Spring 2017 Course Bulletin - Hillsdale College DEPARTMENT COURSE BULLETIN ... Andrew Marvell;...

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ENGLISHDEPARTMENTCOURSEBULLETINSPRINGSEMESTER2017

NotetoMajors:Wearedelightedbyyourinterestinourupperlevelclasses,andwelookforwardtoworkingtogether.Onewordofadvice:Upperlevelclassesarechallenging,withstrongreadingandwritingrequirements.Pleaseaskyourselfhowmanyupperlevelclassesyoucanreallytakewellinonesemester,withoutthrowingthecoursereadingoverboardorwritinghastilyandregrettably.Thedepartment,ingeneral,recommendsnomorethantwoupperlevelEnglishcoursesinagivensemester.Also,wehaveobservedinpastsemestersthecustomofstudentsregisteringforanumberofupperlevelclasses,onlytodropthematsomepoint“later”intheprocess.Thispracticecanclogupregistrationandcreateenrollmentheadachesforyourpeersandourwaitlists.AsHamletcounsels,“Prayyou,avoidit.”Wewishyouthebestonyourintellectualgrowth,andwelookforwardtosharingourloveofgreatliteraturewithyou.Thoseinterestedinagreathumanitieselectivearewelcometoo.

NotetoFutureMajors:WearehappythatyouareinterestedintheEnglishmajor,andwewelcomeyoutojoinourcommunityofteachers,thinkers,andwriters.IfyouchoosetomajorinEnglish,besuretodeclareyourmajorwiththeRegistrarandtransitiontoamajoradvisorintheEnglishdepartment.IfyouhaveanyquestionsabouttheEnglishmajor,pleasefeelfreetomakeanappointmentwiththedepartmentchair.ForthosestartingoutontheEnglishmajor,thebestcourseofactionistomakeyourwaythroughthe300s(thecoreofourmajor)tothe400s(ourseminars),withgoodanddeliberateorder.Youwillnote,forexample,thatmany400shaveaspecific300asaprerequisite.Yourmajoradvisorwillhelpyouchooseagoodpaththroughthemajorprogramandbeyond.NotetoFirstYearStudents:Welookforwardtointroducingyoutothelove,adventure,andgloryofstudyinggreatliteratureintheSpring.Asyouknow,English104isourrequiredcorecourse,whichallfirstyearstudentsmusttakeintheSpringsemester.Pleasebesuretoregisterrightawayinanopensectionof104;thosewhochoosenottoregisterwillbeplacedinopensectionslaterbytheRegistrar.Fornow,we’llleaveyouwiththis:“Beholdthatshadewhoserighthandwieldsthesword,thatonewhocomesbeforeotherpoetsastheirlord--thatisHomer,thesovereign!”~DanteAlighieri

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ENGLISHDEPARTMENT300LEVELCOURSESSPRINGSEMESTER2017

English310-01:AngloSaxonandMedievalBritishLiteratureDr.J.A.JacksonT/TH1:00-2:15pmHwæt!StudentswillbeintroducedtomajorworksinAnglo-SaxonandMedievalBritishLiterature.Thestudyofmedievalliteratureisverymuchinterdisciplinary,sostudentswillengagehistory,ofcourse,butalsotheology(medievaltheoriesofatonement,Christology,Triadology),biblicalhermeneutics,philosophyoflanguage,andsemiotics.Thepoetryofthesetwoerasisexquisiteandthetheopoeticswonderful,mesmerizing.Amongotherworks,wewillreadBeowulf,“TheWanderer,”“DreamoftheRood,”aselectionofTheCanterburyTales,SirGawainandtheGreenKnight,andtwomagnificentpiecesofmysticaltheology—RevelationsofDivineLove(byJulianofNorwich)andTheCloudofUnknowing(Anonymous).StudentswillbeintroducedtoOldandMiddleEnglishphonologyandwilllearnhowtopronounceOldandMiddleEnglish,demonstratedbytheirownreadingsofBeowulfandChaucer.Youmaynotknowexactlywhatyou’resaying,butyou’llsoundprettysweet,ifnotdownrightfearsome,sayingit.English320-01:RenaissanceBritishLiteratureDr.DebraBeltMWF11-11:50amAliterarysurveyofEnglishRenaissancepoetryanddramainthecontextoftheirage.ReadingswillincludeworksbyWyatt,Surrey,Sidney,Spenser,Shakespeare,Webster,Jonson,Donne,Herrick,Marvell,andMilton.English330-01:RestorationandRomanticBritishLiteratureDr.DuttonKearneyMWF2-2.50pmThiscourseisaliterarysurveyofRestorationandRomanticBritishLiteratureinthecontextofitsage,from1660to1830.WewillexamineEngland’sliteratureasittransformedfromAugustanrationalismtoRomanticism.WewillbeginwithJohnDrydenandthegreathopesEnglandhadintheRestorationof1660,aneweraforEnglandthatwastobeanewAugustanAge.However,CharlesIIwasakingofquestionablemoralfiber,whichunderminedpoets’desireandabilitytowritetheepicofGreatBritain.WhatemergedinsteadwasthemockepicofAlexanderPope,andalongwithit,aflourishingofsatirethatculminatedinJonathanSwift.ThesubsequentgenerationofpoetsrejectedtheAugustans’relianceuponrationalityandheroiccouplets,preferringimaginationandavarietyofpoeticforms.NotonlydotheRomanticsrestoretheroleofimaginationtoitsrightfulplaceinpoetry,theyalsoreinvigorateBritishpoetrywithitsowntradition—formssuchasodes,ballads,andsonnetsre-emerge.Therewillbemanydifferentgenresforourstudy:theessay,satire,painting,biography,poetry(bothlyricandnarrative),aswellasanewandemerginggenre,thenovel.AuthorstobestudiedincludeDryden,Pope,Swift,Johnson,Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,Shelley,andKeats.

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English340-01:VictorianandModernBritishLiteratureDr.DavidWhalenT/TH2.30-3.45pm

AliterarysurveyofVictorianandModernliteratureinthecontextofitsage.AuthorsmayincludeDickens,Tennyson,Browning,Newman,Eliot,Yeats,Woolf,Joyce,theInklingsandHeaney.

English360-01:AmericanLiterature1820-1890Dr.ChristopherS.BuschMWF11:00-11:50a.m.AliterarysurveyofAmericanRomanticism,theAmericanRenaissanceandRealisminthecontextoftheage.AuthorsmayincludeEmerson,Thoreau,Hawthorne,Poe,Melville,Whitman,Dickinson,Twain,HowellsandJames.English370-01:AmericanLiterature1890-PresentDr.MichaelM.JordanT/TH9:30-10:45am

Aliterarysurveyoflate19th-centuryand20th-centuryliteratureinthecontextoftheage.AuthorswillincludeChopin,Pound,Eliot,Frost,Williams,Hemingway,Fitzgerald,Faulkner,O'Connor,WendellBerry,andCormacMcCarthy.

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ENGLISHDEPARTMENT400LEVELCOURSESSPRINGSEMESTER2017

English401-01:SpecialStudiesinBritishLiteratureVictorianLyricPoetryandFormalPoetics(mayalsocountasanEnglish404)Dr.DwightLindleyT/TH9:30-10:45CourseDescription:Inthiscourse,wewillstudyfourofthegreatVictorianlyricpoetswiththecaretheircraftdeserves,workingourwayupfromthegroundlevelofpoeticform,totheupperflightsofsyntheticimagination.Wewillbeginthesemesterwithageneralstudyofmeter,verse-form,figures,andtropes,forthesakeofpayingparticularattentiontothetechnicalaspectsofprosodyandrhetoricthatwerethefinely-wroughttoolsofthesepoets’trade.WhatC.S.LewiswroteoftheEarlyModernpoetsisinsomedegreealsotrueofthegreatVictorians:“The‘beauties’whichtheychieflyregardedineverycomposition”—itsformalpoeticandrhetoricalaspects—“werethosewhichweeitherdislikeorsimplydonotnotice.Thischangeoftastemakesaninvisiblewallbetweenusandthem.”Itfollowsthat,ifwecansurmountthiswallbydevelopingareadysenseofpoeticform,wewillstandamuchbetterchanceofunderstandingtheVictoriansastheyunderstoodthemselves.Aswelearntoreadtheirlyricsclosely,wewillalsolearntolookwiththesepoets’penetratinggazeatthegreatchallengesofdevelopingmodernity.Pre-requisite:ENG340,orpermissionfromtheinstructor.Requirements:Gradeswillconsistofatleastthreeformalpoeticanalyses,atleastsixpoemmemorizations,afinal,anda20-pageessay.ReadingList:Adams,Stephen.PoeticDesigns:AnIntroductiontoMeters,

VerseForms,andFiguresofSpeech.Peterborough,Canada:Broadview,1997.ISBN978-1551111292.

Browning,Robert.TheMajorWorks.Ed.AdamRoberts.Rev.ed.Oxford:OxfordUP,2009.ISBN978-0199554690.

Hardy,Thomas.SelectedPoetry.EdSamuelHynes.Oxford:OxfordUP,2009.ISBN978-0199538508.

Hopkins,GerardManley.TheMajorWorks.Ed.CatherinePhillips.Oxford:OxfordUP,2009.ISBN978-0199538850.

Tennyson,Alfred.TheMajorWorks.Ed.AdamRoberts.Oxford:OxfordUP,2009.ISBN978-0199572762.

SelectedPoemsfromMatthewArnold,ChristinaRossetti,andA.E.Housman.

AVictorianCloseReading

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English401-02:SpecialStudiesinBritishLiteratureTheMetaphysicalPoets(mayalsocountasanEnglish404)Dr.B.WhalenMWF1:00-1:50

Vainlunatic,againstthese'scapesIcouldDispute,andconquer,ifIwould;WhichIabstaintodo.

CourseDescription:Thiscoursewillconsistofclosestudyofagroupofpoetsfromthe17thcentury,commonlycalledthe“metaphysicalpoets”,anditwillincludeboththeirreligiousandnon-religiousverse.Additionally,thecoursewillincludethestudyofformalpoetics,abriefreadingoftheimmediatepoeticpredecessorsofthemetaphysicals(mostnotably,Shakespeare),andselective,supplementalreadingoflaterpoetsandcriticswhohaveused(orabused)thename“metaphysical”whendiscussingthisgroupofpoets.Thepoetswhowillfeaturemostprominentlyinthecourseare:JohnDonne;GeorgeHerbert;RichardCrashaw;AndrewMarvell;ThomasTraherne;andHenryVaughanPrerequisite:Eng.320orpermissionfromtheinstructor.Requirements:SeminarParticipation;RegularPoetryMemorization(andRecitation);SeminarPaper;FinalExamEnglish401-03:SpecialStudiesinBritishLiteratureWoeandWonder:LaterShakespeareDr.StephenSmithW2-5pmCourseDescription:AnintensivestudyofShakespeare’slatermasterworks,withspecialfocusonthethemesofpoetry,virtue,theologyandeducation.Shakespeare,OthelloShakespeare,KingLearShakespeare,Macbeth

Shakespeare,CoriolanusShakespeare,AntonyandCleopatraShakespeare,Winter’sTale

Shakespeare,Cymbeline

Shakespeare,TheTempest

Prerequisites:English320orpermissionofinstructor.Requirements:Quizzes;criticalreflections;midterm;Cubsfans,ca.1606 seminarpaper;comprehensivefinalexamination.

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English402-01SpecialStudiesinAmericanLiteratureModernAmericanNovelDr.KellyScottFranklinT/TH,1:00-2:15PMCourseDescription:Thisseminar-stylecourseoffersanin-depthstudyoftheAmericannovelfromthelatenineteenthcenturytothepresent.BeginningwithRealismandNaturalisminCraneandWharton,thecoursethenexploressomeofthemostimportantauthorsofModernism(Fitzgerald,Wilder,Faulkner,andEllison);then,withO’ConnorandRobinson,wewillreadtwonovelistswhosesingularcontributionsbuildontheirprecursorstostakealastingclaimfornarrativesoffaithintherealmofPost-Modernfiction.RequiredTexts:Crane,Stephen.TheRedBadgeofCourage.NortonCriticalEditions,4thed.(2008).

ISBN:978-0-393-93075-7Wharton,Edith.AgeofInnocence.NortonCriticalEditions,(2002).ISBN:978-0-393-96794-4Fitzgerald,F.Scott.TheGreatGatsby.SimonandSchuster(1994).ISBN:9780743273565Wilder,Thornton.TheBridgeofSanLuisRey.HarperPerennial(2015).ISBN:978-0-06-0757502Faulkner,William.TheSoundandtheFury.NortonCriticalEditions,3rded.(2014)

ISBN:978-0-393-91269-2Ellison,Ralph.InvisibleMan.VintageBooks,2nded.(1995).ISBN:978-0679732761O’Connor,Flannery.WiseBlood.FSGClassics(2007).ISBN:978-0374530631Robinson,Marilynne.Gilead.Picador(2006).ISBN:978-0312424404Prerequisite:ENG360orENG370,orpermissionfrominstructor.Requirements:Twentytotwenty-fivepagesofwriting,includingseveralshortinterpretivepapers,anoralpresentation,andafinalcritical/researchpaper.

"Somesaythatweshallneverknowandthattothegodswearelikethefliesthattheboyskillonasummerday,andsomesay,onthecontrary,thattheverysparrowsdonotloseafeatherthathasnotbeenbrushedawaybythefingerofGod."ThorntonWilder,TheBridgeofSanLuisRey

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English403-01:SpecialStudiesinWesternLiteratureRussianLiteratureDr.JohnSomervilleMW12-1.15ThiscourseisintendedasasurveyofRussianliterature,primarilyofthenineteenthcentury.AmongthewriterswemayreadareAleksandrPushkin(Stories,EugeneOnegin),MikhailLermontov(AHeroofOurTime),NikolaiGogol(Storiesand/orDeadSouls),IvanGoncharov(Oblamov),IvanTurgenev(SketchesfromaHunter’sAlbum,FathersandSons),LeoTolstoy(Stories,AnnaKareninaorWarand

Peace),FyodorDostoyevsky(CrimeandPunishment),AntonChekhov(Stories,TheCherryOrchard),AndreiBely(Petersburg),AnnaAkhmatova,OsipMandelstam,IsaacBabel(Stories),andAlexanderSolzhenitsyn(OneDayintheLifeofIvanDenisovich).Prerequisites:Prerequisites:EitherENG330orENG360orprofessor'spermission.Requirements:Midtermexamination;finalexamination.Substantialwritingassignmentstotaling20-25pages.

"[Oursisa]conceitedageofthepopularizationofknowledge––thankstothatmostpowerfulengineofignorance,thediffusionofprintedmatter...."

(WarandPeace,Epilogue,PartII,Chapter8)

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English403-02:SpecialStudiesinWesternLiteratureTheCopyofanInvisibleWorld:TheRiseofNarrativeRealismDr.LorraineMurphyMW2:00–3:15pmCourseDescription:Whatmakesthenovelnew?Onwhatgroundsareitsrepresentationsmoretruthfulthanthoseofthechivalricromance?Preciselyhowdoesitdiscloseanapprehensionofreality?Howcanliteraryconventionsofanykindclaimtobe“real”?LikeDonQuixoteonhisskinnyoldnag,thiscoursebravely(orfoolishly)venturesforthtoanswersuchquestions.WeseekencounterswiththegreattraditionofContinentalRealism,proceedingfromCervantes’mockeryofromancethroughthegroundbreakingworksofBalzac,Flaubert,andTolstoy.Weconcludethesemesterwithtwoauthors,KafkaandMann,whostageremarkableconfrontationsbetweentherealismofconcreteparticularityandtheshadowyrealmofmythandsymbol.Thecoursewillincludecarefulstudyoftheworkslistedbelow,selectedsecondaryreadingsonthetopicofrealism,andclosetextualanalysisofnarrativeconventions.Againandagain,wewillaskhownarrativetechniquefilters,informs,promotes,and/orconfusesourunderstandingoftherealandthetrue.Texts(intranslation):Cervantes,DonQuixoteBalzac,PèreGoriotFlaubert,MadameBovaryTolstoy,AnnaKareninaandTheDeathofIvanIlyichMann,DeathinVeniceKafka,TheMetamorphosisCourseRequirements:Courseworkincludesamid-termexam,anannotatedbibliography,a20-25pageseminarpaper,andafinalexam.Pleasenote:forclassalone,youwillreadapproximately2000pagesoverthecourseofthesemester,oranaverageof150pagesperweek.

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English404-01:SpecialStudiesinGenre,LiteraryCriticismandWritingHistoryoftheEnglishLanguage(mayalsocountasanEnglish401)Dr.PatriciaR.BartT/TH6-7:15pm

Freak,fraud,farad,falafel!Thral,threat,thrill,threnody,theremin!1

ThiscoursewillexplorethedevelopmentofEnglishfromacollectionoftribaldialectsintothemostdynamicsocialphenomenonofthetwenty-firstcentury.Thefacultyoflanguageisinscribedwithinhumanphysiology,sowewillfirstconsiderhowweweremadeforlanguage.Moreover,thehistoryofapeopleisinscribedinitslanguage.Therefore,wewillbalancestudyofhistoricallinguisticsgenerally,intheIndo-Europeancontext,withanexaminationofsocial,religious,literary,scientific,politicalandeconomichistoryasitisinscribedintheEnglishword-hoard,fromtheprehistoricassociationoflordsandladieswiththekneadingandprotectionofloavestotheinventionofrigorousscientificnomenclaturesandinfuriatingpoliticalspin.Studentswillbecomefamiliarwiththetoolsandmethodsofsystematic,synchronicandtrans-historicallanguagestudy,fromtheindividualphonemetointer-textualstudiesandlanguage-corpusanalysis.Throughouttheterm,wewillgroundourstudyinselectedpassagesofwritinginEnglish—whetheritisEnglishwriting,orwritinginEnglishbysomeoneelseentirely.Prerequisites:ENG310or320,orintermediateknowledgeofFrenchorLatinorGerman,orpermissionoftheinstructor.Coursework:Achallengingsyllabusofreadings,standardgradedwritingandassessment:termpaperandfinalexamination.Thisisafullseminar-stylecourse.1HenryFitzEmpress,GeoffreyChaucer,BartolomaeusAnglicus,WilliamShakespeare,NeilArmstrong,Elvis.Wifman,

werman,chairman,ManandSuperman.Osama/Usama,Khadaffi/Ghadaffi/Qadaffi.Moslem/Muslim,Peking/Beijing,

Ceylon/SriLankha,Bombay/Mumbai.Weird,nice,blond,churlish,pencil.Parsi,Farsi,Paradise,jungle,Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad,dinnerjacket.Shall,she,shampoo,Shangri-la,shoo-bee-doo-bee-doo.Regimechange,policeaction,

insurgency,terrorism,incursion,invasion,WarDepartment,DepartmentofDefense.DoD,OSS,MI6,CIA,FBI,NSA,FEMA,

U.N.C.L.E.,C.H.A.O.S.XML,DTD,CSS,WWW.007,.223,9mil,16d,45,33lp,2000ppi,1080p,4G.LCpl,Spec,Adm(ret.),

KCBE,Bart.,Ph.D.,MBA,Mrs.,Esq.,M.D.,D.O.Croissant,crescentroll,scone/scone,tomato/tomato.Clique,gang,Viking,

pirate,privateer.Wassail!Skoal!L’chaim!Hastalavista,baby!

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English404-02:SpecialStudiesinGenre,LiteratureCriticismandWritingBibliography,Bibliophilia,andBibliomania:AHistoryoftheBookfromGutenbergtotheDigitalAgeProf.MarkMaierT/TH2:30-3:45CourseDescriptionTheprintedbookasweknowittodayhasalongandsurprisinglycomplicatedhistory.ThiscoursestudiesthehistoryofprintedbooksbeginningwiththoseproducedbythefirstGutenberghandpress(1450s)andcontinuingthroughthedigitalrevolutionofthe21stcentury,withanemphasisonthedevelopmentofthebookinEnglandandtheUnitedStates.Usingillustrativeexamplesfromimportantbooks,wewillexaminethechangingnatureofthephysicalbook,theintellectualimpactofchangesonauthorsandreaders,andcurrentandfuturetrendsinbookpublishing.Inadditiontothesetheoreticalconcerns,thecoursewillalsoofferopportunitiesforstudentstohandlerarebooksfromMosseyLibrary’sspecialcollections.Somestudentsmightwonderwhatacourseinbookproductionorthebookasartifacthastoofferthem.Indeed,somecriticsclaimthatbooksaresimplycontainersforideasandthatallthatmattersarethewords,wordsthatcouldjustaseasilybereadonascreenasinaprintedbook.Others,however,arguethatthephysicalcharacteristicsor“bookness”ofbooksmatter,thatpaper,ink,bindings,eventhesmellimpactthereadingexperienceinameaningfulway.Giventhefactthatcurrenttechnologicaladvancementsmakeitpossibletoconceiveofaquitepossiblybooklessfuture,theexaminationofbookasartifactcanhelpmodernreadersunderstandandrespondtomoderntrendsfromabroaderhistoricalcontext.Specifictopicsdiscussedwillincludethefollowing:¥TheGutenbergBibleandtheEnglishBiblesofthe16thand17thcentury¥TheBookofCommonPrayer¥ThepublishinghistoryofShakespeare(particularlythestoryofTheFirstFolio)¥SamuelJohnson’sDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage¥WilliamBlake’sSongsofInnocenceandExperience¥SerializationandtheVictoriannovel¥JamesJoyce’sUlysses¥TheFinePressMovement¥Paperbackbooksandtheirimpactonbookcultureinthe20thcentury¥Theeffectsofthedigitalageonreading,bookownership,scholarship,etc.Classattendanceandparticipation 10%Weeklyassignments/quizzes 10%Mid-termExam 20%AnnotatedBibliography 10%MajorPaperandPresentation 30%FinalExam 20%

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HearYe,HearYe:DepartmentalAnnouncements

v EndofSemesterPartyforMajorsandPotentialMajors:

When:Fridayevening,December9that6pm Where:Locationtobeannounced

v SpringPoetryMemorizationContest:

AnnouncingtheFirstEver“DistractedGlobeShakespeareMemorizationContest,”tobeheldintheSpring2017….Detailsforthcoming…..Fornow,followthecounselofOdysseus:“Thinkoftheglory!”

v SummerSchool2017Forecast

L.Murphy:SummerI:Eng.201D.Whalen:SummerI:Eng.201P.Bart:SummerI:Eng.310orEng.340,accordingtoneed.P.Bart:SummerII:Chaucer,ArthurianLiterature,orGardensinLiterature(acc.tointerest)D.Lindley:SummerI:Eng.401:JohnHenryNewmanJ.A.Jackson:SummerI:Eng.403:ReadingBiblicalNarrativeB.Whalen:SummerI:Eng.320orEng.401:ShakespeareD.Kearney:SummerIEng.403:ContemporaryLiterature

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TheHillsdaleCollegeEnglishMajorinBrief

TheEnglishmajorconsistsofatleast27hoursofEnglishbeyond104-105and201.NB:English201,GreatBooksContinental,isofcourserecommended,butthatcoursefulfillsthetiertwocorerequirementinliterature,andisnotpartof27hoursoftheEnglishmajor.

Forthemajor,studentsmusttakethreeofthefourBritishLiteratureperiodcourses:English310Anglo-SaxonandMedievalBritishLiterature:600-1500English320RenaissanceBritishLiterature:1500-1660English330RestorationandRomanticBritishLiterature:1660-1830English340VictorianandModernBritishLiterature:1830-present

Likewise,majorsmusttaketwoofthethreeAmericanLiteraturecourses: English350AmericanLiterature:Colonial-1820

English360AmericanLiterature:1820-1890English370AmericanLiterature:1890-present

Asthesecoursestogethercomprisethecoreofthemajor,studentsareencouragedtotakeasmanyaspossiblebeforeventuringintothemorespecializedcoursesatthe400level.

Inadditiontothe15-hourminimuminhistoricalperiodcourses,studentsmustalsotakeatleast12hours(fourcourses)atthe400level:

English401:SpecialStudiesinBritishLiteratureEnglish402:SpecialStudiesinAmericanLiteratureEnglish403:SpecialStudiesinWesternLiteratureEnglish404:SpecialStudiesinGenre,LiteraryCriticismandWriting

Atleastthreeofthefour400-levelcourseareasmustberepresented,andattheinstructor’sdiscretion,prerequisitesamongthe300-levelcoursesmayapplytoaspecificcourseatthe400level.