- ENGL401 - Modern English Grammars
Survey of the structure of English, with emphasis on phonetics and phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, grammar instruction, stylistics and language variation. Specifically designed to meet the needs of prospective teachers of composition and language arts at the secondary and college levels.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL402 - Old English Language and Literature
Introduction to the language, literature and culture of Anglo-Saxon England, with emphasis on Old English heroic and elegiac poetry, exclusive of Beowulf.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL404A - Medieval Allegory, History and Romance
Three popular Medieval genres as represented by major texts of the early through the late Middle Ages, exclusive of Chaucer, including works such as Dream of the Rood, Sir Orfeo, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Piers Plowman, The Book of Margery Kempe and selections from Lawman's Brut and Malory's Le Morte Darthur.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL404B - Medieval Lyric, Ballad and Drama
Lyric, ballad and drama from the early through the late Middle Ages, including translations of the Old English Wife's Lament, Husband's Message, Wanderer, and Seafarer, as well as Middle English religious and love lyrics and the Robin Hood ballads, with special emphasis on the great plays of the fifteenth century and the rebirth of drama in the Western World.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL405 - Middle English Literature: Chaucer
Major works including Troilus and Criseyde and selections from The Canterbury Tales.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL412 - English Non-Dramatic Literature: The Renaissance
Topics vary, but usually lyric poets, especially 17th-century metaphysical poets such as Donne, Herbert and Marvell.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL413 - English Non-Dramatic Literature: The Restoration and Earlier Eighteenth Century
Major works of Dryden, Pope, and Swift, and the non-dramatic specialties of Behn, Addison and Steele.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL414 - English Non-Dramatic Literature: The Later Eighteenth Century
Major poets from Thomson to Blake, and major prose writers, with emphasis on Johnson, Boswell and their circle.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL421 - English Romantic Literature
Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, and other writers of the era.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL422 - Victorian Poetry
Tennyson, Browning, Arnold and other poets in England.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL423 - Modern British Poetry
Major modernists (Yeats, Eliot, Pound), with selected works of Auden, Owen, Thomas, Heaney and others.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL425 - Modern Continental Poetry
Representative poems by major 20th century poets of France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Russia, and Greece.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL426 - American Poetry to 1900
Trends and techniques in American poetry to 1900.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL427 - American Poetry from 1900 to the Present
The more important poets since 1900.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL433 - Religion and Literature
Introduce students to the study of religious meaning as it is found in literature.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL436 - Major American Writers
Significant writers from the Puritans to the present. May be repeated only if topic varies, and with consent of the department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL437 - American Literature to 1800
Representative works and authors from the period of exploration and settlement to the Federal period.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL445 - Cultural Backgrounds of Western Literature
(Same as CLAS 445) A study of ancient Greek and Roman literature, Dante's Divine Comedy, and Goethe's Faust, as to literary type and historical influence on later Western writers.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL446 - Caribbean Literature
Representative texts from drama, poetry, and fiction that have shaped black diaspora aesthetics in the Caribbean, with special reference to black literature of the North American continent.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL447 - African Literature
Selected works of poetry, drama, and fiction by modern African authors.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL448B - Irish Literature
Major works, authors, genres, periods, or movements within Irish Literature. Topics will vary (i.e., Irish Women Writers, Joyce and Yeats, The King Tales, 19th Century Irish Writers, the Celtic Twilight, Contemporary Irish Poets, etc.), providing in-depth study in particular areas within the 16 centuries of Irish Literature.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL451 - Eighteenth Century English Fiction
The novel from Defoe to Austen, including works by Fielding, Richardson and others.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL452 - Nineteenth Century English Fiction
The Victorian novel from 1830, including works by the Bront? Dickens, George Eliot, Thackeray and others.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL453 - Modern British Fiction
Major writers (including Conrad, Joyce, Woolf and Lawrence), with selected fiction from mid-century and later.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL455 - Modern Continental Fiction
Selected major works of Europe and authors such as Mann, Silone, Camus, Kafka, Malraux, Hesse.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL458 - American Fiction to 1900
Trends and techniques in the American novel and short story.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL459A - American Prose from 1900 to Mid-Century: The Modern Age
Representative narratives from the turn of the century to the post-World War II period.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL459B - American Prose from Mid-Century to the Present: The Postmodern Age
Representative narratives from the post-World War II period to the present.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL460 - Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
Elizabethan drama excluding Shakespeare: such Elizabethan playwrights as Greene, Peele, Marlowe, Dekker; and Jacobean drama: such Jacobean and Caroline playwrights as Jonson, Webster, Marston, Middleton, Beaumont and Fletcher, Massinger, Ford, Shirley.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL462 - English Restoration and 18th Century Drama
After 1660, representative types of plays from Dryden to Sheridan.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL464 - Modern British Drama
Major writers (including Shaw and Synge), with selected works of later dramatists such as Churchill and Bond.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL465 - Modern Continental Drama
The continental drama of Europe since 1870; representative plays of Scandinavia, Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL468 - American Drama
The rise of drama, with emphasis on the 20th century.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL469 - Contemporary Topics in Drama
Varying topics on cross-national and cross-cultural 20th-century drama with focus on theoretical issues.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL471 - Shakespeare: The Early Plays, Histories, and Comedies
Such plays as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, The Taming of the Shrew, Henry IV Part I, Henry V and Much Ado about Nothing. Satisfies CoLA Writing-Across-the-Curriculum requirement for English majors.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL472 - Shakespeare: The Major Tragedies, Dark Comedies, and Romances
Such plays as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Measure for Measure, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL473 - Milton
A reading of a selection of the minor poems, of Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the major treatises.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL481 - Young Adult Literature in a Multicultural Society
Introduction to the evaluation of literary materials for junior and senior high school, with emphasis on critical approaches and the multicultural features of schools and society. Restricted to enrollment in English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL485A - Teaching Writing and Language in the Secondary School
Introduction to strategies for teaching English in the secondary school with emphasis on writing and language. Introduction to assessment of writing perception and skills. Assessment and tutoring of child from the community in writing. Ideally, course should be taken two semesters prior to student teaching. Restricted to: Admittance to Teacher Education Program through CoEHS.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL485B - Teaching Reading and Literature in the Secondary School
Introduction to strategies for teaching English in the secondary school with emphasis on critical reading skills and various genres of literature, including contemporary adolescent literature. Introduction to assessment of reading perception and skills. Assessment and tutoring of child from the community in reading. Ideally, course should be taken the semester prior to student teaching. Restricted to: Admittance to Teacher Education Program through CoEHS.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL491 - Rhetoric and Writing Studies as a Field
An introduction to the field of Rhetoric and Writing Studies. The course covers both the history of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and the major theoretical debates organizing research and teaching in the field today. The course explores how the insights of Rhetoric and Writing Studies can be applied to non-academic and professional writing contexts. This course is recommended for advanced undergraduate students interested in graduate study in Rhetoric and Composition and graduate students. Prerequisite: C average in ENGL 101 and ENGL 102; or C in ENGL 120H; or equivalent. Open to English majors and minors and graduate students in English or with consent of department. Credit Hours: 3.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL493 - Special Topics in Literature and Language
Topics vary and are announced in advance; both students and faculty suggest ideas. May be repeated as the topic varies.
Credit Hours: 3-9
- ENGL493H - Special Topics in Literature and Language
(Same as ENGL 493) Topics vary and are announced in advance; both students and faculty suggest ideas. May be repeated as the topic varies. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and 102 or ENGL 120H (undergraduates) with a grade of C or better.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL494 - Cultural Analysis and Cinema
Cultural Studies exploring various and selected topics in European and American Cinema. A $10 screening fee is required.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL495 - A Survey of Literary Criticism
Introduction to the history of criticism and major recent schools of literary criticism and theory.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL498 - Internships
For English majors only. Student may take up to nine semester hours to receive credit for internships that may be available at SIU Press, Special Collections, University Museum, Coal Center, Writing Center, Computer Lab and other faculty or unit-sponsored projects. Prerequisite: Written approval from department & academic unit and enrollment in English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-9
- ENGL499 - Readings in Literature and Language
For English majors only. Prior written departmental approval required. May be repeated as the topic varies, up to the maximum of six semester hours. Restricted to enrollment in English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 1-3
- ENGL500 - Proseminar
Research methodology involved in writing a critical or scholarly work on literary topics for doctoral students in literature. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL501 - Research in Composition
Seminar in qualitative and quantitative research methods in composition and its teaching. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL502 - Teaching College Composition
An introduction to methods and materials related to the teaching of basic compositional skills on the college level. This course is required of all graduate assistants who have no previous college teaching experience or no familiarity with basic research techniques.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL503 - Professional Development
Theory and practice for teaching composition in teacher-centered, workshop, discussion, and computer courses (Fall). Scholarly publication, course development, professional trends (Spring). Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program.
Credit Hours: 2
- ENGL504 - Professional Development in Creative Writing
Practicum in preparation and submission of creative work for publication, and in preparation for and application for writers' conferences, fellowships, and internships in creative writing. Restricted to and required for first-semester MFA candidates.
Credit Hours: 1
- ENGL506 - Old and Middle English Studies
Seminars on various topics from Old and Middle English literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL510 - Renaissance Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerned with the literature of the 16th and 17th centuries and the drama of Shakespeare. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL516 - Restoration and 18th Century Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerning the literature of the period. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL530 - Century English Literature
Seminars in various topics concerning the literature of the Romantic and Victorian periods. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL533 - American Literature Before 1900
Seminars in varying topics. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL539 - American Literature After 1900
Seminars in varying topics. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL550 - Modern British Literature
Seminars in varying topics concerning Modern British literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL555 - Irish Studies
Seminars on varying topics in Irish and Irish immigration studies; interdisciplinary/cultural studies approaches. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL579 - Studies in Modern Literature
May be repeated only if the topic varies, and with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL581 - Problems in Teaching English
May be repeated only if the topic varies, and with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL582 - Issues in Writing Program Administration
Seminars in varying topics concerning writing program administration. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL583I - Internship in Writing Program Administration
An internship in WPA builds on four components: readings, activities or job tasks, written tasks, and a portfolio of artifacts and reflections representing the experience. These internships provide opportunities for interested students to implement practically what they are learning through research and reading.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL588 - Comprehensive Exam Readings
Preparatory for MA comprehensive exam. May be taken once only; grade of S/U. Restricted to enrollment in English program or consent of department. Restricted to MA students in English.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL589 - Readings in Literature and Language
For English graduate students only. Prior written departmental approval required. May be repeated as the topic varies. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL591 - Seminar in Literary Nonfiction
Critical reading and analysis of one of the major forms of literary nonfiction (biography, autobiography, popular science, the essay, literary journalism, and travel narratives). May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Special approval needed from the instructor.
Credit Hours: 3-9
- ENGL592 - Creative Writing Seminar
Advanced workshops offered in both fiction and poetry. Class content derives primarily from student's work. Genre announced in advance. May be repeated with consent of department. Restricted to enrollment in English MFA program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 4
- ENGL593 - Special Topics
Seminars in varying topics concerning language and literature. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL594 - Contemporary Literature Seminar
Advanced seminars offered in both contemporary poetry and contemporary fiction. Taught by creative writers and designed for students concentrating in creative writing. Restricted to enrollment in English MFA program or consent of department. May be repeated for credit with different section numbers.
Credit Hours: 4
- ENGL595 - Independent Readings
Preparatory for preliminary examinations for doctoral students in English. May be taken once only, grade of S/U, according to the result of the preliminary examination.
Credit Hours: 1-9
- ENGL596 - Language Studies
Seminars in varying topics concerning rhetoric, grammar and literacy. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in English graduate degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL597 - Composition Theory
Historical and analytical approaches to theories of discourse, theories of composing and theories of pedagogy. Prerequisite: ENGL 502 or equivalent.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL598 - Studies in Issues of Literary Theory
Seminars on various issues of literary theory. May be repeated only with different topics and the consent of the department. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3-12
- ENGL599 - Thesis
For Masters' students who elect to write a thesis in lieu of one three hour graduate course. Prerequisite: successful completion of 15 hours of graduate work on the Master's degree. Special approval needed from the thesis director. Restricted to enrollment in an English degree program or consent of department.
Credit Hours: 3
- ENGL600 - Dissertation
- ENGL601 - Continuing Enrollment
For those graduate students who have not finished their degree programs and who are in the process of working on their dissertation, thesis, or research paper. The student must have completed a minimum of 24 hours of dissertation research, or the minimum thesis, or research hours before being eligible to register for this course. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted. Graded S/U or DEF only.
Credit Hours: 1
- ENGL699 - Postdoctoral Research
Must be a Postdoctoral Fellow. Concurrent enrollment in any other course is not permitted.
Credit Hours: 1
