ENGLISH   (ENG)




ENG 5000. Bibliography and Research/(3).F.
A study of bibliographical problems, types of
research organization and reporting of research.
Required in the first semester for beginning
graduate students. Required of all students.




ENG 5100. Composition Theory, Practice, and
Pedagogy/(3).F.
An introduction to composition theory and relevant
rhetorical, reading, and psycholinguistic theory
with an emphasis on the connections among theory,
practice, and pedagogy. Required of teaching
assistants.




ENG 5200. Issues in Teaching English/(3).S.
An advanced course in teaching theory and
practice for secondary school teachers. Emphasis
is placed on practical applications for the
teaching of writing and literature.




ENG 5500. Independent Study/(1-3).F;S.
Directed study of a topic not offered in regularly
scheduled courses.




ENG 5525. Product of Learning/(1-3).F;S.On
Demand.
Graded on an S/U basis only.




ENG 5530-5549. Selected Topics/(1-4).On Demand.
Content to vary; may be repeated for credit when
content does not duplicate.




ENG 5600. Literary Criticism and Theory/(3).F.
A study of key issues in contemporary literary and
cultural theory and in the history of literary
criticism. Emphasis on practical applications of
theoretical approaches. Offered alternate years
with ENG 5660. 




ENG 5640. Cultural Studies/(3).S.
A study of literature as a cultural practice and of
related cultural practices from the perspective of
literature. Offered alternate years with ENG 5650.




ENG 5650. Gender Studies/(3).S.
A critical study of the significance of gender in
literature and other art forms. Offered alternate
years with ENG 5640. 




ENG 5660. Advanced Seminar in Major Authors/(3).F.
An intensive examination of a major author writing
in English whose work is recognized as essential
to a comprehensive understanding of literary
culture and history. Offered alternate years with
ENG 5600. 




ENG 5710. Advanced Folklore/(3).S.
An in-depth and multi-cultural study of one or
more folklore genres in cultural context with
interdisciplinary approaches from the humanities
and social sciences. It is recommended that ENG
3050, Studies in Folklore, be taken prior to this
course. (Dual-listed with ENG 4810.)




ENG 5720. Appalachian Literature/(3).F.
A study of major regional movements, genres,
writers in the Appalachian mountains, from
settlement to the present. Content and approach
may vary. (Dual-listed with ENG 4720.)




ENG 5770. Colonial and Federal American
Literature/(3).F.
An intensive study in selected major authors from
the founding of the English colonies through the
early stage of the American Republic. Offered
alternate years with 5780. 




ENG 5780. Nineteenth-Century American
Literature/(3).F.
An intensive study of the works of such major
writers as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson,
Thoreau, Whitman, Dickinson, Twain, James, and
Crane. Offered alternate years with 5770. 




ENG 5790. Twentieth-Century American
Literature/(3).S.
An intensive study of such major writers as Frost,
Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway. Offered
alternate years with 5850. 




ENG 5810. Chaucer/(3).S.
A critical study of The Canterbury Tales, other
works selected from the Chaucer canon, and related
medieval texts. Offered alternate years with 5840.




ENG 5820. Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature/(3).F.
A comprehensive study of the non-dramatic
literature of the English Renaissance including
such major writers as More, Sidney, Raleigh, and
Spenser. Offered alternate years with 5890.




ENG 5830. Renaissance Drama/(3).F.
An intensive study of selected playwrights of the
Elizabethan, Jacobean, and Caroline periods,
including the University Wits, Jonson, Dekker,
Marston, Beaumont and Fletcher, Webster, and Ford.
Offered alternate years with 5865. 




ENG 5840. Shakespeare/(3).S.
An intensive study of selected works from the
Shakespeare canon. Offered alternate years with
5810. 




ENG 5850. Milton/(3).S.
An intensive study of Paradise Lost, other works
selected from the Milton canon, and related texts.
Offered alternate years with 5790. 




ENG 5865. Eighteenth-Century British Studies/(3).F.
An intensive study of selected topics of major
literary interest during the period 1660-1800,
e.g., Restoration Drama, the Tory Wits, and
Johnson and his Circle. Offered alternate years
with 5830. 




ENG 5870. Romantic Period/(3).S.
An intensive study of selected authors of the
Romantic period considered in relation to general
concepts of romanticism. Offered alternate years
with 5880. 




ENG 5880. Victorian Literature/(3).S.
A study of selected British poetry, novels, or
non-fiction prose of the latter part of the
nineteenth century. Offered alternate years with
5870. 




ENG 5890. Twentieth-Century British Literature/(3).F.
An intensive study of the works of such major
writers as Yeats, Lawrence, and Joyce. Offered
alternate years with 5820. 




ENG 5910. World Literature/(3).S.
A seminar in Western or non-Western literature
read in English. Areas of focus may include
Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Offered
alternate years with 5980. 




ENG 5980. Contemporary Literature/(3).S.
An examination of trends in post-WWII writing and
thought. Offered alternate years with 5910.




ENG 5989. Graduate Research/(1-9).F;S.
This course is designed to provide access to
University facilities for continuing graduate
research at the master's and specialist's levels. 
It is graded on an S/U basis and does not count
toward a degree.




ENG 5999. Thesis/(3-6).F;S.
Graded on an S/U basis only.