ENG - English

Consists of analytical and reflective reading of contemporary (since 1945) American fiction, poetry and drama. Attention to developing techniques for critical reading and writing. Basic course for literature majors and study in the humanities and liberal arts.

Observes interactions between literature and film. Through writings, projects, and discussions, students analyze film versions of classical literature, prose and poetry through borrow filmic techniques and experimental films with literary features.

Consists of critical readings of timeless and timely works of imaginative literature in translations. Principal aim is to bring students into contact with their western traditions. Substantial time spent on Greek mythology, as well as such authors as: Cervantes, Flaubert, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Hamsun, Ibsen, Chekhov, Camus and Garcia Marquez. Stresses the skills of perceptive inferential reading and makes use of the interpretative essay incorporating insightful response.

Survey of the major genres of literature (short story, poetry, drama) with emphasis on the organizational principles that give artistic structure or integrity. Intensive studies of such elements as characterization, plot, setting, tone, symbolism, etc conducted.

Survey of important literature from colonial times through the mid-19th century. Emphasis on key American Renaissance writers such as Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman and Dickinson.

Survey of major literature from late 19th century to 1945. May include such figures as Twain, James, Chopin, Hemingway Anderson and Faulkner.

Development of basic writing skills. Practice of written language in argument, persuasion and critical analysis. Course objectives designed to meet individual students' needs.

Study of writing with technical and scientific purposes.  Focuses on understanding scientific and technical discourse communities.  Topics include writing effectively in appropriate genres and styles, developing a personal writing-to-learn practice (e.g. STEM notebooks), presenting information in oral and online formats, corresponding with professionals, appealing to varying audiences,integrating graphics and data, reviewing and assessing scientific literature, editing, and collaborating. Prerequisite: LAS 13525 Research Techniques and Technology or permission of instructor.

This course challenges students to think at higher levels of integration and synthesis and to incorporate those ways of thinking in their writing. Students will learn to evaluate sources of information and to effecitvely present an academic argument in their writing.

Surveys major British authors from the beginnings through the 18th century. Helps examine individual works and their relationship to their historical-cultural contexts.

Surveys major British writers from the 19th century to the modern period. Approaches works of various authors in their respective cultural-historical contexts.

Examines steps of the writing process from sight to insight: perceive, identify, analyze, discover, write, re-write and edit. Critical thinking, library research, peer conferencing, and the art of argument integral to the course.

Engages in primary analysis and response to significant literature from antiquity through the Renaissance.

Engages in primary analysis and response to significant literature from the era of Confucius and the Enlightenment through the late nineteenth century.

Engages the student in primary analysis and response to significant literature from late nineteenth century Modernism through post-colonial and post-modern configurations.

An interdisciplinary course culminating with a mandatory field-experience in Ireland. Students study the geologic, floral and faunal histories of Ireland, as well as various perceptions and depiction of nature in Irish culture, from the perspective of Irish writers. This course provides an opportunity for inquiry-based examination of a foreign culture. Cross listed with BIO 30003.

Students will read a range of modern poetry; develop vocabulary and strategies for analyzing and writing poetry;interact with forms and varieties of poetry from poems as objects, patterned words in a visual field, chants, songs, conversations, form, and large structures of poetic writing.

Studies principles and techniques of effective writing for professional settings. Emphasis on development of individual style, clarity of expression and creative communication of ideas. CROSS LISTED with COM 30124.

Students will employ the elements of fiction writing to express personal experiences, as well as social, ethical, and political ideas; develop skills as writers which will enable them to develop their authentic voices.

Emphasizes skill building in library literature searches. Hands-on tour of Hayden or ASU West Library includes use of library catalogues, reference tools, indexes, periodicals, computer searches and microfiche.

Examines selected classic novels and their film representations.

Studies myths and legends from civilizations that have influenced literature and culture of English- speaking people.

Examines organization and production of the research paper, including LAS 45014. Research skills covered are topic selection and development, use of appropriate style guides, in-text citation and referencing and the elements of style.

Guides students to select focused topics and to organize and develop research papers. Topics include APA in-text citation, internet and online source citation, developing a library research strategy, and basic elements of effective research writing style.

Examines the research process in depth, including library research, CD-ROM and Internet search engines, and the collection of primary research data. Students will produce a series of short research projects using correct in-text citations and bibliography listings, with an emphasis on APA style.

Examines selection, analysis and use of modern classic literature with young readers.

Examines a wide range of literacy works appropriate to readers of middle school and high school age. A study of the types and themes of adolescent literature and issues related to its use in school programs. Designed for teachers, librarians and parents. CROSS LISTED WITH EDU 30932.

Refinement of expository writing skills through analysis of models and writing practice.

Practical experience in the major area of study. Arranged individually and taken after completion of the major course work.

Study of works by African-American, Hispanic, Native American, female and other historically marginalized authors specifically to address issues of culture, value and self-development. Literature poses critical issues that arise in the increasingly diverse societies of our shrinking world. Prerequisite: 20000-level English course or consent of instructor.

Examines major dramas in their historical and cultural context to discover themes central to individual plays and to entire works.

Treats history and development of the English language with special attention to grammar, syntax and phonetics. Applies various linguistic approaches to the task of understanding evolution and system of the language. Not designed to treat special problems in speaking or writing English.

Course development skills in writing drama, poetry and fiction. Develops critical skills and encourages students to develop tools to refine expression.

Designed to assist in revising and completing a three-act play. Process includes weekly meetings with professor and production of text. Evaluation will depend on completion of text by mid-term, revision of text, and productive work.

Focuses on strengthening creative writing skills, expanding those skills by exploring different genres; editing, revising, and polishing manuscripts; and marketing. Prerequisite: ENG 32723 Creative Writing, an equivalent course, or consent of the advisor/instructor.

Interdisciplinary seminar which examines myths, symbols, and ritual in Kenya as intersections of popular culture, spiritual life, political history, and sacred spaces. The course culminates in travel to Kenya, including field experience, original research, and reflective writing. Cross listed with LAS 33000 and REL 33000.

Interdisciplinary study of trauma, post-traumatic stress and memory in written and oral testimonies of the Holocaust. Combines psychology with literature and literary theory concerining Holocaust literature. Crosslisted with LAS 33003.

Explores how image and text work together to make meaning in contexts such as illustrated literature, film, advertising, visual poetry, performance art, and graphic novels. Readings from fields such as visual cultural studies, semiotics, art history, film criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalytic theory will illuminate the relationships between image and text, language and representation.

An examination of a variety of literary works from several genres, focusing on the portrayal of physical environments and the connections between these environments and human spheres of influence. This course will explore how human beings relate to the natural world, and how that relation influences the way we read texts and the world around us, Authors to be studied might include Leopold, Thoreau, Defoe, the Brontes, Wordsworth, Merwin, Snyder and Kingsolver. Crosslisted with BIO 33523, LAS 33523.

Course reviews the written and material record of continuous settlement in the Orkney Islands, dating back 5000 years. Topics include a select review of archeologoical evidence for Neolithic and Bronze Age sites as well as the contemporary socio-cultural structure of the Islands from a literary and anthropological perspective. Crosslisted with LAS 34000 and SOC 34000.

Course introduces students to American Literature, primarily twentieth century, with an emphasis on texts by and about those who are perceived as different. Topics include schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, post-traumatic stress, depression, gender identity disorder, and self-injury and are explored through novels, memoirs, and autobiographies. Crosslisted with LAS 34003 IDS:Literature of Difference.

A study of the literature of social protest, emphasizing the relationship between aesthetics and politics, or the political purposes of literature. This course will examine how various authors assault the status quo of an often inhumane, brutal, and repressive society. Readings might include works by Richard Wright, Upton Sinclair and Nelson Algren.

Discussion and analysis of groups of readings from novels, poetry, plays and nonfiction. Individually designed to meet student needs and interests.

Students read five non-fiction works and write an essay/review of each work. The essay/review is shaped around the student's particular interests in history and biography. The essay/reviews are then discussed in terms of relevance.

Explores some of the ways spiritual experiences and understandings are expressed in a variety of literary forms. Students will discover how authors embrace or struggle with essential religious questions and issues, how they challenge and communicate themes from the major world religions and how religious identities can be shaped through these texts.

Emphasizes techniques in developing a resource book of personal and professional strengths in order to recognize lifestyle patterns, discover creative solutions to problems and increase confidence in decision-making.

Literature, from ancient to modern times, has taken up themes of peace and sought to examine the fragile dynamics of the human community. This course will explore the literature that offers reflections, sorrowful and hopeful, pragmatic and prophetic, on peace.

Questions of identity and self-definition, from agonizing to liberating, in the work of such writers as Dante, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Kate Chopin, Simone de Beauvoir, Ralph Ellison and Anne Sexton.

Interdisciplinary elective course culminating in a two-week field experience in Ireland. Students study Ireland's independence movements from 1798 to the early 20th century, focusing on the 1916 Easter Rebellion and the corpus of literature surround that event.  Field experience includes visiting distinctive sites in various regions of Ireland. Course provides an opportunity for inquiry-based examination of a foreign culture  Crosslisted with LAS 37123.

A philosophical examination of the arts and aesthetic experience. Includes aesthetic theories of Artistotle, Kant, Nietzsche, and Grey as well as direct experience in the arts such as literature, poetry, painting, cinema, theatre, and performance art. Crosslisted with LAS 37223 and PHL 37223.

Interdisciplinary seminar which interrogates the literary, artistic, and cultural representations of madness across culture and time. Crosslisted with LAS 37623.

An interdisciplinary examination of jazz and blues in the context of twentieth century American culture. Crosslisted with LAS 38023.

An investigation of historical prerequisites and the meaning of existentialism. Readings include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka, Rilke, Sartre, Heidegger, Dostoevsky, etc. Crosslisted with PHL 38223, LAS 38223.

Identifies major trends in the history of critical thought from Plato to Derrida. Seeks to discover the position of literary criticism and to apply various critical theories. Library research and writing. Prerequisite: 30000-level English course.

Analyses works of major British and American poets.

Reflects on the poetic mode as it is represented by some of our most important modern writers. Includes analyzing and accounting for particular structures of poems read. Essays and library research required. Prerequisite: 30000-level English course.

Emphasizes the struggle of women writers to assert their voices and visions. Works include Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf and Kate Chopin.

Teaches essential writing skills at both elementary and secondary levels. Evaluation techniques also emphasized. CROSS LISTED WITH EDU 40534.

Focuses on interpretation and evaluation, according to established forms, of selections from modern writers of short stories and novels.

Emphasizes developing and communicating, in an organized and logical manner, ideas that result from academic searches. Includes selection and evaluation of sources especially professional journals, an understanding of bibliographic methods and the interviewing process and its use in research.

Examines major dramas to discover questions and themes central to individual plays and to the work as a whole. Attention is given to the historical and cultural context of the plays, but the course is primarily concerned with assisting students in reading and exploring the texts.

Focuses on mastering different aspects of writing by an intense study of various genres. Prerequisites: ENG 32723 Creative Writing and ENG 32725 Intermediate Creative Writing or consent of the advisor/instructor.

Analyzes major American literature with emphasis on genre, period or author, to gain understanding of the critical approaches necessary for a thorough investigation of literature.

Analyzes major British literature with emphasis on genre, period or author, to gain understanding of the critical approaches necessary for a thorough investigation of literature.

This course engages the student in a concerted study of the history, structure and theory of a particular genre (the novel, poetry, drama, short story).

Examination or project designed to assess the student's achievement of the goals of his/her major program.

Capstone course that guides student in development of an integrative project that demonstrates achievement of the learning outcomes in the English major. Course is organized around the major trends in critical thought and application of literary criticism theories within and across periods and genres.