Courses in
English and Journalism
Department of
English
Spring 2007
These descriptions are intended to help you make determinations about which English and Journalism courses to take in the Spring 2007 semester. Many include an indication of tests used and other course requirements; for more detailed information please feel free to contact the scheduled instructor or your advisor.
Students interested in pursuing a degree in English or journalism should consult the appropriate advisor:
B.A. Advisor
Professor Richard Keller
404H Plumb Hall, 341-5559
E-mail: rkeller@emporia.edu
B.S.E. Advisor
Professor Kevin Kienholz
404E Plumb Hall, 341-5542
E-mail: kkienhol@emporia.edu
Director of Graduate Studies
Professor Mel Storm
404S Plumb Hall, 341-5563
E-mail: mstorm@emporia.edu
*This
course fulfills the requirement for study of literature written before 1830.
**This
course fulfills the requirement for study of literature written after 1830.
+This
course fulfills the requirement for study of Literary Criticism/Rhetoric.
++This
course fulfills the requirement for study of Language/Linguistics.
EG 001A,B, Basic Writing
This course is designed for students whose test scores or other evidence indicate a need for further review of basic composition skills. Working collaboratively, students will concentrate on reading and on writing complete essays with effective sentences and paragraphs, using standard edited American English. Grading is satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Staff.
EG 100, Composition Workshop
This course is open to all students and graduates who would like one-on-one intensive instruction in composition and related skills. The course requires the student to complete fifteen one-hour sessions (usually one per week) with the instructor as well as the successful completion of assigned homework. Miller.
EG 101, Composition I
This course is designed to help all students learn to write better, especially for academic purposes. Assignments include 5-7 graded essays, as well as a variety of non-graded assignments, such as journals and in-class writing. Staff.
EG 102, Composition II
This course is a continuation of Comp I, with an emphasis on research. Assignments include 4-7 graded essays, at least one of which requires research. Students should expect to write longer, more critical essays than those for EG101. Instructors may choose to include journals and/or exams. Staff.
EG 104AZ/BZ, Honors Composition II
Honors Composition II is a continuation of Honors Composition I, with a greater emphasis on research, persuasive writing, argumentation, and documentation. Students should expect to write longer, more critical essays than those written in Honors Composition I. Assignments include 4-6 graded essays, most of which require research, as well as a variety of non-graded assignments.
Section
BZ:
EG 207A,C,&D, Introduction to Literature
This course may be used to satisfy the "Literature and Ideas" portion of the General Education requirements. While specific elements may vary from section to section, the course is designed to encourage reading, analysis, and discussion of the major genres of literature (fiction, poetry, and drama) from various points of view. More detailed descriptions of specific sections offered for the current academic year are as follows:
Section A:
Section C:
Section D:
Section B:
Literature and Diversity
Literature and
Diversity introduces the General Education student to literature in a multicultural
studies framework. The topical focus of
the course is on how literature reflects cultural diversity in contemporary
multicultural American society as well as other cultures and times. The student will read a wide range of
literary texts, becoming familiar with several cultures through literature
while acquiring basic skills in reading literary texts.
Section
E : Books and Civilization
This course examines carefully a series of
major, representative works of literature from the classical period through the
Renaissance, studies the periods in which the various works were written, and
examines the transitions and interconnections among the periods as they are
reflected in their literature. Students
develop tools for reading literature with appreciation, understanding, and a
sense of critical judgment.
Sections MA and MB: Literature
of Sport
From the first
Olympics in 776 BC to the present, sport has served as entertainment, ritual,
rite, icon, and cultural glue. Using fiction, poetry and drama
Section MA: 9:30-10:50 TR KellerSection MB: 3:30-4:50 TR Keller
EG 210, Introduction to Literary Study
This
course will introduce English majors to the standard techniques, critical
approaches, and library resources for the study, interpretation, and
appreciation of poetry, drama, and fiction.
Evaluation based on exams and critical papers.
EG
221A/AZ, Later World Literature**
This
course provides an introduction to
literature by a wide range of African, Asian,
EG
231 A/AZ, Later British Literature**
This course will survey the major works of
British and Irish writers in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, covering
works of all genres from the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern periods. Romantic
authors studied may include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Mary
Shelley. Victorian authors may include Dickens, Conrad, Browning, Arnold, and
Tennyson. Modern authors may include
Yeats, Woolf, Joyce, T.S. Eliot, and Dylan Thomas. We will also look at British paintings from
this period and perhaps view a film or two related to the works we will read
and discuss.
EG
241 A, AZ, Later American Literature**
Later American Literature introduces the
student to the literature of
EG 280 A, Introduction to Creative Writing
This
class will introduce students to the process and techniques of creative
writing. Students will experiment
with various types of writing, including the writing of fiction and poetry. Class readings will expose students to
various writing styles and provide examples of the successes and strategies
of other writers. Class time will
be spent discussing the writer’s craft, the assigned readings, and student
writing.
EG
301, Advanced Composition
This course is designed to allow students the
opportunity to refine their writing skills and go well beyond those things
expected of them in freshman composition classes. Writing assignments will require
students to analyze various texts and to examine their own writing processes
and strategies.
EG
339, Shakespeare: Histories & Romances*
A
survey of Shakespeare, focusing on the histories, romances, sonnets, and
epic poetry. We will focus on the
ideas of genre and consistencies (and some inconsistencies) in Shakespeare’s
writing. The course will emphasize
important themes in the sonnets and the plays: ideas of youth and aging;
inheritance and royal authority; the legitimacy of power, gender roles,
love and familial ties, appearance and reality, and the possibilities and
limitations of humanity.
EG
355, Mythology*
This course surveys the major myths of the Greeks
and Romans, beginning with the classical accounts of gods, goddesses, heroes,
and heroines that underlie so much of our literature and culture. We will explore modern theories about myth
and, whenever appropriate, we will examine the relationships between Greek and
Roman mythology those of other cultures.
EG
385, Poetry Writing
This
workshop-oriented class will focus on the craft and process of poetry writing
from a poem’s initial draft to its advanced revision. Class readings will help to make students
familiar with traditional forms, current writing styles and aesthetic
issues. Class time will be spent
discussing the poet’s craft, the assigned readings, and student writing.
EG
515, History of Rhetoric+
A survey of
selected major rhetorical texts from
Classical Greece and
EG 520, Literature & Tyranny**
This
course will examine the works of authors living in repressive regimes, whether
in Communist totalitarian states, in fundamentalist theocracies, or in
right-wing dictatorships. We will study
the literary responses of writers from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America
over the past several decades to government censorship and propaganda, torture
and imprisonment of dissidents, forced exile and suppression of
revolutionaries, the oppressiveness of poverty and social inequality, forced
assimilation of minority cultures and separatist groups, the effects of
bureaucracy and technocracy, the denial of women’s rights, domestic spying and
surveillance, and acts of state-sponsored violence, even to the point of
genocide. Responses range from satire to
“témoignage” (bearing witness) to direct critiques, and indirect critiques
masked under layers of allegory and irony.
EG
540, The American Novel**
The writers included in this course are ones who have come to be
considered “representative” of some significant aspect of American literary
and cultural history. Included in
the course will be Nathaniel Hawthorne, chronicler of the Puritan, hence
America’s past (The
Scarlet Letter); Horatio Alger, chronicler and exhorter of America’s
underclass (Ragged Dick); Willa Cather, long stereotyped as Regionalist,
but now seen as much more (My
Antonia); William Faulkner, the Southerner of Southerners (The Hamlet, Light in August); Richard Wright, the first African-American
novelist to force wide recognition in this country (Native Son); Bernard Malamud, the “Jewish” novelist (The Natural, A New Life, The Assistant); and John Updike, critic
of the shallowness of modern American life (Rabbit
Run, Rabbit at Rest).
EG
565, Ethnic Film
Ethnic
Film, offers instruction in the cultural analysis of film by ethnic American
filmmakers as well as representations of ethnicity in popular American
film. The course will focus on African
American, American Indian, Asian American, and Latina/o visual arts. Students will learn how to apply a culturally
informed critical analysis of film through class discussion and writing. The course will be particularly useful to
students interested in the intersection of multiculturalism with visual
arts.
EG 570, Modern Linguistics
This course explores methodologies of
linguistic investigation and their application.
The course aims toward enhancing students' understanding of the
structures underlying our language and other languages as well as of the
mechanisms by which discourse is generated.
The course further aims toward examining, not just what language is, but
how language evolves, how language is learned, and the ways in which language
is used.
EG 588, Seminar in Literary Magazine