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ENGL-090 College Writing

. An intensive introduction to college reading and writing, intended to prepare students for the challenge of college writing and to empower them to become members of a larger writing community. Sections limited to 18 students. For elective credit only; not for credit in the English major or minor.

ENGL-100 Writing and Thinking

An introduction to college writing, reading and discourse. Active discussion among students and instructors in sections limited to 18 participants. Seminars typically focus on a current social problem or a topic of particular interest to the instructor. Each semester all seminar students read one common text by an author who visits campus during the term. Not for credit in the major.

ENGL-190 Introduction to Modern Publishing

An introduction to the history of modern publishing, to the art and business of producing books (including current trends and problems), and to the practical knowledge and critical skills needed to pursue employment in the industry.

ENGL-200 Literature and Culture

A survey of works from the earliest written texts to the present, emphasizing literary heritage and the global context of literature, and fostering in students the capacity for critical thinking. Four texts are common to all sections. Other texts are chosen according to the interest and expertise of instructors.

ENGL-205 Literature Studies

Specialized courses surveying a particular theme or topic of literary study and fostering in students the capacity for critical thinking. Texts are chosen according to the interest and expertise of instructors. Recent examples are Wilderness Literature, Beat Literature, and Travel Literature.

ENGL-220 Literatures of the Americas to 1865

Survey of U.S. and other American literatures involving the close reading and analysis of major texts of male and female writers during this period organized around themes that provide coherence and intellectual interest. Partially satisfies early period requirement.

ENGL-225 Literatures of the Americas 1865 - Pres

ENGL-230 British Lit, Medieval - Renaissance

Survey of British Commonwealth literature involving the close reading and analysis of major texts during this period organized around themes that provide coherence and intellectual interest. Partially satisfies early period requirement.

ENGL-233 British Literature, Jacobean to Augustan

In this course we will study the ways in which the literatures of the "long 18th Century" (1640 - 1800, from the Jacobean to the Augustan period) engage the issues of social, political, and religious authority. Conflict scarred this period and the years immediately preceding it; authority was fragile. In addition, economic development wrought enormous change on the social landscape. As Britain evolved from

ENGL-235 British Lit, Romantic to Modernist

Survey of British Commonwealth literature involving the close reading and analysis of major texts by male and female writers from the Romantic to the Modernist period organized around themes that provide coherence and intellectual interest.

ENGL-245 Comparative Literature of the Americas

Surveys the literature of one or more cultural groups, both within and outside the U. S., including African American, Native American, Latina/Latino, Asian American and others. In every case, factors of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and class will be of prime concern. Course selections and course topics vary according to instructor preference.

ENGL-250 World Literature

Surveys the literature, primarily in translation, of both historical and contemporary world writers, emphasizing the global context of literature.

ENGL-255 Jewish Literature

A survey, in English translation, of Hebrew, Yiddish, and Sephardic literature, and of Jewish literature of Europe and the Americas. The course examines the literatures of a civilization that evolved from a territory-based to an exilic culture, and has, in the twentieth century, reclaimed its territorial status, registered the cataclysms of genocide and reflected the challenges of a regenerating diasporic culture.

ENGL-265 Critical Surveys in Forms of Writing

Courses designed to examine both the formal characteristics of a particular genre and its historical development. Focus of a particular section may be the novel, the short story, drama, poetry, the essay, memoir, epic, or popular writing.

ENGL-269 English Grammar & Writing Proc

A descriptive study of American English grammar and the history of the English language.

ENGL-290 Aesthetics and Interpretation

Intensive and advanced study of reading and writing about literature. Includes close analysis of literary texts in historic, generic and cultural contexts; study of research methods and writing the research paper; attention to traditional and recent critical theory.

ENGL-295 Academic Writing in English Studies

This course introduces students to academic writing in English studies by exploring varied models of successful scholarly writing. Emphasis is placed on students developing the skills and strategies writers need in order to participate effectively in the diverse conversations that define this field.

ENGL-298 Book Reviewing

An introduction to and an intensive, rigorous workshop in the basic forms of book reviewing: the short book review, the review essay, and the longer literary critical essay. The course builds on the writing skills students have learned in ENGL-100 and 200-level courses in literature, and it includes intensive reading in the forms listed above.

ENGL-300 History of the English Language

ENGL-305 Themes in Early British Literature

Readings in prose, poetry and drama from the sixth to 17th centuries. Sections may focus on a particular period or range across centuries, and topics vary according to instructor preference. The texts will be in English but will not necessarily have been composed in Great Britain.

ENGL-315 Themes in Early Modern British Lit

Readings in prose, poetry and drama from the late 17th century to 1900. Sections may focus on a particular period or range across centuries, and topics vary according to instructor preference. The texts will be in English but will not necessarily have been composed in Great Britain.

ENGL-325 Themes in Modern British Literature

Readings in prose, poetry and drama from 1900 to the present. Sections may focus on a particular period or range across centuries, and topics vary according to instructor preference. The texts will be in English but will not necessarily have been composed in Great Britain.

ENGL-335 Themes in Early American Literature

Readings in prose, poetry and drama by writers representing various American cultures and literatures, from the pre-Colonial period through 1865. Sections may focus on a particular period or range across centuries, and topics vary according to instructor preference.

ENGL-345 Themes in Modern American Literature

Readings in prose, poetry and drama by writers representing various American cultures and literatures, from 1865 to the present. Sections may focus on a particular period or range across centuries, and topics vary according to instructor preference.

ENGL-350 Studies in Major Authors

A study of literary works by a single author or perhaps of two writers whose works may be studied in tandem. By reading a number of texts by a single author, students will come to understand individual works better and will gain insight into the author's particular vision and sense of literary craft. Offerings are likely to include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Twain, Austen, Dickinson and Morrison.

ENGL-355 Studies in Anglophone Literature

A study of literature written originally in English by writers from countries other than the United States and Britain. The course may include writers from Canada, Ireland, the Indian subcontinent, the Caribbean and English-speaking countries in Africa.

ENGL-361 Studies in Literature and Genre

Advanced courses designed to examine the formal characteristics of a genre as well as the historical factors influencing its development or manifestation at any given moment, and the theoretical approaches to understanding the genre. The focus of a particular section may be the novel, short story, drama, poetry, the essay, or autobiography. Eight hours of coursework at the 100 and 200 level recommended.

ENGL-365 Studies in Literature and Gender

Courses exploring such topics as women in literature, literature by women, literature and sexuality, the construction of gender in literature and feminist literary theory.

ENGL-381 Adv Comp: Rhetoric & the Environment

An interdisciplinary workshop course focusing on the environment. Students explore the way scientists' knowledge, methods, and values have informed public rhetoric and scholarly rhetorical criticism, as well as the ways that rhetorical criticism and awareness have in turn had an impact on scientific discourse. Fundamental to the course is the crafting of students' written arguments in response to readings and personal involvement with environmental issues. The process of writing these arguments is informed by research from the field of composition and models the best practices of that field, making this course useful for future teachers and professional writers, as well as to those who are interested in environmental issues.

ENGL-382 Reading/Writing/Teaching Difference

Students explore the ways that difference impacts everyone's--students', instructors', and others'--experiences of reading, writing, and teaching/learning. "Difference" includes, among other factors, gender, race, class, religion, ability, sexuality, and national origin. This interdisciplinary course uses readings and concepts from the fields of education, literature, and composition and rhetoric. Students will apply these concepts and readings to their own or to others? reading, writing, and learning experiences inside and/or outside of the traditional classroom.

ENGL-388 Entertainment, Art, Politics, Ethics

This course explores the cultural, political, and commercial functions of publishing. We ask , how do published texts ask us to take on certain ethical roles as art critics, citizens, consumers? We start by reading Addison and Steele?s Spectator; next we examine Jurgen Habermas?s theory that newspapers? publication of literary criticism helped enable democratic government; finally, we consider the ways changes in marketing, new formats like the Internet, and increases in profitability have obscured the political purposes that may have been served in publishing.

ENGL-390 Special Themes and Topics

Occasional offerings of specialized courses exploring subjects of serious interest to faculty members and to students.

ENGL-440 Ind Research: Issues in English Studies

The majority of this course is a research workshop that allows seniors to pursue individual interests in a serious, scholarly way. It is the capstone course of the English and English-secondary education majors.

ENGL-500 Directed Reading and Research

Prerequisite: eight hours of 200-level courses or above, junior or senior standing, with at least a 3.00 GPA in the major and department approval.

ENGL-505 Independent Study

Independent research and writing under the supervision of an appropriate member of the department.

ENGL-520 Practicum

Applied projects in language, literature or craft, including supervised work in literacy projects, in writing projects, at public and school libraries, in shelters and in public institutions. The Susquehanna University Office of Volunteer Programs provides contacts. May apply for major or minor credit to a maximum of four semester hours, depending on the nature of the project.

ENGL-540 Internship

Research, writing and editing for various public and private organizations, and various on and off campus publications. Open only when positions are available. May apply for major or minor credit to a maximum of four semester hours, depending on the nature of the internship.

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OFFP-SAFRICA Travel Writing in South Africa

This is the planning section for students participating in the Travel Writing in South Africa course, which exposes them to a range of South African cultures, including Xhosa, English-speaking, Afrikaner, and Muslim cultures. Students read models of international travel writing to see how writers express awareness of cultural similarity and difference and of their own cultural values and identity. Finally, students write travel essays of their own in which they reflect on the South African cultures they have encountered and their own relationships to these cultures and subject these essays to the creative workshop method.

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OFFR-SAFRICA Travel Writing in South Africa

Reflection section for students who participated in OFFS-SAFRICA.

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OFFS-SAFRICA Travel Writing in South Africa

This course takes students to South Africa and exposes them to a range of South African cultures, including Xhosa, English-speaking, Afrikaner, and Muslim cultures. Students read models of international travel writing to see how writers express awareness of cultural similarity and difference and of their own cultural values and identity. Finally, students write travel essays of their own in which they reflect on the South African cultures they have encountered and their own relationships to these cultures and subject these essays to the creative workshop method.

Writing

WRIT-240 Introduction to Genre Writing

This workshop writing course introduces students to the craft of various types of writing, including screenwriting, children's literature, and science fiction. Genres may vary, depending on semester and instructor expertise.

WRIT-250 Creative Writing

Introductory workshop course in the study and practice of, in alternating terms, short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and the novel.

WRIT-270 Small Press Editing and Publishing

An introductory workshop course in the study and practice of such forms of writing as editing, publishing and screenwriting offered through the creative writing program. May be repeated as often as topics are varied.

WRIT-350 Intermediate Creative Writing

An intensive, rigorous discussion of student writing in a workshop atmosphere. This course builds upon what students learned in WRIT-250 Introduction to Creative Writing. It includes intensive reading of literature in the genre being studied. Special emphasis on the development of a body of work. Topics will vary and may include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, editing and publishing, or screenwriting. Each workshop may be repeated once. Prerequisite: WRIT-250 or permission of the instructor.

WRIT-450 Advanced Creative Writing

An intense, rigorous discussion of student writing in a workshop atmosphere, along with intensive reading in the genre. Special emphasis on the development of a significant body of work in preparation for an understanding of what is required to write a book in the genre being studies. Topics will vary and may include fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, editing and publishing, or screenwriting. Each workshop may be repeated once. Prerequisite: WRIT-350 or permission of the instructor.

WRIT-500 Independent Study

WRIT-520 Practicum

Applied projects in writing under the supervision of an appropriate member of the department.

WRIT-540 Internship

Research, writing and editing for various public and private organizations, and various on and off campus publications. Open only when positions are available.

WRIT-550 Senior Writing Portfolio

The capstone course for all writing majors (and interested writing minors). Students will prepare a portfolio of their written work with the expectation of the portfolio going "public," that is, meeting the demands of graduate school, employment, or the marketplace. Required for senior writing majors; others by successful completion of WRIT-350.

WRIT-590 Independent Writing Project

Completion of a suitable portfolio of fiction, poetry, drama, or creative nonfiction. Permission of the faculty member directing the project must be obtained during preregistration.