Courses
English
ENGL-090 College Writing
. An intensive introduction to college reading andwriting, intended to prepare students for thechallenge of college writing and to empower them to become members of a larger writing community. Sections limited to 18 students. For electivecredit 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 allseminar students read one common text by an authorwho visits campus during the term. Not for credit in the major.
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 instudents 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. Textsare chosen according to the interest and expertiseof 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 literaturesinvolving 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
Survey of U.S. and other American literaturesinvolving 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.
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 theliteratures 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 periodand 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 Romanticto 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 everycase, factors of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and class will be of prime concern. Course selections and course topics vary accordingto 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 thechallenges 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 itshistorical development. Focus of a particularsection 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-276 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.
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 totraditional and recent critical theory.
ENGL-300 History of the English Language
ENGL-305 Themes in Early British Literature
Readings in prose, poetry and drama from the sixthto 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 aparticular 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 willbe 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 orrange 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 instructorpreference.
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 intothe 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 Indiansubcontinent, 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 inliterature and feminist literary theory.
ENGL-381 Advanced Composition
An intensive, rigorous workshop course in various forms of critical and specialized non-fictionwriting, such as argumentative writing, expositorywriting, technical writing, electronic writing andpublishing, business writing, etc. Course topics vary according to instructor preference. Thecourse builds on the writing skills students have learned in ENGL-100 and 200-level courses in literature, and it includes intensive reading in the form being taught.
ENGL-385 Book Reviewing
An introduction to and an intensive, rigorousworkshop in the basic forms of book reviewing: theshort book review, the review essay, and the longer literary critical essay. The course buildson 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-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 Literature
The majority of this course is a research workshopthat allows seniors to pursue individual interestsin a serious, scholarly way. It is the capstone course of the English and English-secondary education majors.
ENGL-520 Practicum
Applied projects in language, literature or craft,including supervised work in literacy projects, inwriting 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 orminor credit to a maximum of four semester hours, depending on the nature of the project.
Writing
WRIT-250 Creative Writing
Introductory workshop course in the study andpractice of, in alternating terms, short fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction and the novel.
WRIT-270 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 oftenas 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-250Introduction to Creative Writing. It includes intensive reading of literature in the genre beingstudied. Special emphasis on the development of abody 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-280 or permission of the instructor.
WRIT-450 Advanced Creative Writing
An intense, rigorous discussion of student writingin 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-520 Practicum
Applied projects in writing under the supervision of an appropriate member of the department.
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 WR:380.
