English

Basic college expository writing, emphasizing mastery of purpose, focus, organization, development, and mechanics.

Essay-writing emphasizing stylistic development through more difficult expository tasks: argumentation, persuasion, textual analysis, and a research paper.

An experiential course covering basic approaches to a variety of formal and informal oral presentations, including informative lectures, persuasive speeches, verbal presentations of texts, and other forms of public communications, ENG 103 focuses attention on non-verbal as well as verbal skills and builds skill and confidence through practice in a workshop format.

Through reading and analysis of literary works spanning a range of world histories, cultures, traditions, and canons, the course explores literary forms with an emphasis on transnationalism and encountering the Other.

This course studies ancient Greek and Roman mythology as depicted in classical literature.

A survey of Welsh mythology and literature from the 6th to 15th centuries.

An introductory course designed to teach students how to interpret and analyze the novel and/or the short story.

An introductory course designed to teach students how to read and analyze literature through the study of a particular theme. Readings may include a variety of genres such as poetry, fiction, drama, and the essay.

An introductory course designed to teach students how to read and interpret Shakespeare.

Survey of major British literary works fromBeowulfthrough to the 18th century, with emphasis on the British interpretation and appropriation of the Western literary tradition. Readings include Beowulf; Chaucer; medieval romance; Renaissance epic, drama, and poetry; and Restoration and 18th century satire.

The sequel to ENG 290. Readings include major works of Romantic, Victorian, and twentieth-century British literature, including poetry, fiction, and the essay.

Materials, methods, and latest trends in teaching literature and writing. Analysis of test assessments, NCTE standards, and state-mandated requirements, including Arkansas Frameworks and ACTAAP.

Survey of either Romantic or Victorian poetry, adding more detail and depth to the basic coverage of these periods provided in the general British Survey (ENG 291). Romantic poets will include Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Keats, and Shelley. The Victorian offering will cover major poets from Tennyson through Hardy and Hopkins.

Survey of American literature until 1900, focusing on the development of romanticism, realism, and naturalism. Readings may also include studies of colonists’ writing as well as documents from the founding of the republic.

Survey of American writers of the 20th century, including those of the Lost Generation, the Fugitive Movement, the Harlem Renaissance, the Depression era, modernism, and the contemporary scene.

Examination of 20th-century poetry in English. Usually focusing on poetry written since World War II, the course varies in its approach, sometimes surveying the works of influential poets, sometimes looking in depth at a few of these poets and their contributions to the art and craft of poetry.

Study of selected 20th-century American novels and short stories. Course focus varies from a historical survey of 20th-century American fiction writers to in-depth study of a theme or themes. 

Varying studies of the 18th, 19th, or 20th century.

Study of both traditional and modern grammar, with some emphasis on philology and the teaching of English in multi-cultural schools.

An introduction to the basic vocabulary necessary to analyze film as a visual medium and narrative discourse. Various classic and noncanonical films will be examined through close visual and diegetic analysis. Major critical approaches to film will be examined through readings in secondary scholarship. Attendance at weekly evening screenings is required. (Same as ART 340)

An intensive workshop in the art and discipline of writing poetry, concentrating on the process of writing poems from perception and inspiration through the rigors and satisfaction of revision. Experience in writing poetry expected.

Development of creative perception, thinking, and imagination in the writing of fiction. Experience in writing creatively expected.

For students from any major planning to attend graduate and professional schools. Extended writing in the students’ own fields of study. Open only to students with a “B” or “A” in English 102; others should seek permission of instructor.

An introduction to the theory and practice of several vital critical approaches to literature, including cultural-historical, psychoanalytic, deconstructive, and feminist methodologies. Readings will include selections from primary theoretical texts by such figures as Freud, Lacan, Kristeva, Irigaray, Barthes, Derrida, Saussure, and Foucault, as well as selected literary texts to be interpreted through the various critical methods. This course is highly recommended for students interested in attending graduate school in literature, arts, and humanities. (Same as RPH 360)

This course offers an in-depth study of one of the fields of critical theory. Whether on feminisms, historical materialism, psychoanalysis, film theory, the digital humanities, or other subfields, this course will deepen students’ exposure to critical theory and will provide further practice in applied reading. This course is therefore highly recommended for students planning to attend graduate school in the arts or humanities.

Study of varying topics in English. Includes a 2-week Nichols trip. Prerequisites will vary.

Varying studies of the Romantic or Victorian periods or of selected topics. This course may explore comparisons between British and continental works, or between literature and the visual arts.

Survey of Shakespeare’s comedies, histories, and tragedies using a variety of critical approaches to develop rich and cohesive understandings of the texts. Theatre majors who have completed THE 232 are exempt from the ENG 290 prerequisite.

This seminar involves reading and discussing the novels and short fiction of William Faulkner, using several critical approaches to enrich discussion. Students have the opportunity to take a short excursion to Mississippi to visit sites used in the fiction and tour Faulkner’s home.

Concentrated reading and study of the works of one or two of the great writers of European, English, and American literature.

An intensive writing seminar, including a final project, for advanced students in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting, or screenwriting.

Concentrated study in selected fields.