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ENGL 1202 is a prerequisite for all of the following courses:
BRITISH
Introductory
ENGL 2111 British Literature I
Readings in British Literature from Beowulf to the 18th century. 3 credits.
ENGL 2112 British Literature II
Readings in British Literature from the Romantics through the 20th century. 3
credits.
Advanced (pre-1800)
ENGL 2211 Medieval Literature
The literature of the Medieval world from the 4th to the 15th centuries. 3
credits.
ENGL 2212 Renaissance Literature
Readings in 16th century poetry and prose. Emphasis on Sir Thomas More, Sidney
and Spenser. 3 credits.
ENGL 2213 17th-Century Literature
The “Metaphysical” and “ Cavalier” poets, Milton, and selected prose. 3 credits.
ENGL 2214 18th-Century Literature
Prose and poetry from the Restoration to the late 18th century. 3 credits.
ENGL 2311 Chaucer
A close study of the Canterbury Tales, Troilus and Criseyde, and Chaucer’s minor
poems. 3 credits.
ENGL 2312 Shakespeare
Representative tragedies, comedies, and histories; the sonnets. 3 credits.
ENGL 2313 Milton
A close study of Paradise Lost and other poems, plays, and prose. 3 credits.
Advanced (post-1800)
ENGL 2215 Romantic Literature
The poetry of Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats against
the background of the French Revolution. 3 credits.
ENGL 2216 Victorian Literature
Major poets of the period: Tennyson, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning, and Arnold. Novelists such as the Brontes, Dickens, George Eliot, and
Thomas Hardy. Selections from prose writers such as Carlyle, Mill, Arnold, and
Pater. 3 credits.
ENGL 2217 Modern British Literature
A survey of early 20th century British writers such as Conrad, Lawrence, Joyce,
Woolf, Mansfield, and Forster. 3 credits.
ENGL 2314 Yeats and His World
A study of Yeat’s poetry and plays in the setting of his age, including readings
of his contemporaries such as Synge and Lady Gregory. 3 credits.
ENGL 2315 Joyce, Lawrence, and Woolf
A close examination of works by three masters of the modernist experimental
narrative. 3 credits.
ENGL 2411 The British Novel I
Development of the British novel from its origins in the early 18th century
through the Romantic period. Focus on Richardson, Defoe, Fielding, and Austen. 3
credits.
ENGL 2412 The British Novel II
A survey of the British novel from the Victorian age to the present. Novels by
the Brontes, Dickens, George Eliot, Hardy, Conrad, Forster, Woolf, and others. 3
credits.
ENGL 2413 The Drama in Great Britain.
A survey of British drama from medieval mystery plays to the present. 3 credits.
AMERICAN
Introductory
ENGL 2103 American Literature I
Readings of American authors from the colonial period to the Civil War. 3
credits.
ENGL 2104 American Literature II
Readings of American authors from the Civil War to the present. 3 credits.
Advanced
ENGL 2320 Major American Romantics
A close study of selected works by American Romantic writers such as Poe,
Hawthorne, Emerson, Douglass, Whitman, and Dickinson. 3 credits.
ENGL 2321 Major American Realists and Modernists
A close study of American fiction and poetry from the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, including James, Wharton, Hemingway, Faulkner, Eliot, Pound, Crane,
and H.D. 3 credits.
ENGL 2417 The American Novel I
Representative works of American novelists prior to 1915, such as Melville,
Twain, Cooper, Irving, Stowe, and Chopin. 3 credits.
ENGL 2418 The American Novel II
Representative works of American novelists since 1915, such as Cather,
Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, Bellow, O’Connor, Ellison, Updike, and
Morrison. 3 credits.
ENGL 2419 The Social Novel in America
Nineteenth and 20th-century novels that explore a variety of social issues
endemic to the American way of life. 3 credits.
ENGL 2420 Modern American Poetry
An analytic approach to the works of early 20th-century poets such as Willliams,
Pound, Eliot, Stein, Moore, Stevens, and others. 3 credits.
ENGL 2421 Modern American Drama
Exploring the modernism of O’Neill, the symbolism of Williams, the realism of
Miller, and others. 3 credits.
ENGL 2423 The American Screenplay
A survey of screenwriters’ contributions to American film. Analysis of the major
genres with selected screenings. 3 credits.
Cross-Listed Courses in American Literature
Up to 6 credits of cross-listed courses may be accepted for English credit. For
descriptions, see Department of African-American Studies course descriptions.
ENGL 2613 Early African-American Literature
ENGL 2614 Modern African-American Literature
ENGL 2615 Major Figures in African-American Literature
ENGL 2616 Contemporary African Literature
ENGL 2617 Literature of the Harlem Renaissance
THEMATIC AND COMPARATIVE
Introductory
ENGL 2101 Great Books of the Western World I
Literature of the Western tradition from Homer to the Renaissance. 3 credits
ENGL 2102 Great Books of the Western World II
Literature of the Western tradition from the 17th century to the present. 3
credits.
Advanced
ENGL 2113 Women and Literature I
An exploration of the contributions of women writers to Western literature from
the Middle Ages to the 18th century, including an examination of relevant works
in cultural history. Cross-listed with Women's Studies for credit toward Women’s
Studies minor. 3 credits.
ENGL 2114 Women and Literature II
An exploration of the contributions of women writers to Anglo-American
literature from the 19th century to the present, including some classic
statements of feminist literary theory. Cross-listed with Women's Studies for
credit toward Women’s Studies minor. 3 credits.
ENGL 2011 The Short Story
Exploring the structures and themes of short fiction by a variety of British,
American and international authors. 3 credits.
ENGL 2013 The Drama
An introduction to drama as a genre with representative plays from Sophocles to
the present. 3 credits.
ENGL 2014 Poetry
An introduction to poetry and poetics, covering a variety of poetic genres,
traditions, forms, and approaches. 3 credits.
ENGL 2410 The Bible as Literature
Traditional literary methods will be used to examine symbolism, narrative voice,
tone, imagery and characterization, in the context of the historical setting in
which the Bible was written. Theological meaning and purpose of the Bible will
be discussed as well. Cross-listed with Catholic Studies. 3 credits.
ENGL 2414 Contemporary Fiction
Readings in British, American, and international fiction from mid-century to the
present. 3 credits.
ENGL 2415 Contemporary Drama
Plays recently in production on and off Broadway. 3 credits.
ENGL 2416 Contemporary Poetry
Trends in poetry from mid-century to the present, including confessional poetry,
the Beat Generation, the New York School, poetics of identity, the Black
Mountain poets, and other. 3 credits.
ENGL 2422 Catholic Literature and Film
Examination of the specific Catholic nature of a variety of works of literature
and how they are translated into film. Cross-listed with Catholic Studies. 3
credits.
ENGL 2424 The European Screenplay
Screenplays from France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden in translation, with
selected screenings. 3 credits.
ENGL 2426 Literature and Nature
Readings in literature of the natural world by authors such as Thoreau, Mary
Austin, Annie Dillard, John McPhee, and Barry Lopez, as well as representative
selections of ecocriticism. 3 credits.
ENGL 2427 Drama: Classic and Contemporary
A survey of 20th-century drama and innovations in dramatic form. Ibsen, Chekov,
Brecht, Beckett, Pinter, Lorca, Churchill, and others. 3 credits.
ENGL 2428 Contemporary Literature and Religion
Humanity’s spiritual quest in works by Faulkner, Salinger, Flannery O’ Connor,
Saul Bellow and others. Cross-listed with Catholic Studies. 3 credits
ENGL 2429 The Psychological Novel
Writers who explore the psyche through dream, memory, interior monologue, and
stream-of-consciousness such as Kafka, Woolf, Faulkner, Beckett, and others. 3
credits.
ENGL 2430 Satire
A survey of the forms and techniques in satiric texts from Ancient Rome to the
20th century, with emphasis on European and American satires. 3 credits.
ENGL 2431 Women Writers
An in-depth examination of the works of selected women writers. Specific topics
will be posted prior to registration. Cross-listed with Women's Studies. 3
credits.
ENGL 3412-3413 Special Topics in Literary Studies I-II
Varying topics such as the works of a particular writer or writers, a type of
literature (for example travel, post-colonial, pastoral, etc.), literature and
film, and others. Topic will be posted prior to registration. 3 credits each.
ENGL 5011 Senior Seminar
Capstone course required for all English majors in their senior year,
culminating in oral presentations and a significant research paper. 3 credits.
Cross-Listed Courses in Thematic and Comparative
(Up to 6 credits of cross-listed courses may be accepted for English credit.)
ENGL 1611 Greek & Latin Roots of English (CLAS 1313)
For description, see Department of Classical Studies course descriptions.
ENGL 2015 Catholicism and Literature (CAST 2015)
For description, see Catholic Studies course descriptions.
ENGL 2612 Classical Mythology (CLAS 2317)
For description, see the Department of Classical Studies course descriptions.
ENGL 3404 U.S. Latina/Latino Literature (SPAN 3401)
For description, see Department of Modern Languages course descriptions.
ENGL 3610 Existentialism in Literature (PHIL 2095)
For description, see the Department of Philosophy course descriptions.
INTERSESSION COURSES
Specially designed 1- and 2-credit courses for short intersession or summer
semesters.
ENGL 2105 Poetry of Courtly Love
Focus on the love poem and its sources from the Troubadours and courtly poets,
including Dante, Petrarch, Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Donne. 2 credits.
ENGL 2316 Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins
Readings in this important Victorian poet. Focus on prosody, style, and
influence on 20th-century poets. 1 credit.
ENGL 2432-2434 Special Topics in Poetry
An intensive study of the work of one poet to be posted prior to registration. 1
credit each.
ENGL 2435-2437 Special Topics in Prose
An intensive study of the work of one prose writer to be posted prior to
registration. 1 credit each.
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