Graduate Courses in English (ENGS)

ENGS 201 - Sem Engl Lang or Critical Thry

Recent topics: "Origins and Development of the English Language;" "Re-disciplining the History of Literature and the Literature of History." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 202 - Sem Engl Lang or Critical Thry

Recent topics: "Origins and Development of the English Language;" "Re-disciplining the History of Literature and the Literature of History;" "Women's Texts." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 211 - Sem in Composition & Rhetoric

Recent topics: "Writing the New Yorker;" "Writing Vermont Life;" "Editing and Publishing." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 212 - Sem in Composition & Rhetoric

Recent topics: "Writing the New Yorker;" "Writing Vermont Life;" "Editing and Publishing." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 221 - Seminar in Literature to 1800

Recent topics: "Women in 17th Century English Poetry;" "Dante and the Experience of Reading;" "Orality and Textuality in Middle English Literature." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 222 - Seminar in Literature to 1800

Recent topics: "Women in 17th Century English Poetry;" "Dante and the Experience of Reading;" "Orality and Textuality in Middle English Literature." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 241 - Seminar in 19th Century Lit

Recent topics: "Dickens"; "Reader, I Married Him: The Brontes;" "Love, Marriage, and Literary Criticism: Jane Austen;" "Reading Serially: The Victorian Novel;" "Invisible Man and 19th Century American Literature," "The Gothic." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 242 - Seminar in 19th Century Lit

Recent topics: "Dickens"; "Reader, I Married Him: The Brontes;" "Love, Marriage, and Literary Criticism: Jane Austen;" "Reading Serially: The Victorian Novel;" "Invisible Man and 19th Century American Literature," "The Gothic." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 251 - Seminar in 20th Century Lit

Recent topics: "The Beat Generation;" "Literature and Society in Modern Ireland;" "Dostoevsky's Influence on 20th Century American Literature." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 252 - Seminar in 20th Century Lit

Recent topics: "The Beat Generation;" "Literature and Society in Modern Ireland;" "Dostoevsky's Influence on 20th Century American Literature." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 281 - Sem Lit Themes,Genres,Folklore

Recent topics: "Spiritual Journeys;" "Murder, He Said: Detective Fiction;" "Chekhov to Cheever: The Short Story." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 282 - Sem Lit Themes,Genres,Folklore

Recent topics: "Spiritual Journeys;" "Murder, He Said: Detective Fiction;" "Chekhov to Cheever: The Short Story." Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 290 - Sem Prospective Tchrs of Engl

Approaches to teaching composition, literature, and the English language in secondary school. Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 3

ENGS 295 - Advanced Special Topics

See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 1 to 18

ENGS 296 - Advanced Special Topics

See Schedule of Courses for specific titles. Prerequisites: ENGS 086, 6 hours at the intermediate level, and instructor permission.

Credits: 1 to 18

ENGS 320 - Seminar:Major Author

In-depth study of the works, critical reception, and context of an author writing in English. Representative topics: Chaucer; Shakespeare; Milton; Austen; Dickinson; Morrison.

Credits: 3

ENGS 330 - Seminar:Literary Period

Advanced survery of authors, themes, genres, and/or cultural context in a British or American literary period. Representative topics: British Renaissance; Restoration and Eighteenth Century; Victorian; American Renaissance.

Credits: 3

ENGS 340 - Studies in Rhetoric & Comp

Introduction to current issues in the field. Representative topics: Rhetorical theory; gender, class, and composing: writing across the curriculum; collaborative learning, literature and composition.

Credits: 3

ENGS 345 - Practicum in Teaching Writing

Introduces new graduate teaching assistants in English to best practices in teaching college composition and provides support for their first semester teaching ENGS 001. Prerequistes: Admission to English graduate program and appointment to a graduate teaching assistantship. Permission of instructor or English department graduate advisor.

Credits: 3

ENGS 350 - Surv of Lit Theory & Criticism

Theory and Criticism.

Credits: 3

ENGS 360 - Seminar:Special Topics

Topic varies, based on faculty research. Representative topics: orality and literacy in medieval literature; feminist theory; anthropological approaches to literature; narrative theory and Victorian novels.

Credits: 3

ENGS 370 - Principles of Literary Rsch

Methods of literary study, research, and scholarship, including bibliographic, manuscript, and archival work.

Credits: 3

ENGS 391 - Master's Thesis Research

Credits: 1 to 6

ENGS 392 - Seminar Paper Review

Credits: 0

ENGS 397 - Special Readings & Research

Directed individual study of areas not appropriately covered by existing courses. Permission of Graduate Director.

Credits: 1 to 6