Graduate Education with a Concentration in
English Courses
English Courses (Graduate)
EN 900 History and Structure
of the English Language
The phonology, syntax, and lexicon of
English from its proto-Indo-European origins to its contemporary dialects.
3
credits.
EN 902 Approaches to the Literary Experience
An introduction to practical criticism which applies a broad spectrum of
critical approaches to a selected group of literary examples.
3 credits.
EN 905 Modern Rhetorical Theory
Examines history of and recent
developments in modern rhetorical theory and composition studies.
3 credits.
EN 910 Literature of the English Renaissance
Advanced examination of
Tudor and Jacobean literature, emphasizing More, Wyatt, Surrey, Sidney, Spenser,
Marlowe, Nashe, Shakespeare, Donne, and Jonson.
3 credits.
EN
912 Shakespeare
This course will examine various aspects of
Shakespeare’s plays and poems.
3 credits.
EN 925
Eighteenth-Century Novel
Explores the origins of the novel genre.
3 credits.
EN 931 Nineteenth-Century Novel
Explores
British prose fiction of the nineteenth century.
3 credits.
EN
934 The Romantics and the Victorians: 1798-1901
An historical and
critical survey of the prose and poetry of the nineteenth century including
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Tennyson, Arnold and Browning.
3 credits.
EN 935 Modern Drama
A survey of British,
American, Irish, and continental drama from Ibsen through O’Neill.
3 credits.
EN 941 Modern Poetry
A study of the major figures who shaped
American and British poetry between 1910 and 1950.
3 credits.
EN 942 Three Modern Poets
Illustrates how modern poetry differs from
that of earlier periods through study of W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, and T.S.
Eliot.
3 credits.
EN 945 Contemporary Poetry
Concentrates on poets whose major work was written after World War II.
3
credits.
EN 950 The Romantic Flowering in American Literature
The development of Romantic idealism in the origins of American fiction and
poetry.
3 credits.
EN 952 Realism and Naturalism
Realism as practiced by Twain and clarified by Howells, following the transition
of realism to naturalism under Norris and Dreiser.
3 credits.
EN 955 American Novel I
The development of the American novel from
Charles Brockden Brown through Melville and Hawthorne.
3 credits.
EN 957 American Novel II
The development of the American novel from
naturalism and realism to the latest fiction of the twentieth century.
3
credits.
EN 958 Women in American Literature
An
advanced study of works by and about women in American literature, including
Rowson, Foster, and Brown.
3 credits.
EN 995 Seminar
An exploration of the works of one or two major authors in depth.
3 credits.
EN 998 Special Topics
An exploration and consideration of a theme or
topic of mutual interest to instructor and students.
3 credits.
EN 999 Thesis Research & Writing
Guided work relating to the
student’s thesis.
3 credits