultural currents of the American experience.

Topics to be announced by the instructor.

Topics to be announced by the instructor.

Topics to be announced by the instructor.

A workshop course in poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Intended for students who have taken Fiction, Poetry or Non-Fiction Workshops and wish to continue developing their work in a specific genre. Students will be expected to complete a substantial portfolio of original work; workshop will be supplemented by readings in 20th century literature.